Weekly Update - October 29th, 2020

 

INFORMATION ABOUT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION

We are going to begin a 50/50 work schedule to avoid so many people being in the building at one time.  Please do not come to school and work during times that others are here and you are not assigned to work unless you get special permission.  Remember, you are to work each day - whether at home or at school.  It is important that you keep a log of your activities each day while we are on virtual instruction.  If you are classified instructional staff - someone will be letting you know your duties.  

VIP Work Schedule

*Friday/Wednesday - the next day that you work - I ask that you deep clean your classroom/work area really well. Clean all highly touched surfaces well.   Janitors will be sweeping and mopping all classrooms tomorrow.  

As you plan virtual instruction, try to continue on with the learning that has been happening in your classroom.  For different grade levels - this looks different.  Do what works well for your students.  We learned a great deal about virtual instruction the first week and a half  - remember those things.  Trying to make contact with students multiple times is a good idea.  

As we go on the next loop of this rollercoaster, work to keep you and your family safe!  Hopefully in a couple of weeks our numbers will be much better here.  

Weekly Update - October 23rd, 2020

 VIP VISITS

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Next week our goal is to visit our VIP students.  If you have something that you need delivered to them - please let us know. 

Reminder that peer observation training and the observation itself needs to be complete by the end of the month.  

                                      

Everyone probably already knows this but we are allowing students to dress up for Halloween next week.  You can also plan to have special snack on Friday afternoon for Halloween.  Make sure all snacks are store bought. 

This is going to be extended through next week!

We will be having a Pink Out Day on Tuesday for Breast Cancer Awareness!

Weekly Update: October 16, 2020

 

This week I wanted to spotlight our Family Resource center.  Ms. Kristi works daily communicating with parents about attendance, health issues and needs they may have.  She also works with several community agencies to meet needs in our area.  Please remember you can reach out to Ms. Kristi about any of your students and needs they may have.  

*If a child makes an indication that they don't have enough food to eat over the weekend, you can refer them to the backpack program.

*FRC is also taking referrals right now for the Salvation Army's Angel Tree drive.  Please let Ms. Kristi know about any students who you believe would have little to no Christmas without help.

If you haven't already done so, please have your class complete the STAR test for the 2nd round.  Remember to discuss with students their score last time and their goal for this next testing session.

*2nd AR Goal begins on Monday

*All grades for the 1st nine weeks need to be posted by the end of the day on Tuesday

*report cards go home on Thursday

Have a great week!

Weekly Update - October 2, 2020

I am so tremendously proud of how well this first portion of the school year has went.  There have been so many changes but it has went so well.  That is thanks to you all for the effort you have put into making this year great for our students.  Remember after fall break to continue with all the safeguards we have put in place to stop the spread of illness like handwashing, frequent sanitizing, social distancing and the wearing of face coverings.  

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Teachers please do not join the Morning Meeting on Google Meet until 7:32 or after.  I need to be the first person to join the meeting so I am the owner of it.  If another teacher joins first, they become the owner of the meeting and I lose the control to mute participants or kick them out of the meeting.  As we have more and more students at home joining our meetings, it is important that I have those abilities.  

PLC's will meet on Monday and Tuesday when we return.  Please bring your MAP scores with you so we can discuss.  

We will be having an Exact Path training on Wednesday afternoon at 3:15.  I will send you the link to the meeting.  I would like everyone to attend this training.  I think it is going to be another good resource for us to use.

Kona Ice truck will be here on Friday, October 16th.  Please share this with your parents on Remind.   VIP students will  be able to come purchase Kona Ice if they would like.  Social distancing and other guidelines will be in place.

Please take your class out to the Kona Ice truck during your recess time.   Please just stay distanced from other classes while you are out there.  

Hope you enjoy your Fall Break - you deserve a great one!

Weekly Update - September 25th, 2020

It is so hard to believe that we are one week away from fall break.  This first nine weeks has flown by.  It has been a great few weeks of in-person school even though it has been so different than anything we have experienced in the past.  As crazy as it seems  - school seems pretty normal right now.   

As with almost anything in life, we can choose to look at the positive or negative.  We can focus on the fact that we have to wear masks, take temps, regulate how far kids are standing apart, balance in-person and VIP, and the list goes.

OR  - we can focus on the positive.  We have kids that are extremely happy to be at school, class sizes are significantly smaller than they have ever been, we have fewer discipline problems, we are connecting with students on a whole new level, we have had 0 cases of Covid-19 after several weeks of in-person instruction, and that list goes on too.

Even when life is different...it can still be good.  It is up to us.  

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**Reminders**

-Please complete MAP testing for all in-person students before fall break.

-Don't forget our Retirement Celebration for Mrs. Emily at 315 in the library.

-Next Thursday will be our Panther Store for August and September.  Remember to have students count how many Panther Bucks they have as of Wednesday afternoon.  The Panther Store will be in the library and open at 8 am on Thursday.  Teachers can bring their class or they can take students orders and go get the things for them.  We will have it set up but only have one staff member in there working the store all day.  Teachers will need to collect the bucks and help the students get their items at the store.

• Students should not touch items at the store.  They will only pick up the items they are purchasing.
• Remember to have students buy big ticket items and not just buy several $1 and $2 dollar things - we don't have the inventory for that.  
• I am attaching the slideshow that has the items we have.  Please share that with your students.  
• Please sign up for the time you want to come or bring your class.  The 2nd slide on the slideshow has the sign-up.  

-Tuesday and Thursday we will be having our Fall Parent/Teacher conferences.  I will be sending out locations for all non-homeroom staff on Monday.  Each night it will be from 3:30-6:30.  

Weekly Update - September 18, 2020

 

We ask that each grade level complete MAP testing with their in-person students sometime during the next couple of weeks - before fall break.  The window is open and everything should be set to go for that testing.  MAP testing is another piece of data to use to gauge how a student is performing.  It is also a requirement for us to give a universal screener as part of our reading and math grants from the state.  Please encourage students to work hard and do their best!

• Please submit the No Internet list on this sheet by Monday afternoon.  
• If you are supposed to be evaluated this first window - please schedule that first observation with Mrs. Valerie or Mrs. Lisa.

Enjoy this beautiful weekend!  The weather is going to be perfect!

Weekly Update - September 11, 2020

 

There is so much we are learning and adjusting to with this virus. Information about this virus has been made very public and the line between what can be shared and what can't be shared may be hard to see.  Please remember that any information about a student's health (symptoms, diagnosis, etc) is private information under HIPAA.   If a parent gives you information about their child's health - please don't share that with anyone who doesn't have a need to know.  Also - please understand that the nurse isn't allowed to give out information either.  A nurse who discloses that information could lose their nursing licenses.

Homeroom teachers - please go back in your IC attendance to the first day of in-person classes and mark your VIP students as participating.  If there is a student that has not done any work for a particular day, then mark them as not participating. 

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Please remember to put in a lunch/breakfast count each day.  Also make sure that students need to take the lunch they ordered and not change their mind when they get to the room.

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Please remember to get your dairy products from the cafeteria cooler if you haven't already done so.  There is a food truck coming in Monday and there won't be room in there.

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Please take the One School One Book survey if you haven't already done so.    

*SBDM meeting at 4 pm on Monday in library.

*RTA/MAF meeting at 3:15  on Tuesday.