Mustang Minutes

Monday 9/26

PTO Meeting

Sydney's Baby Shower

Tuesday 9/27

Wednesday 9/28

EPSF videoing Mania Sessions

LASSO Meeting

Thursday 9/29 Cheyenne Spirit Day

Canvas for new teachers at EPSAC

New To Cheyenne Meeting

Friday 9/30 North/Cheyenne Spirit Day

Pizza Day

North plays Santa Fe

Upcoming Dates

Teaching Certificates- If you are new to Cheyenne or renewed you certificate this year we need a copy of your teaching certificate. Please check with Eileen to give her your copy.

Homeland Security- The representative was here last week. He assessed our school grounds and interviewed me about school/district policies. We should receive a report in a few months regarding our assessment.

Special Education CHILD COUNT is DUE Friday, Sept. 30th

All IEPs and Evaluations must be up to date and have green check marks in Edplan!

EPS PD Youtube Channel- Subscribe Here

- Spotlight video of the month: Inquiry-Based Learning

RAVE Mobile App - This is the app that was talked about during our "staff chat" with Randy Decker. If you feel comfortable - please feel free to download the app. We will be having some training on this in the near future... Search "Rave Panic Button" in your platform's app store. Should look like a Red Box with an "!"

Sophos Phishing Training Still Exists- this training has been updated and you will receive emails that legitmitly need you to complete the online training. If something doesn't look right don't click on it!

Annual Benefits Option Period – October 1 – 15, 2022. Every employee who is currently enrolled will receive a pre-printed option period form at the end of September. Any changes for 2022 need to be made on that form and returned to Joann Adair (certified) or Erica Sanchez (support) in the Benefits Department. Please watch for more information from the Benefits Department in the coming weeks.

Global Compliance Network – Tutorials must be completed by October 1st.

Frontline Central - Annual Employee Forms (Criminal Record Questionnaire, Annual Benefits Summary, and Employee Social Media Policy), Support and Certified Wage Calcs, and Support Contracts were all distributed through the Frontline Central system on Monday, August 22, 2022. The due date for these documents to be electronically signed was Friday, September 2, 2022.

Reduce Unfilled Absences - Recently, one school had 9 unfilled absences on a particular day. All 9 absences were called in after 9pm the night before the absence. Statistically, 75% of all unfilled absences occur when the teacher/classroom assistant submits the request less than a day before it is needed. While we know there are emergencies that cannot be pre-planned, encourage your teachers to submit planned sick, personal, and professional day absences days and weeks in advance. Please remember to schedule all personal days WELL in advance and please inform your grade level admin. There are few - if any - circumstances where a personal day would be entered the day of the absence.

Donors Choose - The foundation and the donors choose folks have had to do a little reboot on their contract which will work out in our favor. You are typically allowed a $100 kick start from the foundation on your first donors choose for the year. However, they are going to reboot this for this year. Even if you have already received that amount - you are eligible to get it again. This will start on or after the 20th of this month. (Available while supplies last)

Oct 6 & 11 Elementary Parent/Teacher Conference (4:30—8:00 pm)

Oct 6 & 10 Middle School Parent/Teacher Conference (4:30—8:00 pm)

Oct 4 & 11 High School Parent/Teacher Conference (4:30—8:00 pm)

Oct 13-16 Fall Break No School

Oct 17 Professional Development- 1/2 Day District, 1/2 Day Site

Intellispark Training for all Advisory Teachers District Wide via zoom

Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86191966068?pwd=UmV2WUxnVmkzaTRtQXR1eGRTSC9NZz09

Here is the link to the Advisory slideshow. This is the slideshow we will use the entire school year, so it might be helpful to bookmark the link!

Mustang WOW and LIfe Principle Lessons

Please email Ashley Pettiet if you have any questions.

Mustang Mania options-

Mustang Mania ideas from the district

Supply request for Mustang Mania (due by Friday the August 19th)

Cheyenne Middle School is pleased to announce we are continuing to offer FREE Wellness Screenings for our staff on Tuesday, November 15th 7:15am-12:30pm

• Total Wellness is offering free COVID ANTIBODY TEST with your 2022 Wellness Exam.

• Many times, biometric screenings indicate health issues before they become chronic issues or expensive health care costs.

Registration is easy, simply click on the link below to choose the location, time, that works for you!

https://core.totalwellnessok.com/public/event/17540

If you are wanting a Flu Shot ONLY, please only please do not click “Exam” and simply select “Flu Shot”! Please bring your insurance card to your appointment

We encourage everyone to take advantage of this FREE 2022 health benefit.

Attached you will find the vaccine waiver to fill out ahead of time.

• Fasting isn't required for lab work, but it is recommended.

• Take advantage of your Free Flu, Tdap, or Shingles vaccine.

