Buffalo Bulletin
March 18-22
The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.
-Zig Ziglar
Reminders & News
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information
- Blackshear Dashboard
- Here is the link for the morning announcements, which begin daily at 8:00 a.m.
- Make sure to nominate kids for the P2P Learner Award (2 per teacher per 9 week period). This Friday, March 22nd is the end of the third quarter.
- Morning Announcements Guest Stars - check here for your schedule and/or to sign up! A big thanks to those of you who have already guest starred!
- 504 update: All 504 meetings will be completed by the Tuesday after spring break, with the exception of new referrals for dyslexia. This is the last call for any 504 amendments - please see Lori.
- Leticia (our Diagnostician) has her office right off of the main hallway close to the library. Please remind your students of our HERD hallway expectations. She is finding it difficult to assess students in her office due to the noise as classes pass by.
- Workroom printers: Please do not print to the workroom printers, as this often interferes with copy jobs that Sheila and Melody are doing. If you need to print, please print to the front office workroom instead.
Personalized Learning Brief PD
The Learning Pit: Fostering a Growth Mindset (brief article)
Blackshear Writes This Week
The (ONE) sample from this week should be of AVERAGE writing ability.
Submit your sample by dropping into THIS FOLDER.
Please make sure to include your name in the title.
Library This Week
Library "B" Week
Teachers, please assist with management and self-checkout procedures.
Upcoming Events
PLC This week (Week of 3/18 - 3/22)
3-5 SIM analysis
K-2 guided reading/DRA
TELPAS writing sample rating
PLC Next Week (Week of 3/25 - 3/29)
3-5 STAAR grade level training
Kid Talk Data Entry
Updated Form - The link on the Kid Talk Redefined document has also been updated.
This Week's Schedule of Events
Half Day Planning Days - SCHEDULE
Monday 3/18
- Goodie Table - 5th and Library
- 8:50 - SOS (by invitation)
- 11:00-12:30 - Leadership PLC
- 1:45-3:15 - 2nd grade PLC
- 3:30-4:30 - admin meeting
Tuesday 3/19 - Team shirts (teams with perfect attendance last week may wear jeans)
- 1:45-3:15 - 4th Grade PLC
- Wunderlich Farms Day 1
Wednesday 3/20 - College shirts and jeans
- 12:00-1:30 - Kindergarten PLC
- 1:45-3:15 - 3rd Grade PLC
- 5th grade panoramic picture
- 2nd and 3rd grade TELPAS online reading
Thursday 3/21
- 1:45-3:15 - 5th Grade PLC
- Wunderlich Farms Day 2
- 3rd grade TELPAS online L&S
Friday 3/22 - Spirit shirts and jeans
- 2:00 - House Points due on Google Form (Meagan will send link)
- 1:45-3:15 - 1st grade PLC
- 4th and 5th grade TELPAS online reading
- 3:15 - House Dance Party
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead dates are subject to change
- 3/25 - 2nd grade L&S TELPAS online
- 3/25 - Grades pulled at 11:59 p.m.
- 3/25-3/29 - Progress Monitoring
- 3/25 - PTO Spirit Night at Chick Fil-A
- 3/26 - 4-5 grade bilingual L&S TELPAS online
- 3/27 - 4-5 grade L&S TELPAS online
- 3/28 - TELPAS online makeups
- 3/28 - Tom Hierck here for Visible Learning during your planning time (PLC room)
- 3/26 - Nurtured Heart parent night
- 3/29 - Report cards go home
- 4/1-4/5 - STAAR dress up days (coming soon)
- 4/1-4/5 - Kid Talk Meetings
- 4/5 - STAAR Pep Rally (2pm for grades 3-5)
- 4/8 - Goodie Table (SPED/Brianne/ Lisa W/ Kelli)
- 4/9 - STAAR (4th Writing and 5th Math)
- 4/10 - STAAR (5th Reading)
- 4/15 - Pre-K Field Day
- 4/15-4/19 - PLC Vacations
- 4/16 - Music Program (2:00 in cafeteria)
- 4/17 - 3rd and 4th grade math STAAR sim
- 4/18 - K-5 Field Day
- 4/18 - Progress report grading period ends
- 4/19 - Good Friday holiday
- 4/21 - grades pulled at 11:59 p.m.
- 4/22 - Exchange Day holiday
- 4/23-4/26 - Book Fair
- 4/23 - Kindergarten round up (5-7pm)
- 4/23 - progress reports go home
- 4/25 - 5th grade program (9:35)
- 4/26 - Health Fair and Book Fair Family Night (5-7 pm)