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Dear families,

We began our drills this past week with our bus evacuation. We will continue drills into next week. Along with drills, we have worked on our PBIS expectations and classroom routines. Our learning environments are set and we are engaged in learning.

PreK teachers have started collecting observational data for our Gold Assessment. Kindergarten teachers have started collecting observational data for the state Assessment: KIDS. K through 5 will take the FastBridge screener next week. Using this data, we plan for our instruction.

We hope to see you Wednesday and/or Thursday for Parent Night. If you have any questions about Parent Night, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher.

Mrs. Hensley, Mrs. Reinhardt, and Dr. Gruper

• September 6th- PreK through 2nd grade parent night
  
• September 6th- First Fun Run Collection
• September 7th- 3rd through 5th grade parent night
• September 13th- Second Fun Run Collection
• September 15th- Safety Drills (see below)
• September 20th- Third Fun Run Collection
• September 27th- Fourth Fun Run Collection
• September 28th- PTA Fun Run (Student only event)

In order to accommodate all grade levels, we will be hosting two parent nights.

• PreK - 2nd grade: Wednesday, September 6th from 6:00-7:30 pm
• 3rd - 5th grade: Thursday, September 7th from 6:00-7:30 pm

Both nights will have 2 sessions to accommodate families with multiple children:

• Session 1: 6:00-6:30 pm
• Session 2: 6:45-7:15 pm

Glacier Ridge Reads has become a tradition. We started about ten years ago with the mission to open access to books and build community with our families and staff. This year, we welcome our PreK students and staff to join us. Please see the information below with our first three of the year! We hope to see you there!

Are you interested in helping our students by volunteering in the Glacier Ridge Library? Please fill out this survey (paper or online) and we will be in touch SOON! Thanks, Library Information Specialist, Gayle Johnston, gwjohnston@d47.org.

A great way to ensure consistency and routines is by implementing PBIS at school and at home! How do we do this?

1. Set Expectations

• Create a list of 3 -5 POSITIVELY worded expectations for the whole house. Keep it simple!
• Be respectful
• Be understanding
• Be helpful

2. Create Examples

• Create a few examples of what each of those expectations looks like for the house. Ask your kids to contribute!
• Respectful

• I can be respectful by… staying quiet when the adults are working.
• I can be respectful by… waiting for my turn to use the computer/device.
• Understanding
• I can be understanding by… recognizing our new reality and the challenges it presents.
• Helpful
• I can be helpful by… cleaning up the messes I make or cleaning up a mess I see.