Marvelous Marcus Mustangs
Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 10-14
Great way to keep perfect attendance b y Mrs. Montoya!
Awesome data tracking by Ms. Chacin's students!
Make sure you are using student goal trackers!
Shout OUTS!!!
- Second grade lesson plans look great! Thank you to ALL grade levels for having lesson plans in on time, and responding to the feedback given.
- Mr. Caamano has started a Class Messenger Chat with his families to communicate information to them!
- Thank you to Ms. Belanger, Mr. McMillan, Ms. Murphy, Mrs. Maciel, Mrs. Knotts, Mr. Caamano, and Mrs. Flores for getting their positive communication logs in by Friday! Positive communication makes a BIG difference!
- Thank you to our PTA volunteers! These ladies are playing a HUGE role on our campus, when they come into your class please welcome them. They will have our their ID badges, or red volunteer lanyards.
***Send Ms. Wallace your shout outs every week so we can share ALL of the AWESOME news!
Fair is not equal, interested to hear your thoughts on this picture
Thank you to all who help with Leave your Mark!
Love that Ms. Torres has a greeter when visitors enter the classroom!
Positive Communication Logs
****Please turn in a copy of positive communication log into Ms. Moreno by 10/7, thank you! (If you have not turned yours in, please do so ASAP)
The Admin team will also be making positive phone calls. We will choose a grade level a week. This week is second grade teachers please send an email by end of day Thursday with names of a student you would like the team to contact. (Mrs. A, Mrs. Cadet, Ms. Rose, Mrs. Whipple, Ms. Gray, Mrs. Morales, Mrs. Lara, Ms. Aldridge, Mr. Beard, Ms. Wallace).
RED HOT Info!
1. Monday's vertical planning has been cancelled, this will allow time for you to work on finishing creating data walls, creating progress tracker in AIL, and prepare for parent conferences.
2. All in Learning and DOL Expectation:
****The expectation is that ALL staff utilize all in learning a minimum of twice weekly*****
This week the expectation is all staff is utilizing All in Learning, and moving towards moving assignments into the progress tracker (2 DOL's a week) and assigning a TEK from the standards.
We will begin having conversations around data in the progress trackers the week October 10th in lesson planning and with instructional coaches. If you need assistance with this get with an instructional coach. Currently we have only one staff member that has created a progress tracker in All in Learning.
3. District Elementary Parent Conferences:
Please call each parent to offer them a parent conference time for next week. Keep a roster documenting that you called and if their parent denied a conference simply write that on the roster. Thursday is the late night until 7:30pm, hopefully most of your conferences can be scheduled that night. Conferences can be scheduled anytime, however on Thursday the district requirement is until 7:30. Start with something positive in the conference that the child does well, then state an area of improvement, and ending with something positive. There isn't a school wide document, however if you need one let us know, we can email some out. Please let us know if you have any
****To prepare for conferences THIS WEEK:
- ensure your room is clean and organized
-current student work is posted
-bulletin boards are up and hallways and rooms are decorated
4. Recess
-Please make sure all staff members are strategically placed all around the playground area and actively monitoring during recess.
Upcoming Dates:
10/10-Vertical planning is cancelled....use this time to prepare your data walls, create progress trackers, and prepare for parent conferences.
10/11- Marcus will have two visitors as the "Principals for the day" please make them feel welcome
10/10-10/14-Parent conference week
10/13-Late night parent conference night until 7:30pm(see notes)
10/14-DISD fair day
10/17-PD after school
10/19-All feeder pattern librarians will be at Marcus for meeting
10/21-CLAY program beginning at 1:30 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th
10/24-Red Ribbon Week
10/24- Vertical planning after school
10/27 Muffins with mom at 7:15 in courtyard (all hands on deck)
10/28-Marcus Fall Carnival 4:00-7:00 (Decide what "booth" our grade level will do)
11/1-STEM night WT White 6-8pm (Math and Science teachers have Marcus booths/activities)
11/1 Fifth grade extended planning
11/2 Fourth grade extended planning
11/3 Third grade extended planning
11/4-CLAY program beginning at 1:30 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th
11/8 Second grade extended planning
11/9 First grade extended planning
11/10 Kinder extended planning
11/10 PTA 4th and 5th-CLAY Program 6pm (4th and 5th teachers attend)
11/18-CLAY program beginning at 1:30 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th
11-21 Week of Thanksgiving break