East Elementary: Team East News
Staff Newsletter for 2018-2019, Episode 5
We are TEAM EAST!
Hello December! I hope as you reflect on the first semester of our year, you are able to remember many wonderful moments with your students and your East family. It has definitely been a year to remember and while it has brought new challenges, your dedication to each other and to our students has made it a wonderful year.
I spent time in our December newsletter again this year sharing with our families how much we appreciate all of you. I hope I never sound like a broken record when I say that. Our students are learning and growing because of you and we will never be able to say thank you enough.
My prayer for you over the course of the next three weeks is that you catch yourself smiling at your students and enjoying the miracle of this time of year through their eyes. I pray that you enjoy your time with them and see the growth that has taken place in every single one of them in one way or another and are encouraged.
We love you all and look forward to the events we have planned in the coming weeks! It is a blessing to get to enjoy our work with all of you.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Melissa, Ashley, and Courtney
Fundamental Five and Campus Power Walks
Please remember that with purposeful student talk - our goal is that students have the opportunity to engage with each other about every 15 minutes during core instruction. This will continue to be an area of focus for us as we gather data in our classrooms through the end of January. We look forward to seeing gains in these areas. Also - please continue with the use of your lesson frames to capture how we are checking for student understanding.
Thank you for all you do for our students!
Let's Spread Some Christmas Cheer!
Please be sure to include the week of the 17th activities in your classroom newsletters because we will invite students to join us in our dress up days for that week.
Shoes for Kids - December 14th
Christmas Party!
We look forward to celebrating the season with our East family!
Happy Birthday!
3rd - Angela Mason
4th - Hollie Slaback6th - Eva Orduna
9th - Jenny LaBay
10th - Nate Thomas
13th - Marsha Babin
14th - Elayna Sullivan
15th - Vanessa Conley
16th - Katee Bean
21st - Katie Nichols
24th - Jessica Purifoy
28th - Julie Rogas
29th - Sabrina Lewis
30th - Melinda Perkins
January DRA Schedule
2nd Nine Weeks Grades
DEAL Time in 2019
Looking Ahead: December and January Events
- December 3rd: DEAL Time
- December 4th: Fundraiser Delivery
- December 4th: Hallsville Christmas Parade
- December 4th, 5th, 6th: East Holiday Store sponsored by East PTA
- December 5th: Behavior and Academic RtI Meetings
- December 6th: PTA - Polar Express Night and Holiday Shopping @ 6:00 p.m.
- December 7th: EcoLand for Kindergarten (Pruitt Pod)
- December 10th: EcoLand for Kindergarten (Sallee Pod)
- December 10th, 11th: District Benchmarks
- December 11th: Santa Flavious at Guarantee Bank from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- December 13th: Money ($5) due for students that qualified for Movie Trip
- December 13th: Staff Christmas Party at 6:00 p.m.
- December 14th: Fall Picture Retakes
- December 14th: Shoes for Kids
- December 18th: East Attendance and Behavior Reward to the Movies
- December 19th: Benchmark Data Conversations
- December 21st: Class Christmas Parties and Early Release at 12:30 p.m.
- December 24th - January 7th: Christmas Holidays
- January 7th - Staff Returns for Professional Development Day - Welcome Back!
- January 8th - Second Semester Begins and Students Return