The Meeks Messenger
2nd Edition, Vol. 4 September 2019
Hey, hey Mustangs!
Please help us welcome Beatrice Gunn as our newest support staff and Erin Uhlaender as the newest Assistant Principal!
All teachers: Action Items:
- Please share your daily schedules by uploading them into this shared folder. We need this task complete by this Friday!
- Please make sure you are signing off on all 504 documents that are shared with you through ESPED. Please use the www.esped.com login address. Be sure to login with your LISD email address: firstname.lastname@leanderisd.org.
- Please also share your split class list here indicating where your students will be in the event that we need to split your class by Friday. Also, share this document with your teammates so they know which students they will have in the event your class has to be split.
- Committees: If you have not yet signed up for a committee, please do so by Friday. We have also recently added 2 committees, The Vertical Writing Committee and the Beautification Committee. We are still looking for a teacher in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade to lead Parkside Leaders. The expectation with Parkside Leaders is to meet once a month focusing on scholar traits with our students.
Don't forget to share our story with the world by using #TheBestParkside and #1LISD on Twitter! You can also tag our campus @Parkside_ES. Your PLN (Professional Learning Network) wants to learn from you! Y'all have so many great things to share!
Thank you for all you do!
Lauren & Maggie
Welcome to the Admin Team, Erin!!!
Leaving Early?
Dream Box for K-2 Math!
DreamBox
We are excited to announce that we will be expanding DreamBox Learning Math for all K-2 classrooms district wide. There will be more information about this resource coming soon! For now, you can view some of the great resources below about how Dream Box supports K-2 students in math...
A 3 minute overview of DreamBox: overview
A 15-minute introduction to the program:
A 2 minute video that shares one of the ways we support differentiation: differentiation
A link that will take you to some of our samples lessons: DreamBox Lessons
Parent Teacher Conferences
PLC Time
If you need the PLC schedule, reach out to Russell. We are working on getting all the PLCs on the Parkside Events calendar.
Learning Targets!
Targets: We believe teachers should identify and communicate learning targets for each day so that students are able to articulate what mastery looks like.
We challenge you to think about Learning Targets as power standards...what skills are worthy of a learning target? Interactive Read Aloud anchors the day for reading instruction. Consider developing your learning targets for reading around the skill you are targeting in IRA.
Communication is KEY!
Websites:
At the very least, each team needs to have an updated website. If you would like to have your own, that is great, too! On the site, please include the daily schedule, your newsletter, Year at a Glance, and important dates. You may also include other information at your discretion.
Counseling Corner
Please reach out to Julie if you have questions!
Important Dates to Remember!
September 4 - Kinder & 4th Parent Nights 5:30-6:15pm
RtI 101 with Maggie in Pride Room for 4th & Kinder
September 5 - RtI 101 with Maggie in Pride Room for 2nd
September 6 - Grandparent's Day Lunch
RtI 101 with Maggie in Pride Room for 5th grade
September 9 - RtI 101 with Maggie in Pride Room for 1st & 3rd
Safety Patrol Training 2:00-2:20pm information coming from Coach Lane
September 11- Running Record Training @ Conference time in Pride Room
Leadership Team meeting in Pride Room at 3:15pm
September 18 - RtI T3 Meeting in Pride Room
Bus Evacuation Drill - more info coming soon!
September 20 - Required Student Bully Training at the beginning of Specials
September 24 - Fire Drill @ 2:15pm
September 25 - Early Release @ 12pm (Parent/Teacher Conferences)
September 26 - PTA Invention Night @ 5:30pm-8:00pm with a PTA General Mtg. @ 6pm
October 2 - Faculty Meeting in MPR (Instructional Staff Only)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
- Lisa Blizzard (9/8)
- Devin Lane (9/8)
- Ann Marie Churchill (9/8)
- Sarah Armstrong (9/11)
- Jennifer Gonzales (9/19)
- Alyson Rose (9/20)
- Pat Baranowski (9/20)
- Heather Moseley (9/23)
- Margo Van Der Bogart (9/24)
- Diane Loza (9/25)
- Anna Webber (9/29)
We Are Here for YOU!!!
Email: lauren.meeks@leanderisd.org
Location: 301 Garner Park Drive, Georgetown, TX, USA
Phone: 17110
Twitter: @TheRealMrsMeeks