Principal's Corner
October 9th
Fall Carnival
Next month on Friday, October 27th, WMS will be hosting their annual Fall Carnival. This is a fun event where teachers and clubs host booths where students can play games and earn candy or prizes. Our Carnival will be from 4:30-6:30. Rocky Hill will also be hosting their Carnival, it will be from 5:30-7:30.
PTO helps oversee the event in terms of assisting with prizes or booth ideas or resources. They also collect and hold the funds that you earn and provide you easier access to the funds through reimbursement. I’ve sent out the Carnival SOP that outlines more of the specifics for how the booths and funds work. Lupe will be overseeing the sign-ups for booths. If you would like PTO to pre-buy candy or prizes for your booth, you’ll need to let Lupe know this by Friday, October 13thbefore we go on Fall Break. Teachers will share more about the Carnival during Circle of Support, but I wanted to frontload some information to get us ready.
Fall Break
Data Chats
Grading Window
Teach To Schedule
The schedule for Monday, October 23, 2017 will consist of classroom teach to’s.
Block 1
Announcements/Behavior Flow Chart
Refocus Procedures/Substitute Teacher
Block 3
Lining Up/ Entering Class/Communicating with others/Lunch Detention
Block 5
Seating Assignments/Raising Hands
Electronic Devices/
Block 7
Tardy to Class/Hall Pass/Clean Up
The schedule for Tuesday, October 24, 2017 will consist of campus teach to’s.
Block 2
Playground/Restroom/Hallway
Block 4
Bus riding behavior/Dismissal Procedures
Chromebook care
Block 6
Library/Office/Nurse
Block 8
Cafeteria Entering
Eating in the cafeteria
The key to the teach to’s being successful is our consistency in teaching them. The teach to’s are to be taught during the first 10-15 minutes of class, after roll has been taken. Our consistency as a staff in teaching these lessons will make these lessons more meaningful to the students.
To measure our consistency in delivering our teach to’s we will be conducting focus walks on Monday and Tuesday. Data from the focus walks will be compiled and presented to the staff