Staff Weekly Update
Week of March 11th, 2019
With much respect,
Connie
Calendar Items
Mon. March 11th
- Jim McMillan at SGE - all day
- *FRIDAY PLC SCHEDULE BUT GOING TO MONDAY RA CLASSES*
- Janelle Drisko at SGE - all day
- 8:05 - Morning Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:30 - 10:30 - Melanie Bowlin at ESC
- 8:45 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel/Benefiel
- 11:40 - HS Peer Mentors
- 1:45 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel/Brown
- 2:30 - Bi-Weekly Grade Level Meetings
- 2:45 - Meeting - Watson, Farley, Brizzolara
Tues. March 12th
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KELLY SHAW!
- Kyle Beimfohr at SGE - all day
- Quench water system installation - all day in the conf. room
- 8:00 - Parent phone call - Largent & Dr. Slonaker - Connie's office
- 8:05 - Morning Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 9:15 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel & Luchenbill
- 9:30 - LT Meeting - Largent & Farley - ESC
- 11:35 - ZeekSquad w/ Kyle Beimfohr
- 12:30 - 3:30 - NWEA Workshop - Largent & Spillman - ESC
- 1:00 - USS Team mtg. w/ Dr. Sloanker - Location TBD
- 2:40 - Technology Integration Mtg. w/ Kyle Beimfohr - 2nd & 3rd. grade teams
- 2:45 - Parent Meeting re: 4th grader - Brown, Largent, Farley, Wetzel - Terri's room
Wed. March 13th
- ***END OF 3RD QUARTER***
- Janelle Drisko at SGE - all day
- 8:05 - Morning Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:15 - Farley helping SPED student
- 8:15 - 12:30 - Randee Kleeman at SGE
- 8:30 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel & Bourff
- 10:30 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel & McDaniel
- 2:45 - PTO Meeting - Media Center
- 4:00 - District School Safety mtg. - Largent, Farley, Spillman - ESC
Thurs. March 14th
- 8:05 - Morning Announcements + Morning Movement Minute
- 8:45 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel/Frobig
- 9:15 - 4th Grade visits ZWEST
- 9:30 - 11:30 - Literacy Coach Meeting - Largent & Spillman - PVE
- 9:30 - Counseling Lesson - Wetzel & Smith
- 10:15 - 2:00 - Randee Kleeman at SGE
- 2:45 - Building Support Team Mtg. - USS, Largent, Farley, Wetzel, C.Moore - conf. room
Fri. March 15th
- NO PLCs TODAY - FOLLOW MONDAY SCHEDULE BUT GO TO FRIDAY RA CLASSES
- February & March Birthday Treats - Hosted by 4th Grade - Office workroom
- 10:00 - Meeting - Largent & Sarah Barnes - Connie's office
- 1:20 - Call for grade levels to come to the gymnasium for Irish Dancers
- 1:40 - Irish Dancers Convocation
- 6:30 - 8:00 - PTO's My Princess & Me Dance
Weekly Absence At-A-Glance
Upcoming Events . . .
MARCH 2019:
- 18th - 22nd - Severe Weather Preparedness Week
- 18th - Elem. Principals Meeting
- 19th - K-12 Counselor Meeting
- 19th - Westin's Open Mic Night
- 20th - K-4 SBRC done by 8:00 am
- 21st - Staff Meeting
- 23rd - PTO Spring Fling
- 25th - Welcome back, Abby Andries!
- 26th - District Discussions Mtg.
- 28th - Drama Club's Spring Play
- 28th - Last day before Spring Break
- 29th - April 5th - Spring Break
Check out ZCSSTRONGSTORIES about Our SIEW Family Meeting + Our Burlington Coat Factory Donation!
Update! Global School Play Day
Please mark your calendars for Thursday, March 28th, 2019! After some great conversations with our K-4th grade teams during our Friday 3/8 PLC time, we all agreed on this date.
