Fabulous Friday Facts
August 5th
Upcoming events
(See more details in depth details in sections below)
Friday 12th All day crew training
Monday 15th District Professional Development (see below for some choices), there are also job specific trainings you may be required to attend.
Tuesday 16th Crew work with your team and Forced Fun, All South Campus staff meeting at 8:30 (to talk about WIN block and other logistics for the year), 10:00 Para meeting for South Campus paras
Wednesday 17th Open House and Ice cream social
Thursday 18th Student's first day
Friday 19th
Celebrations!!
Welcome to our new hires!!
Victoria Beacom special education teacher at the south K-3 campus
Anna Beelaert school psychologist
Samantha Gorenstein 5th grade position (that was advertised in the spring)
Sean Stevinson is back as the science teacher in 6th and 7th grade
Tracy McGatlin Enrollment Secretary at South
Kim Rodger Principal Secretary at South
Elizabeth Hanson as GT Tutor at South
Colleen Ahearn Clinic Aide at South
Anna McMillian 1st Grade Aide
LeeAnn Suehrstedt Special Education 1/2 Para at South
Lisa Lischka Special Education 1/2 Para at South
Meg Lutes Reading Intervention Para
Susan Burke Kindergarten Para
Kathryn Ried Kindergarten Para
To be determined 5th grade teacher
First week back details
Aug 15th district learning opportuinities
Here is a link to all the professional development offered on the 15th. Please check to see if you have a job specific one! Below are some that we wanted to highlight!
The Jeffco Schools Foundation, Curriculum and Instruction and Learning Ally will be providing a two hour Dyslexia Awareness class for all teachers. Three sessions will be provided during the day at the Golden Rec Center.
Couse Code: DDYSA Session: 0001, 0002, 0003
Come learn about the Social Studies units in your grade level! Develop awareness of the concepts and skills in each unit. Explore the resources that have been gathered and organized in Stage 3. An overview of the entire year will help you see how history, geography, economics and civics are woven throughout the grade level. Walk away with confidence and new ideas for teaching Social Studies. Times and ESS codes for your grade are linked here.
Applied Imagination
CALLING ALL PBL EDUCATORS, LETS CONNECT!
If you are excited about: applied imagination, STEM, STEAM, STREAM, i-STEM, S2TEM, Engineering, Expeditionary, Academies, etc. then THIS IS FOR YOU! Please come for an afternoon of celebration, learning, sharing, col-laboration, information, and just plain fun! Whether you are brand new or deep in the trenches, we are gathering ALL coaches, teachers, DTL’s and others who are involved in this exciting work together for the first time in Jeffco! There will be time to meet and collaborate with both vertical and grade level teams from all across the district. We will be discussing the best ways to support you in moving ap-plied imagination forward. You will walk away with connections to others in your role and an understanding of ap-plied imagination across Jeffco. Please bring a laptop!! ESS code is DCTEAI
Professional Responsibilities
Bring your checkbook!
Other Dates to know for the start of the year
August 18th-September 23rd DIBLES and TRC Window
August 22nd-September 17th MAP Window
August 24th Curriculum Night South (Primary)
August 25th Curriculum Night North (Intermediate)
August 29th and 30th Testing Days
September 1st and 2nd Data Days at South
September 19th-23rd Outdoor Lab
September 23rd Early release day
Staff meetings for 1st Semester
Teacher grant applications
Jeffco Commuty Nights
August 5 PD planning
If you would like to see the notes from this day they are in the Bradford Committee 16-17 folder that has been shared with everyone. This is where all the committee folders are for the year, and where all future meeting notes will be kept!
If for some reason you don't see this folder in your shared google drive please let Cara know and she will add you.