Mark's Monday Morning Memo
March 4, 2019
Black History Month Celebration
What an amazing team we have. I want to say "thank you" for a powerful day last Friday, February 22, 2019. The day was joyful from the beginning to the end with decorated hallways, special guests, story readers, delicious food, camaraderie, music, recognizing heroes, honoring students, and an infectious spirit and energy. It was a great day at Gatewood Elementary.
Absences
Thank you for using the AESOP system to record when you are absent for illness, personal leave, and professional development. Make sure you enter any absences in the AESOP system. Kristi can help in extenuating circumstances, but each employee is expected to enter their own absences. Also, if special or more urgent requests to be gone come up, please communicate with myself, Kristi, and your teammates. The more of us that know, the better we can communicate with others. Thank you.
March 21st Family Event
There is an impressive list of activities planned for the family event night on March 21st. We will learn about the 5th grade Eagle Bluff experience, conferring help for parents, a virtual zoo, planting and growing seeds, real readers vs fake readers, letter sticks, outdoor learning, movement to energize the brain, naturalist Larry Wade, and more! Thank you for your help with making this a fun, informative, and engaging event.
Staffing Process
I will be receiving information on the Hopkins District staffing process that will be starting and that I will be facilitating here at Gatewood. I'll keep staff members informed as I work through the process of determining our staffing needs for next year. Most likely, after spring break, I'll be sharing the staffing picture at a staff meeting where everyone will be invited to attend.
Data Meetings
The week of March 11-15, 2019, will be busy for me because of the following commitments:
Monday, March 11 - Data meetings all day
Tuesday, March 12 - Courageous Leadership Training all day
Wednesday, March 13 - Data meeting in the morning; Learning, Leadership and Staffing meeting in the afternoon
Thursday, March 14 - Data meetings all day
I'll stay in touch through email, phone calls, and text messages. Thank you.