Weekly Snapshot
September 27, 2023
Dear Team,
Last night was a tremendous success! Our students are SO blessed to have you as their teachers!
Thank you for all you did to help inform, guide, and form our parent community.
Have a blessed week!
Rebecca
Important Dates😄
September 29th- Picture Day
October 6th- Early Dismissal Faculty PD, 11:45 AM
October 9th- Columbus Day, No School
October 10th- Faculty and Staff Meeting, 3:15 PM- 4:15 PM
October 15th- Fall Open House, 10 AM- 12 PM
October 24th- Cultural Diversity Day
November 3rd- End of Quarter 1, First Friday Mass 10 AM
November 7th- No School
November 17th- Early Dismissal PreK 3&4: 11:30 AM, K-8 11:45 AM
November 17th- Teacher's Conferences in Evening
November 22nd- Early Dismissal PreK 3&4: 11:30 AM, K-8 11:45 AM
November 23rd and 24th- No School, Thanksgiving Recess
November 27th- Winter Season for After-School Programs Begins
December 1st- Angel Day, First Friday Mass 10 AM
Dismissal Protocol Update
There will now be a form that parents will have to fill out listing who is allowed to pick up their child/children from school. There will be hard copies to send home with each student, but here is a link in case a parent asks for an extra copy.
We appreciate your flexibility through this transition.
All forms are due to Sarah Dunn by Thursday, September 28th.
Curriculum Corner🧠
GCS Honor Society
We are redesigning our honor society for this school year. If you are interested in being on the committee for this new initiative, please let me know. I would like to meet as a group in the next two weeks to hash out our plans.
Google Classroom
Once you have created your google classroom pages please add me as a co-teacher.
Edmentum
Edmentum testing needs to be completed by the end of this month. Please update me if your students have not yet completed the diagnostic.
DRAs
I would like to see DRAs completed by the end of this month.
Lesson Plans
Due to my office by 8am Tuesday, October 10th. Please attach one assessment with your plans.
From the Diocese
Diocese Teacher Portal-
Password- 00DOBTEACH00
FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATION
ANNOUNCES THE 7TH ANNUAL
INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM
Applications Open September 15, 2023
A message from the Director of Enrollment and High School Admissions:📚
October 15th - Fall Open House 10am-12pm, all teachers will be in their classrooms as prospective families tour the campus. Families will come into the classrooms while on the tour to say hello (same as last year).
8th-grade teachers - Please be on the lookout for a letter of recommendation requests. Our 8th graders have started the high school application process. I will be sharing a list with the schools each student is applying to you all soon.
If you have any questions please let me know email me at kmorales@gcsct.org
Important Weekly Crossroads Info
Teachers are encouraged to join the TEACHER PLC GOOGLE CLASSROOMS. Please share this document with teachers so they can join the PLC that best fits them.
- REDIKER/CLEVER The new year has begun and syncs are being run daily. Non-active student accounts are disabled. Please ensure that teachers have an email in Rediker and that they are scheduled into courses with at least one student as these are requirements for account creation in some programs. Students and teachers both need an email address entered into Rediker.
IT UPDATE School staff can now create and open a ticket just by texting us at 203 487 8231. The user who created the ticket will get a ticket number and we will assign it to someone. The texter must leave their info in so we can tell who it's from (name, school, classroom, and the issue).
From the Dean's Desk💡
- Outdoor Dismissal Reminder:
- Please stage your classes in their respective waiting areas for dismissal even during inclement weather. We cannot stage under the main entrance awning as it slows up the dismissal process for both parents that park and walk over as well as curbside pickup. Staff and students should be prepared with the appropriate weather gear as we will do our best to minimize indoor dismissals this year. We thank you for your attention to this matter
General:
- Congratulations to 5M as they were the inaugural winners of the GCS Spirit Award presented at our first Pep Rally of the year! The class was treated to a very competitive kickball game last Friday that saw Ms. Steck's squad defeat Mr. Mascola's team by a score of 8-7 (see photo below)
- A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Thomas for joining me and Ms. Steck in the PA Carnival 'Dunk Tank' festivities last Friday after school. The crowd was raucous and the students threw at us with reckless abandon. We appreciate your unwavering dedication to our student body
- Thank you for those teachers that have scheduled push-in times for me to visit your classrooms to focus on community-building and leadership capacity
"Catch the Good" Shout Outs
- For all grade levels - Please be mindful of 'catching the good' throughout the school day. Shout outs can be awarded to a student or an adult as well as from student-to-student
Advancement Office✏️
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. If any of you have special lessons planned for Hispanic Heritage Month, I would be happy to join and take pictures.
Please feel free to send me an email with the details, and we can coordinate a time that works best for everyone. Your efforts in celebrating this important month do not go unnoticed, and I'd be excited to help out in any way.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Kristen
S'more Due Dates
Please have your S'more sent out by the dates listed below.
September Due Dates:
September 29th
October Due Dates:
October 13th
October 27th
November Due Dates:
November 10th
December Due Dates:
December 1st
December 15th
January Due Dates
January 12th
January 26th
February Due Dates:
February 9th
February 23rd
March Due Dates:
March 1st
March 15th
April Due Dates:
April 5th
April 26
May Due Dates:
May 10th
May 24th
June Due Dates:
June 7th
Helpful Links
Rebecca's contact information
Email is good anytime!
If it is urgent, of course, call me!
I am here to support you!
Email: rsteck@gcsct.org
Website: gcsct.org
Location: 471 North Street, Greenwich, CT, USA
Phone: (203)869-4000 ext 102 (937)901-6700