Bear Tracks
January 6, 2017
A Note From the Principal:
Dear Bear Tavern Staff,
Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great first week of 2017 and that you had a change to regroup and recharge during break with your loved ones.
Let's strap on our snow boots and have a great January, building momentum into a fantastic second half of the year.
Sincerely,
Chris
Key Information:
- Faculty Meeting Monday
- Day of Service Friday Special Schedule AM (I will speak to each grade-level for the specific plan/activity). By and large, we should be done by 10:10 am. If we need to extend, we certainly can do that on a grade-level by grade-level basis based upon how far students get in the activity and what teachers want to do.
- Desk Cycles - check memo from earlier in the week and let me know if you have questions. We will identify certain students that we will collect data for (as per the grant; Dr. Hoffman or I will reach out in those cases), but please feel free to collaborate as a grade level to identify ways that they can enhance your student learning. They can be a reward, an activity for students who are active, a pre learning ritual, etc. ALSO, you can use them if you are working before/after school or during your planning! Let me know if you need help.
Upcoming Dates:
AFTERNOON ENRICHMENT/ACTIVITIES: (Special Information) Please see the list below. An asterisck indicates that the CLUB MAY NOT RUN based upon enrollment, we will know today. You will get a list of students as soon as it is firmed up by the coordinator.
Mondays - Nano Bots (k-2) & Mindstorm EV3 Robotics (3-5)*
Tuesdays - Advanced Circuits (3-5)*, Fyre Code (3-5)*, Simple Circuits (K-2)*
Wednesdays - Crazy Concoction (K-2)*, 3D Printing (3-5), Magic Glass Art (K-2)
Thursdays - Aerospace Engineering (K-2), Yoga (3-5)
Friday - Aerospace Engineering (3-5), Drawing (K-2)
THE WEEK(s) AHEAD:
Monday 1/9 - Winter Enrichment classes begin
Monday 1/9 - Faculty Meeting
Monday 1/9 - BOE meeting (Reorganization - congrats to Mr. Didonato!)
Tuesday 1/10 - Math after school tutoring / Art Enrichment
Tuesday 1/10 - Grand Pals Niefer 10 am
Wednesday 1/11 - Writing after school tutoring / Art Enrichment
Wednesday 1/11 - Student Council
Thursday 1/12 - GrandPals Miller 10 am
Friday 1/13 - AM SPECIAL SCHEDULE - Day of Service (Rev. Caldwell & Christine's Hope)
Monday 1/16 - SCHOOLS CLOSED - MLK, Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/17 - Math after school tutoring / Art Enrichment
Tuesday 1/17 - GrandPals Niefer 10 am
Wednesday 1/18 - Writing after school tutoring / Art Enrichment
Wednesday 1/18 - PTO General Meeting 7 pm
Thursday 1/18 - Treble Makers - HS/ PAC field trip 9 am - 2 pm
Thursday 1/18 - Grandpals Miller 10 am
Friday 1/20 - Preschool Colab Day - No preK
Friday 1/20 - PTO Carnival 6-8:30 pm
Friday 1/20 - MISMATCH DAY
1/23 - 1/27 - Great Kindness Challenge (done independently by students, more info to come)
Monday 1/23 - Grade level mtgs
Tuesday 1/24 - PM SCHED - Franklin Institute Assembly (whole school 2:15 - 3:00)
Friday 1/27 - End of 2nd MP
2/17 - Princeton Boys' Choir Assembly - Details TBA