Big Hollow Bugle
Big Hollow Elementary School~ July 21, 2017
STAFF RETREAT! :) PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
EXCITING NEWS!! Please help me welcome our new staff!!!
- Ivan Munoz, Assistant Principal
- Kristina Lancaster will be joining our 2nd grade team!
- Kristen Glover will be joining our 3rd grade team!
- Jessica Coletto, current 5th grade teacher, will be joining our 4th grade team!!!
- Hannah Jacobs, a brand new teacher will be joining our 3rd grade team!!!
- Sofia Mantzoukis will be joining our staff as a bilingual teacher! She will work with both primary and elementary students.
- Dr. Erin Pittman is joining us as Special Services Director!
- Dr. Sarah Nettis is joining us as Psychologist!
Curricular Materials/Supply Closets
We ended up keeping some of the leveled readers and guided readers. They will be put to the side in case you would like any for your classrooms.
I am in the process of ordering more Fountas & Pinnell benchmarking kits, as we will be using these kits to assess our students' reading three times per year. We will no longer be using any other resource to benchmark our students.
Textbook/Supply Ordering
$100 Supply Reimbursement
PBIS!!! WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP!!! :)
Please take a moment to view the slide show and sign-up for a PBIS sub-committee. We also need a few more people to create PBIS lesson plans. An example and template will be provided. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Slide show:
Sub-committee sign-up
Lesson plan sign-up:
Enrichment/Genius Hour! :)
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage
Our scheduling committee has worked really hard to include a "Whole School All Hands On Deck" Intervention time in our schedule for next school year. I am happy to say it looks like 2:30-3:00 pm will be devoted each day for this purpose. In addition to extra time for intervention, I would love to see some "Genius Hours" or structured enrichment available for our more advanced students who need a challenge!
Great site to get you started: http://www.geniushour.com/
A great article to read with lots of ideas: Click here
I sent some resources via email a week ago- please let me know if you did not receive my email. :)
Please see this link for a free webinar on Genius Hour:
http://www.keslerscience.com/geniushour Chris Kesler, former science teacher is a great resource!! He offers lesson plans and other resources for STEM activities if you're interested.
VoloSportsPlex Hoe Down! :) August 6, 2017
Volo Sportsplex would like to invite Big Hollow's entire staff to the Community HoeDown on August 6th, 2017. They would like to incorporate the potential needs of Big Hollow to kick start the new school year. Some ideas are to ask visitors to bring in school supplies or new/used books to donate. They will refresh the flyer with an actual invitation and an announcement of vendors, crafts, and activities.
They'd also like to recruit any Big Hollow staff or parents offering a unique talent, hobby or craft to sell, display or offer the community. There will be direct sales, crafters and food vendors joining the HoeDown.
Theme
Save the Dates!
July 31- Schoolwide Training 8:15 am-3:15 pm
July 31- Tentative date for class lists to be released to teachers- This may take longer than I expected due to registration difficulties.
August 3- Staff Retreat 12:30 pm- 3:30 pm
August 10- PBIS Core team meeting Elementary building
August 21- Institute Day
August 21- Meet and Greet 4-6 pm
Michelle Dzik
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Email: michelledzik@bighollow.us
Website: www.bighollow.us
Location: 33315 North Fish Lake Road, Ingleside, IL, United States
Phone: 8477405321
Twitter: @Bighollowelem