LME Weekly Update
Friday Focus 9/23
Getting into it!
Thanks to all of our staff, the second week of school has gone smoothly. Students are already in the school routine thanks to your consistency and commitment to looking out for all kids.
Culver's Night
We had a great turnout at Culver's Night on Tuesday. The place was packed. Thanks to Kindergarten for serving this month. Next month our PTO serves since it falls during conference week.
Junior Achieve-ment
5th grade worked with Junior Achievement to plan for JA Biztown, a culminating event for JA. Your teams will be getting more information on Junior Achievement in the next month.
Walking Field Trip to the Heritage Library
1st grade walked all 5 sections over to the Heritage Library for a tour and book check out. It went very well. The Lakeville PD parked on Dodd to help with some traffic control but our flags worked pretty well too.
They're already headed back in two weeks to check out more books.
QComp/TDE with Doug Stanton 9/22
Doug Stanton will be here on Thursday, Sept.22 at 8:20 in the Media Center to discuss QComp folders and the changes from last year. Here is a link to the slideshow he made. Please watch or preview it before Thursday's meeting. His time is best spent answering our specific questions. I no longer plan on showing the video since he will be here. Please put it on your calendars.
Fire and Lockdown Drills
Next week we will do our two fire drills. The first will be a "No alarm" fire drill with the students on Thursday afternoon. The second will be with the alarm on Friday afternoon. I am checking our testing schedules before setting the time. An email will come to all staff next week.
We have ordered magnets for all classroom doors that lock in the building. That will allow you to keep your door locked without it latching. Once we have that, I will communicate our next steps for our first lockdown drill.
Shared Leadership Notes
You can see the work of Shared Leadership here. If you have any questions, please speak with your SL representative.
AM and PM Pick
Be sure to shadow the duties of the previous team before your turn. This first round consistency is extremely important. We can't "wing it" out there for buses or parent drop off/pick up.
Field Trips
Here is a link to the field trip form. https://goo.gl/forms/ONSkgjD2Q56UcrTl2
Here is the breakdown of transportation money for each grade based on current enrollment.
K-$662
1-$761
2-$723
3-$776
4-$732
5-$846
Bus Safety Next Week
Schmitty's will be here on Monday to review bus safety.
You may want to show this as part of your safety and expectations discussion. It's the video our now 4th graders made last year.Brief Walk-A-Thon Kickoff Meeting 9/21
We will have a licensed staff meeting next Wednesday the 21st at 8:40 in the Media Center to go over the details for the Walk-a-Thon with our PTO.
Where will Bret be next week?
Mon-Out all day MESPA Leadership Conference Sat-Mon
Tues- Out 1-4 Principal's Meeting with Cabinet
Wed-Here
Thurs-Here
Fri-Here
NM Motivating
Wait, did you make it all the way to the bottom?
If you did, thank you. I am looking for some teachers and staff who might be interested in doing a one tweet a day Twitter chat with elementary teachers and classrooms in Montrose, MN. We would do one tweet a day (or more if you like) sharing what our kids are doing in class. It would start building classroom connections outside of our school. Who knows where it can go? Up for trying it?
Graciously,
Bret