Monday Mail
Mashburn Elementary
International Day
International Day will be on Friday, May 18th, during the school day. This will be a day to celebrate all the cultures that make Mashburn special! Please view this form with more information, including schedules:
Grade Level Chairs received a packet of fun Multicultural Activities that you can choose to complete throughout the day.
From 9:00-11:55, teachers please sign-up for two stations; one of them must be the Cafeteria or the Media Center. The stations include: Music, Art, Storytelling, Student Performances, Learning a game or dance, or a Technology Activity. Teachers will need to stay with their classes during the stations.
International Day Teacher Sign-up Sheet
Action Item:
Take a look at the schedule for International Day. Sign your class up for two stations (one MUST be Cafeteria or Media Center).
PBIS Visitors
This week we will have PBIS visitors coming to observe our amazing school. They may stop and ask you some questions as well as your kiddos. JUST ACT NATURAL AND DON’T TRY TO RUN! You may want to review SPARK on Monday as well as check out the PBIS/7 Mindsets folder on the shared drive for the latest PBIS data. They will ask you if you have seen the data or know where to find it---remember: PBIS folder on Google team drive! It’s been awesome rolling out PBIS/SPARK this year. The PLE committee is excited to share with all of you what amazing ideas and plans we have in store for you and our Blue Bears next year!
Just in case you got amnesia over the break or during testing weeks:
S= Safe
P=Prepared
A=Accountable
R=Ridiculously Amazing
K=Kind
We teach SPARK in conjunction with the 7 Mindsets because our mindset affects our behavior. When we display a positive mindset, our actions reflect that!
Action Item:
Please review with your students.
EOY Movies
Kizoa is a free slideshow and collage maker. It has tons of extra features that allow you to add transitions, effects, text, music, animations, etc. In a hurry? No problem. Upload your photos and let Kizoa to randomly select the transitions that will be played between your photos to create a slideshow in 3 clicks. You can also convert your photo slideshow into video to share it on Youtube.
PhotoSnack is a free photo slideshow maker that is easy to use. To create a slideshow, first you can choose to upload photos from 6 different sources: your computer, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, SmugMug or Instagram. Then, customize your slideshow by choosing 1 of the 9 free templates. You can also add background music into the slideshow. Upload your own audio file or pick 1 out of the 20 sound tracks available for free.
PhotoPeach: 3 quick steps are required to make a slideshow instantly with PhotoPeach: Upload & arrange your images, Choose title & music, and Share your show or embed it in your blog/website. Similar to PhotoSnack, it doesn’t have many advanced features, which is ideal if you want to create simple slideshows without some fancy effects or transitions.
Action Item:
Try out some of these online movie makers. Carol Ann may not be able to assist due to the crazy schedule of May so please plan ahead.
Electronic Contracts
Forsyth County Schools will be utilizing the Softdocs/Etrieve Content Management System to streamline our forms, timesheets and district processes. You will be hearing more about Etrieve in the coming weeks.
For our professionally certified staff, you will see Etrieve in action as we issue 2018-19 contracts through the platform next month!
Action Item:
Sign your contracts electronically through Softdocs/Etrieve and use the how to video as your guide by May 14th.
Message from Coach Jager
Parents,
Field Day is May 11th. We have 14 open volunteer spots for parents to run the stations. Lunch is provided for any volunteer. This is a great opportunity to help your school, get a delicious lunch, and to see your child. Please click on this link to sign up. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4eaaa72ca6f94-mashburn
Bearly Moving starts again on May 1st at 7:45. Any 2nd – 5th grader is invited to run with us every Tuesday and Thursday morning on the back field. Students need to first check in with their teacher before heading to the back playground. If you have any questions please contact Coach Jager.
Action Item:
Please share this information with your parents.
EIP Updates
We just wanted everyone to know what EIP services will look like for the month of May so you can plan ahead. Embrace the craziness of May!
We will have EIP as normal Monday-Wednesday of THIS week. We will NOT have EIP Thursday and Friday due to EIP training and Universal Screening.
The following week: (May 7th-11th) there will be no EIP classes due to promotion/retention, Universal Screening, and Field Day.
The week of May 14th -18th we will have EIP as normal (Mon.- Thurs.) and this will be our last week of EIP.
EIP’s last day is Thursday, May 17th.
Also, we have a favor to ask of you…if you know of days your classes will need to cancel EIP for various reasons such as field trips, parties, etc… PLEASE, PLEASE let us know as soon as you can. We are trying to “map out” where we will end our interventions for this year and it really helps with the planning. Thanks so much!
Action Item:
Please view the EIP schedule changes. Let EIP teachers know if have days you need to cancel.
Instructional Technology Summer Professional Learning
The Instructional Technology department will offer many training classes this summer. Topics will range from a SchoolCity Deep Dive, to Google Certified Educator Level 1, to Aspiring ITS, and finally Basic Computer Skills. Class dates, times, locations and descriptions can be found at Instructional Technology Summer Professional Learning Opportunities. Please share this link with your staff.
Action Item:
Please sign up for summer trainings if you are interested.
Important Lunch Account Reminder
As we prepare for the end of another school year Forsyth County Food Services will no longer allow negative charges to student accounts effective after meal service on Tuesday, May 1st 2018.
To ensure your child can continue to enjoy school meals or to clear your student’s account of any negative balances, please send a payment, (cash or check) to the school, or visit WWW.MyPaymentsPlus.com, to make a payment online. This website is a convenient way to make payments and monitor your child's account balance.
If you have any questions please contact Lisa Hasse, Cafeteria Manager.
Action Item:
Please forward this message to your parents.
Summer Professional Learning
In an effort to streamline communication and ease of access, we have compiled all of the Teaching and Learning summer sessions in one location. Click here to view the webpage. Sessions with a register button are open to all teachers. Sessions without the register option are intended for specific teachers and are invitation only. If you have questions about a specific session, please contact the T &L staff member listed under the session title.
Action Item:
View the link above to see if you are interested in attending any PL opportunities over the summer.
Attention Classified Staff
To assist office staff and paraprofessionals in their use of Google and Microsoft products, the instructional technology department will be offering both Google and Microsoft Training this summer. The trainings will be two day sessions for two hours each day.
§ The Google training will offer beginning level skills within Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Forms. Skills will include the basics such as how to share and access files, organizational tips, collaboration with peers, how to survey others and analyze data collected.
§ The Microsoft training will offer beginning level skills for Outlook, Word, and Excel. Skills will include organizing your Outlook folders, finding sent emails, creating contacts, creating appointments, formatting a document, using shortcuts, saving in different formats, creating tables, and much more.
Action Item:
Register for Microsoft and/or Google training during the summer.