Finally, a New Staff Stuff
1/21/16
How are things going?
New staff member to welcome! Beth Leonard is joining us as our newest Boone teacher. She is coming to us with a ton of education experience in AISD as a special education teacher in a variety of settings. Due to the massive numbers of kids in third (23, 23, 24, 24) she will be the extra teacher/support for that team. I have known Beth for years and am thrilled she will be a part of our staff. Please make sure to add her to your email groups, beth.leonard@austinisd.org. She will be sharing rooms with Betsy for her home base and location for intervention/enrichment groups.
Science fair is a huge success! The projects are just terrific. Kareen, Erin and Jennifer have gone above and beyond with the organization, planning and getting it all going.
If you have any parents who have given you a GT nomination form, please put them in my box. Nominations are due Friday. No extensions will be given.
Technology update. The district is behind in the roll out of the Chromebooks we are getting. Some of the computers are not coming in from the manufacturers as promised by the companies. Which is backing up all deliveries. They are thinking February now. Stephanie is our Campus Technology rep. She goes to training this weekend.
Faculty meeting on Monday: The sole activity at the meeting will be the annual TELL climate survey. Debbie is our campus coordinator for the survey. She will be sending out information to you. Please come to the library with your computers to take the survey.
Thanks to everyone who submitted your thoughts on the monkey bars. If you haven't had a chance, just shoot me an email with remove or keep or any comments. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Nicole has been working hard to get the career day organized for Thursday and Friday for 4th and 5th graders. Dr. Cruz will be here Thursday morning to talk to the kids. Ahh, I am already nervous. If you have any student work you were thinking of putting up or have decorations that need to be updated or put up, if you could do that before Thursday, I sure would appreciate it.
Calendar
Jan 25 Covington choice sheet meeting 8-8:30
Jan 25 Testing-Lara, Melissa, Martha
Jan 25 Faculty meeting-climate survey
Jan 26 ARDs
Jan 26 AAPSA meeting for Kathy 8:00
Jan 26 4th grade planning
Jan 27 Parent coffee
Jan 27 Girls group by Nicole and Evon
Jan 28 Thinking Thursday
Jan 28 Career Day
Jan 28 Dr. Cruz here at 10:00
Jan 28 Budget workshop 1:30-3:30 PAC Kathy and Cheryl
Jan 29 Career Day
Jan 29 Staff Luncheon
Jan 29 TGIF
Feb 1 Counselor Appreciation week
Feb 1 Heart Health Awareness Week
Feb 1 New teacher meeting-Cole
Feb 2 ARDs
Feb 2 Kinder field trip
Feb 2 Legacy of Giving for 5th 8:00
Feb 3 Principal meeting for Kathy
Feb 3 Data day 1st
Feb 4 STAAR writing released test
Feb 4 Data day 2nd
Feb 4 Thinking Thursday
Feb 4 Climate meeting
Feb 5 Women's Heart Health day-WEAR RED
Feb 5 Veteran's Valentines cards to me if you made them
Feb 8 Faculty meeting-Coordinated School Health information-Mike
Feb 8 Art Fundraiser starts
Feb 8 Conference window opens
Feb 8 Susan's birthday
Feb 9 ARDs
Feb 9 Data day PK3 and PK4
Feb 10 STAAR released test for 5th reading
Feb 10 Data day kinder
Feb 11 Thinking Thursdays
Feb 11 STAAR released test for 5th math
Feb 11 Progress reports go home
Feb 12 TGIF
Feb 12 Parent coffee
Feb 15-19 NO MEETINGS WEEK
Feb 15 Conference day
Feb 15 DAC meeting Kathy and Beth Ann
Feb 17 Principal's meeting Kathy
Feb 17 New girls group-Nicole and Evon
Feb 18 Mindpop tour for CLI
Feb 18 Paul's birthday
Feb 19 Crockett VT meeting 9:00-10:30
Feb 20 Mike's birthday
Feb 21 Stacey's birthday
Feb 22 Faculty meeting
Feb 22 Art fundraiser ends
Feb 23 ARDs
Feb 23 Mindpop visit
Feb 23 Universal screener meeting for teachers in K-5 (bring roster of students)
Feb 24 CLI meeting for teacher leaders
Feb 25 TELPAS rater training
Feb 25 School Pictures
Feb 25 Thinking Thursday
Feb 25 CAC
Feb 26 4th grade program at 7:45
Feb 26 Staff Luncheon
Feb 26 TGIF
Feb 29 STAAR released tests for 3rd and 4th
March 1 ARDs