Tiogue Faculty and Staff Bulletin
October 26, 2019 - No.9
Welcome to Tiogue...
Melanie has been awarded the 4 hours perm. position in Life Skills.
She had been helping in Charleen's room over the past month or so.
Please welcome her to Tiogue this week.
RICAS Scores will go home on Friday, November 1st if we get student reports delivered to schools next week.
Thanks for your support of Herb's Family! They were so appreciative and honored.
Please sign up for our PTA Event, Breakfast With Santa...
8:30am & 10:30am
Chromebook repair procedure:
I would like to propose the following procedure:
1. A box will be kept in the main office for CB pickups and a separate box will be kept with the principal for returns.
2. When a teacher has an issue with a CB they should open a support ticket as they normally do.
3. Teachers will be directed to bring the unit to the main office where it will be kept in the box for pickup. Devices should be labelled with a room number.
4. Mark will come by and get the device, repair it and bring it back to the school's main office and place it the box left with the principal for returns.
5. Teacher will be notified that the device is ready to pickup.
My goal is to keep Mark from having to go all the way into classrooms and disrupt teachers to pick up devices, but this will also help get devices back in the classroom faster.
-Jim Murphy
Progress Report Update
Important Information at Tiogue
Hours: 8:40am - 3:10pm
Students may come to school when supervisory coverage begins at 8:20am
Dates to Remember:
October 2019
-October 28 - Progress Reports go home today (note date change); Off Team Day IEP meetings at 9am and 10am
-October 30 - RtI/MTSS mtgs. 7:30am & 8am; Dom out of building from 9am-10am CHS; Tara out of building at LifeTouch Yearbook training, 11:30am-3:30pm
-October 31 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information; PDPs due today - see Don's email about Trauma Informed PDP
November 2019
-November 1 - Off Team Day meetings at 9am and 10am; RICAS Reports may go home (gr. 4 & 5 students)
-November 4 - Flu Clinic - Coventry HS 4:00pm see information below
-November 5 - LifeTouch Picture Day
-November 6 - RtI/MTSS Mtg. 8am
-November 7 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information
-November 8 - Sue Lyons out of building until 9:30am (Human Rights Commission Mtg.)
-November 11 - No School, Veteran's Day
-November 14 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information
-November 21 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information
PTA INFORMATION and Meeting Schedule:
11/18/19 at 5:30pm
12/16/19 at 5:30pm
1/13/20 at 5:30pm
2/10/20 at 5:30pm
3/16/20 at 5:30pm
4/13/20 at 5:30pm
5/18/20 at 5:30pm
6/8/20 at 5:30pm (Last Mtg. of the year)
School Store information:
The store is open every other Wednesday during student lunch/recess times. Wed., 10/30.
Our Mission and Motto:
At Tiogue School, we believe that students can achieve their personal best and become responsible and productive citizens by embracing all learning opportunities each day.
"Everybody is somebody at Tiogue"
District PDP Goal - Trauma Informed, Yr 1
Don't forget that the PDP is due on OCT 31st.
We are also looking for 2 faculty/staff members to join a district-wide Trauma Informed "Champion Team". I had the chance to speak with a few of you this week about what we are looking for in a Champion for our school and our district.
There is an expectation that our school and district Champions will help to lead us during the next year - as we take part in the Trauma Informed Training through the $500K grant obtained last year.
Conscious Discipline - handling temper tantrums - keeping this up one more week
Our Nurse's Corner:
As seen in the Family Newsletter:
-We are starting our Thanksgiving food drive. Please refer to the notice that went home for what your class is collecting. Of course, donations of any non- perishable food items are welcome.
Mon. 11/4/19
4:00-6:30 p.m.
AT Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd.
Register online at
Registration recommended but not required.
-Gina D'Aguano MS, MEd, RN, CSNT
Mentoring Update
The PBIS team discussed starting our mentor program again this year. If you are interested in participating please let me know. Please send us some names of students who would benefit from this program.
Have a great weekend!
Sue Lyons
Articles and other news:
Behavioral Specialist and Math Intervention Schedule:
*Kim Sturdahl will be at Tiogue Monday through Friday*
MATHEMATICS: Mary V. will be at Blackrock this upcoming week.
**Article of the week**
October 26th: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students, from Cult of Pedagogy - this is an interesting article, but nothing that we have not thought or talked about in the past. Just makes me think, how can we connect with our students when there are so many external factors competing with us each day?
October 19th: Creating a Dysgraphia-Friendly Classroom, by EduTopia
October 12th: Phonics vs. Balanced Literacy - A Video comparison
October 5th: Addressing Persistent Defiance, by EduTopia.
September 28: Highly Rated Curricula Are Out There. Are Schools Using Them?, from EdWeek - makes me want to spend some time cross-referencing information found in EdReports and this information found w/in this article.
September 21: Can "bite-sized" Lessons Make SEL Easier to Teach? - from EdWeek
Previous Articles can be found in past newsletters
About Us
Email: giustidomenic@coventryschools.net
Website: http://tiogueschool.squarespace.com/
Location: 170 East Shore Drive, Coventry, RI, United States
Phone: (401) 822-9460
Twitter: @domgiusti