January 21st Peak Memo
Culture Collaboration Curriculum
Table of Contents
Message from Director
Shout outs
Game Changer Award
Instructional Focus
Sped info
Aim for Success!
Grades
PD/IB
Data dashboard/Important Dates
Chrome Carts, google docs, calendar
Scholar Attendance
Upcoming News/Survey
Monthly Calendar
Message From Director
Some fantastic instruction was observed this week! Thank you to all the teachers who sent us text messages to catch their scholars in the middle of greatness. Leadership loves to see this, please keep the invites coming.
SHOUT OUTS
Shout out to Bridget for going out of her way to help me find some Exhibition Exemplar samples for our K-12 PD on Wednesday! - Melissa
Shout out to the intervention team for giving scholars reading growth certificates! It made them feel very special! – Wiltshire
Shout out to Mrs. Desai for the recycling bingo, they loved it. -Wiltshire
Shout out to 2nd grade for jumping right back into data meetings this year to help our kids reach their goals!! – Wiltshire
Shout out to Courtney G for staying late on Tuesday and cutting out MANY flash cards for her teammates and their kids to practice their multiplication facts! AND for printing, cutting, and assembling 60+ fraction flip books for her teammates so scholars could be successful with equivalent fractions! - Melissa
Shout out to Wiltshire for an excellent inquiry math lesson, and for letting LT know about it so we could pop by! – LT
Shout out to Intervention for motivating their kiddos to move levels, and for the amount of kids we had in the office on Wednesday receiving certificates from growing their reading levels! – LT
Shout out to LA for navigating a difficult transition for a scholar. I couldn’t have asked for a better teacher for this time. – Grant
Shout out to Amber for always being willing to help LT call numbers at carline when something comes up that prevents us from doing so! – Melissa
Shout out to Mrs. Salazar for helping out with lunch duty when we were in a pinch (and it wasn’t her time). Thank you! ~ Diane
Shout out to Athena for helping our wheelchair-bound friend during the fire drill! - Melissa
Shout out to Emma for displaying strong leadership in collaborating with leadership for her team - Leetha
Shoutout to the 4th grade team for being very open minded,courageous risk-takers in exploring new ways to try to meet the needs of all of our scholars - Leetha
Celebrate Scholar Growth!
Y'all made it look so good!
While I know they focus was on what we were doing, It was hard to ignore the beauty of the finished products:-)
Game Changer Award
SPED INFO/UPDATES
The SpEd team will be completing ALL K-5 MOY MAP testing and I-ready testing January 22nd- February 1st.
Just to clarify: We will not be having our normal schedules until all of our testing is complete. With that being said, please feel free to text your SpEd teacher if your scholars are needing a brain break from class that way we can accommodate accordingly.
Thank you all for your cooperation.
Also, please continue sharing your lesson plans, class handouts, quizzes and tests with your SpEd team. 😊
Thank you!
INSTRUCTIONAL INFO
MAP TESTING
Aim for success
5th Grade Presentation will be held during the day on February 6th from 8:00-9:30
100 days of school
The best dressed grade level/department team of teachers will be rewarded with a prize!
Wednesday PD
This week we will meet in vertical teams to discuss Panorama Survey
Texting all of leadership
Birthdays
Birthdays
20 Ashley Clark
24 Erin Gilbert
25 Hannah Henniegh
25 Kodjo Sogah
Faculty/Staff Absences
January 25: Wiltshire
Data Dashboard
A brand-new network assessment dashboard is now available. This dashboard will refresh throughout the year to include data from our two network assessments (TWA and CA).
An admin version of the dashboard can be found here
Word Consciousness/ IB
This week the Mrs. Bearfield’s Razorbacks will help us understand the significance and application of a new IB attitude, Integrity. Someone who exemplifies this attitude is honest and demonstrates a strong sense of fairness. Below are some ideas for morning meeting topics to discuss with your scholars this week:
1. What does it mean to have integrity? Does this mean that you always have to tell the truth? What if you knew that the truth would hurt someone. What are the long term advantages and disadvantages of telling the truth?
2. Why is it difficult to have integrity at times? Is it harder to have integrity when you know that you will get in trouble if you tell the truth, or if you know that you will get someone else in trouble if you tell the truth?
3. Everyone makes bad decisions at times and regrets these poor choices. How does being honest and owning up to your mistake make you feel better?
4. Discuss difficult decisions that scholars have had to make in the past that really test their integrity. How did they decide what to do? Did they consult anyone else to help them make their decision.
