The Gratz Weekly Scoop
December 12, 2016
Thought for the week: In this Season of Giving- A focus on 'what' we can Give our Students:
Character Trait/Terrific Kid for December is Compassion
Star Staff Celebrations:
Inclement Weather Information for Moberly Public Schools
When considering school cancellations, the safety of all students in the district is the first consideration. School district personnel drive bus routes to check local conditions firsthand. District personnel then hold conversations with with the bus transportation company to gain their perspective. Again, safety is always our top priority. We also consider whether conditions will be changing throughout the day.
In the event of a school cancellation, notice will be provided as soon as a decision is made. Local radio and television stations will be notified and a notice will be posted on the school district’s web page, Facebook, and Twitter (@MoberlyDistrict). Notification will be sent via TextCaster Spartan Alerts as well.
Early Dismissal: An early dismissal will be used when conditions are expected to get worse throughout the day. This option will be used sparingly and avoided whenever possible. If early dismissal becomes necessary, the district will announce and post dismissal times. The standard early dismissal schedule will be used when possible.
Late Start: A late start option will also be used sparingly and in cases in which conditions are expected to improve fairly quickly in the morning. If late start is utilized, the district will announce the length of the delay. For example, if there will be a 2 hour late start, you would add 2 hours to the typical school start time. In the example of a 2 hour late start, if your child has a 7:30 bus stop time, the new bus stop time would be 9:30. The standard late start schedule will be used when possible.
Additional Parent and Family Information: Sent out in December Parent News
Please remember that Reading Counts quizzes are only to be taken at school to count into the total points earned by your student. This is just a piece of info we wanted to revisit and share with parents.
Students are utilizing our new Chorme book Cart!! It is very exciting-- the students will have Google logins - our reminders for parents to know and share with their children are listed below:
-be responsible in keeping login information private
-when communicating with others to be respectful
-We follow the same protocol as the Middle School and High School- because Google Drive can be accessed at home, work should only be completed at school unless otherwise communicated by their teacher that assignments can be worked on at home. At this time 5th grade is the current grade utilizing this piece of technology with their publishing of final drafts of their expository informational essays.
Other classrooms are accessing Study Island for Math practice outside of their weekly computer lab time
Looking ahead at events for GBE:
Check Google Calendar for all Team and Committee Meetings & PBS Items/Events
December:
5th-7th Big Smiles Dental at GBE; PTO meeting at 5:30
6th Board of Education Meeting; 5:30 at Central Office
7th Polar Express Day- Winter Book Celebration
9th Coffee Time with Doss in the School Square from 8 to 8:45
12th-16th Santa Store in School Square
12th 3rd Grade Fine Arts Program at 6 pm
14th The Grinch Day- Winter Book Celebration; PTO's Special Gift Assembly for Students at 2:15- Haggermania's Science Assembly; Flex and Fun Day-- stretch every hour! Wellness Carry In for Staff
19th Catered Lunch Christmas Gift to All Staff-- Eat and Be Merry!
20th-21st Spartan Chorale Christmas Caroling Tour
21st Early Out End of Semester; Festive Sweater Day at GBE; Caroling around the GBE Tree at 8:45; Winter Holiday Parties from 9:30 to 10:30
22nd through Jan. 3rd Christmas Break
January:
4th School Begins Again after Winter Break
6th Grade Cards Go Home with Students
9th Winter Benchmark Testing Begins with STAR and DRA
10th Board of Education meeting at Central Office at 5:30
13th Title 1 and PTO Movie Night at GBE 6 pm
16th No School
20th Retention Letters Go Home
25th Early Out Professional Development Day at GBE/We will be at GBE
30th PTO Meeting at GBE 5:30
February 21st Parent University- all teachers must attend
"Happy Birthday To You"
December
Cher Smith-13th
Carolyn Warner-21
To Do's:
- Check Google Calendar each week.
- Terrific Kids Names put in the Google Doc each month
- Reading Counts Awards updated in the Google Doc in a timely manner
- Specialists enter class names of those that won awards for Student Advisory Committee to announce each month
- Lessons for the week prepared and out daily on everyone's desk for us to see when we walk through.
- Small group lessons prepared also and visible.
- Anecdotal Notes for Small Groups kept up to date.
- Check out the website for our upcoming assembly in December. This is a gift from our PTO. http://hagermania.com/extreme-science-school-assembly/
- January 5th all grades are due in SIS by 8 a.m.
- January 6th Grade Cards go home
- Retention Letters will go out January 20th-- more info will follow
- SLO Data kept up to date in Google Classroom-- Final Due Date is January 31st
- Smart Goal Data for Library and Counseling kept up to date through email/Google forms- Final Due Date January 31st
CLT Agenda/CLT & RTI Calendar (updated)
The link below will take you to our CLT/RTI Calendar- this should be in your drive as a reference.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18f7lOkfqUPq3USIqmsgGqRT2I9eKx_jj5haCfc7bM0c/edit