RES Staff Update
April 1-5, 2019
Celebrating Our Staff One Decade at a Time!
Staff Appreciation Days
Monday, April 1: 1950's
Monday, April 8: 1960's/1970's
Monday, April 15: 1980's
Monday, April 22: 1990's
Monday, April 29: Current time
Staffing for Next Year
Want to Know More About the Upcoming CFISD Bond Election in May?
Important Information Regarding Transfers for Employee's Children
Reminders for This Week
MONDAY:
Staff Appreciation: 50's Day (burgers, chips and coke floats for lunch)
A-Team Meeting @ 2:00 (time change)
Gerletti, Balsam & Nespeca @ PD
2nd Science Unit Test
STAAR Training @ planning
Kinder "graduation" pictures and 5th-grade class picture
WEDNESDAY:
TELPAS Check-in
Nespeca & McCollister @ AP Meeting
Nespeca @ API (4:00 pm)
Writing Committee Meeting (4:30 pm)
THURSDAY:
Staff Meeting (7:45 am)
Wolfe @ Meeting
2nd Math DPM
FRIDAY:
ROCKET FEST (5-8 PM)
College/Career/HUGS Committee (8 am)
Spirit Day
Box Tops Due
Report Cards go home
Gerletti @ NPI (am)
2nd Math DPM
Garden Day (1st)
Calendar Updates-Bolded items are new this week
Monday, April 1
- Staff Appreciation: 50's theme
- Transfer window opens for staff and employee's children
Tuesday, April 2
- Gerletti, Balsam & Nespeca @ Learning Leadership Institute
- STAAR training during planning (in lieu of grade level meetings)
- Kinder "graduation" pictures & 5th-grade class picture
Monday, April 8
- Staff Appreciation: 60's/70's theme
Thursday, April 11
- 2nd grade large group @ 3:00 (practice for program)
Friday, April 12
- 2nd grade large group @ 3:00 (practice for program)
Monday, April 15
- 2nd-grade practices at 3:00 pm (large group at the regular time)
Tuesday, April 16
- 2nd-grade practices at 3:00 pm (large group at the regular time)
- 2nd Grade Program (A&B at 6:00 pm; C&D at 7:00 pm)
Wednesday, April 17
- Pre-registration for Pre-K and Kindergarten (9:00-3:00)
- Gerletti @ Zoom meeting (9 am)
Thursday, April 25
- Moran @ Tech Liaison Meeting (4:30)
- Choral Festival (4-8 pm)
Tuesday, April 30
- Marco's Pizza Night (PTO)
Staff Dress for the Week
Monday-50's attire or jeans
Tuesday--Team Shirt Tuesday OR Professional Dress
Wednesday--Professional Dress or jeans if pineapple chart winner
Thursday- Jeans if you were a Fun Run Participant OR professional dress
Friday--Astros Shirts (opening day at Minute Maid Park), Spirit Shirt with jeans OR professional dress
Professional Development
Upcoming Appy Hours
SeeSaw- May 2nd
Google Drive- May 7th
More details coming soon!
In Case You Missed CFISD EdTech Live
Marcia Kish: Blended Learning
Greg Gardner: We Video
Chris Akin: Accessible and Inclusive Tools for All (see the link below in the next section)
Meredith Akers: Create Communication That Stands Out: Branding Your School or Classroom
Each session lasts about 45 minutes, and each one has great information.
A link to resources that was shared about blended learning is: https://www.blendedlearningpd.com/ You can click on CFISD EdTech at the top to see great resources that were explained in the session.
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