Friday Focus - October 11, 2019

Fall is finally here and we are ready to start the 2nd nine weeks of school.  I hope you have had a great break and ready to start back.  

Star testing begins this week.  Students who are on grade level (1.2, 2.2, etc) or who have made .3 years growth or more since August are the ones who will meet their goal and be rewarded.  I have ordered candy for those students and it will arrive next Tuesday.  You will be able to pick it up to give to your students then. I have order Airheads, Fun Dip and assorted candy bars.  
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STAFF AND FAMILY FALL FUN(DRAISER)

This Friday, October 18th, you and your family are invited to come to our Fall Fun(draiser) Event at 6 pm. We are asking each family to bring soups/chilis, fall foods and desserts.  The school will be providing drinks and paper products.  We will also have a bouncy house for the kids.  Bring food to share, lawn chairs and your whole family to enjoy a night relaxing and having a good time.  We will be taking donations to give to the Booher family, Claywell family and Cooksey family.  It is going to be a lot of fun - you don't want to miss it.  A sign-up sheet is in Sonya's office.  

Just a heads-up that we will be having our KPREP celebration on Monday, October 21st.  Here is a tentative schedule for the day but it will be finalized next week after our Leadership Team meeting:

7:35-8:00 -  Homeroom

8:00-8:45 -  KPREP Awards in the gym for 3rd - 5th grade - parents are invited to attend

8:45-10:45 -  4th and 5th grade celebration in gym and outside (k-3 will be in classrooms)

10:45-11:00 - Everyone meet in gym to get into pods

11:00-2:00 -  Lunch and activity rotations with pods

2:00-2:40 - Homeroom

This Week at a Glance....

Monday	-Report cards go home   -SBDM meeting at 4 pm
Tuesday	-Open Library from 3-4
Wednesday	-Leadership Team meeting at 3 pm
Thursday	-5th grade Conservation Day at Dale Hollow -Dippin Dots -Pinto Bean lunch for Cassie's class -Jr Beta Monster Bash Dance from 5-7 pm -Board meeting held at CCES at 6 pm
Friday	-3rd grade Field Trip to Jackson's Orchard -Fall Staff and Family Get Together 6 pm

Sunday Shoutout - September 29, 2019

Panther Cafe

All staff needs to come to the library for lunch tomorrow at the Panther Cafe. This is a special lunch for all CCES staff to celebrate some good news.  Come hungry and ready to hear the news!

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HOUSE Meeting tomorrow

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We will have our first regular house meeting in the morning.  In order to be finished by 8 am, we are going to start leaving the gym, 2nd floor and lunchroom at 7:25.  Cafeteria staff will already have the breakfasts bagged up so you just need to pick up bags and milk enough for your pod and head on to your pod location.  Below is a list of students who have special dietary needs and the staff will have those fixed separately.  Make sure to get it if they are in your pod.

Ryan Parson- Samantha Henderson and Micah Coverstone

Bear Bales- Samantha Henderson and Micah Coverstone

Lily Schuenaman- Alonna Cyphers and Kristie Cross

Jayden Wright- Paige Parrigin

Anthony Cash- Andrea Parson

Sam West- Ceirra Wells and Shana Castillo

Jazmyn Parker-Lisa Perdue and Kristi Dyer

Wyatt Wallker- Melanie Willis and Sonya Fudge 

**New Panther Time schedule begins this week!

Fall break is almost here.  We will be finishing up CPA testing as well as the ending to Summer According to Humphrey.  Finish strong with the book - students have really seemed to enjoy it.  And yes - all classes will get a chance to keep Humphrey for the day.  We will get to the ones that hadn't got a chance after fall break. 

This Week at a Glance...

Monday	House Meeting - see Living Calendar for plan
Tuesday	Kona Ice Day Basketball Clinic for Ms. Henderson's homeroom
Wednesday	3:00 Action Team meeting (let parent's know) Panther Emporium Open House
Thursday	Breakfast Burrito Fundraiser for Mrs. Jani and Ms. Tammy's room
Friday	Hat Day for Mrs. Henderson's homeroom 1st nine weeks grades need to be posted before you leave today!

Saturday Night Live - September 21st, 2019

When Fall Break finally gets here - we will definitely deserve it.  Hang tight - we have a busy week ahead of us.  I know it is hard to keep momentum going in the classroom when there is so much going on.  However, it is important to use our time wisely and efficiently.  

