SHOEMAKER TEAM TALK
Staff Newsletter and Important Updates-July 22, 2016
HAPPY SUMMER...
Forward your announcements, updates and important news to parnold@eastpennsd.org to be added to the SHOEMAKER SHOP TALK
Calendar of Events
August 1 Building open to prepare your classrooms
August 1 Schedules sent out
August 17 Decorate the school
August 22, 23, 24 PD DAYSAugust 25 Kindergarten Registration 9:00 and 10:30
August 25 Shoemaker Visitation 10:00-12:00
August 29 First Day of Students
August 31 Meet the Teacher 6:00-7:30
September 2 and 5 School closed
September 8 PTO Meeting 6:00
September 16 Picture Day
September 23 1:00 Dismissal
September 30 Shoemaker Spirit Day
FACULTY MEETING DATES
2016-2017
LIBRARY 3:30
GENIUS HOUR PRESENTATIONS/LEARNING LOUNGE
Tuesday, September 13
Tuesday, October 11
Tuesday, November 15
Tuesday, January 10
Thursday, February 16
Tuesday, March 14
Tuesday, April 11
SPIRIT DAYS
SHOEMAKER SPIRIT DAYS
2016-2017
Friday, September 23 – School Spirit – Wear Your Shoemaker Blue & White Shirts!
Friday, October 28 – Farmer’s Day (Please note: This is our Halloween Parade/Festivities Day too)
Friday, November 18 – Sports Day!
Friday, December 23 – PJ Day!
Friday, January 27 – Wear Your Favorite Color Day!
Friday, February 10 – Show Your Love Day! Wear Red, Pink, or Hearts!
Friday, March 17 – Show Your Silly Day! Clothes Inside/Out or Mismatched!
Friday, April 21 – Crazy Hair Day!
Friday, May 26 – Red, White, and Blue Day!
Introducing...
HEAD TEACHERS:
Patty Arnold Dineen McGlone
IST
Julie Konjoian (pending board approval)
Administrative Assistant
Tiffany Kosalko (pending board approval)
HWF Rooms 52, 26 and K3 am (Long term sub) Day 4
Alicia Beers (pending board approval)
TENTATIVE ROSTERS ARE ON E-SCHOOL
PTO EVENT SIGN-UP
MUSTANG MEETING DATES
2016-2017 Goals and Initiatives...
2. INSTRUCTION... Together with Lynn, the SILT team, IST and the Head Teachers our focus will be to SUPPORT and HELP YOU... but most importantly to LISTEN to your concerns and needs.
3. District initiatives...Modules, Writing Units of Study, Science Pilot, Word Study, RAZ-KIDS, READING a-z, Report Card Committee
SUPER TEAM THEME
Also, we will need help to decorate the school again this year. If you wish to help decorate the school on Wednesday, August 17th at 9:00, please sign up at this link www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0B45ABA62AAAFF2-committees
PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OTHER COMMITTEES YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THIS YEAR at the same link.
What's your Super Power?
Combine the two for a SUPER TEAM THEME!!
SPORTS TEAM
Would you like to be part of our TEAM BUILDING COMMITTEE?
Please sign up here if you'd like to join the TEAM BUILDING COMMITTEE.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0b45aba62aaaff2-committees
PASSION PROJECTS...What is Your SUPER POWER? Do you have a passion? strength? or interest?... in a topic that you would like to utilize this year?
Guidelines for EMPOWER HOUR PROJECTS
Here are the guidelines for the Passion Projects introduced in Spring. Please feel free to contact Patty, Dineen or Lynn with any questions. These guidelines are for those of you who would like to get a headstart...we will talk more at our PD days.
Over the course of the year, at each faculty meeting... we will have 6 Passion Project presentations and then time to go through our Learning Lounge which will have handouts related to those Passion Projects and other useful tools.
science, writing, math,ELA, technology, word study, etc. (check out here for the topics you came up with in spring: https://www.smore.com/9z1bt-cafe-sharing-and-empower-hour Look for Idea Bank.)
2. Develop your Passion Project with these ideas in mind:
- link to your Portfolio, Action Resource or Observation Goal for the year.
- prepare 3-5 minute presentation for faculty meeting
- prepare something to share with faculty in our Learning Lounge
- share how you are or will use in your classroom this year
3. Share your topic at a Faculty Meeting. Sign up at:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0B45ABA62AAAFF2-passion
You may work with a partner. Write both names in notes.
4. Sign up for FOOD for each faculty meeting here:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0B45ABA62AAAFF2-faculty1
5. Stay calm! Have fun! Don't stress! Be AWESOME!
INSTRUCTIONAL UPDATES...
Units of Study Materials will be distributed the first week of August.
TECHNOLOGY: As part of our building budget...The curriculum office has ordered RAZ-KIDS, READING A to Z and as a bonus: VOCABULARY A to Z for all k to 5 teachers in the district. Look for an e-mail about login information soon and feel free to start checking out these resources. You can go to these sites and get a free trial subscription until you get your login info. Also, the first grade team has been using RAZ-KIDS and Reading A-Z and can give you some helpful info to get started using these resources.
RAZ-KIDS:https://www.raz-kids.com/
READING A - Z:https://www.readinga-z.com/
VOACABULARY A - Z: https://www.vocabularya-z.com/vocabweb/home.do
Grade Level Sharing
IN FUTURE NEWSLETTERS... what would you like to share with the TEAM?
Forward your announcements, updates and important news to parnold@eastpennsd.org to be added to the SHOEMAKER SHOP TALK
Shoemaker Elementary School
Website: https://www.eastpennsd.org/shoemaker/
Location: 4068 North Fairview Street, Macungie, PA, United States
Phone: 610-965-1626