The Yuletide Villager
Week of October 22, 2018
The vision of GCS is to inspire success and a lifetime of learning.
McAdenville Elementary
H.O.P.E.
Have Only Positive Expectations
21 Things Teachers Do Every Single Day But Don’t Get Recognized For
I read the article ...
Just know we recognize what you do for our students without a second thought!
Thanks for caring and sharing your hearts.
Boss' Day Thanks
I greatly appreciate your thinking of my special day. The card was beautiful and contained so many heartfelt messages. I pray that we can continue to grow together. It makes me very proud to be a part of such a loving and caring group of people. Thank you for taking the time to recognize my efforts to lead our school. I'm so fortunate to have a group that makes that job easy as pie. The gift will be used with each of you in mind.
With love, gratitude, and cheer!
Lucretia Rice
Coming in November:
The Lucky 7's Challenge
Complete 7 lessons in Reading and 7 lessons in Math for the entire month with a combined time of 77 minutes (an hour and 17) in the i-Ready program per week!
Teachers, please make students aware of the next challenge and that we know they can do this!
Ticket Holders for October
June Conroy - ChristmasTown design
Renee Davidson - Extra Hours
Charles Poole - (2) Extra Cleaning / Helping Hand
Beth Cosby - Lending a helping hand to peers
Kelsey Payseur - (2) Excellent Standards Mastery Scores /Good PLC Discussion
Bobbi Neely - (2) Rocked a PD off-campus/ Gold Star plus help several BT's feel less stressed
====================================================
Stuart Beveridge - Helping Hand
Santiago Smith - Helping Hand
Kelly Shore - Kindness to a co-worker
====================================================
Bonita Truesdale - Highly Productive PLC
Kelsey Payseur - Highly Productive PLC
Mintz Prillaman - Engaging Mapping PD
Rollins Burrell - Engaging Mapping PD
Angela Hickman - Engaging Mapping PD
Kelly Shore - Engaging Mapping PD
Karen Coffey - Engaging Mapping PD
Audra Cooper - Math Practices PD
Mitz Prillaman - Math Practices PD
Kelly Shore - Math Practices PD
Cindy Smith - Going Beyond the Call of Duty for Kids
Santiago Smith - Mentoring Student
June Conroy - Double Duty to dismiss school
Ashely Aronold - Double Duty to dismiss school
Fonda Cooper - Double Duty to dismiss school
Mike Rymer - Double Duty to dismiss school
Mary McEntire - Double Duty to dismiss school
School Events Agenda
Evaluations are underway...
Walkthroughs on Interactive Read Aloud
RED RIBBON WEEK:
- Monday - Wear Red
- Tuesday - Too Bright for Drugs and Bullies- (Wear neon or bright colors)
- Wednesday - Don’t get mixed up with Bullies and Drugs-(Wear mix-matched socks)
- Thursday - Team up against Drugs and Bullies- (Wear your favorite team jersey or shirt)
- Friday - Turn your back on Bullies and Drugs- (Wear clothes backwards)
Please email Mrs. Crosby or Ms. Rice Snapshots of our week, daily… for Twitter and Facebook to see our fun times during our Spirit Week!
****Get your grades in PowerTeacher Pro this week!****
End of 1st Nine Weeks
- October 26, 2018
- Grades due Oct. 29 @ 12 noon.
K-2 Formative Assessment #1 and Grades 3-5 Check-ins Window
October 29 - November 2, 2018
Check-In Schedule Oct, 30 &, Nov,1st & 6th.
- Tuesday - Reading
- Thursday - Math Online
- Tuesday, Nov. 6th - Science - 5th Only
- November 1, 2018
PTO Meeting
- November 1, 2018 @ 6:30
November 5, 2018
GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS
ELA
MATH
Instructional Focus
Instructional Focus/Concentration:
Elementary Report Card K-2 Standards Sheet (Tabbed Grade Levels at Bottom)
October Focus
Math and ELA Instructional Practices
ELA Instructional Practices 1-3 & Interactive Read Aloud
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them - Math Instructional Practice # 1
Reason abstractly and quantitatively - Math Instructional Practice # 2
Building The Foundation Professional Development. The sessions will be offered throughout the school year.
Instructional Focus/Concentration:
Engagement and Worksheets
How often are you using worksheets for instruction and homework each day? How can we reduce the number of worksheets used during the school day?
Teacher - Student relationships
How can we change the tone of how we address students? It’s not what you say sometimes it’s how you say it. Model what they expect. The modeling sessions may have to be repeated a number of times, but model the expectations (Behavior and Instruction) with grace and respect for the student.
Agenda and I Can Statements - Daily Expectations
Each classroom should have an agenda listing what will be taught each day.
Each classroom should have I Can statements posted each day and tied to a standard.
- Standards Mastery
- Conferring
- Building Assessments from Standards-Based Instruction
- Small Group Instruction
- Student Proficiency
Elite Education Society of Wildcats
MES Social Worker - Whitney Hill
Please use this referral form for student Social Work Request.
MES School Counselor - Eric Otis
Please use this referral form for student School Counselor Request
2018-2019 School Improvement Team Members
Congratulations to our newest team members and thank you to all others for continuing to serve as members of this great group.
Committee Positions ` Name ` Email Address ` Date Elected
Principal Lucretia Rice lrrice@gaston.k12.nc.us 7/1/2017
School Improvement Team Chairperson Bobbi Neely blneely@gaston.k12.nc.us 9/12/2018
Teacher Representative (Process Manager)Beth Crosby edcrosby@gaston.k12.nc.us 6/1/2014
Teacher Representative Kelly Shore kdshore@gaston.k12.nc.us 8/1/2017
Teacher Representative Kirsten Marett kcmarett@gaston.k12.nc.us 8/1/2017
Teacher Representative Bonita Truesdale bgtruesdale@gaston.k12.nc.us9/12/2018
Instructional Support Representative Charlotte Griffth chgriffith@gaston.k12.nc.us 9/12/2018
District Representative TBD TBD@gaston.k12.nc.us --/--/--
Parent Representative Erika Sutphin mollysmama2008@gmail.com 6/1/2014
School Improvement Team Chairperson
Bobbi Neely