Sometimes having integrity can be tough, especially when you know that your actions or words might get you in a lot of trouble. Who are some people you can go to for advice about what to do? How can you begin the conversation with someone you trust when you know that what you are able to tell them might really disappoint them?
Word Consciousness
This week we are continuing with suffixes. A suffix is a word part that comes at the end of a word and changes its meaning. This week’s word part is “EST”. EST means the most and is used to compare two or more things.
EST (comparative—the most)
Biggest, widest, wisest, lowest, highest, deepest, finest, ripest, sharpest, cutest, smartest, smelliest, happiest, silliest, funniest, tiniest, tastiest, youngest, quietest, longest, shortest, tallest, spookiest, lamest, craziest, nicest, bravest, slowest, fastest
Important dates/announcements etc.
Summer School Positions: Uplift is starting its next round of Summer School planning! If you are interested in being a summer school coordinator ( a dean/director for summer school), please let us know! You will be receiving more specific information in the coming weeks, but I wanted you to have time now to consider your summer plans and long-term goals. This is a good position for anyone interesting in being a dean or a director in the future or someone who is looking for a job for about 6 weeks over the summer and would like a hand at the logistical planning that goes into a school.
Important Dates
· January 22: MAP Window Opens
. Happy 100 Days of school
· January 22-28: Mondo Phonics
· January 30th: TELPAS Training
Grading: teachers please ensure that you are keeping up with grades weekly. As stated in our policy , at least two grades per week should be put in the grade book. Keep in mind that CA's and TWA grades should always be included in report card grades when necessary. These are important assessments and scholars and parents need to be aware of them. However, these grades should not fail a scholar if you have more than enough grades in your grade book. Below are some examples to help you as we move forward in Q2.
Math & Reading grades
· At least 2 tests/project grades in each content area
· At least 6 minor assessment grades in each content area
· At least 8 classwork grades in each content area
· At least 3 homework grades in each content area
Science, Humanities, &ELA
· At least 2 tests/project grades in each content area
· At least 4 minor assessment grades in each content area
· At least 4 classwork grades in each content area
· At least 2 homework grades in each content area
Grade reporting periods
Q2 checkpoint 11/9 – end of Q2 12/20
Q3 checkpoint 2/8 – end of Q3 3/7
Q4 checkpoint 4/19 – end of Q4 5/24
*Schedule for when reports will be distributed:
Progress Reports:
- January 29th
- February 20th
- March 5th
- April 9th
- April 30th
Report Cards:
- January 11th
- March 22nd
- May 24th mail home
* VOLY is our Parent Support Posting Form for Peak Website- Want volunteers then submit completed form to Nora Apolinar and MariCarmen Corona. Also this is how they track our parent volunteers at PEAK and we wan to make sure our parents are recognized for their volunteering so please fill these out.
Chrome Cart Schedule/Peak Monthly Calendar
Chrome Carts
· I am very Proud to report that we now have a chrome cart for EACH grade level. Now we can increase our use of ED Tech scholar use. You now only have to schedule around your team. This will mean responsibility will reside with each team for the up keep of each cart.
Please find the updated Chrome Cart schedule below. If you would like to reserve the chrome carts outside of your regular time, email Melissa and she will approve or deny the request based on availability and send you a calendar invite.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OPxcY2gn7tdqmGG5P2UzJAhdLEKdMLZLn-yHYAeNzw/edit?usp=sharing
Peak Primary Monthly Calendar: Please see attached links
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pq26-fEBDEsqbJrolUFiwDgIKyKYTqAjAh1U9I61lHA/edit?usp=sharing
Scholar Attendance
Attendance Contest!
As you all know, having scholars present at school each day is extremely important for their growth and achievement. It is also important that they are present because it affects our school funding! In order to invest scholars in their attendance, we will be starting a monthly competition for the grade level with the best attendance. Each week, I will include a snapshot of the attendance percentages for each grade and the grade level with the highest percentage by the end of the month will earn a teacher and scholar free dress day!
Shout out to 1st and 3rg Grade TIED for the lead for the month of January!
Kinder 93.78%
First 98.47%
Second 98.10%
Third 98.47%
Fourth 98.14%
Fifth 96.98%
Upcoming News
We're Listening....
How can we continue to Grow
Upcoming News/Survey
At Peak we will foster a Game Changing Growth Mindset! Feedback is crucial to timely and continuous growth. Please use the survey link below to let us know what we can continue to work on to improve and what things we are doing well and should continue to push to higher levels of excellence. Suggestions are key! *the greatest room on earth is the room of improvement!