Buffalo Bulletin
February 12-16
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow.'"
-Mary Anne Radmacher
Reminders & News
- Blended Learning is a great way to personalize learning and provide meaningful learning experiences to all students. We are going to start rolling out short videos or articles through the bulletin to help you learn about blended learning and the different models. We are most interested in the Station Rotation Model.
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information.
- Keep those P2P nominations coming on this form!
- Remember that if you get a parent note excusing an absence through Dojo or email, send it to Janie ASAP!
- Consider applying for the curriculum design teams - y'all are doing some amazing things and I would love for your voices to be heard!
- Parties: We will follow the same procedures for this week's parties that we did for the holiday parties. Parents are allowed to take their students if they have a colored dot on their tag. Parents without a colored dot may NOT leave the classroom with a student and must come to office to check out the child, who we will then call from your room.
- There are boxes of cards, dice, beach balls, and canvas bags in the PLC room. Please do not take any of these materials as they are being stored there until our Parent University/Family Night on 2/22.
Our first P2P AP visitors were highly impressed with what they saw at Blackshear!
We LOVE our counselors!
Mrs. Locker's class utilized a blended learning model to review nonfiction text features
Upcoming Events
PLC This week
Define HQT in preparation for PLC Vacations
This Week's Schedule of Events
TELPAS Writing Samples 1-2 due at end of week to Devi
Big Kahuna Fundraiser - encourage participation to earn prizes!
Jeans for TEAM
Monday 2/12
- 1:30-3:15 - 2nd grade PLC
- 4:00-4:10 - TLC teams here to talk to math teachers (science lab) and reading teachers (library)
- 4:10-6:00 - TELPAS Calibration Set #1 for certain teachers
Tuesday 2/13
- Brittney Leamon's baby shower - Lounge (all day)
- 9:20-10:50 - Leadership Team Meeting (SOS 9:20-9:50 by invitation - complete form if you want to attend)
- 1:30-3:15 - 3rd grade PLC
- 4:00-6:00 - TELPAS Calibration Set #1 for certain teachers
Wednesday 2/14 - College shirt and jeans
- 10:00 - Morning EC and PK class parties
- 1:30-2:15 - 4th grade PLC
- 2:15 - all other class parties
- 4:00-6:00 - TELPAS Calibration Set #1 for certain teachers
Thursday 2/15
- 1:30-3:15 - 5th grade PLC
- 4:00-6:00 - TELPAS Calibration Set #1 for certain teachers
- 6:00-7:30 - 5th grade parent meeting
Friday 2/16 - jeans and spirit shirt
- Submit house points by noon (Meagan will send form)
- 12:00-1:30 - Kinder PLC
- 1:30-3:15 - 1st grade PLC
- 3:20-3:25 - House points winner announced; house dance party
- 4:00 - TELPAS writing samples #1-2 due
Looking Ahead
2/22: Parent University (Spring Parent Night) - 6:00-7:30
2/23: Go Texan Day
2/28: Big Kahuna order forms due
3/2: Family Health Fair (4:30-6:30)
3/5 - TELPAS Listening, Speaking, and Reading assessments begin (see schedule)
3/8: ELL Task Force Meeting
3/9 - Career Day
3/12-3/16 - Spring Break