Trantwood Times
"For the Love of Learning!"
An Attitude of Gratitude Rocks!
~Thank you Krista Booth for being an awesome Thursday fitness coach! Leanne Bolin
~Thank you Krista and Rachel for sharing google forms for data collecting. Leanne Bolin
~Thanks to Mr. Riddick for his help in my classroom earlier this week. I appreciate your willingness to put my student's needs first! You were a lifesaver! Katie Schatti
~Thank you for Mr. Q for his ideas and reinforcement this week. Your willingness to jump right in was a blessing to my class. Katie Schatti
~Kudos to Krista, Rachel, Leanne, Elise, Berkley, Christina, Beth, Sara and Lauren for your diligent work on IEP progress reports. Your kiddos have made great growth, and your tireless efforts are reflected and appreciated!
~A big shout out to Carolyne McCoy. Thank you for proofing my report card comments! You are awesome! Julie
~Thank you for our administration for always putting our kids and staff safe AJF
~Thank you to everyone for their concern when I was out. I felt very loved! AJF
~Kudos to the office staff and Mrs. Lewis for working hard to find me a sub for my assistant on Wednesday. Sarah Gannon
~Amy: thank you for all the little things you do! Not having you here this week made it very clear how much you do and I appreciate all of it! Sarah Gannon
~Thank you to Sue Jerasa for helping in EDK when no sub was found. Sarah Gannon
~Huge thanks to Berkley for watching EDK so I could have a lunch break. Sarah Gannon
~Cheers to Hope and Vivi for going above and beyond with our kids in challenging situations. Your work does not go unnoticed. Sarah Gannon
~HUGE thank you to Mr. Riddick for unlocking my classroom door on Thursday morning. It made a difference in my entire day to know you took the time to do that! Sarah Gannon
~Stephanie and Sule you are so helpful to me always and I am grateful! Sarah Gannon
~Kudos to the 5th grade teachers for working with Kindergarten during your testing and our dismissal. Sarah Gannon
~Lisa Lee thank you for your positivity! Sarah Gannon
~Aaron you are a delight to have at the front and always going above and beyond for our kids here at Trantwood! Sarah Gannon
~Brooke for helping fifth grade with our measurement lab and for helping me out with the Volume center since I was out!- Bartczak
~Jenny, Macy, and Hannah: thank you for holding down the fort with me out days this week! Catie
~Haebler- thank you for all you do for our kids!!! Catie
~Kudos to Melissa Spivey and Sue Jerasa for their help with the Great Kindness challenge last week and this week! Lisa Lee
~Kudos to Aaron Woodard for taking the time to build strong relationships with some of our more challenging students—it makes such a difference! Lisa Lee
~Thank you to all those who made me feel so special this week—it truly is such a gift to work with incredible people like you! Lisa Lee
~Macy - thanks for filling my bucket. You always seem to appear at the perfect moment. Carolyne McCoy
~Stella - Thanks for being an awesome sub for the children! I feel like I should write the Queen and thank her for loaning you to us! Carolyne McCoy
~Gretchen - You understand what it's like to have a family an ocean away-- thank you for making my home sick days a little easier when you say my name the Euro way. It's like a warm fuzzy from home! Carolyne McCoy
~Kudos to everyone who participated in the scrabble letter day. You make this place so much fun to learn and work! LAM
~Much gratitude to our office team - you are rock stars and you make every day a joyful day! LAM
~Many thanks to Brooke and Carolyne for taking great care of our technology and thinking about how we can make it work better! LAM
~Awesome job Hannah and Melissa Spivey for preparing our team so well for Battle of the Books. LAM
~Thank you Claire for joining Mrs. Lewis and me at the PTA board meeting and for keeping the staff posted on PTA happenings. LAM
February 12 - 16, 2018 Don't forget your sweetie this week!
Monday, Feb. 12
- Mad Science
- School Planning Council Meeting, Library, 3:15 - 4:15 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 13
- Yearbook Club Pictures, 8:30 on
- Peer Tutoring, 3:00 - 3:45
- PAC, collab room, 3:15- 4:115
Wednesday, Feb. 14 Happy Valentine's Day!
