Mark's Monday Morning Memo
August 20, 2018
Hello There!
Monday, August 27 - Gatewood professional development time - all staff members are welcome and encouraged to attend as we will be working with consultant Marius Massie on Restorative Practices
8:00-8:30 - Breakfast
8:30-11:30 - Work with Marius Massie
11:30-12:30 - Lunch on your own
12:30-4:00 - Teacher time in classrooms
Tuesday, August 28 - District professional day
8:00-4:00 - Schedule being finalized
Wednesday, August 29 - Gatewood professional development time - all staff members are welcome and encouraged to attend as we will be working with consultant Marius Massie on Restorative Practices
8:00-8:30 - Coffee and donuts and Welcome by our PTO
8:30-11:30 - Work with Marius Massie
11:30-12:30 - Lunch on your own
12:30-4:00 - Teacher time in classrooms
Thursday, August 30
8:00-4:00 - Teacher time in classrooms
5:00-7:00 - Open House (PTO treating staff members to dinner at the food truck)
Friday, August 31 (may be flexed with August 24)
8:00-4:00 - Teacher time in classrooms
Other News
On Thursday, August 16, we were allocated a third section of 3rd grade. Justin Ingham will remain in 3rd grade for the coming year and Taylor Van Clay will become the third member of the 4th grade team.
We have been waiting to finalize the schedule until Spanish allocations were finalized and we were holding out hope for an additional 3rd grade section. Chris and I are working today on finalizing the schedule that we hope to share this week.
New Colleagues
Tammy Hoppe - Learning Center Teacher (coming from NJH); Megan Kline - Learning Center Teacher (new Hopkins teacher); Trudy Wagner - Learning Center Teacher (coming from NJH); Alyssa Winterfeldt - Occupational Therapist (new Hopkins teacher); Anne McGraw - Social Worker (shared with GL); Carley Dyer - LTL Program Teacher (new Hopkins teacher); Tia Theisen - EL Teacher (new Hopkins teacher); Jill Stedman - EL Teacher (half-time only at GW; returning from leave); Lauren Selnick - Nurse (new Hopkins staff member); Taylor Van Clay - 4th Grade Teacher (new Hopkins teacher); Lara Hammer - Spanish Teacher (returning to GW); Jean Reichow - Kindergarten Spanish Teacher (supporting kindergarten at GW, IKE and MB); Sandy Larson- Kaleidoscope Pre-School Teacher; Denise Zuber - Kaleidoscope Pre-School Para; Becky Heinrich - Kaleidoscope Pre-School Para; Joni Walker – Pre-School Stay & Explore Program Supervisor; Hailey Hunter - Pre-School Stay & Explore Program Assistant; Yami Abebe - Pre-School Stay & Explore Program Assistant