Big Hollow Bugle
Big Hollow Elementary School~ September 30, 2016
Thank You!!!!
I am so excited for groups to begin! I know you all are too! Just an FYI- next year we will be testing for NWEA in the Fall and in the Spring so that we have the most updated data at the beginning of the year. :)
I would like to hold a couple informational sessions for our staff on interventions that we have available to us. If you have experience using a specific intervention, and would like to hold an info session for our staff please let me know. Right now all of our research based intervention kits are located in the 2nd grade pod and they will be available using a check out system.
WOW! Check out all the incredible ways you made someone else's day this week!
Chuck Malak and Logan Serna-Thank you soooo much for cleaning up our experiment gone wrong! :)
I would like to recognize Logan. As he was on his way down to do a "clean-up" he crossed paths with the little boy who got sick. I overheard him say, "It's okay buddy I'll take care of it, you just feel better." He could have passed him and said nothing but he chose to reassure the student. Thanks!
Thanks for always being there to help us Logan! The Third Grade Team
Thank you Jean for all your help! Michelle Connolly
Attendance Week
Thank you for encouraging consistent attendance with your students and their parents.
Title 1 Parent Night
Report Cards
Vision and Mission Statement
Just Some Friendly Reminders....
-- Please help students see the importance of MAP testing and PARCC testing by encouraging them to set goals for themselves. Our goal is for students to be motivated to beat their score from the last round of testing. As conferences approach in November, it would be great to get the students thinking now about goal setting. If you have any ideas to enhance student motivation and understanding that the tests are important opportunities to put forth 100% effort, please let me know!
- PLEASE REVIEW FIRE DRILL PROCEDURES WITH YOUR STUDENTS.
PBIS STAR
WINNER
LUNCHEONS!
Save the Dates!
October 3- PTO Meeting 3:30 pm
October 4- Staff Meeting 7:55 am in the library
October 4- 2nd grade field trip!
October 5- Problem Solving Team Meeting 8 am in the conference room
October 6- CPI refresher course 4-8 pm
October 7- BLT Meeting 7:55 am in the conference room
October 7- Early Release- 1:15 pm/School Visits
October 7- Picture Retake Day
October 10-No School- Columbus Day
October 11- PBIS Meeting
October 12- National Board Foundational Session #3
October 21- Fall Fest 4-6 pm @ Nature Center
October 21-28 PTO Book Fair
October 28- End of 1st Quarter
November 10- Parent Teacher Conferences 11 am- 7 pm
Happy Friday!! Weekly reflection.... sponsored by Deb Coolidge :)
Another Happy Friday, September 30, 2016 I had to chuckle after reading this article. This summer as we traveled from one location to another visiting family we had a similar travel experience. We however thought we forgot to book a return flight, hard to believe, so we scrambled to find an earlier one. This worked better as it would get me to Chicago in time to drive 7 hours to a funeral the next day. But as air travel sometimes does the flight was delayed about 4 hours which got us into O’Hare about 10:30. Meanwhile we found our previous booked flight for the next day. After disembarking the plane, we stopped to get refunded for the flight, somehow my credit card dropped into a slot in the desk that was unreachable without maintenance, an hour later credit card in hand we head out of the airport. Put in a load of laundry, repack bag for next leg of the travels. To bed for a quick 4 hours of sleep and on the road I go. Throughout all of this we kept smiling, laughing, and saying it could be worse. We had a good time through it all. This also happens in the classroom as we all know. Great plans get derailed by a number of crazy things that happen throughout the day. As frustrating as it may be, things always work out in the end. Positive attitude makes all struggles and unforeseen events much easier to deal with. I hope all your plans go as planned, but when they don’t smile. Enjoy the weekend, Deb
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Ali Behne Early in August, a malfunction in Delta Airlines’ computer system resulted in hundreds of flights being canceled. Thousands of travelers, including my husband and I, found our plans interrupted. When the glitch happened, we were in the Seattle airport waiting for a red-eye flight. I have to admit, when I heard there was a thirty-minute delay, I was disappointed but not surprised. Most of the Delta personnel and travelers around me seemed to share my attitude. As the delay stretched to two hours, I became discouraged, along with many others. Finally, the cause of the delay was announced and we were told that a projected time frame for flight departures was not available. At that point, emotions, attitudes, and lack of sleep could have led to a terminal full of disgruntled travelers. Instead, my fellow travelers accepted the inevitable as Delta personnel offered assistance in the form of blankets and pillows, snacks and drinks, and ready availability to respond to questions. I witnessed strangers making room for others to sit, people who gave in and created a makeshift bed on the hard airport floor, and family members cuddling with each other for comfort. Delta employees were covering shivering sleepers with warm blankets, assisting people whose travel needs were most urgent, and providing physical and emotional comfort to others—basically making the most of a crummy situation. The terminal became quiet and still, and people walking around were careful not to trip over sleeping bodies. About eight hours after our scheduled departure, the announcement came that our flight, along with many others, was canceled. Understandably, this led to a wide range of emotions as travelers worked to figure out how to get to their destinations. During this chaotic time, I did not witness even one airline employee lose patience. Their voices remained calm, and their demeanors positive and apologetic. Over time, their attitude was contagious. Frustrated travelers moved from complaints to acceptance, and even from anger to amusement. It was definitely a lesson about the effect of a positive attitude. Afterward, as we all so often do, I reflected on how my travel experience relates to the classrooms and schools in which we work. No classroom or school is perfect. We all have disruptions to work around, some bigger than others, and often they are outside our control. What we can control, however, is our attitude about those disruptions—and it does make a difference to those around us. When we maintain a good attitude, we realize there is always a way to get to our destination. My husband and I got home after a twenty-seven-hour drive filled with conversation, laughter, and, of course, a little sleep.
Michelle Dzik
Email: michelledzik@bighollow.us
Website: www.bighollow.us
Location: 33315 North Fish Lake Road, Ingleside, IL, United States
Phone: 8477405321
Twitter: @Bighollowelem