Food for Thought
Principal's Weekly Communication -Week of September 8
Inspiration for the Week
School Improvement
To support optimal student achievement (academic and behavior) by utilizing a proactive systems approach for creating and maintaining a safe, respectful and responsible learning environment. We promote family and community involvement. The minutes can be found at this link:
MAP testing continues. We will be working in our upcoming PLC meetings on the purpose of testing, foundation of reports, and application for instruction. We will also learn about Goal Setting for your grade level and for individual students. Additionally, we will look at our school at a glance from last year's Fall to Spring MAP performance. There is a lot to celebrate!
Teaching Innovation
Last year, as we began our journey of implementing the standards through the Units of Study, many people created “focus walls” in their classrooms. These walls provide an area for targeted vocabulary, strategies, and essential questions.
Some of our teachers are adding, “I can” statements to this wall or in another area of the room. Using these statements brings the focus to what the student can do in order to reach the targeted standard. These statements are more student-friendly than the essential questions and help the students talk about their own learning.
Did You Know?
Teacher Websites
Teacher website directions.
http://blogs.d47.org/edtech/staff-website-information/388-2/
You can also find this link on my iCoach website: https://sites.google.com/a/d47.org/icoach-thorsen/home
You need to go to the D47 resource tab and click on the EdTech blog on the left. There are tabs along the top of this website, including one for teacher websites.
Online Progress Reports
https://drive.google.com/a/d47.org/file/d/0B8YGPzLTRJcCdlhUNUR0Z2NxR3c/view?usp=sharing
October 19th Synergy Report card Training
Units of Study
Unit 2 will be posted soon. Check your Unit pacing calendar for your grade level.
YOU ROCK!
Cathy, Joy, and Erin rock for facilitating great communication between school and home for our ELL families!-Mary Alice Howe
Kristen for all of her tech support.
My third grade teammates for sorting through all of the supplies and getting things organized for me while I was busy with my sick mom. Marny
Lisa rocks with her ability to help me with anything related to technology!-Jill C. Kuhns
Kristin Ziemba. She rocks because she has organized schedules and created and compiled lists to help us get on track with the beginning of the year. Besides that, she is just awesome!-Penny B.
Kerri Tilton rocks!
She is always modeling and willing to share her expertise and new discoveries, especially when it comes to technology. Her patience is unlimited, even with us "old dogs who are learning new tricks!" Last year she prepared an optional workshop to introduce colleagues to Class Dojo, Kahoot, and Go Noodle, which have become important parts of my weekly repertoire. I feel so lucky to have a mentor right across the hall and am always eavesdropping to see what fun approach she is using to engage her first graders.-Jen Massie
I just wanted to thank Anita, Jill, and Donna for being so helpful and answering all my questions as I got started this year teaching art, music, and PE here at Husmann! I couldn't have done it without them and I truly appreciate their help and time! I also wanted to thank the entire staff for being so warm and welcoming! It was a very smooth transition and it's because of everyone here. Thank you!
KimLisa Noonan, Bim Prathan and Kristin Thorsen for helping us with our technology including MAP testing, Google accounts, and iPads!-Emily
I would like to give a huge thank you to Lynn, Cathy, and Debbie, my wonderful team. They have been a tremendous help to me these last few weeks and I appreciate them!!!
Sincerely,Rita Fata
My entire team deserves a You Rock! They have all been so helpful to me! I want to show them all that I appreciate what they have done and do for me! I nominate them for this award!
Thanks!-Barbara Brayton
I would like to say kudos to Kristin Thorsen because she has helped me out with multiple glitches on my computer over the past few weeks. I've just dropped in on her and she stopped what she was doing to help me out. She has taken the time to explain how I can fix it next time as well as trouble shooting the problem.-
Jenny Nixon
Thanks to Cathy Thurston for showing me the ropes and for Husmann's very welcoming staff!
Thanks to Luis, Mike, and Richard for maintaining such a clean and shiny school!
Gina
Husmann Happenings Coming Up
9/14
- PTO/Principal Coffee
- PLC
- Fire Drill
9/15
- 5th Grade Band
- School Improvement Mtg (Rising Star)
9/16
- Monica and Guy @ CORE AM
- Lock down Drill
- Chorus
- Dine for Dollars @ Chilis