The Hornets' Weekly Buzzzzz!
Important information for the week of May 2nd
Together EARHART Achieves More
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane! No. It's Staff Appreciation Week! **********************
Let the BRAGGing continue...
CORE BELIEFS
· Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement.
· Effective Instruction makes the most difference in student academic performance.
· There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.
· With our help, at risk students will achieve at the same rate as non-at risk students.
· Staff members must have a commitment to children and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence.
OUR BELIEFS...The Earhart Way
#2. Increase the Quality of Instruction
#3. Increase the Culture and Climate
What's Buzzing this Week...
Sneak Peek at the Week!
Monday (5-2): Flower power!!!! (Flower donation from HPPC)
- Superhero shirt w/ blue jeans
- Popcorn snack bar
- STAAR Wars Camp begins - 5 days until the second round of STAAR
- Faculty Meeting
Tuesday: (5-3): "Dough-nut what we'd do without you!" (Coffee & Doughnuts)
- Superhero shirt w/ blue jeans
- Progress reports go home
Wednesday (5-4): Superhero's need a break too! (Chair Massage)
- Superhero shirt w/ jeans
Thursday (5-5): Cinco de Mayo - "Soup"ER Lunch!
- Wear Mexican inspired attire!
- 2nd Grade Field Trip - Perot Museum
Friday (5-6): Our Heroes are better than yours! (BBQ Hero Sandwiches)
- Superhero shirt w/blue jeans
- School Nurse Day - Thanks Mrs. Brown for all you do!!!!!
Saturday (5-7)
- Pack the House for Saturday School (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
- Job Fair
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Teacher Spotlight of the Week!
I get energized every time I see you engaging students in a way that promotes learning.
Enjoy!
Your princiPAL
A PEEK INSIDE MS. ZEPEDA'S CLASSROOM...
In the short amount of time I was in Ms. Z's class, I saw a lot of evidence from Domains 2 & 3. As you observe the video, I want you to make a connection with the TEI rubric and complete a quick activity at the end (see the link at the end of this section).
Check for Understanding
Ms. Zepeda, thanks again for allowing us to take a peek inside your classroom and learn from you and your students!
Teachers: Please respond to the quick activity using the following link (Link will be active until Friday):
http://goo.gl/forms/AsYpN4zZMy
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In the News...
TEI Roster Verification
TEI roster verification begins on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 until May 25, 2016 at 5:00pm. Teachers are encouraged to review the rosters at that time to ensure that they are accurate.For teachers to verify rosters May 25, 2016. For administrators to approve rosters 5:00 pm on June 10, 2016.
Training Opportunity - Grades 3-5
- English & Social Studies teachers in grades 3-5 are encouraged to attend the National Math and Science Initiative(NMSI) Laying the Foundation,(LTF) training during June 7-10,2016 at Arlington Heights High School. Advanced Academic Services will fund the registration fees for the 4 day training.
- If you are interested, please email me @ nh1074@dallasisd.org
Achieve 3000 Post Test Window (Grades 3-5)
The LevelSet Post Test will begin May 2nd. At this point, any student logging on to the system during school hours will have the test pop up. Please make sure teachers are aware that all students should be tested between May 2 – 22nd. Testing best practices apply.
To access all Achieve3000 webinars, please go to:http://www.achieve3000.com/community/webinar/. Here you will find a library of our recorded webinar series.
Reminder: ESTAR/MSTAR End of Year (EOY) Administration
What's Happening in the Hornet's Nest!
Ms. Washington is a ROCK STAR!!!!
The reason the pigeons won't leave...
The A-Team
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK...
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REASSURE STUDENTS THAT ANXIETY IS NORMAL
In this Education Week article, Sarah Sparks and Debra Viadero report on research about students’ emotional reactions to school transitions. In one study in Madison, Wisconsin, 1,190 sixth graders were randomly assigned to take part in an experiment. As they entered middle school, the students were asked to read several pages of quotes from a survey that students like them took at the end of the previous school year. The quotes conveyed the idea that anxiety was typical and transitory – for example, “I felt like I had a knot in my stomach the first four months,” but that the teachers “were there to help you” and the negative feelings dissipated. The students in the experimental group were then asked to write their reactions to the quotes.
When the researchers followed up with the incoming sixth graders the following spring, they found striking differences between those in the experimental and control groups:
Students in the experimental group had higher ratings in social belonging, school trust, and school identification and lower ratings of evaluation anxiety.
They had higher GPAs and fewer Ds and Fs.
They had been absent one day less.
They had fewer behavior referrals.
“It turns out children are better able to cope if they understand what they’re going through is normal, that it affects everyone, and that it will pass,” comments Adam Gamoran of the William T. Grant Foundation. “How we think about a stressful situation influences how we feel and how we perform.” Studies like this, he says, “show how deeply intertwined are cognition and emotion.”
“Studies Affirm Role of Emotions in Students’ Transitions” by Sarah Sparks and Debra Viadero in Education Week, April 20, 2016 (Vol. 35, #28),
Dallas ISD Summer Professional Development
The 2016 P2LD Summer Catalog is available to view on the new PD website. Registration will open May 6th in SchoolNet for all teachers.
- 2016 P2LD Summer Catalog
- P2LD Locations: Yvonne A. Ewell Townview HS and A. Maceo Smith New Tech HS (some others too)
- P2LD Summer Institute Dates: June 20-23, June 27-30, July 18-21, July 25-28
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Individualized P2LD Planning Form
- Summer PD Agreement
DISTRICT GOALS
- Goal 1: All students will exhibit Satisfactory or above performance on State assessments. Students below Satisfactory performance will demonstrate more than one year of academic growth;
- Goal 2: Dallas ISD schools will be the primary choice for families in the district;
- Goal 3: The achievement gap by race, ethnicity and social economic status will be no greater than 10 percentage points on all academic measures;
- Goal 4: 95% of students will graduate. Of the graduates, 90% have qualifying scores for community college, college, military, or industry certification;
- Goal 5: 95% of entering kindergarten students are school-ready on a multidimensional assessment;
- Goal 6: All students will participate in at least one extracurricular or co-curricular activity each year.
RESOURCES...
STAAR Resources:
- https://olc.region10.org/pd/mod/folder/view.php?id=11332
- Inside Secrets to STAAR Powerpoint - In Google Folder
Math Resource