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Week of December 3-7, 2018!
- 12/4: IST Meetings during planning
- 12/5: Faculty Meeting at 3:30
- 12/6: LIM Team Planning Meeting "Replace 'I Teach' with 'We learn!'"
- 12/10: "That's a Wrap!" celebrations begin - see schedule below
- 12/17: Merry Monday
- 12/18-19: See schedule below to start planning your holiday parties!
That's a Wrap Holiday Fun Schedule
Outlook Email Migration
Outlook will be migrated over beginning Dec. 14th.
To be Completed Immediately: All personal folders will be lost if this is not done prior to moving the email account to Outlook 365.
- Move Outlook Personal Folders to Inbox (Directions for Moving Outlook Personal Folders to Inbox)
More information to come at Wednesday's faculty meeting.
Sharpen the Saw After-School Activities
- 12/3: Last day of Monday clubs (Fitness, Bloomtastic, Slime Lab)
- 12/4: Last day of Tuesday clubs (Kitchen Kids, All Dolled Up, Lego, Stemology K-2, Beginner Sports, Dodgeball, Slime, Holiday Elves)
- 12/6: Last day of Thursday clubs (Cheer, Dodgeball, Slime, Yuck, Stemology 3-5, Lego)
F&P Assessment Time
F & P kits have been delivered to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
After each upper level assesses (please pay attention to your time line), please send your kit to the next grade level.
The following are the timelines for upper grades:
3rd grade: 11/4-11/29
4th grade: 11/30-12/10
5th grade: 12/11-12/18
If you do not receive a kit during your time line, please notify Farise.
Note: 3-5th -During this assessment window only—you need to assess students who were on grade level or below. If a student assessed at the beginning of the year above grade level and they are continuing to show you progress, you do not need to F & P them during this mid-year check.
December Choice Board
Welcome to the...Chief Corner!
Georgia School Personnel Survey
The Georgia School Personnel Survey (GSPS) is modeled after the student survey and includes 31 questions. The GSPS is for all certified and classified staff members who work at least 50 percent of the day in the school. At least 75% of certified and classified staff members must participate in the survey to be eligible for the School Climate Star Rating. Most teachers should be able to participate in the GSPS using their classroom computer. The survey is also accessible using a tablet or smartphone. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. The Georgia School Personnel Survey link is posted below.
Overbooked: A Sawnee Reading List
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (this is my favorite book!) - The Audible version cost less than a dollar and was read wonderfully by Rosamund Pike.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs is an investigator and psychologist living in post-WWI London. This book is the first in a series of mystery novels and it introduces the reader to Maisie's backstory and her first solo case.
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell - Helen Russell and her husband (she calls him Lego Man) move to Denmark for a year for his job with the Lego Company. Helen documents (with a mixture of humor and active research) the differences between life in London and life in rural Jutland (one month at a times).