Monday Memo
November 11-15
Personal Wellness from Anne Armstrong
We were reminded by Anne Armstrong at our last admin meeting last week about personal wellness. Please see Anne's reminder from one of her HR newsletters below. Also, Anne reminded us about the amazing resource that we have through Pine Rest for three free sessions if needed. Here is the link and the password.
Personal Advantage- Pine Rest EAP
Password: hudsonvillepseap
Shout Outs
Thank Yous and Staff Appreciations
- Thank you to our Stakeholder Committee for planning this week's assembly and Alward Team's activities. I appreciate the time you spent outside of school to get this up and running!
- Thank you to Mrs. Bouwen's class for representing Alward on Friday at a breakfast in honor of local veterans. Mrs. Bouwen's class shared cards, spoke to veterans and their souses/friends, and sang a song for them. It was definitely a special morning and great community building event for our school!
Nuts and Bolts for the Week
To Do's and Updates:
1. Early Release Friday
- Assembly 9:15-9:45 a.m.
- Alward Teams: 30 minutes from time last team gets to their location
- Day 1: See schedule down below in calendar of events
2. Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign-up
Link for Parent-Teacher Conferences: Please copy and paste this link https://signup.com/go/sWQKZAH to your classroom blogs or contact your parents with this link to help increase the amount of families signed up for conferences. We are off to a good start since the link went out last Friday!
If you would like me to attend a conference or hover outside your door, please enter the conference time, student’s name, and your name into the document linked here. I will do my best to attend as many as possible.
Please make a master list of your conferences and submit to the office.
If you do not know how to find out who has signed up for conferences, please come see me, and I can show you how to pull up these names.
Dinner will be provided by PTC!
Enter in your attendance percentage here.
3. IRIP Letters -Going out at Parent Teacher Conferences
The CSTeam will meet with classroom teachers of students that will be getting an IRIP letter prior to parent teacher conferences-during our next data dialogue mtgs.
IRIPs will be given to parents at Parent-Teacher Conferences.
We will need to get a parent signature on every IRIP.
4. PBIS Updates:
Electronic Behavior Referral Form
Tokens: We will be increasing the number of tokens to 84 (fill up your chart two times) to earn a token party!
- Resources and support materials for PBIS
Restorative Circles
5. Star Testing Progress Monitoring Window-November 11-26
- Retest all students during the window of November 11-26
6. Hudsonville Education Foundation Grants:
- Due November 17th
- Online application can be found here: http://hudsonville education foundation,org/grantapp.html
- I must approve these before they are submitted!
7. Teacher Evaluation:
- 3W Walk-thru Observation-teachers on cycle [minimum one-two per observation cycle]
- Face-to-face Mtg after 3W Walk-thru Observation-within 24-48 hrs of 3W Walk-thru
- Pivot Observation with Noticings and Wonderings-teachers on cycle [minimum one per observation cycle]
8. Progress Monitoring Data Dialogue Window
School Wide Initiatives
1. PBIS Tokens Overview:
- Each homeroom teacher will get a pocket chart and tokens
- Plan with your class how you would like to celebrate once you receive 35 tokens
- Tokens will be passed out to students exhibiting SOAR expectations from teachers, paras, recess aides, lunch staff, ANY staff member.
- Tokens can also be passed out to teacher for whole classes exhibiting SOAR expectations from ANY staff member
- Students will write their names on the back and place the token in their class's pocket chart.
- Once your class receives 84 tokes, email Melanie to announce your class on the announcements!
- Have your class celebration! Please see the linked handout for celebration ideas and restrictions.
2. #aesreads: As we embark on this new school year, please help me spread the love of reading by sending me or posting pictures of reading to our Facebook page. Include the hashtag #aesreads. These pictures can include:
- students reading
- teachers reading
- staff members reading
- students or a class sharing a favorite book (book review)
These pictures can also be in or out of school. Spread the word with your families as well!
3. Reading Goals: As you walk around the school, you may have noticed the bulletin board with reading goals for this year. Our "main event" goal this year is to reach 100 million words read! As we reach 25 million words read, the whole school will earn an "event" incentive for their reading efforts that ties into our "Greatest School on Earth" theme. Let's start the year off strong and shaow the community our "reading strength."
