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November 18, 2019
CELEBRATE TECH & CPR
TECH TEAM TIDBITS By: Mrs. Foster
Google Drive Workspace: Highlights from PD
Take advantage of the new Google Drive Priority Page and custom Workspaces to better organize your Google Drive as your work. Look for “Priority” to appear above “My Drive.” You can make the Priority page your default home by going to your Google Drive settings. Priority is using machine learning to try to predict what files you will need next and making those available at the top of the page. Below Priority, you will also see Workspaces. Workspaces allow you to create a collection of files in one location. Use workspaces to organize files without moving them. “The Priority page also organizes files into workspaces. These let you gather a private set of working files for ongoing easy access. Adding files to a workspace doesn’t affect their storage location or permissions—it just aggregates files to help you find them faster. Our studies show most users only work with around 10–20 files at any given time. Workspaces help make sure you can get to those files more efficiently. To build your workspace, you can use Drive’s intelligent file suggestions or add files manually.” (G Suite Updates Blog) In Workspaces, you’ll be able to see intelligent suggestions of related content to group together for easier access— like multiple files related to the same project. You can also create your own personalized Workspaces collecting any files you have access to, including content stored in your My Drive and various Team Drives. Create a new workspace from the Priority page.
This excerpt is from the online article 13 tips for Organizing Google Drive, take a look for more ideas.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
STAFF ONLY:
Holiday: Team Pirates! Are you ready to holiday it up!? Can't wait to see your faces at the week's end.
Learning Logs & Lessons: Learning logs and lessons are switching up a bit. More to come later, but a heads up we will be switching up the process slightly in an effort to to combine some of our processes and have a shared process K-12. Woot!
Enrichment Info: Enrichment forms go home Fri Dec 6 and will be collected Mon Dec 9. If you would like to change what you are teaching for enrichment, let Taniia know, no later than Nov 22. The last day of enrichment for the semester is Mon Dec 9.
Lock Down Drill: There is a lock down drill Thur Nov 21 9:15am.
Campus Love: Campus Love is BACK and they have an Advisory clean-up schedule ready to go! This week is Williamson & Larin on 11/19, Carey & Charlton on 11/20 and Marinkovich & Rollins on 11/22. See Millet for any questions.
RT Sticker Distribution: Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is offering free transportation to all students who attend a school within the city of Sacramento from now thru Sep 30, 2020. A sticker will be placed on the back of each student's ID card. The sticker will allow your student to ride free on the entire SacRT network. McGuire will visit advisories in Nov and Dec to distribute the stickers.
Parent Conference Invites: Invites should go out Mon Dec 2 to your advisory families.
Upcoming 6th SOMs: Nov 22 & Dec 6 in the amp during Advisory.
RC and SLC Prep Dates: SLCs are on the way! RC entry week is the week of Dec 9. RCs are due by 4pm Dec 12. Dec 13 is an all afternoon Advisory/no enrich for SLC prep. Conference week is the week of Dec 16. Mon-Wed are 1pm release times; Thurs & Fri have 12:15pm release times.
2020 Book Talk: Tentative book talk date is Feb 13. Books are on the way! Can't stop won't stop!
CSUS: 8th grade will be on a field trip to CSU Sacramento on Fri Dec 6. 8th graders will be back in time for Advisory/enrichment.
Career Fair: 7th grade present their Career Fair Projects on Wed Dec 12 in the Gym; 6th and 8th will rotate through. This is a long Advisory/no enrich afternoon. A schedule of when your advisory should visit the fair will be provided to you.
PARENTS & FAMILIES:
- Giving Tree: Support local families through The Kylie Lillich Giving Tree. The tree will be located in the front office starting Nov 19. Students, families and staff can choose ornaments off the tree to purchase gifts and items of need for local families. All gifts are due in the office by the end of the day Thur Dec 12. Please see the website for additional information: http://www.kyleesgivingtree.org/.
- Pirate Recycling Event: Ms. Millet’s enrichment is collecting bottles and cans to raise money to support a recycling program at NP3. To help us reach our goal of raising $150 we are asking students to bring an aluminium or plastic bottle from home that has California Redemption Value (CRV) to Ms. Millet’s room on Fri Nov 22.
- Community Chalk Squares: Pirate Lighthouse is inviting all Advisory classes to chalk it up by adding their mission statement on a square near the MS building Oct 29-Dec 13. See Mrs. Carey for details and sign-ups. This is SO exciting!
- No School: There is no school Nov 25th-29th in observation of Thanksgiving.
- NP3 HS Dance Team Performance: Come support NP3 Schools by attending the Dec 2nd NBA Kings game. NP3 HS dancers will be performing at half time and we would LOVE to see you there! Click here for more information!
- Game Day: Pirate Lighthouse would like to invite students to Game Day on Wed Dec 4 at lunch from 1-1:30 in Mrs. Carey's room 110. Game Day will engage students with a variety if games to promote teamwork and synergy.
- Happily Ever After Dance: Fri Dec 6 is an afternoon for a dance! The dance is from 3:30-5:30pm. Tickets will be sold at lunch the week of Dec 2 for $3 and will be sold at the door for $5. Please make sure you pick up your student at the front of the school at 5:30pm.
- Harry Potter Movie Night: The Pop Culture Club would like to invite you to the Harry Potter Movie Event. They will be watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Fri Dec 13 from 3:10-6:00 pm in room 110. The event is free and food will be for sale inside the event. See Mr. Rollins or Mrs. Carey for details!
- Run for Rhett Fall Fitness Program: This is a 6 week training program that leads up to the annual "Run Because You Can" 5k. Mandatory training sessions are on Tue 11/19 and 12/3 from 3-4 pm. There are optional workouts Fri after after school on 11/15 and 11/22 from 3-4 pm. Sign ups are with Ms. Clark and additional information/forms can be found on the "Pirates Run" tab on the school website.