- Sandy Ballard here all day
- LAM OTB pm
- Recorder Club, 3:00 - 4:15
- STEM, 3 - 4:15
Thursday, Feb. 15
- Learning Walks from various Elementary Schools
- First Grade Gifted Parent Meeting, Room 22, 11:30
- STEM 3 - 4:15
- Green Cardinals, 3 - 4:15
- Spanish Immersion Collaboration, Alanton ES, 4 - 6
Friday, Feb. 16
Feb. 19 - 23, 2018
Monday, Feb. 19
- Mad Science Club
- Tutoring, 3:00 - 4:15
Tuesday, Feb. 20
- Peer Tutoring, 3:00 - 3:45
- SCA, 3:00- 3:45
- PTA Board Meeting, 6:30
Wednesday, Feb. 21
- LAM OTB, am
- STEM Club, 3:00 - 4:15
- Art Club,3:00 4:15
- Gr. 4 Recorder Club, 3:00 - 4:15
Thursday, Feb. 22
- Flynn, OTB
- STEM Club, 3 - 4:15
Friday, Feb. 23
- SCA Parent's Night out
Future Planning
- Talent ED - Mid Year Goal Review Due - February 9 (Please inform admin if you need more time.)
- Jan. 2 - Feb. 9 - DRA 2 & RI Due (Please remember to enter onto spreadsheet - this data is part of our PCI)
- Feb. 16Annual Mandatory Training deadline
- Feb. 13 - Report Cards go home
- March 1 - Meet & Greet
- March 4 - Schoology Survey deadline (see email Jan. 30, 2018)
- April 2 - 6 Spring Break
- Jun. 20-21 - Digital Learning Summer Summit
- Aug. 13-14 - Digital Learning Summer Summit
Transfer Meet and Greet Event Information
Save the Date!! The TRANSFER MEET AND GREET event is scheduled for Thursday, March 1 at Green Run HS from 4:30pm- 6pm
· Teachers who have been designated as priority transfers and those who are eligible for consideration for voluntary transfers may attend.
• Classified employees who have been designated as priority transfers and those who are eligible for consideration for voluntary transfers or promotions may also attend the Meet and Greet.
• Only teachers who will be on continuing contract during 2018-2019 (currently P3, PC, or C) and who are not on Performance Improvement Plans are eligible for voluntary teacher transfers.
• A teacher who receives a voluntary transfer must spend three years in that assignment before being eligible for another voluntary transfer. (A teacher accepting a voluntary transfer for the 2018-2019 school year will be eligible for a transfer in fall 2021.)
Schoology
Thank you in advance for your time in this important next step with Schoology implementation. Please complete the Schoology Overview course and the questions, no later than March 4.
To access Schoology and this course, please do the following:
1. Access Schoology at https://vbschools.schoology.com/ . If you are on the school division network, you will be logged into Schoology. If you are not on the school division network, you will be asked for your user name and network password. If you are using a Chromebook on the network you will need to enter your user name and password.
2. Click on Courses at the top of the screen.
3. Click on Join and enter this access code: KKZQT-8MHND
You should now be in the Schoology Overview course for your school.
Let us know when done by writing the time on your WISE timesheet. We are giving one hour toward the make up hours when completing this.
Sustainable School Survey
On behalf of VBCPS Sustainable Schools Committee, we are inviting teachers and staff to participate in a division-wide assessment regarding perceptions of your school’s sustainability initiatives. This is an important research effort to better understand VBCPS’s culture and to help guide future initiatives across the district.
Here are a few important details about this survey:
- The survey will be available from February 12th to February 27th.
- The survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes (or less) to complete.
- Please note your participation is strictly confidential and anonymous. NORESCO uses a survey instrument that provides SSL/TLS encryption which secures your responses. NORESCO will not provide VBCPS with any information that can be personally identifiable; thus, maintaining the full confidentiality and anonymity of responses.
- Your email address - if you choose to provide it - will be used for the chance to win a Fitbit Alta or Charge2. Your chances of winning will be determined by how many respondents’ e-mails are received. You may use any e-mail you wish.
If you have any technical questions or concerns, please contact dmcpeak@noresco.com
Please respond to each question by considering any behaviors and actions you have observed and experienced at your site. Please respond as honestly as you can; there are no “correct” answers.
Note: This survey is being conducted by NORESCO on behalf of VBCPS's Sustainable Schools Committee. Please email Jtcole@vbschools.com for questions or concerns.
Take the Survey: https://www.research.net/r/VBCPSTeachersStaff2017
Transformational Learning questions to consider when planning.
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Frequency, pitch and sound - so much to learn!
Privacy folders or not? Learning to take ownership to do your best thinking!
Celebrating our Citizens of the Month for Fairness!
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LouAnne Metzger, Principal
Email: louanne.metzger@vbschools.com
Website: http://www.trantwoodes.vbschools.com/
Location: 2344 Inlynnview Road, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Phone: 757-648-4000
Twitter: @LouAnneMetzger