Allen's Weekly What's What 5/12/23
A summary of important information and resources for staff
Principal's Message
It's great that Teacher and Staff Appreciation has an entire week devoted to it - however, it's just not enough! You all have an incredibly important role in the lives of children who will be our future. I hope you know that I have enjoyed working for you all over the past couple of years. You may have heard already that I will not be returning to EA next year. This was a tough decision to make. While I don't know what my future holds, I hope to work with awesome people like you!
Important Dates
A-A-A: Announcements, Attendance, Assessments
Announcements
Safety
Please make sure your windows are closed at the end of each day.
Please remember that your classroom doors should be closed and locked at all times.
- Every door, every day. Please contact the office if your door does not lock properly or you need a key.
Please pull exterior doors closed behind you.
- In particular, I know that door 14 and door 4 sometimes require you to actually pull them closed. Please pay attention to make sure the door latches behind you.
- Please remind your students that we do not open doors for anyone.
- Please do NOT prop open exterior doors for any reason.
Classroom transitions must happen within the building. Please consider using the courtyard if your students need some fresh air.
Kindergarten Summer Language Proficiency Screening
The Language Acquisition Department will handle the logistics for the screening dates, including locations and appointments, but we need teacher volunteers to complete the assessments. Teachers will be compensated for their time spent with students, as well as any applicable trainings. Please share this link with your certified staff members to collect their interest and availability. The survey will close by Friday, May 19 so we have ample time to notify teachers of their schedules and training needs.
Attendance
By May of 2023, Allen Elementary School will implement a system to maintain a 95% or above attendance rate as measured by the ADM/ADA report in Infinite Campus.
Attendance Expectations:
Please remember to submit your attendance in Infinite Campus every day.
- By 8:45am
- 15 minutes after return from lunch
Assessments
The ILT will review results from iReady, F&P and (optional) MAP at our 5/23/23 meeting as related to our School Improvement Goals.
ReadyGEN, Unit 5 (K-2)
ReadyGEN, Unit 4, (3-5)
- Please note that teachers are allowed to start giving the End of Unit Exam for ReadyGEN any time they are complete with the unit.
- We expect most K-2 teachers to be wrapping up Unit 5 within the next couple of weeks, and most of 3-5 being done in May.
- Please share these instructions that Nell made for us with how to access the Master Manager assessments in Mastery Manager.
- Remind your teachers that they should NOT be making copies of these assessments. If they make copies, the alignment to particular standards will not be coded, and their data will not populate with the rest of the district data.
F&P (K-5)
- F&P opened May 1st.
- The place to enter the student data in Infinite Campus is open.
References and Resources from past newsletters can be found in our shared drive
Jennifer Dalrymple Ed.D., Principal
Email: jdalrymple@d131.org
Website: https://allen.d131.org/
Location: 700 South Farnsworth Avenue, Aurora, IL, USA
Phone: (331) 230-1768