Callahan's Comments
October 7, 2018
SUMS
This week is SUMS for the majority of you! I'm so excited to get these started. I love hearing your passion and seeing your concern for your students' success and helping you make a plan to make that happen! If you have not completed your SUMS entries for ALL students, please make sure that is done. They were due on October 4th and we need them in advance so I can sort and mark the data, and so that Amy and Janet have a chance to look at their data on your students of concern.
Progress Reports
Progress reports will be ordered at 8am on Monday. Please make sure your grades represent your student progress. At this point every content area should have at least 6 grades, but more like 7, as report cards grades are due in only 2 weeks (Oct. 19)!
On the calendar....
Oct. 8: SUMS (7:50 Duck/Visser, 8:40 4th grade, 10:15 Marbach, 1:50 5th grade)
Oct. 8: Vertical Team mtg 3:15pm
Oct. 9: Progress Reports distributed electronically
Oct. 9: SUMS (7:50 Duck/Visser, 1:50 5th grade)
Oct. 10: SUMS (8:40 4th grade, 9:25 Anaya, 12:50 3rd grade)
Oct. 10: FIRE DRILL (unannounced time)
Oct. 11: SUMS (7:50 Rivers, 9:25 Cobb, 10:15 Mims, 12:50 3rd grade)
Oct. 11: PBIS team mtg (this may have been rescheduled due to conferences)
Oct. 12: SUMS (9:25 Lindeman, 10:15 Luce)
Oct. 12: Bus Safety Training
BUS SAFETY TRAINING
Please see the schedule that Lesley sent out for Bus Safety Training. Your students should have already watched the video she shared prior to the exit training on the buses. Make sure you work this in before Friday morning.
Conferences
I've seen many parents already coming for parent conferences. Great job getting those rolling....
The front door (closest to the flagpole) will be left unlocked until 7pm each evening. If you have a conference later than this, you might just be crazy.... oops, I mean you will need to let Sammy or Amanda know or come let them in!!
Education Galaxy Lab
We will begin opening our EG lab from 7:00 - 7:30 Monday thru Thursday with Mrs. Wittler, and our afternoon EG lab will be open after school with Ms. Dodson from 2:50 - 3:30 also Monday through Thursday. We will be discussing at SUMS which students we believe would most benefit from participation as there will not be room for everyone to attend.
Idea Lab Reset
The week of Oct. 15-19 is the Idea Lab reset week, so students will go to either the library or counselor on their Idea Lab day.
PBIS Party
October 19th is our PBIS Face Painting party! I have reached out to a high school art teacher to see if it's possible for some of them to come paint faces at 7:45 that morning. If I'm counting correctly, there will be a few over 100 students to paint! I think it will be more rewarding for them to get to show off their paint for the day rather than waiting until later in the day. Hopefully, the art kids will be able to help out. Otherwise, we will have to call them a few at a time to paint them. If you just so happen to be waiting on pins and needles to get this newsletter and you read it on Sunday night.... you may wear jeans tomorrow (Monday).
Oct 25/26
We are at our limit on professional discretionary leave for Oct 25 and 26th. No more leave can be approved for these two days. Please don't plan anything for those days if you are not one of the professionals already approved.