BARBER BULLETIN
AUGUST 11, 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year!
Here are the details of the week:
Monday:
Building will be open if you need to stop by!
Tuesday: WELCOME BACK!
- Please enter through the front doors, as Verizon partners will "clap" you in!
- A hot breakfast will be served from 7:30am-8:00am in our cafeteria.
- Our morning inservice will begin promptly at 8am! You are in for a treat to kick off the new year!
- Our inservice will wrap up at noon and the remainder of the day will serve as work time for you to use in your respective classrooms.
- Our new PDS partner, Jennifer Morrison will stop by to meet all of you in the afternoon. Please say hi if we happen to meander by your classroom!
- Our school is being recognized for achieving LIGHTHOUSE STATUS at the board meeting. Please mark your calendars to join us if your schedule permits! The board meeting begins at 6:30pm at R2I2! Wear your RED LIGHTHOUSE shirts! Let's fill the board room with Pontiac Pride!
Wednesday: WORKDAY
- 7:45am APEC meeting in media center
- 11am GBE/SLO orientations - please attend!
- 1pm AVID site team meeting in Brainforest
Thursday: 1/2 Inservice, 1/2 Workday
- 7:45am Inservice will begin in the cafeteria.
- Our inservice will wrap up at noon and the remainder of the day will serve as work time for you to use in your respective classrooms.
- 12:30pm-4:30pm Leader in Me training for new staff that did not attend regional training this summer. We will meet in the media center.
- Don't forget about "Teachers Night Out" hosted by Historic Columbia! Register in advance!
Friday: DISTRICT INSERVICE - LINK IS COMING OUT TOMORROW! Watch for it so you can select your favorite sessions before they fill up!
SECRET PALS AT PONTIAC!
Happy New Year, Pontiac Staff! Last year we had great participation for the Secret Staff Buddies. Everyone that participated had a wonderful time giving and getting gifts.
This year, Jennifer Harki, APEC candidate and Primary Montessori assistant, would like to hold the event again but would like to try it for a semester (a year seemed really long!) She would like to kick it off with "Buddies" in your mailbox by Sept 3 and reveals Dec.16-18. This allows three amazing months to love on and be loved on!
Gifts can be store bought, handmade, a note, a treat, a hug (unknowingly from their buddy)...anything to MAKE THEIR DAY!
Please email JENNIFER HARKI if you are interested in participating this semester in Secret Pals!
TARGET FIELD TRIP GRANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $700
As part of the program, Target stores award field trip grants to K-12 schools nationwide. Each grant is valued at $700. We accept grant applications between noon CT Aug. 1 and 11:59 p.m. CT Oct. 1.
Education professionals who are at least 18 years old and employed by an accredited K-12 public, private or charter school in the United States that maintains a 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt status are eligible to apply. Educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals or classified staff of these institutions must be willing to plan and execute a field trip that will provide a demonstrable learning experience for students.
The Target Field Trip Grants program is managed and administered entirely by Scholarship America. Scholarship America will evaluate applications and award grants based on the following criteria:
- Applicant's description of the field trip and its objectives
- Benefits to the students, including overall student learning experience, relevance to curriculum and number of students who may benefit from the grant
- Proposed use of funds
- Trip to be taken between January 1, 2020 and the end of the 2019-20 academic year (May/June 2020)
All applicants will be notified by December 15, 2019!
R2 Innovates!
Do you have a great idea? Are you excited about moving this from IDEA to REALITY? Let's do it! Our district can help you make it happen!
Apply now for the R2 Innovation Incubator!
The application process is open through August 16, 2019!
Note that we request a one or two minute video introduction as part of your application. This is important to us, so please don’t omit it. We also appreciate your attention to the video guidelines. Participants agree to attend a two day design workshop in September and make a final pitch in late November.
WE PROVIDE:
Mentors
Training in developing your idea
Time for planning and access to our R2 Innovates space at R2i2
Resources
A rapid process to scale your innovation
WE EXPECT:
Work as hard as you possibly can, indefinitely
Listen and take feedback well
Build your service or product to the best of your ability
Attend all R2 Innovates events (held monthly)
Respect and help other teams with their projects
Please review the innovation resources on our toolkit page: http://r2innovates.blogspot.com/p/resources.html. You'll be more successful with your application if you understand more about the innovation process.
Please contact noneill@richland2.org for more information!
APPLY HERE
MANDATORY DISTRICT TRAINING VIDEOS!
Below please find a link to this year's mandatory district training materials. All Richland Two employees are responsible for and required to view these. There will be electronic documentation of the employees that view these materials after a viewing of each item is confirmed. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO CLICK 'CONFIRM'. If confirmation isn't received, you will be required to watch the video again to confirm acknowledgement of the content.
https://webapps.richland2.org/training
Please make sure that you review the following:
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Harassment, Intimidation or Bullying
- Confidentiality [This presentation has '2018' show up on it - this is OK to view for 2019-2020]
- Sexual Discrimination and Harassment
- Safety Commitment
- Safety Training
***The 2019-2020 Employee Handbook is not yet available from Community Relations so employees can only view the 2018-2019 version. We will let you know as soon as it is available so employees can acknowledge their receipt of it as well.***
Please ensure all videos are viewed and confirmed before August 21, 2019.