Tiogue Faculty & Staff Bulletin
At-A-Glance November 22, 2018 #13 - Short Week Update
Happy Thanksgiving To ALL - Many thanks for your generous donations to our needy families! Thanksgiving Baskets were picked up on Tuesday. In total, your contributions helped to create 33 gift baskets and 35 turkeys.
Important Information and Key Dates
*FACULTY/STAFF*
November 2018
November 22-23 - No School, Thanksgiving Recess
November 26 - Dom at RICAS Training session in the morning (scores will be released later in the week); Our new .4 Special Educator begins today - Wendi Arnone - please welcome her when you see her
November 28 - RtI/MTSS MTG. 7:30am
November 29 - Team Day - Please check your Google calendars for specific invites/times; PJs and Books Event moved to this date; RICAS Scores may go public today
November 30 - Grades Close for the Trimester
December 2018
December 5 - Holiday Shoppe today during lunches
December 6 - LifeTouch Picture make up & retake day; Team Day - Please check your Google calendars for specific invites/times
December 7 - DENTAL SCREENINGS AT TIOGUE
December 8 - PTA Breakfast with Santa - 8:30am and 10:30am
December 12 - Holiday Shoppe today during lunches
December 13 - Team Day - Please check your Google calendars for specific invites/times
December 17 - PTA Mtg. 3:30pm
December 19 - Holiday Shoppe today during lunches; Faculty Mtg. 3:20pm
December 20 - Team Day - Please check your Google calendars for specific invites/times; Report Cards go home today
December 22nd through January 1 - Winter Break
Our Mission and Motto:
At Tiogue School, we believe that students can achieve their personal best and become responsible and productive citizens by embracing all learning opportunities each day.
"Everybody is somebody at Tiogue"
*PTA INFORMATION*
We would like faculty/staff representation at each PTA meeting. Talk with your team and colleagues about scheduling a time to come to a meeting this year.
Upcoming PTA Meeting Schedule:
12/17/18 at 3:30pm
1/28/19 at 6:30pm
2/25/19 at 3:30pm
3/18/19 at 6:30pm
4/22/19 at 3:30pm
5/20/19 at 6:30pm
June TBD at 3:30pm
SCHOOL STORE Every Other WEDNESDAY beginning on 9/26/18. This week on Oct. 24th
High Importance: Please consider joining the Tiogue PTA
Title One Event, new date: Thursday, November 29th
Articles and other news
Behavioral Specialist and Math Intervention Schedule:
Kim Sturdahl will be at Tiogue on Thursday and Friday of this week.
MATHEMATICS: Mary V. will be at Tiogue on Monday 11/19 and then Blackrock for the week 11/26-11/30.
-Article of the week-
November 22, 2018: How Meta-cognition Boosts Learning - By, EduTopia
November 17, 2018: Metacognition & Achievement - From Mindset
November 10, 2018: 14 Phrases that kids say that may show they are anxious.
November 3, 2018: The Ultimate Guide To Twitter- Should you use it?? Pros & Cons
October 27, 2018: 13 Common Phrases to Avoid in your classroom - by, Edutopia. There are other very good SEL articles under this one on the web page.
October 20, 2018: The IEP Process - FAQ Created by R.I.D.E. - I will share with parents too. This is guidance that was first created in 2010, but revised in the summer of 2018. A copy is also placed in our Tiogue Shared Folder for 2018-19.
October 13, 2018: From Practical Ed-Tip of the Week:
ViewPure is one of my longest standing recommendations for viewing YouTube videos without distractions. At its basic level to use View Pure just copy the link of a video into the "purifier" on the View Pure website and then click purify. Your "purified" video will be displayed on a blank white background. You can password-protect links to videos that you share through ViewPure (click here for directions). In the last year ViewPure expanded to offer curated collections of educational videos.
October 7, 2018: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding - Edutopia
Previous articles can still be found in the other bulletins.
SEL/Restorative Practice's Corner
SEL/Conscious Discipline/PBIS and other important info.
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Week 13:Many of our most needy students and their families are still struggling. I am thankful for all of your efforts to connect with families and to reach these learners. We know that SEL and fostering positive relationships are the key to begin to help these children. It is not easy, by any stretch of the imagination. Thanks for always being there for your students!
Truly eye-opening TED Talk and accentuates why we need to be trauma informed
From NAESP - Parent Guide to help children deal with tragedy - high importance
Evaluation update
PDP information should be placed into the Frontline System at this point.
Here is a link to the District Evaluation Web Area.
SLOs and SOOs are due in the System by 11/30/18.
Nurse's Corner of important information
INFORMATION:
*Dental Screenings continue on December 7th*
Thank you,
Gina D'Aguanno RN
Tiogue Elementary School
Email: giustidomenic@coventryschools.net
Website: http://tiogueschool.squarespace.com/
Location: 170 East Shore Drive, Coventry, RI, United States
Phone: (401) 822-9460
Twitter: @domgiusti