Monday Memo
November 4-8
A Month of Gratitude
Shout Outs
Thank Yous and Staff Appreciations
- Thank you to Kristin, Laura, and Stephanie for all of their work manning the building on one of the busiest days of the year...Halloween! We appreciate all that you did to help make the day run smoothly!
- Thank you to our PTC for helping with out on Halloween checking off visitors. We appreciate all that you do to support our school!
- Thank you to Shelly for all of her work for planning and organizing the Turkey Trot. Also, a special shout out to all of our staff volunteers for helping with this event! It would not be as successful as it is without your help!
Nuts and Bolts for the Week
To Do's and Updates:
1. 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.
2. Progress Monitoring Data Dialogue Window
- November 4th for KDG, 1st, and 3rd-5th Grades
- November 6th for PK (during super switch) and 2nd Grade (during grade level mtg)
- Data Dialogue Documents
- Reading Data Spreadsheet
- Math Data Spreadsheet
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:
Tokens: We will be increasing the number of tokens your class must collect to earn a Token party for the month of November.
- 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. Thanks for reading...you can wear jeans this Wednesday!
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 35 tokes, email Melanie to announce your class on the announcements!
- Have your class celebration! Please see the linked handout for celebration ideas and restrictions.
- For the month of October, classes need to earn 35 tokens to earn a class celebration!
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).
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.