Sunday Shakedown
Weekly Memo for Washington Elementary
Principal Post:
Thank yous, appreciations, and celebrations:
- Thanks to Roger for planning a terrific field day! Many compliments from families and guests
- Thanks to Lauren, Joseph and others who stepped in to help set up and take down field day supplies
- Thanks to Kristian for a quick turn around on getting fifth grade drummers and Troupe for our opening ceremony
- Thanks to Angie for planning the BBQ for the field day lunch!
- Thanks to our PTA, who paid for the police officer to be present all day during our event.
- Thanks to Michelle B for organizing the McTeacher's night, we will have a great time!
- Thanks to our SST team for taking time in and out of the classroom to plan supports for our students we are finalizing the supports with the expectation to start after fall break
- Prayers for Cherie ,Joseph, and Marianne as the intake of students in their program is increasing rapidly with a wide variety of needs. Be on the lookout for new faces! The two week observation period will apply.
- Thanks to Shasta for making good progress on adding new texts to the book room
- Thanks to Megan for covering cars for me midstream this week!
- Thanks to our social committee for decorating and planning a great tailgate day
- Thanks to Lisa M, Erik, and Jayson as the attendance action team for planning which students to mentor and making time in your mornings to meet with chronically absent students.
- Thanks to Traci for offering her mornings for tutoring and student support
Week of October 8-12
Faculty Meeting 3:45
Book fair opens 7:45-3:30
Tuesday:
LCD Celebration of Learning Informance 9:00 in auditorium/6:00 in evening /family bookfair 5-6 and following the informance
Wolf and Perhne at ASC with consultant
Do the Math RTI training 3:45 at the ASC
Wednesday:
Bookfair open
Spaghetti lunch orders from Riverfront to benefit Mallori/Zoe's Quest. ($10 due by Tuesday to Candice so she can order)
Wolf with consultant at Lincoln, 12:30-2
Thursday:
Leadership team meeting 7:45
Math collaboratives all day with Sue
Literacy teachers will have DRA conferences with Heather, please make sure your spreadsheet is filled in
Power of Our Words Professional Learning as part of ISCB courses 3:30 at the ASC
Students in the storytelling program will take field trip to Jonesborough storytelling festival with Ms. Goin and Mrs. Bradley
New employee reception 5-6 at ASC
Friday:
Club Day!
Date Night Wedding Shower for Joseph Fulkerson LCG 10:30-1:30
Coming soon:
FALL BREAK!
Beware!
Please be aware that there is a virus going around spoofing email addresses, including state email addresses. Please read about this below and caution your staff:
EMOTET VIRUS WARNING
There has been an up-tick of phishing emails targeting our districts from the internet with the EMOTET VIRUS being delivered thru attached files such as documents and PDF. Please be very cautious of emails with links in them or documents that you receive. In addition to checking for a valid email address please hover your mouse over the link and verify the source is the actual website. Better yet go into your browser and type in the link vs just clicking from your email. If you happen to click on a document from someone that you do not know please don’t enable macros. By doing so you could cause the virus to run and propagate to other machines.
Below is what one type of malicious document looks like. Again do not enable macros as that is what runs the virus
Be aware of emails that seem to be from a valid name. Please triple check the sender’s email address before opening any documents or links to ensure it is a valid user. If you don’t know them, don’t open it! Write down the email address and contact the sender to see if it is legitimate.
FYI and Reminders:
I have attached a document explaining a new Transforming Teaching and Learning (T2L) Teacher Leader opportunity as well as a video. The intention of this role is to offer opportunities for leading, learning, and sharing digital tools and resources. We are excited to provide this layer of support for our teachers. I hope some of you will consider applying.The district is looking for a teachers who are interested in working closely with administrators and teachers in their schools to support the integration of instruction and technology. T2L leaders strive to enhance student learning by leading teachers in the application and best practices of established and emerging digital tools. If this description sounds like you, see the following attachments and apply! This could be a great opportunity for those of you who are tech savvy and love finding ways to use technology not as a filler but as a real way to move kids academically.
The deadline for application is October 22 and the initial meeting is November 8th.
As a reminder, time off directly before or after a school break must have superintendent approval. This should go through the principal. In addition, time off for personal reasons may be declined if more than 10% of staff is already scheduled to be off that day. Also remember, you have 1 hour or under of time during a day in which you can be out of the building without taking leave. This is a courtesy and should only be taken if you have coverage for your class by an assistant. You should not double up classes or request another teacher take your class. You should also notify and sign out in the office when this is a necessity. Calling Candice to record it for you is sufficient. Lastly, please remember to save personal time for your children's awards days, graduations,etc. You cannot attend these and get back to school within an hour. Although we want to be family friendly, in order to be equitable, you should adhere to these policies.
We cannot get the WIDA survey to work, I have asked Pam to get us a paper copy of a signature page.
Social committee is "Booing people" again this year. If you find your mailbox holding a bucket with a treat, please refill and pay it forward to another staff member. Please check to person's name off the list. Also, last year, we planned for cross school partnerships to help us focus on levels of appreciation, that will continue this year.
The principals are preparing to have a discussion on field trips. As nursing responsibilities will keep them from traveling as much, we will need to plan ahead. In an effort to consider what trips are valuable and provide the most support for learning/child development, I would like you to complete a simple survey, please respond by Wednesday. The link is here.
Certified staff observations have begun. To ensure that all staff are prepared for the changes in the planning view of the rubric, administrators and InDes have taken your input and created guiding questions for you to reflect upon and be ready to address in pre-conferences during an observation that uses the planning rubric. These questions are attached below and are also in the GWES Team Drive.