Monday Message
February 17th - February 21st
Our Week At A Glance....
Monday, February 17th:
*Professional Learning Day*
Please make sure you have registered at the following link: February 17th PL
We will begin at 8:00 - Casual dress!
Tuesday, February 18th:
8:30 Meeting w/ Kim Price (Traci)
9:30 504 Meeting (Traci)
9:35 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
10:00 Testing Training (Traci)
12:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Kelly)
12:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Traci)
3:00 Parent Conference - Rm. 204 (Kelly)
3:00 Encore Kids - Rm. 403
Wednesday, February 19th:
*Snyder's Sprinkle - Lounge*
8:45 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
10:25 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
1:00 Staffing Meeting @ Bluebonnet (Kelly)
1:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Traci)
3:20 GT Update Hours - Sockel's Room
Thursday, February 20th:
8:45 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
8:50 504 Meeting (Traci)
9:35 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
11:00 Leadership Meeting (Traci)
12:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Kelly)
1:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Traci)
2:05 SITP IEP Meeting (Kelly)
12:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Kelly)
3:00 LEAD MOY Conference (Kelly)
3:00 Spanish School
3:30 Technology staff on campus to assist with MFA Authentication
6:00 Founder's Day Banquet
Friday, February 21st:
* Grades 3-5 Career Day*
* Blow Pop Sales*
8:45 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
9:30 LEAD MOY Conference (Kelly)
10:25 IEP Meeting (Kelly)
10:30 504 Meeting (Traci)
12:25 Speech IEP Meeting (Traci)
Something to Inspire....
From George Couros...
"A recent study found that when teachers greeted their students positively at the door, academic engagement increased by as much as 20 percentage points, while they saw a decrease of 9 percentage points in disruptive behavior. It’s really much bigger than someone’s physical presence at a classroom door. It’s about positive relationships. Research validates the notion that relationships should be the core of what we do in education, highlighting that a supportive and caring learning environment can positively impact social and academic outcomes, which are critical for success in school, eventually a career, but more importantly, in our own lives."
There is more to learning than scores, but the reality is that is part of the "box" that we work in at this time. If we focus on scores, it might improve scores but not necessarily learning. But if we focus on developing people, we will improve WAY more than scores.
STARFest Baskets Due!
STARFest baskets are due this Thursday! Please remind parents to send in any last minute donations to be added to your class baskets!
Blow Pop Sales
Student Council will be selling Blow Pops on Friday for 25 cents at the end of the day. Please wait for your grade level to be called before sending your students down.
Evacuation Drill
Something To Make Us Think....
What Teachers Can Do to Boost Student Motivation
What teacher doesn’t want an environment where students are working on lessons and learning because they want to do it instead of because they have to do it? Researchers have identified four specific ways to nurture a sense of intrinsic motivation in students. In this video series, educators and authors Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski discuss these elements: autonomy, which is helping learners feel that they have a choice in what they do and how they do it; competence, or creating situations in which students feel that they are capable of doing what they are being asked to do; relatedness, or doing activities that help students connect to others; and relevance, or making work seem interesting, valuable, and useful to students’ everyday lives.
Why Autonomy Matters
Studies show that giving students a role in deciding what their educational experience looks like can help motivate them. This input may include having a say in their classroom environment, being able to choose their homework assignment, or even being allowed to develop ideas for their own assignments related to what is being studied in class.
This Is OSE.....
Printmaking in Art!
Trial and error, success and failure! Learning along the way!
Student-made Anchor Charts....YES!
Something To Make Us Laugh....
A Little Something From the OSE Files
~ Kelly