JME Staff Newsletter
March 2, 2020
Classified Appreciation Week
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams
Week at a Glance
Monday
- iTeam
- 2D & 2C Field Trip to Dr. Haskett
Tuesday
- Snack Day- Join us in the staff room for a well rounded selection of snacks during the day
- Staff Meeting 2:45 Library
Wednesday
- Pizza & Salad lunch for everyone starting at 10:30
- Candice Out till 10:30 off site meeting
- 1:30 Planning
Thursday
- Character Dress Up Day
- 5pm-6pm Kinder Connect
- Grades 3-5th Author Visit Assembly 1:00pm in gym
Friday
- Grading Day
Read-a-thon ends March 5th
We have nearly raised $10,000 and read 100,000 minutes! Wow! Great work everyone. Here is our fundraising page: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/httpwwwmcl
Week 1:
Most Minutes Read = Extra Recess
Mrs. Coltrin
Mrs. Phillips
Most Money Earned = Extra PE with Mr. Z
Mrs. Nelson
Mrs. Blessing
Diverse Books
Spring Conferences
https://ptcfast.com/schools/John_McLoughlin_Elementary
Please note a few guidelines that I want you to adhere to.
1. Do not do more than one conference per child.
2. Do not accommodate conferences outside of these 2 days.
There will be very rare circumstances in which we will accommodate these requests. Your time is valuable. It is important that we all follow the same expectations. It sends a strong message to families when we have different allowances we make. You are refer any upset family member to me.
Report Card Information from Ms. Webb
- Synergy Report Card Grading Window will open February 24th; you can start entering grades then
- Music Grade: Teachers need to enter the music grade for each student. Each student will be given a "3" for the Winter Trimester report card (per Candice)
- I won't be able to start printing report cards until March 9th (attendance absences and tardies will not populate until after the official grading window date of March 6th)
- As always, please email me when your report cards are done and ready to be printed
- Remember: Mark your class report cards "Completed"; that "moves them over" which enable me to print
- I will print in the order I receive emails from teachers
- You will be given 2 copies of the student report card: one to send home and one for you to keep
- You will also be given a report card envelope, labeled with the student's name
- Report Cards will go home with students on Friday, March 13th
- Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 & 19. Both days are 12 hour days (Friday, March 20th the building will be closed)
- Our PTSO will provide staff with lunch and dinner on Wednesday, March 18th
- Lunch on Thursday, March 19th will be Costco pizza, salad, cookies and a drink. Cost is $5.00. (Please pay $5.00 cash only to Diane)
- Conference Meal Times: Lunch 11:00-12:00 Dinner 4:00-5:00
- Dinner on Thursday (3/19) will be "leftovers" - or you can bring your own meal
Roald Dahl "...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury."
Understood.org
Understood.org offers families and educators extensive information regarding common difficulties children experience. It is a great resource to help deepen your own understanding, as well as, an easy to navigate resource to share with families. Here is a short video about
Understanding Executive Functioning Issues with lots of embedded links for more information.K-5 Health Reminders
- Unit 7 of The Great Body Shop should follow Unit 4 this year.
- On February 14, the first parent letter will be sent to alert families that Unit 5 will be taught two weeks later (in March) and that opting out is available. Opt outs are available for units 5, 6, and 8.
- Units 9 and 10 are optional.
- If you need additional magazines, contact Jennifer Bell.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xkZvcf2KyJBszxmQwK5CImUkpCsoZ2VTdW3l0NIub_8/edit?usp=sharing