4. AES Champions SOAR: Recognize a student or staff member that goes the extra mile to "SOAR." You can fill out this google form or fill out a postcard in the office. Leave the filled out postcard in the mailbox in front of Kristin's desk.
5. AES Champions: We will choose AES Champions by drawing out one name from your PBIS tokens at the end of each month (random).
A Month of Gratitude
Friday, Nov 1, 2019, 08:45 AM
AES
Star Testing for Grades 1st thru 5th
Enter data into math and reading spreadsheets by Dec. 9th!
Monday, Nov 11, 2019, 08:45 AM
AES
Alward PBIS Team Mtg
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019, 07:45 AM
AES Conference Room
PTC Mtg-Public Mtg
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019, 07:00 PM
AES Cafeteria
Grade Level Meetings-4:05 p.m. Start Time
Thursday, Nov 14, 2019, 04:00 PM
South Elementary
Board Mtg
Thursday, Nov 14, 2019, 07:00 PM
Admin Building
Early Release
Friday, Nov 15, 2019, 08:45 AM
AES
Baby Rybicki Celebration
Friday, Nov 15, 2019, 12:15 PM
AES Staff Lounge
Records Day
Friday, Nov 15, 2019, 01:00 PM
AES
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Monday, Nov 18, 2019, 04:00 PM
AES
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019, 04:00 PM
AES
Capture the Feather
Thursday, Nov 21, 2019, 08:30 PM
AES
Third Grade Thanksgiving Feast
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2019, 01:30 PM
AES Cafeteria
Thanksgiving Break
Wednesday, Nov 27, 2019, 08:45 AM
AES
Reminders
Reminders:
1. Attendance and Lunch Count: Please submit attendance and lunch count by 9:15 a.m. This will help us stay on top of absences and ensure that our students get what they need for lunch! You do not need to send lunch cards down to the office. Please keep them in your classrooms and make sure to carefully count and enter lunch counts. Thank you!
2. Peanut and Nut Free Classrooms Update: This year, all classrooms will be peanut and nut free.
- Grades/teachers with peanut/tree nut allergies include: PKB, KD, 1D, 1T, 30, 4L, 4H, 5B, 5C
- PK, KDG, and Grade 1 will have a food-free birthday treat policy.
- First grade needs to pay attention to products made in a peanut/tree nut factories. These items are not allowed for snacks. Be safe by having students wash their hands after snack with soap and water.
- Cafeteria-peanut/nut items are allowed for all grades except Ms. Terpstra's class. Students that consume peanut butter or nut products will wash their hands with soap and water or baby wipes after they eat lunch in the cafeteria. We will continue to have peanut/nut free tables.
3. Blogs:
- Please make sure to update your classroom blogs at least twice a month!
- If you would like to utilize ClassDojo as your main line of communication with your parents, please make sure to include a link on the main page of your blog.
- Email me when your blog is about to expire. I will upgrade it with school funds so that you do not have to do this!
4. Jean Fund Fridays
- $1/Friday
- $20/Semester
- $40/year
Popular Links
- Pledge Schedule-Patti's class will be kicking off the year by saying the pledge. When you class is done saying the pledge, pass the torch onto the next class listed. Thank you!
- Medical Alerts: Please pay close attention to the medical alerts for your class and grade level! We have a lot of different food allergies and severe medical needs in some classes this year.
- School Staff Absence Request Form
- Going Home Changes (End of Day Changes)
2. Data Spreadsheets
3. Matrix with PBIS Lessons Attached
4. Drill Procedures: Review the drill procedures with your students!
5. 5D+ Updates from Anne Armstrong
6. Kalpa Updates:
- Tracking IEP Mtgs, CST, Risk Assessments Slide Presentation (45 minutes or longer)
- AES Google Form for tracking IEP, CST, 504, Risk Assessments
- Mtgs must be 45 minutes or longer before/after school or during your plan time
- Count for Merit Pay after you have attended 3 meetings.