Mt. Bethel Messenger
November 17, 2017
THANKFUL FOR YOU!
Please take time for yourselves, enjoy friends and family over the break, and fully unplug from work! Turn on your auto-reply to email and we look forward to being back after Thanksgiving.
#thankfulforyou
Bucket Fillers - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- HATS OFF to THE SPECIALIST TEAM! Sammy Jo's Wedding Shower was superb! Wedding date = December 2nd!
- HATS OFF to THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM! Brittany's Baby Shower was beautiful! Due date = December 30th!
- KUDOS to FIFTH GRADE for hosting an outstanding pre-Thanksgiving spread and sharing your attitude of gratitude!
- STEMTASTIC SALUTATIONS to Kerry Griffee, Sammy Jo Almost Reyes, and Melissa Pumpian! Caine's Arcade was AWESOME! It was a joy to watch our students engaged in the Engineering Design Process!
Mastery Learners (Intuition + Feeling) = ORANGE
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
WEBINAR WEDNESDAY - 11/29 @ 3:00 @ MBES!
CLICK HERE to visit the Webinar Wednesday website!
Topic: Charge your teacher tool utility belt with the best academic resource for super teachers and students - netTrekker! You'll have a guided tour and tutorial of one of the most powerful academic resources available to Cobb teachers: netTrekker! netTrekker can do it all: research, enrichment, primary resources, instructional support and materials, learning links and more-with cloud folders to easily organize and save.
MBES teachers who attend live will be eligible for a drawing of cool digital swag - like Rocketbook WAVE notebooks (see video below) and a recording pod for SeeSaw or FlipGrid fun! All present are eligible to enter the drawing!
BLT Norms Redelivery
PLEASE CLICK HERE to access our OneNote Binder with information prepped for Redelivery. The username/password/links to the videos are included on the slides where the video(s) should be played.
TPV Dates:
Tuesday, 11/28: Kindergarten & 5th
Wednesday, 11/29: 3rd & 1st
Thursday, 11/30: 4th & 2nd
PLC's ONE NOTE BINDER. NAVIGATE TO TEAM MEETINGS > NOVEMBER TEAM MEETINGS & REDELIVERY OF BLT.
RTI Squared - Tier 2 Meetings - Week After Thanksgiving
CTLS - ASSESS - EXPECTATIONS UPDATE
- Full participation in all training sessions this year - to increase proficiency in administering common formative assessments to drive instruction. (If you are sick, you are sick. No guilt over that - just don't purposefully plan sick days on CTLS days).
- Mandate to administer full Touchstone at end of quarter REMOVED. Can you still use the full Touchstone? Yes! Is it required? No.
- Administer minis. Use this data to help guide instruction. Find an administration method that is most efficient/effective for you. Contact Carrie Lowery if you need help. She's da bomb and will make it happen!
Mark Your Calendars!
Monday, November 27
- GAA check date
- 9:00 am - Appleyard meets with Foundation Presidents
- 10:30 am - Jaime to Hawthorne for Low Incidence allotment meeting
Tuesday, November 28
- 8:15 - 10:15: TPV - 5th
- 11:15 - 1:15: TPV - Kindergarten
Wednesday, November 29
- 7:30 am - Foundation Board Meeting
- 8:30 - 10:30: TPV - 3rd
- 11:30 - 1:30: TPV - 1st
- 9:00 am - Foundation Executive Board Meeting @ Egg Harbor Cafe
- Appleyard out - Leadership & Learning Principals' Meeting
- 3:00: Webinar Wednesday! Hosted @ MBES!
Thursday, November 30
- Happy Birthday, Shana Vest!
- Bugle distribution
- AM - AP Meeting @ Mountain View - Faith & Maria out
- 9:15 - 11:15: TPV - 4th
- 11:45 - 1:45: TPV - 2nd
Friday, December 1
- Happy Birthday, Taylor Bornhorst!
- 6:30 - 7:30 am: Dad's Breakfast
- 3:00 pm: SPLOST/Facilities meeting @ MBES
Duty Schedule
One person at buses is expected to check in the buses. They are listed as AM BUS CLIPBOARD. The second person will be expected to help monitor the flow and keep students safe.
Second Load Duty has a new title: FACT PROGRAM LATE ARRIVALS. If we have a FACT Program that is going to be late, we will ask the person on 2nd Load Standby to supervise until the instructor arrives. *Note: these instances should be very few and far between.
AM BUS CLIPBOARD: Hunter
AM BUS LANE MONITORING: Griffee
AM CARPOOL: Minicozzi, Bartnicki, Gibson
PM CARPOOL: Wells, Mulkey, Radcliffe
SECOND LOAD STANDBY/FACT PROGRAM LATE ARRIVALS: Vest