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Every child. Every day. Whatever it takes!
January 3, 2020
The Moreau Heights family is committed to providing a positive and safe learning environment to support responsible and productive citizens.
Our Vision
Moreau Heights is a school where students are eager to learn and where staff are excited to teach. Students are successful at Moreau Heights in growing and meeting personal and academic goals. Teachers are innovative and a collaborative team. We are a family of learners and a community of great achievers!
Character Trait for January - Hardworking/Motivated
Morning Meeting Lessons
PBIS has prepared the slideshow for next week during morning meeting. Please remember to continue with the structure below. Monday you will choose your own activity, Tuesday and Thursday will be Second Steps and Wednesday and Friday will be PBIS.
- Greeting
- Share
- Activity (this will be PBIS lessons on Wednesday and Friday)
- Message
Morning Meeting Lessons:
Shannon will send an email with the link.
PLC - Collaborative Norms
Presume Positive Intent
Assuming that others' intentions are positive promotes and facilitates meaningful dialogue and discussion, and prevents unintentional put-downs. Using positive intentions in speech is one manifestation of this norm.
Put Ideas on the Table
Ideas are the heart of meaningful dialogue and discussion. Label the intention of your comments. For example: "Here is one idea..." or "One thought I have is ..." or "Here is a possible approach..."" or "Another consideration might be ..."
There will be table tents for each team to have visible at meetings to support the practice of these norms to support collaboration.
Calendar of Events
Monday, Jan. 6
*Welcome back to school - be ready for an AMAZING 2020!
*Leadership Team mtg in library 3:05
Tuesday, Jan. 7
*PBS Refresher Day - review expectations and routines
*JEPD for grades 1, 3, 5
*Marty Huitt in building
*JA IEP mtg (Connelly, Haugen, Humphreys, Lueckenhoff, Lock, Cremin) 10:00
*PBS meeting 3:05
Wednesday, Jan. 8
*Sue at District Admin mtg 8-11
*KW Re-eval mtg (Connelly, Day, Streicher, Lock, Hammann, Humphreys, Lueckenhoff) 9:58
*Sue and Dawn at Elementary Principal mtg 11 - 3
*EB Re-eval mtg (Haugen, Streicher, Johnson, Cowan) 3:00
Thursday, Jan. 9
*JEPD for grades k, 2, 4
*AH IEP mtg (Vignola, Haugen, Steuber, Lueckenhoff, Rackers, Humphreys) 9:00
*New Crew in library 3:05
Friday, Jan. 10
*End of 2nd quarter
iReady Window for Math and Reading Assessments January 13-24
Monday, Jan. 13
*iReady testing
Tuesday, Jan. 14
*iReady testing
*Data team mtg grades 1, 3, 5
*Title I Team mtg 3:05
Wednesday, Jan. 15
*iReady testing
*Grade cards sent home
*AS re-eval mtg (Mantle, Haugen,
*Early Release - students sent home at 12:45
*PD 1:15-3:15
Thursday, Jan. 16
*iReady testing
*Data team mtg grades k, 2, 4
*Tier 2 Team mtg 3:05
Friday, Jan. 17
*iReady testing
*Charger Cart
*Sock-hop in gym (for behavior qualifiers)
Our Data Updates
Behavior Goals and Data
December of 18/19 - 113
August -December 18/19 - 359
December of 19/20 - 30
August -December 19/20 - 191
****THIS IS A 47% DECREASE IN MAJOR OFFICE REFERRALS!
Students will earn 350 positive office referrals by December 20, 2019.
703 Positive Office Referrals as of 12/20
****THIS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR GOAL!
Feedback and Area of Focus from Marty
Attendance Goals and Data
84.5% of 12/20
iReady Testing Coming Soon!
- goal setting for growth on iReady
- focused practice with iReady license use (tracking minutes and pass rates)
- intentional small and whole group instruction to address standards
- creating a community of learners who are focused on growth
It Will Be So Exciting To See All The Growth From Your Incredibly Hard Work!
The testing window opens next week. Be sure you take time to get students in the right frame-of-mind to do their best:
- review of goals, reminder that they want to do well for THEMSELVES to be proud of their work
- discussion of what it looks/feels like to "give it your best effort"
- the environment is focused and free of distractions during testing
Academic Goals and Data
80% of students on iReady reading licenses are passing lessons with a 70-100%.
50% of our students on level based on April iReady assessment data, increasing from 44% of our students on level in math in April 2019 .
95% of students on iReady math licenses are passing lessons with a 70-100%.
5th grade students will perform at or above the state average on science MAP test in spring 2020.
Book Study Highlight
We will discuss chapters 7 and 8 from Help for Billy at our staff meeting on January 22.
Kelly's Koaching Korner -
GoMath Digital=Daily MAP prep
Are you assigning digital GoMath for your students? If you want support with how/what to assign, please reach out to me. This week, 4th grade teachers sent home the GoMath parent letter. This letter allows student access to GoMath at home for practice.
Difference Makers-you are all difference makers for our students. Thanks for your continued Growth Mindset during our Professional Development sessions. I appreciate your work ethic and love supporting you!
Shout Outs for Staff
I cannot WAIT to see each of you after this break! There are such incredible things ahead for us in 2020!
Dawn's Dish
Managing Student Behavior
Below is the link to a short, but great article on different ways to manage student behaviors.
The Maxwell Daily Reader - Learn a New Definition of Failure
How can you help yourself learn a new definition of failure and develop a different perspective concerning failure and success? By making mistakes. Chuck Braun of Idea Connection Systems encourages trainees to think differently through the use of a mistake quota. He gives each student a quota of thirty mistakes to make for each training session. And if a student uses up all thirty? He receives another thirty. As a result, the students relax, think of mistakes in a whole new light, and begin learning.
Remember, mistakes don't define failure. They are merely the price of achievement on the success journey.
-Failing Forward
Reflection Questions:
How close to success might your team be?
Are you willing to keep fighting to make a breakthrough?
Follow our school, district, Dawn, and Sue on Twitter.
@Dr_D_Day (Me)
@suehaugenteach (Sue)
@JCMH_tweets (Moreau Heights)
@JCSchools_ (District)
You can also follow our school hashtag at #MHmissionpossible
You can follow our district hashtag at #JCStrongerTogether
Committee Updates
Leadership Team Notes - November
PBIS Team Notes - December
Faculty Council Notes - December
Title I Notes - December
District Professional Development Committee - November