Hoot Hoot Herald
September 7, 2015
NO School on Monday, September 7th! Labor Day!
- Thank you for being so flexible as we have been adding new students, tweaking our weekly assembly routines and asking you to tweak your schedules for our interventionist. DOSS TEACHERS ARE AMAZING. Seriously, your positive attitudes, constructive feedback and flexibility have contributed to a smooth start to the year. THANK YOU for all that you do!
- We are hoping to have a copier in the outside work room by the end of next week.
- The gates near the playground have been locked. We are working on a system of opening them for morning walkers and keeping them closed during the day for safety.
- Faculty meetings will be held on September 14th and September 28th in the library (TAs are not required to attend).
- Team Leads will meet with me in the conference room on September 21st from 3:15-4:15.
- Eva is collecting all of the forms that teachers are turning in. If you haven't already, please turn in your daily schedule, your after school destination form, and your PDAS self report form. Please also complete an emergency form and follow the link on the HOOT HOOT Herald to complete the Teacher Favorite Forms.
Literacy Library
ELL Support
Rosemary
Does your class want to take on caring for the rosemary for the fall semester? Email me if so.
Reading Specialist News
Doss Staff,
We will be starting with Reading Intervention on Monday Sep. 14th. Next week Leah will be helping K-2nd with TPRI and DRA BOY testing. On the week of Sep. 14th Leah will come down to pick students up so please allow about 5 minutes of flexibility for her to get from one location to the next. Please do not send students down on their own. If you have questions about times or have not received a intervention schedule please contact Leah.
Classroom/ Conference Room Reservations
What is Hub Club?
Gradebooks
Please check EACH and EVERY section in your gradebook as soon as possible.
Use the Enter Classroom Grading entry point.
Please open up each section and review the roster carefully.
Here's what your looking for:
- Do you see all of the SUBJECTS you teach?
- Are there any subjects missing?
- Are there too many subjects/sections showing?
- Do you have the correct STUDENTS assigned to each subject?
I know this is time consuming especially for special area teachers, however it is critical to my sanity! Thank you, Pat Minford
Individual Picture Day Information
Signups for your class time are in the Staff lounge. Please sign up today, if you haven't already done so.
Textbooks
Counselor's Corner
- Peace Area/SEL Materials are displayed in the lounge. Sign up for any you are interested in! We also have a few extra baskets if anyone is in need of a “holder” to go with their Peace Areas.
- Don’t forget to ask your parents for any items that might be useful for your Peace Area.
- If you have students in need of school supplies, please let us know and we’ll get those to you ASAP.
- If students in need of clothing or shoes, let us know and we will take care of them right away.
- Thank you for getting your SEL schedules to us. We would love to join some of your Second Step lessons this year!
- We will be dropping in to introduce ourselves to your classes throughout next week.
- Newbie Lunch Bunch Tues. 9/8 and Thurs. 9/10. More info to come!
- Classroom Guidance will begin after Sept. 14. We will be sending out forms for you to fill out for best
Teacher Favorites
http://jotformpro.com/form/51967731778977
Please complete this if you haven't had a chance to yet.
Music Calendar
Here is the fall calendar from Christina Tannert.
September 3rd 3:10-4:00pm First 5th Grade Choir Rehearsal
October 13th 6:30-7:30pm 5th Grade Choir Concert with Hill Choir @ Doss Cafeteria
October 29th 9:15-10:30am Austin Jazz Workshop Concert @ Doss (for 3rd-5th grade)
December 3rd 8:30am (5th, 1st, 3rd (am specials), Kinder) 1:30pm (2nd, 3rd (pm specials), 4th), 6:30pm (families & friends) 5th Grade Musical!
Library News
Sept. 8-11
Tuesday, Sept. 8
8:15 Sprague (K)
8:30 Plaisance
9:00 Francis
10:00 Elbrecht
10:15 Evans
10:30 Warner
11:45 Sprague (1)
1:15 Barrick
Wednesday, Sept. 9
8:30 G
9:00 Means
9:30 Sheridan
10:00 Singerman
10:15 Mowry
11:00 Hodges
11:30 Carroll
12:00 Truesdale
1:00 Hayes (this is a permanent change to this time every week)
1:30 Baehr (this is a permanent change to this time every week)
Thursday, Sept. 10
8:10 Folts
8:25 Raup
9:00 Hello
10:00 Stone
10:15 Hall
12:30 Wiley
1:00 Eddleton
1:30 Lauck
Friday, Sept. 11
9:00 Smith
10:00 Collins
10:15 Vrba
Calendar
Labor Day, AISD holiday for students and staff
Tuesday, September 8
Immersion Team Meeting, 3:30, Ms. Soong's classroom, Room 202. All Immersion teachers need to attend.
Wednesday, September 9
JG meets with 3rd grade 3:15; Renee's room.
Thursday, September 10
JG meets with 2nd grade 9:45 - New Teacher Workroom
PTA meeting, 12 noon, Library
CAC Meeting, 3:15, Mrs. Hughes' room, Room 309. New CAC team members need to attend.
Monday, September 14
Staff Meeting, Library , 3:15
Rosh Hashanah
Bike Safety Week
Tuesday, September 15
Tech Committee Meeting, Library 3:15
Rosh Hashanah
Bike Safety Week
Wednesday, September 16
Fall Individual Pictures
Bike Safety Week
Thursday, September 17
Bike Safety Week
Friday, September 18
Bike Safety Week
Monday, September 21
Team Leads Meeting, Conference Room, 3:15
ELL Family Night, Cafeteria, 5:30
Tuesday, September 22
Mentor / Mentee Meeting, Austin Terrier, 3:45-5:00
Computer Lab News
We will continue orientation and start to use the applications that we will be using this year.