Monday Morning Message
Week of February 25, 2019
Upcoming Dates
February 25-March 1 - Burke/Grant Class Books Store Project 7:50-8:10 (Please hold attendance until 8:10 to allow students time to shop)
February 25 - Principals Mtg 7:00-9:00 @ PVE
February 26 - PTO Mtg @1:15, ZCS Growth Meeting with Dr. Robison @ 2:40; Reject Film at PAC 6:45
March 1 - Eagle Extravaganza!
March 4-8 - Disability Awareness Week (More information below)
March 4 - ILEARN Mtg in Design Lab @ 2:45 (3rd, 4th and SPED)
March 5 - No Staff Meeting (Rescheduled to March 12)
March 7 - Wellness Night 5:30-7:00
March 12 - Staff Meeting @ 2:35 w/ Dr. Stephanie Loane (See info below)
March 14 - 4th Grade ZWest Transition day 9:30-11:00, 1/2 Day PD Sessions (See info below)
March 19 - Staff Share @2:45
March 22 - 4th Grade Dad's Club Breakfast @7:15; Eagle Play Dress Rehearsal for student body 9:15-10:15 (Switch Thursday and Friday RA Schedule)
March 26 - PTO @ 1:15
March 29-April 5 - Spring Break!
April 10 - Kindergarten Round-Up
Extravaganza Volunteers Needed!
Our incredible PTO is looking for a few volunteers to help out Friday evening before and during Extravaganza. Please consider volunteering an hour or two of your time.
New and Familiar Faces Around Eagle
February 26
Notice how our leaders are posed with two Eagle students in the picture on the right!
Part II: Have you ever had a student who is continually sluggish or "zoning out? What about those students who easily become agitated, irritable, hyper, unfocused, and fidgety? That sluggish kid is showing a lack of response, or insufficient response to the sensory environment (under-responder) while the hyper kid is having an exaggerated response of the nervous system to sensory input (over-responder). All Eagle staff have access to BrainWorks products due to a PTO grant. BrainWorks provides alerting, calming, and just right activities that can easily be incorporated into the classroom to meet the needs of all students. If you are interested in learning more about this program come to the brief, optional in-service on Feb. 26 after Dr. Robison's meeting. Hosted by Britani Sepanski.
Professional Development with Dr. Stephanie Loane
The link here is a working draft of the moving pieces for the day, including some shifts for related arts team members. I'll update details as we get closer.
Future Think Tank Opportunities
- First, here is the link to the recorded Think Tank from before winter break. The sound is excellent!
- Talk with your team and sign up here!!!
Teacher of the Year Nomination
Each spring, we pause to recognize those among us who represent the very best in our profession. Please take a few moments this week to honor a colleague (or more than one, if you so choose) who is worthy of being nominated as Eagle Elementary's Teacher of the Year. All nominations will be shared with staff next the week of March 18 for voting.
Click here to nominate a deserving colleague!
Disability Awareness Week
Zionsville has recently partnered with Special Olympics to become a Unified Champion School District. Unified Champion Schools is a 12 week program focused on providing different physical activities leading to improved fitness and skills to students in preschool through 8th grade with Intellectual Disabilities. The goal of Unified Champion Schools is for all students to be afforded equality, access, opportunity, respect, and acceptance. Unified Champion Schools focuses on the commitment to all students, throughout the course of their development, to participate in physical education and activity that promotes learning, achievement, and enjoyment.
This year ZCS will host the Preschool Unified event on April 26th at PVE. There will be a morning and afternoon session. Students that attend Developmental Preschool at Eagle, West, and PVE will be bused to PVE and participate with partners from UP classrooms.
The theme for Disability Awareness Week this year is “To Include.” We will have announcements each day during the week to share special messages. The announcements on Wednesday and Thursday provide instructions for students (and staff) to sign banners that remind students of their pledge “To Include.” (The week's announcements are on the document below)
We will also be sending home flyers on Monday, the 4th sharing information about Crazy Hair/Hat Day. On Friday, March 8, if the students and staff donate $1 they can wear Crazy Hair or a Hat of their choice to school that day. If our school raises at least $250 we will be a Special Olympics Unified Champion Banner school and will receive a Banner to display proudly in your building!!
PLC Corner
We will plan on meeting in the conference room.
- 3/1 - 1st and 3rd PLC (Identifying Data Trends, part II); 2nd and 4th Grade Level Collab Time
- 3/8 - No PLC
- 3/15 - No PLC (We will have just had our 1/2 day PD the day before)
- 3/22 - RtI/MTSS Check in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Kindy (Alternating Thursdays):
- 2/28 - (Identifying Data Trends, part II)
- 2/21 - RtI/MTSS Check in
MTSS (Multi Tiered Systems of Support) for Behavior
Diane will be our point person and first layer of support. As we move through the process, teachers will have the opportunity to bring the students in need to our MTSS Team for further collaboration, support, and brainstorming.