Galloping Gazette
A Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff at CFES
June 4 - 8, 2018
Put Students First • Seek Growth • Be Open to Change
Do Great Work Together • Value Differences
This Week at "The Farm"
June 4 - SOL Expedited/Make-Up
- Genealogy Club @ 2:40p - 4:30p
June 5 - SOL 5th Grade Science
- Today is "World Environment Day". Take a moment and appreciate our wonderful environment!
June 6 - SOL 5th Grade History
- Robotics Club 2:40 -3:45pm
June 7 - SOL Expedited/Make-Up
- Maker Expo Field Trip @ 9am
- Eco Club 2:40p - 4:15p
June 8 - SOL Expedited/Make-Up
- 1 more week left! Make it count!
End of Year Obligations
This week...
- IEP Progress Reports due to Mrs. Sawyer/Ms. Porter
- Goal reflections due for P3/PC/Summative/Formative teachers in Talent Ed
- Return all iPads to Robin Mounce
- Furniture inventories due to Alisha Jacobs
- Turn in request for room repairs to Karen Ratner
- Last day for library classes
- Forms for students moving due to Karen Ratner
Shout Outs!
Mary Stewart, thank you for all you did to organize and reorganize the field trip to the zoo! It was a fun day for the 1st graders!
Mr. Richardson, you have been an amazing addition to the Farm! Thank you for your attention to detail. Our classrooms that you clean have never been cleaner!
Ms. Mercy'd, thank you for all the help with the mud! -Danielle
Donnelle and Ashely S., thank you for jumping in to help with Beach Bags!
Wende, thank you for shopping for the 1st grade team, buying snacks for their field trip!
Kudos to 5th grade for creating an atmosphere with a high level of engagement as the students prepare for the science SOL test. Students have had a blast reviewing this past week!
Bravo to Kimberly Zaleski for stepping outside her box to help her partner remediate for math after the reading SOL test. It sure did pay off with amazing results!
Happy Trails
Specialization Badges for Teachers
June 18 Flex Day
Teacher assistants, ISS coordinators and library assistants may not work more than 40 hours in any one week. The time sheets will provide documentation to support the hours reported in WISE.
The flex day applies only to the following group of employees:
- All teachers whose schedule ends June 18
- Teacher assistants, ISS coordinators, and library media assistants
Security assistants are not eligible because of security needs of the building.
Eligible employees who do not choose to make use of the flex day and do not wish to report June 18 may choose to take personal reasons leave with approval of the building principal.
2018-2019 Essential Sessions - Transforming Learning through Curriculum Updates
Literacy Folders
As a reminder, the folders have a table on the front in which teachers should record the student's annual Spring DRA2 instructional level score. The Spring DRA2 and a spring writing sample should be stored in the literacy folder. For fourth- and fifth-grade students who are reading on or above grade level, their most current DRA2 should be stored in the folder. Teachers will place a checkmark in the table after inserting the spring writing sample, indicating the writing piece has been included in the folder. The literacy folder and table will provide evidence of literacy performance through the elementary grade levels.
In addition, data from the literacy folder will assist teachers in planning instruction at the beginning of each school year to meet students' needs and begin small group reading instruction prior to the completion of the Fall DRA2 administration. The folder will remain in the cumulative file when a student transfers to another school within VBCPS; this includes students progressing from elementary to middle school.