- It will be a 1/2 day ONLY of Global School Play Day
- The other 1/2 of the day will be to view the Drama Club play
- Messaging will go out to parents by the end of this week
- Connie & Martha will need to talk with our USS, RA, and Office Staff this week
- We will also use a few minutes of our staff meeting to go over the details
REMINDER:
WHAT IS GLOBAL SCHOOL PLAY DAY?
Started in 2015, Global School Play Day is one day set aside for students to do nothing but play all day. NO SCREENS - NO STRUCTURE - ALL DAY LONG
Allow students to spread their toys out around the room or take the kids outside and just PLAY!
Don't organize anything for your students.
Don't tell them how to play with the toys/games.
Don't interfere with your students unless you see something that could physically/emotionally hurt a child (this does not include something that may be physically uncomfortable for a child.)
Don't Leave Them Unsupervised as the day is unstructured by adults, but not unsupervised.
The Importance of UNSTRUCTURED Play
In this Ted Talk below, Dr. Peter Gray compellingly brings attention to the reality that over the past 60 years in the United States there has been a gradual but, overall dramatic decline in children's freedom to play with other children, without adult direction. Over this same period, there has been a gradual but overall dramatic increase in anxiety, depression, feelings of helplessness, suicide, and narcissism in children and adolescents. Based on his own and others' research, Dr. Gray documents why free play is essential for children's healthy social and emotional development and outlines steps through which we can bring free play back to children's lives.
REJECT: A Documentary Film (Information Worth Repeating!)
Coming Soon to SGE . . .
Filtered Water Dispenser (countertop model) in our Conference Room
Two Upgraded Water Fountains with Filtered Water Bottle Fillers!
ZCS ‘Do Day’ – Friday, March 15 (1:00p) through Saturday, March 16 (1:00p)
We would love to get students and teachers involved in our ‘ZCS Do Day’ initiative, where we are promoting volunteerism within our Zionsville Community Schools over the course of the 24-hour timeframe.
In an effort to include students of all ages, we are starting this initiative during the actual school day, so that if you were interested in participating with your students, teachers could lead their class in one of the suggested activities at the end of the day on March 15. We have numerous organizations around Boone County that have partnered up with us during this timeframe, as our goal is to service a wide-range of places, interests and skill sets.
If your class is interested in participating, here are some suggested activities (though, they can come up with their own ideas too!):
- Write letters to service men and women
- Make placemats for the Boone County Senior Services bi-monthly luncheons at Town Hall
- Collect items for the Boone County Humane Society
- Make ‘adopt me’ bandanas and bow ties for the Boone County Humane Society
- Collect items for the Food Pantry
- Make ‘thank you’ cards to deliver to ZPD, ZFD and Boone County officers
- Make cards for the Zionsville Meadows Senior Citizens
- Help clean up around your school’s campus (pick up sticks, rocks, trash)
All of these can be done within a 30-45 minute timeframe, and Kelly Antcliff can provide more information (supplies needed, when to pick up items, etc.) on any of those activities. We’d love for you to take pictures and know the quantity and variety of activities so we can help spread the good news of why volunteerism and giving back to our community is important to our school district!
Teacher of the Year (TOY) and Someone Special (SOS) Nominations
Please click here to nominate for Teacher of the Year and the Someone Special Award. The deadline to nominate for both awards is Friday, March 15th at 6:00 PM.
Our Teacher of the Year (TOY) has its own unique timeline listed below:
- Fri. 3/15 - Deadline for SGE nominations
- Mon. 3/18 - Announce TOY & SOS recipients
- Mon. 3/18 - Fri. 4/12 - TOY fills out ZCS application
- Fri. 4/12 - Submission deadline for ZCS applicant from each school (nominee application & principal letter of recommendation) to Lynn Kissel at ESC
- Wed. 4/17 – Fri. 4/26 - Committee review of candidates & selection of district Teacher of the Year.
- Mon. 5/13 – School Board Meeting – All 8 nominees honored. One will be named district Teacher of the Year.
