Monday Connection
K-3 Staff Weekly Newsletter - Week of 2/3/20
Memo from Mary and Todd
What great work we did Friday. I put a very difficult task in front of you and not only did you dig in, you did amazing work looking at students and standards. I am so very proud of you. Keep that data in mind as you are creating groups and lesson planning to ensure that your students needs are being met. Thank you!
Parent Walkthroughs - On Wednesday, we have the opportunity to walk through classes with a group of 4 parents and possibly a board member. The purpose of this is to get people in our building to see the awesome work we are doing. This month's walkthroughs will be focused in Kindergarten and 1st grade as we walk through - Greco, Hargadine, Pal, and McCrary. If you are interested in having your class on the schedule for our walkthrough in March, please let me know.
This month, the focus for walkthroughs will be the use of formal and informal methods to assess student learning, provide feedback, and use results to inform planning and instruction. I will continue to look for:
Instructional Objective Clearly Stated
Classroom Behavior management system is evident
Classroom promotes differentiation
Student engagement is evident.
Have a Fabulous week!
Operation Valentine
I am asking that all of our students send Valentine's Day Cards to this Veteran. I have a template that I will be happy to copy for each of your students if you need. Please do not have students sign their name.
Please have to office by Wednesday, February 12.
Please help us with “Operation Valentine” Loveland Style.
There is a USMC WWII Veteran, 104 years young, in Stockton, California whose only wish for Valentine’s Day is to receive as many Valentine’s as he can.
You can find his story here: https://nypost.com/2020/01/14/a-104-year-old-marine-vet-wants-people-to-send-him-valentines-day-cards/
Send cards to:
Operation Valentine
ATTN: Hold for Maj. Bill White, USMC (Ret.)
The Oaks at Inglewood
6725 Inglewood Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
National Read Aloud Day
Midyear Review
3rd Grade Honor Roll Assembly
Valentine's Day Parties
Signing In and Out
Shout Outs
From Sara:
To Ali for working hard to get the support NVCS needs to be able to effectively support students at NVCS. Her professionalism with persistence is excellent.
From Nicole:
Shout out to Ashley for jumping in as BOB Coach on Tuesday and taking notes at the Battle and staff meeting. And to Erin, Autumn and Shelby for offering to be backup coaches!
From Jessica:
Shout out to Ashley for jumping in as BOB Coach on Tuesday and taking notes at the Battle and staff meeting. And to Erin, Autumn and Shelby for offering to be backup coaches!
From Hannah:
Erin Larkins, thanks for asking really thoughtful questions in order to help kids grow and be successful in math.
Debbie, going beyond for me to be able to print and helping me with that even when I'm not in the building. I so appreciate you.
The PBIS team who is working magic over here and really following through.
The kindergarten team for reaching out for support in writing really good READ plans and wanting to do those well.
Sara V. for supporting the kinder team in writing those READ plans.
Mary for helping me with PD stuff for Friday for the 4-8 building, all while doing her own stuff for her building. I appreciate the amazing feedback and carving out that time for me.
The first grade team for inviting me in to their plan time so I can catch up with them.
The kindergarten team for inviting me in to their plan time so I can catch up with them.
Shelby for allowing me to observe her math block and welcoming me into her classroom.
Becky Clark for helping me problem solve and getting me some contacts, I appreciate it so much!
Stephanie Lynch for setting the bar high and holding expectations.
Jessi for bringing her love all of things Hawaiian and being so generous with volunteering to pick up lunch on Thursday.
I love you K-3, it is so good to be back with you.
From Charlotte:
To Sammy Auster - thank you for taking on the “ Golden Feather for Mrs. Baker” project. I appreciate your willingness to step in and orchestrate that so beautifully.
To Melissa Garcia for creating the “ word wall journal”. Something I have tried to create for so many years! It’s going to be a wonderful resource!
( thanks for sharing a copy with me!)
From Jessi:
To: The entire K-3 campus
Everyday I feel loved, cared for, respected, and cherished. Thank you for making my job feel like a home.
To: Becky Clark
Thank you for approaching PTO Committee for new recess equipment. Your thoughtfulness has brought so much joy to the students! I love watching everyone play together.
To: Shelby & Autumn
Thank you for you constant efforts to make learning fun!
SURPRISE
Happy Birthday
Calendar of Events
Monday, February 3
1:00 - 3:00: Classroom Walkthroughs
Tuesday, February 4
9:00 - 10:00: Admin Meeting
10:30 - 12:00: Classroom Walkthroughs
Wednesday, February 5
8:00 - 9:00: Parent Walkthroughs
9:00 - 12:00: Principal Read Aloud
1:00 - 2:00: PTO Meeting
2:00 - 3:00: Principal Read Alounds
7:00 p.m. - Tune into NVCS Facebook page at 7:00 p.m. for a special read aloud
Thursday, February 6
Midyear Reviews All Day
Friday, February 7
8:00 a.m. 3rd Grade Honor Roll Assembly
2nd Grade Oregon Trail
12:00 - 3:00: Mid year Reviews
Office Referrals
IC Communications
Duties
Substitute Information
You can access all the information through the intranet. https://sites.google.com/newvisioncharterschool.org/nvcs-staff-intranet/employee-absences?authuser=0
Frontline Absence request link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C0KRlsprg1BcfnKAGDpbaAf55XAkY55iKDUTdaHGw-c/edit?usp=sharing
Purchase Requests (per Pat)
All purchases must be approved in advance, including any purchase a teacher makes and then requests reimbursement for. It is still up to the teacher to secure a copy of our sales tax exempt form from the office before making any purchase as we do not reimburse for sales tax.
Each regular classroom, full time teacher (this excludes specials teachers as they have a different budget), have $150/year available to them for expenses specific to their classroom. These funds are not to be spent on regular items that we already purchase for classrooms, (which is another reason for the prior approval). If they put in their purchase request through the normal intranet process, we can usually purchase items at a lower cost through our established vendors. I try to process all purchase requests at least twice a month.
If they intend to use these funds for their classrooms, they need to do so prior to spring break.