Bulldog Bulletin
October 7, 2019
Welcome to our newest Bulldog! Blake Taylor Hoffman!
Belair Cares
Celebrations:
Ashley and family welcomed Blake Taylor Hoffman on October 3, 2019! We welcomed Christy Marsh who will be in Ashley's classroom while she is home snuggling her babies!
Tomorrow, Monday, October 7 we will officially welcome two new staff members to our building! Casey Wilson is a paraprofessional in 1st grade, assigned to all three classrooms to help with class size! Katie Alls has been hired as a paraprofessional assigned to a student in the resource classroom! WELCOME TO BELAIR!
Happy October Birthday to...
Beth Isenberg - 10th
Tina Owens - 11th
Lori Maberry - 11th
Emily Roberts - 24th
Debbie Adrian - 30th
Leslie Padberg - 31st
Encouragements:
Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don't give up!
Condolences:
Have we missed something? Let us know!
This and That
Monitoring iReady
Now that licenses are assigned, it is the classroom teacher's responsibility to monitor that licenses are being used. Students who have licenses should know when they can login for their iReady minutes. Encourage not just the amount of time, but the quality of time on lessons (meaning HIGH pass rate).
Morning Meetings
A must do daily and beginning following morning announcements. Should look like students and teacher gathered as a community together, most likely on a carpet area. Absolutely CAN include (and should) a Second Steps lesson at least once a week. Can include conversations about expectations that your class is doing well or struggling with.
SMART Board Filters
Clean at least once a week! If you have not cleaned them yet - do so! If you don't know how - ask Jen Bearden for help!
Adult Restrooms
Keep the adult restrooms shut and locked at all times!
Grades in Infinite Campus
Put in grades twice a month (approximately the 15th and 30th).
Birthday and Lounge Duty
School Success Squad assigned birthday treats and lounge duty for the year. If your grade level or team is on the duty for the month, please also have your students make some art work or cards for our business partners (Scholastic, Missouri River Regional Library, and Oasis United Church of Christ). The schedule is included below.
Help for Billy
Read Chapters 1 and 2 in your Help for Billy Book
Be ready to discuss some questions with a small group of staff members.
Possible questions: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TgBZJwW11ET_ufxwSeb3HRTM2DgFwCzWAJ2H4cQMZf8
Belair School Improvement Goals
Increase the number of students on or above grade level in math, according to the iReady assessment, from 66% to 75% at the end of the year.
Decrease the number of major office referrals by using SAEBRS data to identify students for social, emotional, or other at risk factors, and providing interventions appropriate for those students.
Kelly Services Info
We have made all of the updates for Kelly Educational Staffing.
User ID = Primary Building phone number
Pin = Employee ID
All staff that enter leave in KES received an email on 8/29/2019 from TalentEd Records. The content of the email indicates information for Kelly Educational Staffing.
When the staff member logs into Records, there is a task called Kelly Educational Staffing. Click on the task (scroll to the very top) the staff member will see their User ID and Pin number. At the bottom of the form are 3 attachments that give more information from KES.
Please help spread the word to your staff that enter leave into KES to look in Records for this information.
October Team Updates
Looked at various observation guides to began using for Instructional Rounds. The areas the team has chosen to focus in are classroom management, engagement, lesson planning, and lesson delivery. Glenn Ledet is coming from ICLE on Thursday, October 17. He will spend the day with Nikki Carel and Elizabeth Milhollin in classrooms helping us tweak our observation forms and providing feedback in the four areas.
Lunchroom changes came from this team's discussion. If you have concerns, please let your leadership team member know for discussion at our next meeting.
School Success Squad:
Parent Involvement Night - NACHO Average Game Night - over 100 families have RSVP to attend! 2 families need transportation. Handouts need to be created and copied for each activity.
Belair Cares - Dues are $20 or $10. Please give to Emily Roberts. Dues will be used according to the Belair Cares Guidelines, shared with staff on October 2.
Next Lesson Planning - Sip and Shop at Pink Poppy Boutique on Thursday, October 24 right after Staff Meeting. Head over to Tammy's afterwards for drink!
Awards Assembly discussion determined more awards can be given out per award. The Google Form will be updated for the next assembly.
Social Emotional Learning Team:
School-Wide Data - 7 major office discipline referrals to 114 positive office referrals.
SWIS - We CAN continue to use this instead of the Google Form. This had been paid for by the Board Office for the 2019-2020 school year.
Help for Billy - Read chapters 1 and 2 and be ready to discuss at our Staff Meeting on October 24.
Quarterly Celebrations Criteria - K-1: 5 or less Quarter 1, 4 or less remaining quarters
2-5: 4 or less Quarter 1, 3or less remaining quarters
First Quarter Celebration is Friday, October 25. Fruit Snacks and Extra Recess. Schedule to be shared.
CICO - If you have a student on CICO or want a student on CICO, talk with your SEL team member for details on how to get started and who to turn in documentation to.
Important Dates
Monday, October 7
Simpson out ALL
Tuesday, October 8
Londrie and Milhollin out ALL
Wednesday, October 9
Londrie out ALL
IEP (Hoffman/Phillipak), 9:50
New Crew Meeting, 3:10
Thursday, October 10
Fire/Evacuation Drill, 9:00
Staffing Option 1 (Yanis/Beres), 9:50
Elementary Principals Meeting (Milhollin Out), 11:00-3:00
Friday, October 11
Hall and Burks out ALL
Coach/Principal Collaboration, 8:30
Leadership Consult (Milhollin and Rost), 9:00-11:00
Staffing Option 2 (Yanis/Beres), 9:50
Flu Shots for Staff during Lunch
Monday, October 14
West Main Pizza Giveback Night, 5:00-8:00
Board of Education Meeting, 6:00
Tuesday, October 15 - Teamwork Tuesday
Crocker and Hamilton out ALL
Safety Kids Assembly, 1:00
Wednesday, October 16 - Early Release, School Dismisses at 12:45
Dollar Donut Day
Early Release at Belair - More info to follow
Thursday, October 17
ICLE Visitor, Glenn Ledet
Earthquake Drill, 8:00
NACHO Average Game Night, 5:30-7:00
Friday, October 18
Schlueter out ALL, Roberts out PM
Counselor's Meeting (Hamilton OUT), 7:30-9:00
Major Saver Assembly, 8:00
Behavior Team Meeting, 1:30
Important Links!
BE THE ONE FOR KIDS!
Belair Elementary
Email: elizabeth.milhollin@jcschools.us
Website: www.jcschools.us/Domain/8
Location: 701 Belair Drive, Jefferson City, MO, United States
Phone: 573-659-3155
Facebook: facebook.com/belairbulldogs
Twitter: @BelairBulldogs