Guzick GOLD News
Week of 9/3/19
Dr. Davis' Quote of the Week
Guzick's 2019-2020 Key Action Items
Lights! Camera! Action! "The Red Carpet" Weekly Spotlight
Coming down the red carpet this week is our Instructional Leadership Team members, Mrs. Wallis, Ms. K. Harris, Mrs. S. Smith, and Mrs. Maldonado! To be a great school, we have to embrace the systematic changes that will lead to sustainable success! These ladies have worked tirelessly for the past month planning and leading several key initiatives that will undoubtedly lead to student achievement growth! From planning and leading STAAR Bootcamp curriculum writing, creating the Power Half Hour scripted lessons, leading our very first Look Forward PLC meetings, and the list goes on and on! These are new initiatives for them as well on our campus, and they dove head first into the work right along side each of us for the success of Guzick!
Please join me in thanking Mrs. Wallis, Ms. K. Harris, Mrs. S. Smith, and Mrs. Maldonado for their unrelentless pursuit of instructional excellence on our campus! The Spotlight this week is on them!
Excellence in Instruction: Writing Across the Content Areas
It is so very important that our students are engaging in effective writing practices in every content area. This school year we will continue to engage students in authentic opportunities to practice effective writing skills!
Each week I will highlight a Writing Across the Content Area (WAC) focus in the GOLD News. If you have questions about the weekly focus, please reach out to Mrs. S. Smith. She will continue to support our campus in the area of writing.
Instructional Expectation - Capitalization Rules
Morning Meeting - Building Postiive Relationships One Meeting at a Time!
The effective implementation of morning meetings at Guzick will help to foster a positive student culture on our campus. It is an expectation that all Guzick Giant students participate in morning meetings every day using the four components of morning meetings (greeting, sharing, activity, morning message).
An ILT member will be participating in your morning meeting this week and providing you with written feedback using the attached morning meeting rubric. We look forward to engaging in this positive experience with you and your students!
September is Attendance Awareness Month
Please read the email excerpt from Mrs. B. Wilson:
On Tuesday the district's Attendance Awareness Month Competition begins. Week 1's theme is: Show Up! Team Up! Please wear a sports shirt or even a grade level team shirt on Wednesday, September 4th! Activities for the following weeks are on the attached flyer.
Dallas ISD is having a districtwide social media challenge(see the attached flyer). If you post any photos on social media(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) use the hashtags #showupdallasisdGuzick #AwardwinningattendanceatGuzick . This is a great opportunity to highlight our campus and students, staff, and community.
Mrs. Maldonado and I will be recognizing classes weekly who have perfect attendance for the week. We have lots of fun rewards/activities planned for students with perfect attendance during September.
Guzick School wide Intervention Programs
We have two school wide intervention programs to proactively meet the academic needs of some of our Tier III students. To ensure that the entire staff can clearly communicate to parents how we meet the varied needs of our struggling students, details of each program are as follows:
Power Half Hour - Skill based intervention program in reading and mathematics that occurs during the school day. Students are explicitly taught basic reading and math skills to help close learning gaps. The program begins September 9, 2019 and continues throughout the school year. Student groups may change as students exit out of Tier III.
STAAR Bootcamp - After school intervention program for current 4th and 5th grade students who did not master the STAAR reading and/or math assessment in the previous school year. Students receive explicit instruction using readiness standards to help close the learning gap. The program begins September 3, 2019 and continues until the end of the second six-weeks grading period.
REMINDER: Sub Tub and SPLIT Lists
REMINDER: Morning Duty Expectatations - Starting the day with POSITIVITY
Morning Duty begins at 7:15am each morning. Please be in your morning duty location ready to receive and actively monitor our Guzick Giants! To ensure that we are ALWAYS striving for not just good enough, but being the absolute best, we are tweaking a few of our morning arrival procedures. Please provide feedback to myself or Mrs. Maldonado with how we can continue to ensure our students are embraced with positivity during morning arrival.
- Pre-K and Kinder will meet in the auditorium.
- First and Second grade will meet in the cafeteria.
- Third grade will meet in the gym.
- Fourth and Fifth grade will continue to meet on their respective hallway.
All students will need to be picked up no later than 7:40am each morning from their respective location.
We will encourage students who arrive after 7:35am to walk on the LEFT side of the hallway to avoid traffic jams.
Guzick 2019-2020 Calendar - Live Updates
Upcoming Events/Reminders
- Labor Day - Student/Staff Holiday - Monday, September 2, 2019
- Reading STAAR Bootcamp - Tuesday, September 3, 2019 @3:30pm.
- Look Forward PLC (during planning) - Thursday, September 5, 2019.
- Math STAAR Bootcamp - Thursday, September 5, 2019 @3:30pm.
- Lesson Plans Due in Google Folder- Friday, September 6, 2019 @4:30pm.
On the Horizon
- 1SW Grades Due - Monday, September 9, 2019.
- Reading Power Half Hour Begins - Monday, September 9, 2019.
- SST Meeting - Monday, September 9, 2019 @3:30pm. (All grade level representatives will need to be in attendance)
- Distribute Progress Reports - Tuesday, September 10, 2019.
- Math Power Half Hour Begins - Tuesday, September 10, 2019.
- Reading STAAR Bootcamp - Tuesday, September 10, 2019 @3:30pm.
- Guzick Dollar Denim Day - Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
- Reading Power Half Hour - Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
- TEI Scorecard Conferences (Optional) - Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
- Ready, Set, Teach Orientation - Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
- Look Forward PLC - Thursday, September 12, 2019 during planning.
- Math Power Half Hour - Thursday, September 12, 2019.
- SLO/PD Plans due for Review and Approval in Cornerstone - Friday, September 13, 2019.
- Lesson Plans Due in Google Folder - Friday, September 13, 2019 @4:30pm.
Frank Guzick Elementary School
Email: aandrus@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/guzick
Location: 5000 Berridge Lane, Dallas, TX, United States
Phone: 972-502-3900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GuzickES/
Twitter: @GuzickES