Galloping Gazette
A newsletter for the Faculty and Staff - Week 4/29 - 5/3
Put Students First • Seek Growth • Be Open to Change . Do Great Work Together • Value Differences
Principal's Message for the week:
Looking forward to another amazing week at the Farm and Field Day!
-Robyn
Shout Outs
Thank you Miriam for putting in such hard work into our Pizza Night! It turned out to be a big hit! - Ally
Thank you Jenny R. for always giving your advice on how to make assessments and activities that will help our students become successful! - Ally
The grounds look beautiful after our Earth day beautification! Thank you to all who helped! - Ally
Shout out to Liz Pascual for facilitating the Math Problem of the Week board! My class is totally psyched about this and I thank you Liz for providing the extra practice in such a motivating way! - Susan
Shout out to Kelly McNeely for showing me how to open my data unit with a technology based lesson. We had fun, and it feels great to have taken that step! - Susan
Shout out to Mrs. Bussierre for the awesome and energetic plant presentations for fifth grade! - Frances
Also, the school grounds look beautiful...thanks to all who worked so hard on Earth Day. - Frances
Thank you to Jennifer Pleasant, Robin Mounce, Wende Phillips, Ceci Fantano, Alisha Jacobs, Robyn Backer and Patti Porter for all their help and support with Kindergarten Registration! I couldn’t have done it without you! - Karen R.
Thank you to Colleen, Debbie and Barb in the cafeteria for making the cookies and setting up the cookie table for Kindergarten Registration. You ladies are the best! - Karen R.
Shout out to all the grade 3-5 math teachers that are working hard to remediate our "roadmap" students before our SOL tests! You guys are amazing! - Jennifer R.
Shout out to all the Earth Day volunteers for beautifying the front of our school. It looks great! - Jennifer R.
Shout out to Kelsey O'Hanlon for being helpful and assisting one of my students by playing with him in the morning. - Darle
Shout out to Alainya for always thinking of others! - Jackie
Nice Job Liz on the ice cream SOL review boards and the questions! Thank you for getting that started for grades 3-5! - Ally
If you have any shoutouts, please send them to Ms. Backer and Mrs. Jacobs by Thursday.
Schedule for upcoming weeks
Apr. 29th - May 3rd
Remember - this week starts PLCs will be only 45 mins from 2:15 - 3:00. Grades 3 -5 should bring their post-tests and notes from that week's roadmap.
Monday, April 29th
· 7:00a - 8:00a SOL Reading Club
· 2nd Grade PLC
· 2:40p - 4:20p Girls on the Run (Rm 7)
Tuesday, April 30th
· Lifetouch Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
· 3rd Grade PLC
· 3:00p - 4:00p PAC Meeting (Library)
· 3:00p - 7:00p Blood Drive (Cafeteria)
Wednesday, May 1st
· Lifetouch 5th Grade Graduation Pictures
· 7:00a - 8:00a SOL Reading Club
· K PLC
· 1st Grade PLC
· 2:40p - 4:20p Girls on the Run (Rm 7)
· 2:45 - 5:45 Music Play Dress Rehearsals (Cafeteria)
Thursday, May 2nd
· 5th Grade PLC
· 2:40p - 4:00p Stem Club Meetings (Rm 34/ Computer Lab/ Rm 38 Art Room)
Friday, May 3rd
· Field Day!!
· 4th Grade PLC
· 8:10 - 2:40 Watch Dog Dads (Wizotskey/Ortiz/Knight/Sandoval)
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May 6th - May 10th - Teacher Appreciation Week
PLCs will be only 45 mins from 2:15 - 3:00. Grades 3 -5 should bring their post-tests and notes from that week's roadmap.
Monday, May 6th
· 2nd Grade PLC
· 2:40p - 4:20p Girls on the Run (Rm 7)
· 2:40p - 4:00 Newspaper Club
Tuesday, May 7th
· 3rd Grade PLC
· 1:30 - 2:15 SOL Training (Rm 36)
· 3:00p - 4:00p Leadership Meeting (Library) - Cancelled
Wednesday, May 8th
· K PLC
· 8:30am Spring Concert
·1:30p Spring Concert
· 1st Grade PLC
· 2:40p - 4:20p Girls on the Run (Rm 7)
·7:00p Spring Concert
Thursday, May 9th
· 5th Grade PLC
· 1:30 - 2:15 SOL Training (Rm 36)
· 2:40p - 4:00p Stem Club Meetings (Rm 34/ Computer Lab/ Rm 38 Art Room)
· 2:45p - 4:00p Eco Club (Cafeteria)
Friday, May 10th
· Field Day (Rain Date)
· 1:30 - 2:15 SOL Training (Rm 36)
· 4th Grade PLC
PBIS: Tip of the week
PBIS: Be Ready, Be Responsible, and Be Respectful
The following teachers and TA's completed the final week with handing out stickers for "catching" students Being Respectful: Kane, Featherston, Dorbin, Pascual, Willett, Kesner, Young, Jones, Johnson, Zaleski, Gollihur, Witherow, Torres, Nicolosi, Kernodle, Cooley, and Bagnall.
Way to go to all teachers, TA's and staff for working on this PBIS challenge!
Don't wait on your Talent ED!
Field Day Potluck
Dismissal Notes
Math Question of the Week
Teachers in grades 3-5: Please have your students check out the "sweets" themed math question of the week board by the bathroom near the Innovation lab. Questions will be posted each week for each grade level. Students just need a half sheet of scratch paper and a pencil. Have them write their name and teacher's name on their paper. They attempt the problem, show all of their work, and circle their final answers on their paper. Then they fold it and place it inside the grade level "mailbox" at the bottom of the board. At the end of the day on Thursday, all of the responses will be checked and a winner will be chosen at random. Each grade level will have one winner that will go on the announcements that Friday and receive a coupon for an ice cream at lunch.
END-OF-YEAR DATE FOR LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES
- The library media centers will remain open for instruction, including lessons led by the library media specialist or other instructional personnel. Also, it will remain open for students to work in small groups or individually to complete assignments
- All print resources and equipment will remain available for faculty use. Circulation for faculty will continue until the last day of school, Friday, June 14.
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Important Links from the principal packet
Simply out of this world instruction!
CFES showing their pride on Earth Day!
Celebrating Our Amazing Volunteers!
#Goodphonecalloftheday
Keep these coming!
Please check out our form below to see how Mrs. Porter and myself will be celebrating our students and continuing our positive culture and environment.