Cheetah Chat
March 21, 2016
Administrator Off-Campus Meetings
Mrs. Clark~Here all week!
Mr. Baughan~Here all week!
- Ms. Zadell~Here all week!
Upcoming Events
3/17 - 4/8 - Student Council Food Drive
3/21 - Learning in the Fast Lane Book Study (Chapter 3) 4:00-5:00 PM
3/22 - Field Day (Tracks 3,4)
3/23 - Baby Shower for Ms. Schultz! 4:30 PM in Kindergarten classrooms
3/23 - Oakview Parent Information Session
3/24 - PBIS Meeting (2:45pm)
3/24 - BT/Mentor Meeting (8am)
3/24 - Leadership Team Meeting (8am)
3/25 - NO SCHOOL! Holiday
3/30 - SIP Team Planning Day @ Thinking Maps4/4-4/5 - Neal @ Blue Jay Pt.
4/1 - Field Day (Tracks 1,2)
4/5-4/6 - Clark @ Blue Jay Pt.
4/5 - McTeacher Night @ Holly Spring McDonald’s (5:00-7:00pm)
4/11-4/12 - Piatt @ Blue Jay Pt.
Track In Meeting
McTeacher Night ~ Action Required by All Staff
I am so excited to partner with the community and PTA for our school to do a McTeacher Night for our students and the community/Cheetah Pride Night for PTA. McTeacher Night is a great evening where I am asking staff to volunteer their time (30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, etc) to greet students and work at McDonald's. We will serve food to students and their families and all enjoy a night out together. Bring your families too! This can be used as make-up time. The event is going to be held at the Holly Springs McDonald's from 5:00pm-7:00pm on Tuesday, April 5th. We are still in need of volunteers! It would be nice to have alot of staff at the event.
I have also created a sign-up genius for you to indicate that you can come for the event. We need your help making this event a success! If all spots fill up on the sign up, YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE!
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0A4BA8AC2EA0FF2-mcteacherRead To Achieve Camp
There will be a Read to Achieve Camp for 1st and 2nd graders this year. The 2016 schedule for 1st/2nd grade Read to Achieve Camps (Tracks 2 & 3) are as follows:
Track 3
Week 1: April 22nd
Week 2: April 25th-April 29th
Week 3: May 2nd-May 6th
Track 2
Week 1: May 17th-May 20th
Week 2: May 23rd-May 27th
Read to Achieve ~ Action Required for 1st & 2nd Grade Teachers to read
Elementary Parent Portal
The parent portal will deployed for parents. The modules open to parents are attendance for the current term, school information, student contacts information, transportation information beginning for 2016-2017 school year, courses scheduled to students, and rising 6th grade electives selection. There will be a letter explaining the opening of the HomeBase/Powerschool parent portal both in English and in Spanish (front/back). The second sheet is the Application for Access HomeBase/PowerSchool Parent portal letter in English only. We have Spanish applications available upon request. These will be in your boxes a day before the date outlined below for your track. The parents will need to come into the school with their application/ID and the office will provide them the access letter. Here is the website to include on your websites: http://www.wcpss.net/Domain/69.
A parent information guide can be found HERE. Mrs. Locklair is the contact to handle communications with parents. This will be posted on the website.Holly Springs Elementary will deploy HomeBase/PowerSchool Parent Portal in the following manner:
5th grade students will receive the letters and applications for tracks 2, 3, & 4 beginning Friday, March 11th. Track 1 letters will be mailed.
Track 4 students in Kindergarten-4th grades will receive letters and applications beginning March 16, 2016.
Track 3 students in Kindergarten-4th grades will receive letters and applications beginning March 30, 2016.
Track 2 students in Kindergarten-4th grades will receive letters and applications beginning April 13, 2016.
- Track 1 students in Kindergarten-4th grades will receive letters and applications beginning April 27, 2016.
Teacher Working Conditions Survey ~ Action required by all certified staff
Mathematicians say that pr r squared, but I know they're round...
2016-2017 Mentor Training ~ Action required by any interested staff members
Employee Transfer Period ~ Action required by all staff interested in transferring
Job Fair~Action Required by staff interested in transferring to another WCPSS school
EOG Dates
Mark Your Calendar ~ Action required by all staff
Adaptive Schools Strategies
Ecosystems
A student in Ms. Sensabaugh's class took time to explain their ecosystems project to Mr. Baughan
The Design Process
Students in Ms. Holland's class tested cars they had designed and reflected on what they learned throughout the process
Reading Buddies
Reading buddies took advantage of our outdoor spaces to collaborate