Derby Daily
April 4-8
The week at a glance: We are monitoring our student progress this week!
Tuesday, April 5th: Don't FORGET to VOTE!
Talent Show Auditions after school! Thank you Team Wilkey/Ristau!
Wednesday: April 6th: Happy Birthday Ms. Mirts and Mrs. Athey!
FUNDRAISER PAPERS DUE TODAY!
Hey are Simply the BEST! We celebrate our amazing paraprofessionals today! Thank you for going above and beyond to make help our students find success!
2nd and 3rd grade are entertained by Jack and the Beanstalk! 2:15 p.m.
Our DRE BLT is meeting today! Thank you for lifting up the voices of those your represent so well! 3:45 Media Center
Talent Show Auditions continue!
Title One Advisory meeting 5:30 West Middle School--thank you Mrs. Neurohr and Team Title for representing!
Thursday, April 7th: Happy, Happy Birthday Kelly Harrigan!
Fire Drill!
I will be at Aslin this afternoon learning with our administrative team from Frank Kros! Know I am an email or text away if you need anything!
Did you sign up for the opportunity at Alpha Hart Lewis....will you be learning with Frank Kros this afternoon! 4:00-5:30 on strategies to better engage our at-risk learners!
FSP BOE Meeting 6:00 p.m.
Friday, April 8th: It's our Monthly Birthday Carry In! MMM, MMM Good!
Celebrating our K-2 Distinguished Dragons!
Saturday! Saturday! Can't wait to see all our Dragon Families at the Dragon Dash! See you at the starting line! The weatherman right now says 72 and sunshine!
April Upcoming Dragon Events:
April 11th 5th grade pic and ALL SCHOOL Pic! What should our design be?
April 13th Compass Point meetings
April 15th ALL SCHOOL Morning Gathering cancelled and moved to April 22nd!
April 15th 3-5 Distinguished Dragon Assembly
April 18-22 Progress Monitoring week...our last one before we begin to Benchmark!
April 18-22 MAP ATTACK Week! See below for details!
April 18-22 School Volunteers Week
April 19th Faculty Meeting
April 21st Dragon Tales Newsletter Due
April 21st Kindergarten to the Planetarium
April 21st FSP meeting
April 22nd Earth Day
April 22nd April Principals Birthday Lunches
April 23rd Happy Birthday Mr. Chambers!
April 25th Happy Birthday Courtney Nachtsheim!
April 25th K-2 ELA Leadership meeting! Thank you Katie Sullivan!
April 26th 3-5 ELA Leadership meeting! Thank you Jill Walters!
Wishing Officer Scott Lenger a Happy Birthday April 27th
April 27th Early Release Day
April 27th Administrative Professionals Day!
April 27th TLIM Book Study
April 28th June Principals Birthday Lunches
April 28th Tornado Drill
Feliz Cumpleaños 28 de abril la señora Hutchinson
MAP Schedules and MAP ATTACK WEEK!
MAP ATTACK DAYS
Monday, April 18th Celebrate Team DRE with Team Shirts!
Tuesday, April 19th Mad about Science Day! MisMatched Clothes
Wednesday, April 20th Math Day! Clothes with Numbers
Thursday, April 21st ELA Day! Clothes with Words
Friday, April 22nd: Show your Dragon PRIDE: Wear that Purple and Green
Launch MAP Attack week the week of April 18-22
This week will have spirit days each day and then do a Morning Gathering on the 22nd. At MG we will have a little “fun” competition but the highlight will be recognizing those friends advanced and prof on MAP last year and also offering an attendance/effort challenge for our friends for this year….
Proposed Testing Schedule
5th grade (testing from 9:45-11:45 each day)
ELA
Monday, April 25th-Wednesday, April 27th
Math
April 28th-29th
Science
May 2-3
4th grade (testing from 10:30-12:30 each day)
ELA May 4-5
Math May 6 and 9
3rd grade (testing 8:45-10:45 each day)
ELA May 10-11
Math May 12-13
Incentives for effort/attendance could be recess and ice cream or popsicle party?? Or we could do a Movie and Popcorn party??? What do you think??
I was also going to ask your buddy classrooms to write notes/decorate your doors with words of encouragement for your testing days??
Oh, here are your sessions timelines just in case you want to check my Math.
