Mustang Messenger
December 16th
Important Dates
Monday, December 16th-Passion Monday (Please wait for overhead announcement, as we will dismiss by each grade-level)
Tuesday, December 17th-Spelling Bee, TKES mid-year conferences
Wednesday, December 18th-5th grade (AM), 2nd grade (Midday), and 1st grade (PM) Holiday parties
Thursday, December 18th-4th grade (AM), Kindergarten (Midday), and 3rd grade (PM) Holiday parties
Friday, December 19th-Winter Break officially starts! :)
Instructional Coach's Corner: Coaching Tip
Looking to re-engage your class during independent reading time?
Create success criteria together for what they want the environment to look like and sound like.
Sign me up to collaborate with you and your class!
School-Wide Goals
1. Social Emotional Learning
2. Personalized Learning
3. Writing
4. Integrating Content into Literacy
*Instructional Framework: Planning
*Building Collective Efficacy through collaboration
Need ideas for a Secret Santa gift? Mr. Brooks has got you covered! Enjoy :)
Mustang Moment with...
Mr.Al!
We would love to start getting to know our staff a little more in a section of Mustang Messenger called Mustang Moment. Enjoy getting to know a little bit about Mr.Al!
1. What is your favorite childhood memory as an elementary aged kid? "This time right now...Christmas season! I loved as a child all things Christmas and the special memories this time of year brought as a child."
2. Tell us something unique/different about yourself or your family, we might not already know. "My passion is boxing. I actual boxed from the time I was in middle school all the way up to high school."
3. What is your favorite thing about working at Midway? "The kids! I enjoy interacting with all the students at Midway."
If you would like to be part of or nominate someone for Mustang Moment, please reach out to Mr.Walkup.
Technology Information
MOVIE REMINDER-Just want to give you a few reminders as the holiday season approaches to keep us out of copyright jail:
- Streaming from Netflix/ Amazon/ Disney + etc. is NOT ALLOWED. The IT department monitors video streaming. Even though you may be paying for the streaming service, the fine print always says this is for home/personal use only.
- We do have a movie license to show approved movies in your classroom, if you have a questions as to whether a movie is approved, just ask Orr and he'll look it up.
- There are a few external drives available for the last week before break, but availability (especially for the 19th) is quite limited. (Early Bird gets the worm)
- On another note if you have an external drive you aren’t using then return it to Orr at some point Thursday or Friday of this week.
Winter/Christmas Themed BREAKOUTS-Let me know if you need any help or want my company. Mrs. Lundstrum
Prodigy is not on the approved list of sites on Classlink. It can not be accessed on school network.
Digital Learning Days
Make sure you know after reading the link information:
- Your online office hours
- The name of the plan that will go in your planner
- Who do YOU contact for help?
- What are the expectations for YOU?
A note from PE....
Safety Bird Enrique
Safety Bird Enrique wanted to thank you for a great fire drill this past week! A few friendly reminders:
*Please wait to exit your classroom until you hear me come on the overhead intercom to evacuate the building.
*Please make sure to close your classroom doors as you leave for the drill as this indicates that you have cleared your classroom of all students
Have a great weekend!
Moments of Mustang Might
Each week we want to highlight staff members who demonstrate the 7 Habits qualities.
When people make an impact on you, please share the moment so we can celebrate each other. Email Jennifer Lundstrum, Sarah LeBlanc, or Admin by Thursday at lunch time each week to highlight our teammates.
Shout Outs!
- Thank you to all staff members who are helping cover classes for meetings and "other" times this month.
- Kuddos to our Instructional Assistants (Betsy Moore, Tiffany Love, Melissa Ward, Monika Cushman, & Jennifer Martin) for helping with 1st grade coverage.
- Thank you Jena Salinas & Caroline Oglesby for supporting & supervising our MathematicsTeam during their meet at Lambert Middle School on Saturday.
- Kuddos to our wonderful Sunshine Committee for a fun Staff Holiday party and to Martha for opening her beautiful home to host.
- Thank you to Ms. Eva for shopping for festive treats for staff & ELM awards this past week.
- - We are ONE Midway! - -
Good to Know...
- Midway Meetings Calendar
- Please make sure you are updating your itslearning page consistently. This helps students get acclimated to using the platform before an inclement weather day, fosters communication with parents, and is a county expectation.