- Lynn will communicate w/nominees (photo/bio/awards)
- TBD – ZCS winner submits information for IN Teacher of the Year (Usually early June)
Additional Announcements & Reminders
PTO My Princess & Me Dance
- Please remind parents to RSVP for this event.
- Date of the event is Friday, March 15th
- RSVP LINK: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d44aaa828aafd0-myprincess
PTO Dine for Dollars at Fundae's
- Please remind parents of this fundraiser!
- Date of the event is Tuesday, March 19th from 4-8 pm
- Below is a screenshot of our celebrity scoopers!
PTO Spring Fling
- Please remind parents of this event!
- Date of the event is Saturday, March 23rd from 3-7 pm
Color Printer Reminder
- REMEMBER . . . PC1-Front Office = Color Printer
Please Join Our REMIND Group
- SGE (staff only) has an all-staff Remind text messaging group called: 18-19 SGE (all staff).
- To simply *receive-only* the text messages, please text the number 81010 and in your "message line" type in the code: @k29hfe.
- If you'd like to be able to text back and forth w/ me via REMIND, please download the app or create an online account.
- As a friendly reminder, please do not share this code with non-SGE staff members.
Leaving EARLY afterschool and you've gotten permission from Connie/Martha . . .
- If this is the case for you, please help us by always emailing the entire office team to let them know you've gotten permission and also leave your cell # in the email message, in case we need to contact you.
- Who is the "office team?" Connie, Martha, Angie, Jen, Jessica, Jae, Deputy Todd
Fundae's Celebrity Scoopers
***IMPORTANT LINKS***
Professional Development Requests
- If you would like to attend any type of professional development, please click here.
Technology Work Orders - Reminder from Dan Layton:
- Click here to access this link.
- It is always extremely helpful if you can submit actual technology work orders for any help you need. Please refrain from picking up the phone or emailing a question.
Above & Beyond Nomination Form
- On our ZCS website, any ZCS staff and/or community member can nominate the work of any ZCS employee that has done extraordinary work. If you've experienced professional support that is above & beyond, feel free to recognize them through this nomination! Please click here to nominate.
Marquis Work Orders:
Did your trash not get picked up? Does it seem the carpet didn't get vacuumed? Please help Angie & Jen out by filling out the Marquis work order on your own. Thanks!
1. Go to the Zionsville web site
2. Click on Teachers/Staff tab
3. Scroll down about halfway
4. Look for: Custodial Work Orders by Building
5. Click on Stonegate
Click here to access the Teachers/Staff tab
18-19 PTO Wish List - NEW GOOGLE FORM LINK!
- Click the NEW LINK HERE to access this Office 365 Form
Personal Business Leave Request - NEW GOOGLE FORM LINK!
- Please click the NEW LINK HERE to access this form and then don't forget to SAVE this page under your "favorites."
- Finally, as a friendly reminder of our ZCS Personal Business Leave + good information to know for our newest staff, I have copied/pasted the email about personal days sent by Becky Coffman on 5/8/16. This is per our CBA - Collective Bargaining Agreement
- A. Amount – Each employee shall be entitled to be absent from work three (3) days each school year for the transaction of personal business or the conduct of personal or civic affairs. Such leaves may be used in whole or half day increments. Requests for personal business leave should be made 48 hours in advance in writing to the building principal. In cases of emergency or other similar unforeseen circumstance, requests may be made orally to both the substitute coordinator and the building principal.
- B. Employees are discouraged from using personal business leave on staff development days or to extend a school vacation. If used on a staff development day then the employee remains totally responsible for securing the learning lost from their being absent during that activity.
- C. Accumulation – If an employee does not use all of the personal business leave in a given school year, the remaining personal business leave shall be accumulated for use in later school year, except that no more than a total of two (2) days may be accumulated from earlier school years for use as personal business leave, so that the maximum total personal business leave available in any one school year is three (3) days earned during the school year and up to two (2) days accumulated from earlier school years or a total of five (5) days.
- D. Conversion to Sick Leave – Any unused personal business leave not accumulated for use in later years as personal business leave shall be added to the employee’s accumulated sick leave.