The Roar
Staff Newsletter for Lynnhaven Elementary
December 16 - 20, 2019
Put Students First • Seek Growth • Be Open to Change
Do Great Work Together • Value Differences
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A Week at a Glance
**LANGUAGE ARTS COLLABORATION THIS WEEK**
Strings (gr 5) Wednesday & Fridays - PE time
Chorus/Art Club (gr 4) Wednesday - PE time
Chorus/Art Club (gr 5) Friday - PE time
Monday, December 16th
- Frosty Day - wear blue & white/snowflakes/Frozen
- Lions League 8:45 - cafe
Tuesday, December 17th
- Holiday Headwear Day - wear hats, headband, etc.
- K-1 Coffee Talk 8:15 - Science Lab
Wednesday, December 18th
- Holiday Cheer Day - "ugly" sweater and/or accessories
- Faculty PD/Staff Holiday Meeting
- PreK Nobleman Holiday Event 5:30 - Cafe
Thursday, December 19th
- Pajama Day
- Egg Drop 1:00 - PE Roof
- Hospitality Secret Santa Reveal 3:00 - Library
- Safety Patrol Meeting 3:00 - rm 30
Friday, December 20th
- Candy Cane Day - wear red & white
- Adjusted Dismissal - 12:10 for students
Saturday, December 21
- First day of Winter
December 23 - January 1 Winter Break
Happy Birthday!
December
5th - Christina Walker
8th - Demetria Cofield
8th - Chelsea Cope
9th - Jessica Epps
14th - Lindsey Shoemaker
15th - Terry Green
17th - Kim Morse
19th - Tatjana Roth
24th - Geri Pattie
28th - Devon Johnson
Shout Outs
Thank you to Mrs. Morse for saving the day with her swift skills on capturing little scary critters in the classroom. A million thanks for helping to prevent a heart attack. It’s a paralyzing fear.
Thank you to Mr. Alston and all the teachers affected by the technology glitch this week with progress reports. When specialists grades were checked, all was well, but unfortunately grades were lost and impacted many teachers having to redo comments. Thank you Mr. Alston for getting your grades back into the system quickly. It takes a village!
We have an amazing staff who rocked the internal audit during arrival. Thank you all for remaining calm and trying a drill during a wild time of day.
Congratulations again to McGuire-Day and Cornell-Burdick for being VBEF grant recipients! We can't wait to see the coding and culture connections in action!
A BIG Shout out to Office, Specialists, 4th & 5th grade for Fabulous Goodie Days! You all are Amazing!!
Thank you Jacqui for your flexibility this week for the announcements. Shout out to everyone who was able to assist in some way with making 'Cubs Coding' happen! Susan, Tricia, Melinda, Jenna, Tracy and Heather! Your help was greatly appreciated and the kids really enjoyed it! -Geri
Pattie, what a great opportunity to get parents in before school. Thank you for offering the Cubs Coding session!
It was SO generous of you to open your beautiful home to everyone, Cornell-Burdick! Thank you for hosting our fun LES holiday party! Thank you to Hamilton and our hospitality committee for coordinating all the fun!
Congratulations to Hauser's class for winning the December Read to Succeed contest in Achieve 3000! Way to represent Lynnhaven ES!
Small Group Instruction Look Fors
Attendance
Long Distance calls
Laminating
Also, no one is to use the laminating machine without permission from administration.
Computer Science Education Week
Kindergarten
2nd and 3rd graders
Cubs Coding family event
3rd grade went on a field trip to Egypt!
New Site
I have made a new site for Staff and Students full of resources! It is linked in the Chrome Bookmarks folders for staff and students... check it out!
Accessing VBCPS from Abroad
Individuals who will need access to VBCPS resources while traveling internationally should submit a Service Desk ticket. DOT staff will work with the requestor to provide the required access. Questions should be directed to the Customer Support Center at (757) 263-1111.
PBIS & SEL
By our next faculty PD on Wednesday, December 18th, please read chapters 3 and 4 of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain.