Trantwood Times
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Kudos...
~Kudos to Angela for helping organize the certificates for the moving on ceremony! Macy
~Kudos to Tracy for being available to step in whenever needed! Macy
~Kudos to Cazzy and Beth for the constant help and support! Macy
~Kudos to the SOL team (Carolyne, Karen, and Brooke, and anyone else involved!) for ensuring testing goes smoothly! Macy
~Kudos to Marianne O'Rourke for doing an awesome job as our substitute Security Assistant. We appreciate you! - Ms. T
~Kudos to Brooke Martinette for helping 5th graders load their Academic and Career Portfolios into Schoology! Lisa
~Kudos to Ms. Rousch for her calm and caring presence while filling in for Hannah! Lisa
~Kudos to the teachers that implemented student led conferences—the parents are so excited to see the progress their children have made. Lisa
~Thank you Sue Jerasa for hosting our end of year party at your lovely home! -Jan
~Thank you Cazzy and Lauren for cutting out lamination for me!-Jan
~Kudos to Michele, Amanda, and Mrs. T for always supporting my clubs, yearbook and art needs!!!!! They help me out so much and I could not do everything I do without them!!! Megan
~Our highest compliments to Megan Bailey for another amazing yearbook. Of course I love the nature theme! LAM
~A HUGE thank you to my fellow cardinals for all of the love, support, and encouragement you have given to my family this week. Last Friday afternoon I wondered if we would ever be able to recover; thanks to people like you it now seems possible. Stephanie
~Kudos to Sule, Sarah, and Allison for going above and beyond this week to take over for me while I was out. You are amazing! Stephanie~Kudos to LA for helping me put one foot in front of the other. I am “grateful.” Stephanie
~Thank you to Marianne for doing such a great job at the front desk. Amanda
~Thank you Ms. Lee for helping me understand the Host and Hostess program. Amanda
~Thank you to all the Cardinal influencers in the building. You made it! Have a wonderful summer you will be missed here until next year enjoy the beach!! :) Amanda
~Patsy, thank you for your many, many years of service to our school. What will we do without our Aunt Betty? LAM
~Allyson, thank you for being a member of #TeamTrantwood for these last 3 years. Your family is so lucky to have you full time! LAM
~Catie, thank you for being a member of #TeamTrantwood prior to my time! Great things await you in CA and the next school division will thank their lucky stars for hiring you! LAM
~Gretchen, thank you for starting our Spanish Immersion program 3 years ago. Your next school division will shout "yipee" when they hire you! LAM
~Allison, you've only been with us a year, but it's been a joyful one! LAM
~Becca, you've only been with us a half year and your new school will be so glad they hired you! LAM
June 10 - 14, 2019
Monday, June 10
- Expedited SOL Make up
- Student Led Conferences & Young Author, cafeteria, 8:30 am
Tuesday, June 11
- Dr. Spence visit
- Expedited SOL Make up
- Student Led Conferences & Young Author, cafeteria, 8:30 am
- Staff Celebration, library, 3 pm
Wednesday, June 12
- Expedited SOL Make up
Thursday, June 13
- Expedited SOL Make up
- Gr. 3 Market Day, 9:00 am
- Gr. 5 Moving Up Ceremony, Cafeteria, 12:45 pm
Friday, June 14
- Early Dismissal
- Kg Celebration, cafeteria, 8:30 am
- Fifth Grade Fun Day
Remaining Events At a Glance
June
- 15: Happy Birthday Melinda Pezzella!
- 17: Happy Birthday Persi Charalambous!
- 17: Staff Flex Day
- 21: Report Cards Mailed Home
- 24: Happy Birthday Christina Corradi!
July - ESY (Summer School) July 1 - Aug. 1
- 4: Happy Birthday Elise Neubeck!
- 4: Happy Birthday Nicole Woody!
- 6: Happy Birthday Carolyne McCoy!
- 15: Happy Birthday Catie Bartzcak!
- 16: Happy Birthday Angela Haebler!
- 23: Equity Conference
- 29: Gym Floor replaced
- 31: VBCPS Leadership Conference (formerly Adminstrator's conference)
August
- 1: VBCPS Leadership Conference (formerly Administrator's conference)
- 2: Happy Birthday Jenny DeLashmutt!
- 5: Leadership Academy
- 6: Happy Birthday Morgan Henson!
- 7: Happy Birthday Jenny Mello!
- 8: Happy Birthday Melissa Moore!
- 11: Happy Birthday Michelle Alberti!
- 14: Happy Birthday Brooke Martinette!
- 14: Happy Birthday Stephanie Piron!
- 23: Staff Work Day (Teacher Workweek begins)
- 23: Model Drawing Professional Development, Part 2, 9 - 1 @ Alanton ES
- 29: Meet & Greet, 1 - 3 pm
September
- 3: First Day of School
Principal Packet Memos
~National Board Support Program
~National Board Ambassador Application - see Mrs. Metzger
~National Board Certified Teacher Candidate Support Provider Application - See Mrs. Metzger
Maintaining High Quality Instruction through the Last School Day
As we proceed to the close of the 2018-19 school year, I would like to reaffirm the division expectation that high quality instruction based on the VBCPS Teaching and Learning Framework continues in every classroom. As the school year draws to a close and many instructional units have been completed, teachers are encouraged to utilize instructional time to engage students in inquiry based learning experiences that integrate content and foster the 5 Cs. Teachers may wish to utilize the many curricular embedded suggestions and resources for performance tasks and Problem Based Learning. Promoting student agency through the Teach disposition will ensure an environment highly conducive to student learning.
In the past, parent calls have expressed concern that students “watch videos” or “just play” the days after testing is completed. These final school days should be productive learning days for students.
Let's have a good and productive school closing as we work to “Finish Strong.”
Celebrating our Education Foundation Grant Recipients
Eleanor Richards: Learning Comes Alive with Lego WeDo 2.0, $1696.50
Students who use WeDo 2.0 are able to create various mathematical, scientific, and social studies concept simulations through constructing models and coding them with compatible software on their Chromebooks.
Gina Lane & Megan Bailey: SpecTRUMS and SpecDrums, $1,539.54
With this project, students will combine art and music by using their knowledge of the color spectrum to create collaborative works of art and then turn their art into musical compositions using Specdrums.
Gina Lane: 5th Grade Ukulele, $ 1,619.00
Grade 5 students will play in both solo and group settings with a repertoire ranging from folk songs to popular music to jazz.
Melinda Pezzella: Raise An Oyster...Save the Bay, $2,200
Students will raise live oysters, measure their growth, test water quality, and remove unwanted species to give them an authentic learning experience that allows students to understand ecosystems while also restoring environmental quality.
Tania Vadala: Can You Rigamajig It?, $5,000
Third grade students will become engineers by using large scale building kits containing wooden planks, wheel pullys, nuts, bolts and rope to solve real world problems.
#STEMTrifecta2019
Grade One Student Led Conferences - Sweet Times!
Enjoying fresh blackberries from our tire garden!
It's baby week at Trantwood!
Thrilled to meet Jackson Richard Phelps!
Thrilled to meet Lucy Bohn!
Thrilled to meet Eva Mariah Cassidy!
Congratulations Achieve 3000 Winners!
Estimating a monthly budget after college, comparing to reality, then career searching based on chosen lifestyle with the School Counselor.
Grad Walk 2019!
Learning walk to see the monarch in the “wild."
To my amazing mentor partner —- it’s been a great run! Catie
Mrs. Henson's bug loving 1st graders! Meet Legosaurus the centipede and Mr. Skinny Legs the tiny spider who made a home in a pencil box!
LouAnne Metzger, Principal
Email: louanne.metzger@vbschools.com
Website: http://www.trantwoodes.vbschools.com/
Location: 2344 Inlynnview Road, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Phone: 757-648-4000
Twitter: @LouAnneMetzger