Peak Weekly Memo
EVERY WAY EVERY DAY!
WE MADE IT!
Shoutouts!
Shout out to Mr. Kincel for the amazing art’s festival! Congrats on a great turn out!- Brittany
Shout out 2nd grade for making it to Thanksgiving Break, enjoy the week off!- Brittany
Thanks to all of you who helped make the 10th Arts Festival such a huge success! The turnout was much greater than I expected, and it was fun seeing all of you enjoying yourselves with the kids. I totally get that this is outside of your regular 10-14 hour day, so I appreciate it! The money will help with getting specials classes supplies, field trips and events that we bring to the campus. You helped to make that happen. I drove home thinking how grateful I am to work with each of you. You make the tough days very tolerable and the great days even greater! – Steven
Shout out to 2nd grade for a fabulous bulletin board that connects all their Read alouds, Close reads, and other areas of content to a map of the world! – Melissa
Shout out to Crystal for ensuring that EVERYTHING that was needed for all our events, it could not have happened with out you!- Leetha
Shout out to Mrs. Hernandez, Mrs.Juarez, and Ms. M for being consistent honorary members of EVERY grade level, as you continue to assist by filling in where needed, so scholars can get what they need each day! -Leetha
Shout out to Diane and Grant for being honorary team members in this time of transition. Thanks again for all you do.- Brittany
Shout out to Mrs. Luna and Mrs. Salazar for always being willing to step in and help in the office, you are appreciated!- Leetha
Shout out to Ms. Curran and Ms. Marshall for being the best efficient teammates a director could ever wish for!-Leetha
Shout out to everyone who helped with Muffins with Mom and Donuts with Dads! These events are so important to our parents, and we had a fantastic turn out! - Leadership
STAY Focused and DO IT with PURPOSE!
Lesson Plans and SLA in a Day!
Social Emotional Learning/Breakfast and Morning Meeting
CA Testing schedule
Thursday, December 12th – Writing CA
- 4th grade- 90 minutes
- 9:10-10:40
- Scholars will take in homeroom and remainder of day will be a condensed rotational schedule
Friday, December 13th – Science CA
- 4th grade - 120 minutes
- 9:10-11:10
- Scholars will take in homeroom and remainder of day will be a condensed rotational schedule
- 5th grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
- Scholars will take in home room and remainder of day will be a condensed rotational schedule
Monday, December 16th (Half Day) – Math CA
- 3rd grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
- 4th grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
- 5th grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
Tuesday, December 17th (Half Day) – Reading CA
- 1st grade – at least 48 minutes
- 8:10-9:10
- 2nd grade – 90 minutes
- 8:10-9:40
- 3rd grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
- 4th grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
- 5th grade – 120 minutes
- 8:10-10:10
Wednesday, December 18th (Half Day) – Make up tests
- All general ed make ups for 3-5 will be conducted in the library promptly at 8:15 to ensure scholars are back for their Christmas parties.
- Scholars will be pull by one of the interventionist. Please do not send them down.
- If there is a scholar you believe we missed please reach out quickly since we have such a limited window.
Dismissal for the Early Release Week
Update bulletin boards
Holiday Programs
- December 17th for K-2 and
- December 18 for 3-5
Both programs will begin at 6:00.
You may leave at 2:00 on the day of your performance.
Upcoming Things
Scholar celebrations: December 6th
- December 10th=1st & 2nd
- December 12th=3rd and kinder
Duke Tip Scholars
We know that many of us have been asking how we can best meet the needs of our highest performing scholars, in order to help them reach their highest potential. One option that was presented in the past and is now an opportunity is to have eligible scholars participate in the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP). The Duke TIP program is available to 4th graders and above and provides opportunities and support for high achieving scholars.
The scholars that are eligible at Peak for the Duke TIP Program are attached.
In addition to having a master list of the eligible scholars at our school, I’ve included the link to resources on the Duke TIP website (https://tip.duke.edu/) - open in Chrome as Internet Explorer will block this site). Listed below is the general information and the eligibility requirements. The scholars attached met the eligibility using NWEA MAP or STAAR.
4th – 6th Grade Information: https://tip.duke.edu/programs/4th-6th-grade-talent-search
Please Make Plans to Attend!
Also please make sure you sign up for Secret Santa! Let's have a jolly three weeks of school.