Buffalo Bulletin
February 11-15
Don't ever forget your influence in building a positive culture in your school. It takes us all to make school amazing!
-Beth Houf
Reminders & News
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information
- Blackshear Dashboard
- Here is the link for the morning announcements, which begin daily at 8:00 a.m.
- Make sure to nominate kids for the P2P Learner Award (2 per teacher per 9 week period).
- Morning Announcements Guest Stars - check here for your schedule and/or to sign up!
- Please remember the March deadline for Evidence of Reading Difficulty to be proven and paperwork turned in to Ashley for all STAAR tests, even May administrations. If you need assistance with this, see an administrator or specialist.
- When completing teacher screeners and/or filling out Kid Talk information, please remember to be specific with strengths and interventions. For example, "small group" or "one on one" is not a specific intervention - try to focus on WHAT you are doing in that group. With strengths, "good kid" or "tries hard" are not academic strengths - please focus on academic skills, no matter how foundational or basic those skills may be. We should know that information very soon.
- Remember to volunteer for Science Night! We need more help!
- TELPAS Reminder - Calibration is this week and the first two samples are due! (Here is the CALENDAR for your reference).
- March 8th is the deadline for Evidence of Reading Difficulty! Place them in the basket in Ashley's office.
- Lexia Core5: Please make sure that students are directly logging out of the system after each use, by clicking the red x on the top corner of the screen. Not logging out can and probably will have an impact on the calculation of student usage minutes.
- Save the date: The Teacher Leadership Development Summit is February 16tg at the KMPC. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5aOdvRumVKQdJ28JBqWw_-TgOeXA8zVa7ChuyPUc1aZUWzg/viewform?usp=sf_link
- The MAP window closes on 2/22 with no extensions!
Personalized Learning Brief PD
This week, I wanted to share some data here instead. Our school has been selected as one of a few to get some really great PBIS training. We are lucky to be selected, but also because our behavior action team and our amazing counselors have already done a lot of work in this area. Last week, Stacy Hall came for a surprise visit to get a baseline of where we are with PBIS beginning our journey. Our staff and student responses are for the most part, a big celebration!
We will be working in the areas for growth (specifically sharing discipline data with staff).
Blackshear Writes This Week
Library This Week
Upcoming Events
PLC This week (Week of 2/11 - 2/15)
Kid Talk Meetings
Kid Talk Form (please complete prior to your meeting time). This form link is also updated on the Kid Talk Redefined document found on the Blackshear Dashboard.
PLC Next Week (Week of 2/18 - 2/22)
Team-generated needs and topics
Last 10 minute (minimum) will be reserved for submitting your Blackshear Writes sample.
This Week's Schedule of Events
Teddy Bear Drive
Monday 2/11
- Goodie Table Monday (4th grade) - faculty lounge
- 7:50 - SOS (by invitation)
- 11:00-12:30 - Leadership Team meeting
- 1:45-3:15 - 2nd Grade PLC
Tuesday 2/12 - Team shirts (teams with perfect attendance last week may wear jeans)
- 1:45-3:15 - 4th Grade PLC
- 4:00-5:00 - SpEd Task Force Meeting (PLC room)
Wednesday 2/13 - College shirts and jeans
- PTO Pastries with Parents (library)
- 12:00-1:30 - Kindergarten PLC
- 1:45-3:15 - 3rd Grade PLC
Thursday 2/14
- NAEP Testing (selected 4th graders) - LIBRARY CLOSED ALL DAY
- 10:00 - Valentine's Parties (AM PK and EC)
- Positive Office Referral Game Room (your recess time)
- 1:45-3:15 - 5th Grade PLC
- 2:00 - Valentine's Parties (all other grades)
Friday 2/15 - Spirit shirts and jeans
- Family Heritage Day (AM) - Library closed 7:45-12:30 (SCHEDULE)
- 1:45-3:15 - 1st grade PLC
- 2:00 - House Points due on Google Form (Meagan will send link)
- 3:15 - House Dance Party
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead dates are subject to change
- 2/18 - Visible Learning PD at Blackshear
- 2/18 - 3:30 Brief celebration for teacher and employees of the year
- 2/19 - Visible Learning leadership team off campus at KMPC
- 2/19 - Field Day shirts go on sale
- 2/21 - Behavior Refresher with Stacy Hall (4-5 p.m.)
- 2/22 - Go Texan Day
- 2/22 - MAP window closes
- 2/25-3/4 - P2P Swap with Lemm (info coming soon)
- 2/28 - Science Night (6-7:30)
- 2/28 - Positive Office Referral Game Room
- 3/1 - German Fest (Klein Cain High School 5-8pm) - our choir is performing
- 3/5 - bilingual plc
- 3/5 - State Assessment Training - All Professional Staff
- 3/8 - deadline for STAAR accommodation changes
- 3/8 - Visible Learning leadership team off campus
- 3/11-3/15 - Spring Break!
- 3/18 - Goodie Table (5th and Library)
- 3/19 and 3/21 - 4th grade Wunderlich Farms field trip
- 3/20 - 5th grade panoramic picture
- 3/21 - Positive Office Referral Game Room
- 3/22 - PTO Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
- 3/18-3/25 - 4th quarter planning (schedule sent at a later date)