Open House will be Thursday night.  Homeroom teachers will be in the classrooms sharing learning from the first few weeks of school.  Here are other activities going on in the building and where different staff will be assigned:

*Pizza and drinks in cafeteria - kindergarten aides to serve

*Book Fair and checking our AR books - Geanetta, Andrea and Margaret

*AR testing in 2nd floor Computer Lab - Kelli Jo

*Summer According to Humphrey Quiz for the Family - 1st floor computer lab - Dana Duvall and Kassie Sewell (Families take a quiz over our book and become eligible for door prizes)

*Sign-In Table by houses - Dana Harlan and Sonya

*Craft Room in Emily's room - families can come make a fun craft - Emily, Stephanie Dykes and Stephanie Butler

*Fun Snack in Candi's room - Candi, Alonna and Heather

*Art Show - admission for adults is $5 - parents go vote for their favorite piece of student art - Melanie, Micah and Whitney

*CPA testing is this week and next

*Missoula this week - a list of students trying out is attached to the Living Calendar.  Those who make it will be leaving each day to go practice at the middle school and then perform on Friday afternoon and night.

This Week at a Glance...

Monday	-Missoula tryouts -PD Road Trip - leave at 5 pm from CCES
Tuesday
Wednesday	-Candi's class gone on Fishing Trip -Action Team meetings at 3:15 (don't forget to contact parents)
Thursday	-AG Safety Day for 4th and 5th graders  -Open House 4-6
Friday	-Missoula Public Performance CCMS at 6 pm

Make it a great week!

The Monday Make-up - September 16, 2019

I guess I have hit a new low - not getting this info out until Monday night but I was totally out of pocket this weekend and didn't get it done.  I promise I will do better this week!  Here is the nitty-gritty for this week.

Summer According to Humphrey
Students seem to be super excited about our Summer According to Humphrey - or at least super excited about our very own Humphrey.  We will pass Humphrey on each day to a new homeroom at morning assembly. Please have your students be very careful around Humphrey - a pet funeral is not part of our plans.  At the end of the day, please deliver him back to Mrs. Sarah's room yourself.  She will bring him to assembly each day.  

Remember to keep your class up with the daily readings and activities for each day.  Talk about all the important aspects of reading - characters, setting, plot, theme, main idea and the list goes on and on.  While we have students excited and hooked, we want to get them to learn as much as they can.

FIRST ROUND OF CPA TESTING SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE WEEK OF 9/23 OR 9/30 - BEFORE FALL BREAK!

This Week at a Glance....

Tuesday	High Attendance Day
Wednesday	3 pm Leadership Team meeting  4 pm  SBDM interviews for open positions
Thursday	*Book Fair Opens *Dippin Dots   *Liz Brewer - our Leader in Me coach -  will be here all day and will meet with teachers on their planning *1:45 Liz will meeting with Student Lighthouse Team *3:15 Liz will meet with staff Leadership Team
Friday

Have a wonderful week!

Friday Focus - September 6, 2019

Midterm ended Friday and reports should go home with students on Monday afternoon.  The first mid-term marks the first 1/8 of the school year coming to an end.  Time is flying by!


As we finish the mid-term, I see a huge improvement in student behavior and procedures. Thank you for all your hard work toward that. 

PLC's and Panther Time begin next week - teachers need to bring MAP scores to PLC's as well as Chromebook or ipad.  We will also work to do our Data Charts for the year.  

Summer According to Humphrey 

Coming Soon...

Monday the 19th we will have our Kickoff for Summer According to Humphrey in the gym.  You can hand out your books and send home reading plans on that Monday.  

Find the activities for each day of the week here:
Summer According to Humphrey Daily Plan

We will have daily trivia in the gym each morning as well.  

This Week at a Glance...

Monday	SBDM meeting at 4 pm
Tuesday	Mid-term Reports go home
Wednesday	Student Lighthouse Team meeting - noon 3 pm - ELA PD - Part 2
Thursday	Picture Day - all staff needs to have their picture made on this day as well
Friday	Viewing of the Vietnam Memorial Wall processional between 1 and 2 pm - all students will go out in front of playground and Mary Ann Keen building to view - this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for our students!