5th grade ELA
Session 1 80 minutes
Session 2 45 minutes
Session 3 25 minutes
Session 4 90 minutes
5th grade Math
Session 1 50 minutes
Session 2 50 minutes
5th grade Science
Session 1 55 minutes
Session 2 25 minutes
Session 3 65 minutes
4th grade ELA
Session 1 80 minutes
Session 2 50 minutes
Session 3 25 minutes
4th grade Math
Session 1 50 minutes
Session 2 50 minutes
3rd grade ELA
Session 1 80 minutes
Session 2 50 minutes
Session 3 25 minutes
3rd grade Math
Session 1 50 minutes
Session 2 50 minutes
Welcome to the Family: Erica Mason
Welcome to the family Erica Mason! We are so happy to have her as a member of the family! Erica comes to us for part days for the remainder of the year and also is a member of the Oakland family!
Her speciality is behavior and she is working with our general and special education teams working to help our students and staff find success! She will be observing to offer suggestions. She will be problem solving! All in an effort to provide us valuable feedback!
Thank you Erica for sharing your expertise! Make certain and introduce yourself and say we are so happy you are here!
May Event Calendar
With so much going on I wanted to help you preview all the busy that is our final days of school....I will try to update each week as long as I have your information! If your event is MISSING--let me know and I will add it to the calendar!
May 2-6 It's DRE Staff Appreciation Week! Thank you for being the amazing that you are! Celebrating your AWESOME!
May 2nd K-2 Math Leadership Team meeting! Thank you Clarissa for representing us well!
May 3rd 3-5 Math Leadership Team! Thank you Laura B for being our Dragon voice!
May 3rd It's International Night! 5-7 p.m.
May 4th BLT Meeting
May 5th 1st grade to Runge
May 5th Earthquake Drill
May 5th FSP BOE Meeting
May 6th It's Nurses Day! Thank you Nurse Judy
May 6th K-2 Distinguished Dragon Assembly
May 11th May Principal Birthday Lunches
May 11th Compass Point Meetings
May 13th July Principal Birthday Lunches
May 13th 3-5 Distinguished Dragon Assembly
May 16th EOY Data Summit! K-2
May 16th Talent Show Dress Rehearsal after school
May 17th EOY Data Summit 3-5
May 17th Faculty Meeting
May 18th Talent Show 2:00 p.m.
May 18th TLIM Book Study, Special Guest FranklinCovey Representative, Lance Wheeler 3:45 p.m.
May 18th Talent Show 6:00 p.m.
May 19th 4th grade to Jefferson City
May 19th Fire Drill
May 19th FSP Meeting
May 20 All School Morning Gathering
May 21st DRE Family Picnic! 11:00 a.m.
May 23rd 3rd grade to the Bridal Cave
May 23rd 5th grade EOY Trip!
May 24th DRE Field Day and Hot Dog BBQ
May 25th 5th grade graduation
May 26th Early Dismissal our Last Day of the 15-16 School Year!
May 26th Happy Hour Celebrating Lisa Fortner's Retirement 4:30 p.m. Heidelberg Rooftop!
Webinar Opportunity on ST Math: PD Around the Corner
Follow the link to sign up for the Free Webinar!
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e439ccc671667cb2315b9e633&id=2023b059a2&e=0e81578045
Finish Strong! Let's Celebrate Positive Behavior and Review our Dragon Expectations!
Remember our Behavior Resources Folder!
Chelsea Clark has graciously set up a folder in our Derby Ridge Google Drive
From Chelsea:
Okay everything should be in there!!
I created a folder called "Behavior Management Resources"
The powerpoint, along with handout resources/tracking forms are located in there.
Drops in the Bucket
Thank you all for an AMAZING Fancy Lunch! Take a Bow Mrs. Mazzocco for a job well done! From the table clothes to the volunteers to all the fancy fun! What an amazing day!
What an incredible treat! Thank you Mother Singers and K-2!
Shake that Groove thing! Have you signed up!
Hey guys!
I realized with the help of Tricia that Wednesdays are going to be pretty rough with compass point meetings, BLT, and TLIM book study. So I decided to change my teacher dance practices to Thursdays starting after Spring Break. The new dates will be…
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 4
May 11
Talent show is May 18
Hopefully that will fit better with more people’s schedules. I already have 13 people signed up which is awesome! Please let me know if you want to participate by the Monday after Spring Break.
Laura Ristau
Keeping our Dragons Active: Recess Alternatives
There has been much discussion lately about students missing recess! We know it is important to keep our Dragons active! We know consequences are important...but we know it is just as important to get them outside and moving! Let's get the energy out---let's talk alternatives!
When looking at taking recess--we ask?
Can they lose a portion vs. all recess?
Could students be asked to "walk the zipper line" vs. staying inside--we like to move it, move it?
What alternatives are available?
If you want to speak more about it--let me know but let's keep our Dragons Moving!