Marvelous Marcus Mustangs
Weekly Newsletter for the week of April 3-7
Herbert Marcus Motto: Paving the road to success, we're on this journey together!
Herbert Marcus Key Actions:
2. Building Relationships
3. Providing Exemplary instruction
It's all about Attitude!
Shout OUTS!!!
-SHOUT OUT to all of the teachers and staff that helped assist with STAAR testing! You made it so easy for our kids to do their very best!! Thank you so much for your help and hard work!!! -Ms. Aldridge
-Awesome job to Mr. Scott for hard work, and singing with the students in the cafeteria.Ms. Wallace
-Ms. Lara, Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to the school! The STAAR pep rally was absolutely wonderful and motivating! -Mr. McMillan
-Ms. Yuli Cruz, Thank you so much for being accommodating with testing and working with having your lab prepared! -Mr. McMillan
-Ms. Maldonado, Thank you for working with me and making sure I’m in the loop with the online testing! -Mr. McMillan
-Ms. Aldridge, Thank you for all the time and energy you have put into preparing the tests and making sure the campus is ready for STAAR administration! -Mr. McMillan
-Ms. Brizuela, Thank you so much for your dedication and hard work! Thank you for keeping us updated with a student -Mr. McMillan
-Ms. Reichle, Thank you for being a guru on all things Easy IEP and accommodations!! Mr. McMillan
**Please send shoutouts weekly to Ms. Wallace to publish
Positive Communication Logs
The Admin team will also be making positive phone calls. We will choose a grade level a week. This week is PK teachers please send an email with names of a student you would like the team to contact. (Mrs. A, Mrs. Cadet, Ms. Rose, Mrs. Whipple, Ms. Gray, Mrs. Morales, Mrs. Lara, Ms. Aldridge, Mr. Beard, Ms. Wallace).
Parents are loving the phone calls, please keep the names coming!
RED HOT Info!
Momentous training AT KRAMER elementary on Monday! The expectation is for all staff to attend these trainings. If support staff would like to attend you are more than welcome to stay clocked in for the training.
Recess
-Friendly reminder that recess cannot be taken from a student according to district policy. Remember to utilize GoNoodle!
-Please make sure all staff members are strategically placed all around the playground area and actively monitoring during recess.
Please make arrangements to attend all after school meetings and trainings. The expectation is to attend all after school meetings, training, and feeder pattern meetings (i.e. job alikes, etc.) If you are unable to attend, approval from Ms. Wallace needs to be done in advance. Please let me know if you have questions.
-Please make sure you are actively monitoring during morning duty and on the playground.
***Customer service is #1, please be intentional about how you greet, and treat every person who is staff at Marcus or DISD AND anyone who enters our building. BE PROUD!!! WE ARE AWESOME!
- All in Learning and DOL Expectation:
****The expectation is that ALL staff utilize all in learning a minimum of twice weekly*****
The expectation is all staff is utilizing All in Learning, and moving towards moving assignments into the progress tracker (2 DOL's a week) and assigning a TEK from the standards
Upcoming Dates:
4/1/17 Saturday School
4/3/17 MOMENTOUS training, teachers must attend all support staff may stay clocked in and attend. Location: Kramer Elementary 7131 Midbury, Dallas 75230
4/4/17 Terranova training during planning for K-2
4/8/17 Saturday School
4/10/17 Staff meeting after school-Surveys
4/10/17 Terranova Math-K-2nd AND Common Assessment math for 3rd/4th
4/11/17 Terranova Reading K-2nd AND Common Assessment Reading for 3rd/4th AND 5th Science
4/12/17 Fourth grade field trip
4/13/17 Grade Level Chair meeting
4/14/17 No School
4/17/17 No School
4/18/17 Campus coach Momentous training
4/19/17 Student surveys
4/20/17 Kindergarten PTA program at 6:00pm
4/22/17 Saturday School
4/25/17 MOMENTOUS training after school all teachers must attend, support staff may stay clocked in to attend. Location: Marcus Library
4/27/17 Grade Level Chair meeting
4/28/17 Spring picture
5/1/17 Staff meeting- STAAR
5/1/17 - 5/5/17 Teacher Appreciation Week
5/2/17 Kinder guided reading
5/3/17 1st Guided reading
5/4/17 Second grade Guided Reading
5/8/17 STAAR 3/4 Math & 5th Retake Math
5/9/17 STAAR 3/4 Reading & 5th Retake Reading
5/10/17 STAAR 5th Science
5/11/17 CAR graduation at 6:00pm
5/15/17 Job Alike-Every teacher needs to register for a session and Momentous Coach Training
5/15/17 FIELD DAY PK(A,B,C) and K, 1st and 2nd
5/16/17 FIELD DAY PK (D, E,) and 3rd, 4th and 5th
5/18/17 Junior Achievement with Pepsi
5/23/17 Fifth grade Theory of practice
5/24/17 Fourth grade Theory of Practice
5/25/17 Third grade Theory of Practice
5/25/17 Talent Show
5/26/17 4th grade awards 9:00 am and 2nd grade awards 1:00pm
5/29/17 No School-Memorial Day
5/30/17 3rd grade awards 9:00am and 1st grade awards at 1:30pm
5/31/17 5th grade awards at Rec Center at 9:00am and Kinder awards at 1:00pm
6/1/17 PK awards at 8:30 am and EARLY RELEASE at 11:55am
7 Ways Mindfulness can help Teachers!
Thank you Mrs. Morales for the link!
2017-2018 CALENDAR START AND END DATES FOR STAFF
Classroom Teachers- 8/14/17—6/6/2018 (187 days)
Classroom Teachers New to District- 8/7/2017-6/6/2018
Teacher Assistant—8/14/2017—6/6/2018 (185 days)
Instructional Coach—8/4/2017—6/6/2018 (193 days)
Assistant Principal- 7/24/2017-6/13/2018 (207 days)
Principal- 7/17/2017—6/26/2018 (221 days)