BARBER BULLETIN
November 12-16 Creating Joyful Leaders and Learners
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
This week our country celebrates American Education Week. In the 1921 resolution establishing this recognition of public education, the NEA called for a week-long celebration that highlighted the accomplishments of the nation’s public schools and generated support for meeting the needs of the public education system.
We all know that one important need of our system’s endeavors is more recognition and appreciation for the hard work of each and every employee of schools and school districts. I am grateful that quite a few of our local businesses see the value of our teachers and staff and want to help us say thank you by offering special discounts for Richland Two employees. The list of special discounts in honor of American Education Week is below. All you have to do when you visit one of these businesses this week is show your school/district ID badge.
Thank you for sharing your gifts and talents with our students, parents and community. You truly help make Richland Two THE premier school district … PERIOD!
ORIENTATION SIGNATURE
The next requirement is for you to simply acknowledge that you participated in an orientation by completing your orientation signature, digitally, through the site.
Directions for completing this step is below:
Go to sclead.org
1. Select Login
2. Select Evaluations
3. Select Details
4. Select 2018-2019 Evaluation
5. Select Orientation
6. Select “add my signature”
When “add signature appears, an “enter pin” box will also appear
7. Select “Forgot your pin” to see your pin
8. Enter pin
Please complete this digital signature by Friday. Those certified staff members that need assistance in completing this are welcome to join us for a session on Thursday at 3:30pm in the BrainForest.
YES FUNDRAISER
If you see these parents in our building, please tell them THANK YOU for the work they did on this campaign to ensure Pontiac students receive a safety entrance as well as media center renovation, new collaboration classrooms, a new HVAC system, and additional parking!
"Some people want it to happen. Some wish it would happen. Others make it happen." Michael Jordan
SPRING VALLEY'S TEACHER CLOSET: A Community Service Project
Kymber Lee, Chair Of the Teacher Closet Collection for this year's Winter Days at Spring Valley high school. Winter Days is a large community service project that is created to give back to the community in various ways during the holiday season. As this Year’s Teacher Closet Collection Chair, Kymber's goal is to help pre-service and In-service teachers who need professionally appropriate clothing but may be unable to afford such items. The committee of spring valley students will set up a bin for Teacher closet donations at Pontiac and come by every Friday to collect donated items.
Women’s Clothing •Skirts* •Dresses* •Blouses* •Tops* •Dress Pants •Sweaters* •Blazers/Jackets •Scarves/Belts •Shoes (No Sandals/Flip-Flops) *Please be mindful of necklines, Lengths, etc. for wear in a classroom setting.
Men’s Clothing •Ties •Suits/Sport Coats/Blazers •Collared, Button Down Shirts •Collared, Short-Sleeve Golf Shirts •Dress Pants •Khaki-Type Slacks •Sweaters •Shoes (Loafers, Nice “Deck” Shoes, •Dress Shoes) •Socks (Clean, No Holes, Pref. new) •Belts (Brown/Black)
Use this template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14WVYR7GaD32Zdvt8tSL_RbtdxAxh6C2v0hfXRV4x9hY/edit#slide=id.p
A LOOK AT OUR WEEK AHEAD: HAPPY AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
K.Barber out due to family needs
3:30pm ACTION TEAMS meet; please begin in the media center to get briefed on each action team's BIG ROCKS and vote for TOY!
Tuesday:
7:30am Habits and Hashbrowns in media center
Wednesday:
K.Barber off campus at Key Leaders
11:00am RTI meeting
3:30pm AVID site team meeting
Thursday:
7:45am School Improvement Council meeting
1pm Montessori data meetings
3:30pm Mentoring Planning Committee meeting
6pm SKATE NIGHT - Please ensure at least one rep from your grade level attends!
Friday:
Substitute Appreciation Day
PTO lunch
7:30am Dads and Donuts to promote W.A.T.C.H. DOGS
8:30am - K5 Data meetings during planning
9:25am Montessori Community meetin
SAVING ELIZA CAMPAIGN
Dear Daddy,
My birthday is coming up! Can you believe I’ll be 9-years-old on November 16? I know you and Mommy are gonna make it a really fun day for me.
I want you to know: I love you guys so much. Even though I can’t tell you with my words, I hope you can still see it in my eyes. I know you still see those moments when I light up and smile. I do hear you, and I do recognize and remember some of the things you do. Sure, maybe not all of them, but a lot of them...I really do.
Please keep being silly with me. Please keep practicing with me on trying to say words…I’m trying so hard.
I love it when Mommy pretends to tickle me and chases me around the house. I laugh so much when she does that. I love it when she helps me practice using my fork to eat. I never used to be able to do that Dad…and now I can!
I love it when Beckham hugs me and tells me I’m his “little bunny.” I wish I could tell him right back that I love him so much. I think he knows though. I like climbing the tree fort with him and sliding down the slide. I especially love it when he reads to me before bed and cuddles up close. I get really tired and fall asleep good when he does that.
Daddy, I love when you pick me up to dance and spin me around. It’s really fun! I hear the words you say to me each night. You tell me you are so proud of me, and that I make your heart super happy. You tell me that I’m good company and fun to be around and I have a nice personality. I might not understand it all, but I hear you. I see your smiles; I see your tears. Please keep spending time with me.
Daddy, thank you for sharing my story with so many people. Thank you for reading me the kind notes and cards and messages to me, from so many people I’ve never even met. There are so many people who care about me and love me.
Can you please tell them all “THANK YOU” from me? Can you THANK them for fighting for me and for my friends who have Sanfilippo? Please tell them how much of a difference they are making! I know you all won’t ever stop fighting for us.
You all do so much for me. You make sure I get healthy food. You help me eat and drink. You make sure I’m changed and bathed. You make sure my teeth are brushed really good. You make sure I’m safely buckled in the car. You make sure I’m with people who you trust, who are kind, gentle, and caring at school. Every minute of every day, you make sure I’m happy and comfortable.
Daddy, I know it’s a lot. For all of you. But I hear you and I know. I know you’d do it all a thousand times over, just to be able to spend more time with me.
I love you all so much,
Eliza
REMINDERS FROM OUR SOCIAL WORKER!
This is the last call for referrals for families that could benefit from support for Christmas. Please have all names to Ms. Roth by the end of this week.
Also, please keep in mind that the social work office has plenty of school supplies and backpacks for any new students that you are welcoming into your classrooms. Ms. Roth is happy to share with you for any classroom needs that you may have too: lots of tissues, hand sanitizer, notebooks, binders, pencils, colored pencils, markers, glue sticks, highlighters, and scissors!