Friday Focus - March 15, 2019

Only 10 more days to Spring Break!!!! 

If you are attending the Leadership Retreat this evening - please be at the park and signed in by 3:30.  Valerie and I will be at the gym to relieve teachers as soon as bus 62 leaves.  That way everyone should be able to leave the building by 3:00.  If you are not going and would be able to stay and help us with student pick-up - that would be appreciated.

3rd Nine Weeks Awards

Next week we will be doing our 3rd nine weeks awards at morning assembly.  Please share the schedule with parents through remind.

Tuesday - K-2 Perfect Attendance

Wednesday - 3-5 Perfect Attendance

Thursday - 4th grade Honor Roll

Friday - 5th grade Honor Roll

Panther Time and PLC

We will be having Panther Time and PLC's next week.  Please come prepared to PLC to discuss end of the year activities like Amazing Race, KPREP kick-off, I Survived the KPREP Party and our House Olympics day, as well as any other end of the year events that your grade does.  The calendar is going to get extremely busy after spring break.

Cookies for 4th round WIG goal

Please get me a count by the end of the day today about how many cookies each grade level needs for the 4th round of STAR testing.  Students who should get this reward are those who are at or above grade level (1.6, 2.6 etc) or those who have made .9 years growth since August.  If you have questions about who that is - see me.  We plan on doing this on Tuesday afternoon. Cookies will be ready in the lunchroom for pickup. 

CPA's Beginning Next Week!!!!

NEXT WEEK AT A GLANCE....

Monday
Tuesday	Reading WIG celebration
Wednesday	-Mobile Dairy Unit -SRCL grant Fidelity Monitoring Visit - classroom observations -3:00  Leadership Team meeting
Thursday
Friday	-Fire Drill -Panther Pals - around 1:45

Friday Focus - March 8, 2019

Above you will see the tentative assessment schedule released by the state.  Take special note of the following:
-this spring testing will be exactly the same as last year
-2019-20 will have the exact same testing for accountability. In addition students will take field tests over new standards that will be administered online.
-The goal is that by 2020-21 all tests will be administered online.

-If you are currently Google certified, please print out your certificate, laminate it and hang outside your classroom door.
-If you are not Google certified, the district will reimburse you for the registration fee.  Our goal is for all teachers to be Level 1 certified.
-If you would like to become Level 2 certified - let me know.  

 LEADERSHIP RETREAT

-Shirts for those attending the Leadership Retreat on Thursday are in your mailbox.

-Dr. Biggerstaff requests that everyone be at the park and signed in by 330 on Thursday afternoon.  Valerie and I will be coming to the gym to relieve those in there so they can leave here by 300.

-Don't forget your homework for the retreat!!!!

No Panther Time or PLC's next week

Next Week at a Glance...

Monday - SBDM meeting at 4 pm

Tuesday - 3rd grade Math Live Scoring

              -Artful Reading Module Day 4

Wednesday - House Meeting - please preview before            Wednesday morning - there are a few things to            prepare for in advance.  This will be a breakfast                    pod meeting as usual. 

-3 pm - Staff meeting - Kristi Willen will be here 

 to discuss retirement

Thursday - No 21st Century or Panther Labs

 -Leadership Retreat at DHLSP at 330

Friday - NO SCHOOL - Jr. Beta Taco Lunch Fundraiser at      First Christian Church

Have a great week!  Only 14 more days until Spring Break!!!!

Friday Focus - March 1, 2019

4th Round of STAR Scores

	Dec 2018 Scores	Feb 2019 scores	Round 4 Last Year
Kindergarten	81%	84%	89
1st grade	61%	72%	66
2nd grade	81%	86%	89
3rd grade	82%	75%	68
4th grade	56%	66%	68
5th grade	82%	71%	69
Avg	74%	76%	75

There is a lot to celebrate - overall our average is up slightly from both December and our 4th round of STAR testing last year.  We are doing some things right and moving in the right direction.  I know it is frustrating for us not to see more growth in every grade level - but don't give up.  Keep working and brainstorming about how we can improve our students' grade level reading.  We know that as students improve their reading skills, they will improve in every area.

Leadership Time Next Week

Several teachers have mentioned that they are hearing students talk about the momo challenge.  If you are not familiar with what this is - please read this article.

Next week during leadership time one day, please address this with your students.  I wouldn't get wrapped up in the specifics of what they challenge is.  Just remind students about appropriate technology use and what to do if they see something alarming on a video or game (stop watching it immediately and report to a parent or teacher.) I also would address that this is not a topic that we talk about at school with other students - if they have worries or concerns, please talk to a teacher about those.  Let me know if you have questions.    