Friday Focus - August 30th, 2019

It's here - our first little break of the year.  And it is well-deserved.  You all have worked so hard to make this a great start to the school year.  Take this weekend to enjoy time with your families and don't think about school!  That's what I am going to try to do!

ROUND 1 STAR SCORES

% of students scores at grade level (1.0, 2.0, etc)

1st grade - 22%

2nd grade - 50%

3rd grade - 60%

4th grade - 60%

5th grade - 39%

Although this is not where we want our scores to be, this isn't nearly as bad as it seems.  Remember that our goal is that students be at grade level OR making progress to meet that goal.  This first baseline score only reflects those on grade level and doesn't take into account any growth.  We will text again in October.  Now that most of our beginning of the year testing is over, we can insure that students are getting their weekly Lexia units, reading AR and just learning good reading strategies in class.  All these things work to improve their reading level.  We have proven this time after time again.  It will work again this year - don't be discouraged.

LIBRARY DURING SPECIAL CLASS

We are going to begin letting students have one special class day per week in the library this year but the library WILL REMAIN OPEN throughout that time.  It is important to remind students who are visiting the library to come in quietly, check out their books and not disturb the class that is going on.  We hope this plans works for everyone and helps our library to be used as effectively as possible.

Please fill out this form if you plan on participating in the PD Road Trip.  

*Remember to turn in your compliance training forms to me by this afternoon.

*Your leaders of the month for August need to be on this slide by this afternoon.  

*21st Century classes begin next week.  Students should be walked to the cafeteria after 2nd bell has rang and the halls have cleared.  A teacher needs to stay with them until they start allowing students to enter in the cafeteria. 

*We will begin Panther Time September 9th.  That means next week students will be working to earn their Panther Time by being on green.  Really talk this up with the students.  

Fall Panther Time schedule 

Grade level teachers - please send work for students to do while they are in No Panther Time class.  Only send Lexia, Math Whizz, Reflex as their assignment if they are truly behind and don't have anything else to do.  Panther Time teachers are going to have grade level work ready for those students who don't bring anything.  All students will be expected to work the entire time they are in that class.

Next Week at a Glance...

Tuesday	1st day for 21st Century  Open Library 3-4
Wednesday	Kona Ice Day
Thursday
Friday	Mid-term - grades should be posted by the end of the day

Sunday Shoutout - August 25th, 2019

Four months until Christmas Day - that is what struck me as I typed the date at the top of the blog.  Isn't that unbelievable?  We have 12 days of school already behind us and time is rolling by.  I recently read a comment about parenthood that said "The days are long but the years are short."  I think that applies to school as well.  I know some of us have already had some long days but the year will fly by.  This is the one year you have been given with this particular group of students and each one of them individually.  No one is on your roster by accident.  Take those hard days and move on.  Put the bad and the negative behind you.  Work to make better days ahead.  It is what we are here to do.

August Leaders of the Month

By this Friday, please select one student from your homeroom to be your Leader of the Month and add their name to this slide. This month you should select a student who acts with responsibility (our Kona Ice Ohana Character Trait of the month); practices our essential 30 rules of saying yes maam and no sir, is polite, uses good manners and says "excuse me" and makes good eye contact; as well as practices the habits of being proactive and beginning with the end in mind.  

Next Tuesday we will recognize these students at morning assembly.  One student from each grade level will be drawn out to get a Kona Ice for the rest of the year as well as spin for house points.  

Parents will not be attending the Tuesday morning recognition.  However, we will be having a Student Recognition Event at the end of the 9 weeks in which they will be invited.  

*Important Reminders

-Show on the Road compliance training is due this Friday.

-We are collecting house points - don't forget to turn in your weekly house sheets to Ms. Kelli.

-Check out the PD Road Trip and let me know if you are interested so I can order books.

This Week at a Glance...

  

Monday	-School Wide Jobs are posted -House Meeting Reveal - 1 pm gym -New Employee meeting - 3:30 Central Office
Tuesday	-Haiti Quarter Collection Day -Suicide Prevention Speaker at CCHS at 3:30 for ALL STAFF
Wednesday	-School Wide Job applications are due -Grade Level RTI meetings during planning- please bring data with you as well as a device -Action Team meetings at 3:15
Thursday	-Math PD at 3:15 in the library
Friday	-AR Summer Bash

Have a fantastic week!