Micro Elementary School Newsletter
March 4th, 2018
March is upon us!
Shadow
Shadow a Student
The Micro Elementary SIT Team has endorsed the idea of team members shadowing a student. During the week of March 5th-9th, SIT members will be assigned a random student to shadow at another grade level than they teach. This will provide us great perspective of our student’s school experience. To be clear, peers will be in the classrooms to shadow students and see school from their “lens”. It is not an observation of the teacher at all. The SIT team will then reflect and share upon the process at the March SIT meeting.
Micro Staff Social Contract
Make the community feel welcome
Treat others with respect
Demonstrate teamwork
Be open-Minded
Be positive
Be supportive
Seuss Cafe
Students helping students
And the Winner is.....
Blogs, articles, and growth opportunities: Take charge of your professional growth!
Micro Headlines
- The State Teacher Working Conditions Survey has been released. Please reference the information that Mrs. Warren sent out earlier in the week. Our goal is to have every teacher complete the survey.
- Statewide Tornado Drill: The Statewide Tornado Drill is March 7th @ 9:30. Please review over procedures and location with your students.
- PLC Reminders: Own your agendas by planning activities that your team needs to complete in order to stay on the same instructional page for our students. Feel free to conduct a separate meeting for nuts and bolts type topics that are non-instructional.
- Rainbow Week in the Cafeteria:
Tuesday: Oranges
Wednesday: Bananas and mini-potatoes
Thursday: Spinach Salad
Friday: Blueberries- Do you want to vertically plan? Do you want to offer our students clubs? Take the survey so we know your thoughts.
- Nominate a co-worker for JCPS Employee of the Month
- #NoJo Family Day will be held April 28th. We have several student groups, clubs, etc, that may want to perform or provide a display.
- New form for documenting parent conferences: Please use this form to maintain the number of parent conferences you've had. At this point, we need all homeroom teachers to have the number of conferences that they have held thus far by their name. :),
- Awesome News! We have been given unlimited access to Flocabulary until March 10, 2018. Flocabulary is a learning program for all grades that uses educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum. If there is interest, we can discuss the purchase of this resource at SIT. You can use the link below to join:
http://flocabulary.com/signup/join/district/johnston-county-schools
Social Emotional Flocabulary Videos: https://www.flocabulary.com/topics/social-and-emotional-learning/
- Pineapple Visits: More of these took place this week. Coach Creech was seen taking part! Way to go!
- PBL Share Time: Please contact me if your grade level is interested in sharing an upcoming PBL Unit at our March staff meeting.
March Character Trait
March: Integrity-being honest in all things.
Important Dates
National Breakfast Week: March 5th-9th
Micro Elementary Shadow A Student Week: March 5th-9th
Spring Pictures: March 8th
March Sit Meeting: March 14th
March Staff Meeting: March 21st
Yearbook Sales End: March 27th
Reminders and Links
- Micro Elementary Crisis Plan
- Nominate teachers for the FSI Teacher of the Week: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5QG3BVX
- Monthly Needs Assessment Form