Students were prepared for our conferences back last month before the cold weather hit.  Please refresh your students so they will be prepared for next Thursday night.  Also remember to send out reminds and encourage students and parents both to come to our event.  

Live Scoring

Just a reminder -if any 3rd, 4th or 5th grade teacher would like to schedule live scoring before KPREP testing - get it on the calendar soon.  The days are filling up quickly.

Other Reminders

-Please turn in your SLED documents for this week as well as three students' SLED work from EACH day per grade level.  

-Please remember to sign in each morning in Sonya's office.

-House meeting will be on the morning of March 13th  - slides will be uploaded soon with the agenda for that meeting.

-Four weeks until Spring Break - hang in there!
-No Leader of the Week for this week or Captains Crew.  Going to change up Captain's Crew for the next few weeks.  Also on Monday morning - I am going to keep 3rd-5th grade in the gym after assembly to discuss KPREP testing and the Wilderness reward.  

Next Week at a Glance...

Monday  - 3rd nine weeks grade should be posted today.  Please double check and make sure your grades are posted and in a good shape.  

Tuesday- Kona Ice Truck - same schedule as normal - I have requested for it to be inside this time since it is supposed to be cold

-Report cards go home

-3rd grade ELA Live Scoring

-District Literacy Team meeting at 3:15 at CCHS

Wednesday - Statewide Tornado Drill at 9:07 am

Thursday - FLN/Student Led Conferences 4-6 - No 21st Century

Friday- Panther Pals

Have a great week!

Friday Focus - February 22, 2019

54!  Can you believe it?  Fifty-four more days left in this school year!  Only 44 more days until the KPREP!  Time is flying by.  Keep pushing forward.  We have accomplished so much this far but don't stop now.  We can still make so much progress in the next 11 weeks.

Please work diligently to finish up any STAR tests that have not been done this week or have any students retest that may need to.  We will be discussing our 4th round of STAR tests at PLC's next week.  Also - please add this data to the data tracker.  

SUPERVISION FOR 21ST CENTURY/PANTHER LAB STUDENTS

One teacher from each grade level needs to stay with 21st century/Panther Lab students in the cafeteria hallway until the cafeteria is open and accepting students in for snack.  We had a fight in the back hallway this week.  This is especially important now since we have so many students staying each afternoon.  Thanks in advance for your help with this!

#TEAMKELLI

Several staff members have asked about how we can support Kelli.  Here are some upcoming events that everyone can pitch in on:

-March 1st - Fundraiser Potluck - we will have a sign-up sheet in the front office on Monday.  $5 per person to eat

-March 5th - Pink Out Day/Hat Day ($1)

-March 29th - Teacher/Staff lunch

-We are also going to be selling t-shirts in honor of Kelli to students, staff and community members with the proceeds going to help Kelli.  More details to come soon.

Next Week at a Glance...

Monday - FPS and Written Comp regional competition

Tuesday

Wednesday - 3 pm Action Team meeting and Staff meeting for EVERYONE - please let me know in advance if you cannot attend

Thursday - Board meeting here at CCES cafeteria at 6 pm.  Will be recognizing our P/D students as well as our Jr. Beta club 

Friday - end of 3rd nine weeks

Good luck to our CCES Academic Team competing at region on Monday and Saturday! Bring home the hardware!

Friday Focus - February 15th, 2019

I hope all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day. It is one of those holidays that absolutely wears school personnel out but our students enjoy it so much.  It's just another great opportunity for me to tell all of you how much I appreciate all the LOVE you show to our students everyday.  You are making an impact with your smiles, kind words and the genuine care that you put in to how you do your job.  Thank you!

Cell Phone Usage
Please remember to keep your cell phone usage at a minimum when you have students.  I realize that many of you use it while you are teaching to set timers, play music, etc.  Of course, that is fine.  
Our students and their learning should be the priority when they are in the classroom.  Please don't let your phone be a distraction from that.
Also - the district is asking that ALL parent communication be through remind rather than through personal texts.  The paid version of Remind that the district has purchased keeps a record of all correspondence.  This protects you by keeping a record of what is being said.  We can never be too careful!

Chromecart SlideShow - please remember to update

*Live Scoring - any 3rd, 4th or 5th grade teacher that would like to do another round of live scoring - send us a date!