• B12 $20 (Cash, Credit Card, Check, Pay Pal & Venmo accepted)

New for 2022

We have streamlined the registration process. Once your information is entered it will be saved for next year.

Please ensure that all information is correct so that you will not have to bring your insurance card to the event.

We are still in a sub shortage. Eileen is amazing and has even called people on the sub list to try to fill our jobs.

Teachers and staff will still get sick, need to go to athletics, need to go to professional development, and have last minute family needs. As a work family we need to support one another by being prepared for our sub job to go unfilled or for the unthinkable situation. Our staff will be in your room covering when this happens.

How you can be prepared for covers or a substitute?

• -Seating Charts-created in infinite campus with student names and pictures. Print for you classroom sub folder. Need directions- click here
• -Complete the district substitute form- print and put in your sub folder for your classroom and your sub folder in the office click here to download and complete in adobe.
• - Emergency lesson plans- prepare an emergency lesson plan and put it in your classroom sub folder, make copies ahead of time and put somewhere in your room, leave instructions on where to find the copies, make an answer sheet to go with them
• -Divide your grade level advisory kids by 3-4 kids and assign them to their team and grade level advisory class in their team/grade level. Let their teachers know who will be coming when you are gone. Advisory Teachers by grade and team click here
• -If you know you will be gone, the day before, write the agenda, special instructions, and objective on the board for the students and those who will be covering.
• -If you didn't know you would be gone, prepare an email with details to send to a teacher friend, administrator(s), and Eileen so that it can be written on the board and left with the substitute notes. Be sure to tell them where your classroom sub folder is located so it can be left out for the day.
• -If it is a last minute absence text the following people-Karyn Garcia 405-408-5064, LInk Lowe 918-373-1859, Michelle Grinsteiner 405-229-6912, Eileen McGuire 405-471-7335

Remember most know how to teach and we want your lesson plan to engage students the whole class period.

Special Reminders When Cheyenne Staff Cover a class:

• If you are the first cover for the day for a teacher who is absent please come by Eileen's desk to pick up the teacher's sub folder between 7:10-7:35 to take with you. Then leave the folder and the contents in classroom for day so covers have all the information need.
• Attendance Roster Sheets need to be returned to the office with a responsible student after you take attendance during that class period.
• If you are the last cover for a teacher please gather the substitute folder with key and return to Eileen.

Just a reminder all students and staff should wear their IDs daily.

All students should have an ID. If you have a student that never received an ID please send their name to the Lindsey Robinson.

Any student who has lost an ID will need to buy another one. $5.00

This year's faculty/staff athletic pass will be available digitally through the Hometown Fan app. This pass will be good for all home EPS athletic events and is set for up to four scans per event. Once the pass is purchased you will be able to access it in the Hometown Fan app, save it to your apple/google wallet, or take a screenshot for easy access to have it scanned at the gate for entry. Please follow the directions below to get access to your faculty/staff pass.

Directions:

1) Follow this link to access the box office: https://edmondschools.hometownticketing.com/embed/all?schools=27

2) Once you are in the box office, scroll to the bottom and click "Get Passes."

3) Scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Have a Passcode?"

4) Enter your 6-digit employee ID number and click "apply." (If your ID number is shorter than 6 digits, add 0 to the beginning.)

5) Add 1 digital pass to your cart and follow directions for check out. You will have to enter your information twice.

6) Once you complete your purchase, you will be emailed a PDF version of the app. You can also access your digital pass by downloading the "Hometown Fan" app and creating an account.

We will have the Mustang Pride each morning. Please ask students to be respectful by keeping voices quiet and standing when asked.

The schedule assigns everyone a week for them to send students to complete the pride with an administrator. It is important to send your students as quickly as possible so we can get started each morning by 7:37am on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

September Birthdays:

9/16 Vance Crampton

9/16 Yuri Cisneros

9/20 Erin Epperly-Reiswig

9/23 LIndsey Speligene

9/24 Tracy Robinson

9/25 Karyn Garcia

9/25 Nicole Jellison

9/29 Chad Stansberry

9/29 Lisa Watson

Teachers, do you know of someone in your building who is great at building their classroom community and promoting a positive culture in your building? If so, please fill out this very brief Google Form and nominate them to be filmed for our new on-demand PD initiative! Edmond's mission is to empower all students to succeed in a changing society, and we want to expand on that - let's make that same effort for our growing community of educators across our district. Check the flyer for more details!

Michelle Grinsteiner, Lead Principal, 6th grade

Link Lowe, Assistant Principal & Athletic Director, 7th grade

Karyn Garcia, Assistant Principal 8th grade

Dana Black, Counselor 6th

Melissa Krause, Counselor 7th

Lindsey Speligene, Counselor 8th

Website: https://cheyenne.edmondschools.net/

Location: 1271 West Covell Road, Edmond, OK, USA
Phone: 4053402940

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