The Meeks Messenger
2nd Edition, Vol. 12 October 2019
Hey, hey Mustangs!
Y'all continue to amaze us with your patience, perseverance, and overall amazing attitudes as we approach what we call, "The Fall Wall". Your service to our students and the community does NOT go unnoticed. Y'all are SO appreciated!
Dr. Gearing will be on campus along with Sarah Grissom on Thursday, October 24th. Dr. Gearing will be speaking with some of our students and potentially visiting classrooms. Sarah will be here for her monthly visit. Her and I, along with Maggie and Erin, will visit classrooms in the early afternoon.
RtI: Student progress monitoring and evidence should be updated in AWARE. If your forms are not updated, please see Erin or Maggie as soon as possible. We are here to support you!
Work for students in the office:
We will begin a new system for sending work down for students who are serving a consequence in the office. We will be giving all teachers an envelope marked "Office Confidential". Please place all work in this envelope and get it to the office ASAP. If you chose to have a student deliver the envelope to the office, please DO NOT share what the envelope is for or who it's for. It's very important that we preserve the dignity of our students who might be serving time in the office. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We will have envelopes in your boxes by the end of the week.
Fall pictures are on Thursday! Please do your absolute best to be at your camera on time. The time noted on the schedule is the time you need to be at the camera, so please leave your classroom a little earlier.
Please remember, this newsletter is meant to serve as a primary source of communication. If it's not read, staff members run the risk of missing key information...please remind your teammates to read the Smore thoroughly to ensure they are fully informed!
Make sure to give a shout out to our Bus Drivers and crossing guards this week!
Don't forget to share our story with the world by using #TheGreatestParkside 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! Enter your Twitter Handle here so we can follow you!
Thank you for all you do!
Maggie, Erin, & Lauren
Important Dates to Remember!
October 23 - Unity Day! Wear CRAZY Socks to SOCK it to Bullying!
October 24 - Fall Picture Day, Behavior Response Team meeting after school, Coffee Chat with Admin 6:00pm at Red Horn
October 25 - Family Fitness Costume Ball, Kids First Program (3rd grade only), Dewali lunch provided by amazing moms! Rouse Raiders on campus welcoming students!
October 28 - National First Responder's Day! Writing Vertical Team after school in conference room
October 30 - Faculty Meeting (required for all teachers, but IAs welcome!), College Awareness Day (wear a college shirt)
October 31st - Literacy Day: Dress as your favorite book character! Kinder Pumpkin Carving
November 2nd - Campus Beautification Day/Garden cleanup 9am-12pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
- Kate Lindeman (10/6) 4th grade
- Dianne Beard (10/6) Receptionist
- Cherly Adair (10/8) Speech
- Tasha Rodriguez (10/9) 3rd grade
- Jamee Randall (10/18) 5th grade
- Beth Barr (10/25) 2nd grade
October 30th Faculty Meeting
Do you have a "scary good" instructional strategy you would like to share with others? We already have Seesaw covered, but we would LOVE to have more of you share your ideas with us!
If you're interested in sharing your expertise with others, please reach out to Russell by Wednesday!
Thanks!
Digital Directory
Please take a moment to complete this form https://forms.gle/8JSjrzAbZjqkWYYR9 . We are putting together a Digital Campus Directory. If you could have this completed by next Thursday Oct 24th (or sooner), that would be fabulous. Please pass this along to any and all (teachers, IAs, custodians, cafeteria, everyone), we would like the most complete Directory as possible.
DreamBox Training
Upcoming additional DreamBox training/support sessions for K-2 and 3-5 pilot campuses:
Oct. 24th - Cypress Library 3:30-4:30
Nov. 5th - Pleasant Hill Library 3:30-4:30
Nov. 11th - Mason Library 3:30-4:30
CIC Feedback & GT Credits
Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for being leaders and learners at the 26th Annual Continuous Improvement Conference! Please complete the conference feedback form and submit your GT hours, if needed.
Unity Day - October 23
Instead of wearing orange on October 23rd, Parkside students and staff are encouraged to wear CRAZY socks! We are going to Sock It to Bullying! Please spread the word to your students and parents!
Literacy Day Schedule
8:00 - 8:30 Character Parade
8:45 - 9:30 Author Presentation Kinder ½ of Second (Locklear, Barr, Martinez, Armstrong)
9:45 - 10:30 Author Presentation First and ½ of Second (Janda, Reid, Lafevers, Hoffman)
11:15 - 12:00 Author Presentation Third and ½ of Fifth (LaTouf, Ehrsam, Newman, Jamar)
12:15 - 1:00 Author Presentation Fourth and ½ of Fifth (Regehr, Troller, Randall)
Normal Lunch Schedule
Kinder 10:15 - 10:45
First 10:50 - 11:20
Second 12:00 - 1:00 lunch/recess
Third 12:35 - 1:05
Fourth 11:25 - 11:55 lunch / 11:55 - 12:25 recess
**Make sure you give yourself time to get to presentation from the playground. Make up the missed recess time at 2:05
Fifth - 12:35 - 1:05 recess / 1:05 - 1:35 lunch
*the half of fifth going to the second presentation will have to do recess after the presentation at 1:35
Instructional Coach Newsletter
Counseling Corner
Please reach out to Julie if you have questions!
We Are Here for YOU!!!
Email: lauren.meeks@leanderisd.org
Location: 301 Garner Park Drive, Georgetown, TX, USA
Phone: 17110
Twitter: @TheRealMrsMeeks