Micro Elementary School Newsletter
April 15th, 2018
Don't just Finish Strong, Flourish
Wildly Important Goals
Wig #1-- Micro Elementary will continuously work on building relationships with parents and guardians to establish an open and inclusive environment.
Are there more opportunities to invite parents into your classroom? How can you improve parent communication? When was the last time you called a parent to share good news?
Wig #2-- Micro Elementary will foster a nurturing, safe, and positive relationship that empowers students to feel valued and respected.
Is the daily experience for students in your classroom positive? How do you know that your students feel valued and respected? What can you do to improve how students perceive your classroom?
Micro Headlines
- PBL Publish NIght: I am looking forward to our PBL Publish Night! Thank you in advance for all of your preparation. We have scheduled a Connect Ed Message and have been advertising this as a school. Please make a creative last push to encourage your parents to attend.
- Friday is Award's Day! The awards will be available in the media center next week.
- We will be hosting the Grade Alike Principal's Meeting Thursday, April 26th. There will be 16 teams of observers visiting 16 different classrooms on this day. Each observation team will be scheduled to spend about 10-15 minutes in each classroom. A schedule is being developed and will be shared soon.
- Any school fundraiser requests should be submitted through the online sales and solicitation approval process. Also, please remember the financial accounting information must be submitted timely and accurately.
- All grants (except Johnston County Education Foundation) should be submitted using the online grant approval process. This includes traditional grants, as well as Donors Choose projects.
- Here is a website featuring videos of astronauts reading children's books in space: http://storytimefromspace.com/
- Micro Elementary will celebrate Kindness week April 30th-May 4th. Stay tuned for our plan of activities for that week.
- Student Passwords: It is recommended by JCPS technology services for students to change their passwords. Please help our 3-5 students with this.
- Pizza Parties: At the end of the year when parties are being held, please make sure we also take students to lunch before the party.
Micro Staff Social Contract
Make the community feel welcome
Treat others with respect
Demonstrate teamwork
Be open-Minded
Be positive
Be supportive
All County Chorus
Third Grade Science Experiment
Fun Time
Read Two! Take charge of your professional growth! Share thoughts and takeaways on the Micro Professional Learning Padlet
April Character Trait
April: Courage-Doing the right thing even when others do not
Teachers: Please feel free to add to our character assemblies. Please share activity ideas, potential student performances, etc.
Important Dates
EOY iReady WIndow: April 16th-May 4th
Optional Modern Woodmen Bank Presentation April 17th @ 4:05
April Staff Meeting: April 18th
PBL Publish Night and PTA Meeting: April 19th
Award's Day: April 20th
Special Olympics: April 20th
JCPS Job Fair @WJHS: April 21st
Front Door Access System Installation Date: April 23rd
EOY mClass Window: April 23-May 15
Flame For Learning Banquet: April 24th
Micro Hosting Grade Alike Principal's Meeting: April 26th
April 26th: Bus Roadeo
April 28th: Nojo Family Day
Week of April 30th-May4th: Micro Kindness Week
May 2nd: Early Release Day
Spring Strings and Band Concert: May 14th
Reminders and Links
- Updated Arrival and Dismissal Procedures and Duties
- Micro Elementary Crisis Plan
- Language Arts Crosswalk: Compare old and new LA standards
- Math Crosswalk: Compare old and new Math standards
- Nominate teachers for the FSI Teacher of the Week: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5QG3BVX
- Monthly Needs Assessment Form
- Nominate a co-worker for JCPS Employee of the Month
- Please keep documenting those parent conferences
- Micro Remind Group
- Behavior Management Plan Resource Development
- Buck Institute Project Based Learning Database
- Win Stem $$$ for our School Contest