The Bailey Times
February 12, 2018
Thank You to everyone that helped make the PTA Daddy/Daughter Dance a Success! It takes lots of people and I am so thankful to those of you who gave up your night to help our PTA have a fabulous night!
DLD Day!
Upcoming March Coffee Chats!
Check out some of these articles I read this past week. You may find something that interest you.
Online and Paper Practice Tests Available
Contact: TNED.Assessment@tn.gov
Practice test PDFs for grades 3-8 are now posted in EdTools (here). Online practice tests for grades 5-8 are also available in Nextera. To access the online practice tests, educators may use their Nextera logins and select the 2017-18 practice test administration for grades 5-8.
TDOE New Fine Arts Standards Summer Training:
Ed Ducey - educey@colliervilleschools.org
Teachers – June 18-22, 2018
Information: This is a two-day training held between June 18-22, 2018.
Who Should Attend: K-12 Fine Arts teachers
TDOE New Science Standards Summer Training:
Ed Ducey - educey@colliervilleschools.org
Teachers – June 18-22, 2018
Information: This is a two-day training held between June 18-22, 2018.
Purpose: The Teacher Training will provide a deep dive into grade-specific science standards and will focus on how to incorporate the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science, Cross-Cutting Concepts (CCCs), Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), and Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) into their instruction.
Who Should Attend: Kindergarten through 8th-grade science teachers and high school Biology or Chemistry teachers.
Minds/Eureka New!
Jennifer Ragland - jragland@colliervilleschools.org
All teachers and administrators should create a Great Minds account if you have not had the opportunity to do so. Please register, using this link: https://greatminds.org. Once you have an account, you will have access to free resources you can download to your dashboard (e.g. TN Alignment documents). You will also be able to take advantage of free webinars that discuss topics such as RTI Strategies for Tier I, Eureka Parent Night Tips, etc.
DLD Donations
Sheryl Johnson -
s1johnson@colliervillescho ols.org
Audience: Collierville Schools Employees
Do you own a small business or know someone that does? If so, please consider donating a product/service to our 2018 DLD. All donations will be used as door prizes for our awesome teachers and administrators! In return, we will recognize your business in our event program and on social media! Contact Sheryl Johnson with questions and/or to make a donation.
Principal Evaluation Visit - February 26, 2018 (9:30 - 12:00)
Month at a Glance
February 14th: PLC 4th, 5th, 3rd
February 15th: Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:00
February 16th: DLD Day
February 19th: Holiday - President's Day
February 20th: Middle School Visit @ 9:15 for our BSE 5th graders
February 21st: PLC 2nd, K, 1st and Leadership Collierville in the building 10:00 - 12:45
February 26th: Central Office in building 9:30 - 12:00 Admin Evaluation - will be visiting classrooms.
February 28th: PLC 5th, 4th, 3rd
March 1st: Out of the building for Leading with TVAAS training
March 2nd: Vocabulary Parade - Prek- 2nd 9:30 and 3rd-5th 2:30
March 7th: Principal's Meeting - out all day, PLC Meetings K, 1st, 2nd
March 8th: CEF Trivia Night (Popcorn and PD has been canceled)
March 12th - 16th - Spring Break
March 21st: PLC 3rd, 4th, 5th
March 22nd: Spring Pictures and Faculty Meeting 7:30
March 24th: Cub Chorus perform at Grizzlies Game
March 28th - 29th: Memphis In May
March 28th: PLC 4th, 5th, 3rd
March 30th: Good Friday Holiday
April 2nd - 6th - Teacher Appreciation Week
April 4th - Assistant Principal Meeting
April 5th: Kindergarten Kickoff 5:30- - 6:30