Next Week at a Glance...
****4th round of STAR testing - please talk with students about where they should be - 1.6, 2.6, etc or on track to make 1.2 years growth from their August test. 

Monday - No School - enjoy your day
Tuesday - WIG celebration for MAP testing - cookies will be ready for pick-up after 1230 in the cafeteria, drinks will be in office.  Please be sensitive to students who aren't getting either reward - especially when there is only a handful in a classroom.  As a grade level - you may want to put those students in one room away from those eating and drinking.
Wednesday - 3:00 Leadership Team meeting
Thursday - 
Friday - House Meeting - breakfast meeting - focus on Integrity - slides will be shared soon

Have a wonderful week!

Friday Focus - February 8th, 2019

ROUND 2 MAP 

Round 2 MAP results are in and there is much to be celebrated.  We will talk next week at PLC's in-depth about the data but I wanted to share with you now.  Please spend some time looking at the following data and be ready to discuss next week.

To see comparative data from Round 1 to Round 2 - click here.  

I am always interested to see how we are performing compared to the previous year.

MATH PD 2018 VS CURRENT YEAR

READING PD 2018 VS CURRENT YEAR

WIG CELEBRATIONS

We will be rewarding students who are proficient or distinguished in each area as well as students who met their RIT goal from the fall testing.  Students who meet one of these two criteria in MATH will receive a soft drink.  Students who meet one of these two criteria in READING will receive a chocolate chip cookie.  We plan on having this celebration Tuesday, February 19th.  I will need the number of students per grade level next week during PLC's.  We can discuss if you have questions about who qualifies.  

PANTHER LABS

We plan on beginning Panther Labs the week of February 19th for select groups of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. If you would like to teach at a Panther Lab - please let me know ASAP.  Below is a link for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers to add students they would like to be invited to these labs.

Panther Lab 2019 spreadsheet

OTHER IMPORTANT INFO

-We need to move the date of our Student-led conferences/FLN once again due to the board meeting going to be held at CCES on 2/28.  Our next date is March 7th from 4-6.

-We are going to ask that EACH staff person sign in each morning in Ms. Sonya's office when you arrive.  This is a habit we have gotten out of but it is important.  We are having some lapse in communication when people are absent and not knowing many times until much later in the day.  Sonya will be checking the sign-in sheet when she arrives each morning and we will be looking for you if you have not signed in.

-Also, please remember to email or text Whitney, Sonya and myself when you are going to be absent.  It is important that all three of us receive this in writing so we don't miss anything.  

-Absence forms, expense reimbursement forms, field trip requests and transportation request forms are now all online from the district webpage under Employee Information.  This is the method you should use for all of the above requests instead of hard copies.  Please let me know if you have questions.  

Next Week at a Glance...

Monday - 4:00 SBDM meeting

Tuesday

Wednesday - 3:00 Literacy Team meeting

Thursday - Valentine's Day - parties need to be held after 1 pm.  Reminder that we no longer invite parents to parties.  

Friday - 1:30 Panther Pals

Have a great week!

Friday Focus - February 1, 2019

SLED days number one and two are already in the books.  Please make sure you have done all of the following for each SLED day:

1.  All teachers and staff should turn in the Teacher Activity log 

- one for each day.  You can place them on the table in my office.

2.  Homeroom teachers will also need to complete the Classroom Data sheet for each day. These can be turned in to my office as well.

3.  Please complete your Teach Like a Pirate Book Study work and place on the Team Drive in under SLED 2018-19.  
4.  Collect and KEEP all student work for the SLED days.
5.  As a grade level - select three students' work for each SLED day (high quality), make a copy  and turn in to my office.  

PLEASE HAVE ALL THIS COMPLETED FOR DAY 1 AND 2 BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  

Important Reminders:
-Mid-term grades should be posted TODAY!
-Show Your Voice applications will be accepted through next Friday. 2/8. 
-RTI meetings next week at PLC's.  Please bring all data.
-No 21st Century classes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
-Liz Brewer, our LIM coach will be here on Tuesday.  She will meet with grade level teams during their planning and with Leadership Team right after school.



Next Week at a Glance...
Monday - Chris Jones from Ky Deferred Comp will be in the library if you would like to meet with him
Tuesday - Kona Ice truck - same schedule as last time
-LIM Coaching Day with Liz Brewer (meet on your planning)
3:00 Leadership Team meeting
Wednesday - meeting at 3 pm with Kristi Willen about retirement
Thursday - Circus trip

Good luck to our CCES Academic Team this upcoming week at District Governor's Cup!