Powell Teacher Newsletter
Week of September 23rd
Thank you for an AWESOME Back to School Night. Your rooms looked great, your presentations were informative, and we had a strong turn out of parents & families.
Mrs. Mast is a new mommy, but she's back on campus starting Monday, September 23rd.
Tuesday, September 24th, will be Ms. Preston's last day at Powell. We appreciate her time here, but we wish her nothing but good things as she starts her new position at Harte Elementary.
Meetings & Important Dates
Meetings
9/25 Site Decision Making @ 7:459/26 Safe & Civil @ 7:45
Monday Message
- Every Monday on EdTv
Parent Conferences (formal or informal)
- Please be mindful of what you say or discuss when meeting with parents/guardians. In regards to assessment for SpEd, SST's or IEP's, please follow the proper protocols and speak with the counselor or School Psychologist. We want to make sure that the information given to parents/guardians is accurate.
Emergency Cards
- Grades 3-5 were placed in teacher mailboxes on 9/20.
- Grades 6-8 will be placed in period 1 teacher mailboxes this week.
- Please remind students & parents to update information if needed & return them to you. Once you have a class set, please give the cards to Kerri.
- Read the email from Kevin Shilito & follow instructions to sign your affidavit & activate your account. It's needed for IAB's, ELPAC, SBAC.
Elementary School
- Rapid Assessment (Fall Window 8/28-10/4) If you are in need of only a few Chromebooks, you can reach out to & coordinate with other teachers. If you need assistance with getting an entire cart or reserving a lab, speak to or see Mr. Jones.
- Please make sure to be out for recess duty in addition to the rec. aides who are providing supervision support.
Middle School
- Complete online proctor training for PSAT. It needs to be done by October 2nd, see email from Mrs. Mast.
Mandatory District-Wide Training: Building a Culture of Prevention
- This training is MANDATORY for ALL district employees, EVERYONE must attend one of the sessions. This includes: teachers, office staff, Speech Pathologists, rec. aides, instructional aides, and college aides.
- The training takes approximately 90 minutes, which is longer than our usual one hour faculty meeting. In order to not exceed the 4 hours of contract meeting time per month, the PLC meeting on 10/24 has been removed from the calendar to accommodate, and the October Safe & Civil Meeting has been moved to October 30th.
- There will be two sessions available, one morning session and one afternoon session.
- Session 1-Thursday, October 10th 7:15 am-8:45 am
- Session 2-Wednesday, October 23rd 3:20 pm-4:50 pm
- Please click on the link below to RSVP for one of the sessions.
UPDATED Meeting Schedule (9.20)
Due to a mandatory district training, the meeting schedule has been adjusted & updated.
Here's an AWESOME example of students enjoying flexible seating in Mrs. Bickford's class.
Twitter
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We will be doing a raffle for the next three weeks, raffle items can be used in your classrooms to honor Hispanic Heritage Month.
Hispanic Heritage Month Resources
Click on the link for resources for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Admin. Schedule
Ms. Smith
- 9/27 Off Campus until 1:00
Ms. Vetrrovec
- On Campus All Week
Mrs. Mast
- 9/25 Off Campus until 11:30
- 9/27 Off Campus after 12:30