Monday Memo
Week of 2/17/20: Central's Newsletter for Teachers & Staff
Hello CES Family,
Welcome back after a long weekend! I hope it was fun and relaxing depending on what you needed.
It's Spring, and it can start to feel like we are losing steam. We are tired, we notice the kids seem to have either forgotten all the things we have taught them and/or they aren't your kids at all and have morphed into something we don't recognize- hormonal pre-teens.
Home is tough too, maybe the flu has been through your family, twice. Maybe you have gone through some life changing news or circumstances, but I want to encourage you to hang in there! The reality is, things are often harder before the breakthrough. I want to remind you that you are each meant to be here as part of this family of educators and we-together- are going to see great things!
We are going to keep working hard, challenging our students and each other with love, do the work that we know we have to do, because we have got this Panthers! We have got this!
GO TEAM!
CK
Together we are Committed. Together we Succeed. Together we are Central. We are #ONECENTRAL
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
February 17, Monday-
- PRESIDENT'S DAY NO SCHOOL
February 18, Tuesday-
- Pledge & Anthem
- WIDA Testing
- Kinder APTT @ 7:45
- Tutorials
February 19, Wednesday-
- Pledge & Anthem
- WIDA Testing
- No PLCs
- District/Admin CES Data Chats
- Tutorials
February 20, Thursday-
- Pledge & Anthem
- WIDA Testing
- Team Leader Meeting after school Room 12
- Tutorials
February 21, Friday-
- WIDA Testing
- SOW PICS 8:15
- 4th Grade to Battlefield
Action Items and Reminders
- Math & ELA Support days on CES Calendar. More information coming soon.
- Please encourage students to read for AR. Reading is a great homework task to boost reading skills. Set high expectations. Their average should be 85% or higher and they should not have a problem making their goal. Let's get our kids reading! Lead by example and let them see you reading too!
Please sign in daily.
If you have a time sheet it is very important to come up and sign in each day.
Don't forget to upload your plans in our shared drive. Outstanding job to everyone on getting your plans submitted and on time!
- Thank you for signing in and greeting your students at the door!
- Attendance notes must be checked daily and turned in daily. Attendance must be completed by 9 AM sharp.
- Wear your I.D. Badges at all times! Please send anyone who doesn't have a badge or sticker to the office and notify the office.
- Lesson Plans should be in by Sunday night to the Team Drive.
- #GOPANTHERS
Have you liked our Facebook Page?
Happy Birthday to these special Panthers!
February Birthdays!!
2/5- LaDonna Wooten
2/6-Vickie Enfinger, Katrina Williams
2/7-Trish Miller
2/17-Nicole Tribble
2/24-Jenni Turbeville
Let me know if I missed someone!
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Self Paced- WIDA e-Learning https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ScARqrkVBi8p8mE59xG1etr_8Rl9E9F12hOXzCQcRxY
Mrs. Andrea Canaday (Andee) is our Professional Learning Coordinator at the District Office. Her emails often contain professional development opportunities for you that are approved by the district.
The county's Inservice Form is at the link below.
APPRECIATIONS
Our Commitment and Pledge to Central Instruction
Together we commit to working hard to make sure instruction and assignments are both rigorous and engaging. We will continue setting the bar (grade-level standards) high and placing that intellectual lift on our students. This is the key to mastering complex material.
Time and time again, research has shown that when students are given access to four critical classroom level resources, they can and will make BIG academic gains.
- Grade-appropriate assignments (Rigor of the Standards)
- Strong instruction that lets students do most of the thinking in the lesson (facilitate with probing questions- most of the talking should be the students)
- A sense of deep engagement in what they're learning
- Teachers who hold high expectations for ALL students and truly believe they can meet grade-level standards (Set the bar high)
Every student will receive daily access to challenging, engaging, and grade-appropriate work. With each day that passes we will refine our skills to the best of the best in our profession! We will focus daily on what our students are learning and doing, we will strengthen our belief about what students can accomplish.
Together we are committed. Together we are Central. We are #ONECENTRAL