SWE Pony Tracks
April 14
Survey Season
Our surveys are open and will be shared with our community Monday. Our goal is to get 160 parent responses, 480 student responses, and 100% of staff. ONLY CHILDREN IN GRADES 2-5 ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE. Grade chairs, please let Mrs. Shivar know when your grade plans to take the survey.
This has been a year fraught with change for us all and I simply cannot tell you enough how IMPORTANT your input is to the development of our future together in service to children. Thank you for leading the way and advocating for participation.
The staff survey is open and can be accessed at:
The parent survey is open and can be accessed at:
The student survey is open and can be accessed at:
FYI
Egg Hunt Winners
Volunteer Lists
Food will be provided by us. Each grade is asked to provide the following:
2-3 main dishes (breakfast casseroles, crock pots etc)
2 side dishes (hashbrowns, biscuits, cheese plates, fruit salads etc.)
2 treats (coffee cakes, cookies, etc)
The grades are as follows:
Office (nurse and counselors included)
Kindergarten
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
EC and M. Starling
ENCORE
TAs please work with your primary grade.
The school will provide drinks, coffee, juice, flatware etc.
Coming down the Home Stretch
As We Wrap it Up
This curriculum is not a sheep herder model where we teach and lead and kids follow. This curriculum is a cattle wrangling model where we guide from the rear and nudge on the sides!
Some of us have been using this curriculum with wonderful fidelity and the results have been astonishing! Others of us have not. Some of us have said we don't want to use it as designed because our kids already have a routine of learning in place and we don't want to upset the apple cart. UPSET THE APPLE CART! We are responsible for delivering the very highest quality of instruction we can possibly manage whether it is in the first days or the last days. If a surgeon had a better way to do his job, wouldn't you want her to use it, regardless of the status quo?
Planning Notes
Here is a link to our common planning format that we should all be using. You can access it here:
Grade Level PLC and Planning Note Form (Web view)
Rest of the Year at a Glance
Monday 17-Monday 24th
Book Fair
Data Team Meeting for Hill, Gardiner, and Castle 3-5pm
Tuesday April 18
Principal's Meeting followed by EVAAS Roster Verification Training-Castle Gone
CiCi's Night
Wednesday 19th
Wellington Benefits 1:30-2:15 CAFE, CUSTODIANS, OFFICE STAFF
3:30-4:15 All other staff
Book Club Trip to Library 1/2 Day
Thursday 20
Global Innovation Showcase at NSH 4:00-5:30 Please come support Mr. Pinette and his brilliant students!!
Thursday 20 and Friday 21
Military Breakfasts in MPR
WEAR Purple for the Military Child on Friday
Friday 21st
Earth Night Family Fun 5-7pm!!!! Wonderful time with kids and family!
Monday 24-Friday 28
End of year Benchmarks 3-5 ELA and Math
Wednesday 26
OCS Chess Tournament (Grades 4-5)
Wednesday 26
School Speech Contest (Level II) 9:00 am
Thursday 27
OCS Chess Tournament (Grades 2-3)
Thursday 27
School Speech Contest (Level 2)
FOLLOW FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE
Double Encore is switched to Friday to accommodate Discovery Education coming to planning for grades 3-5 on Friday.
Friday 28
DOUBLE PLANNING Friday to accommodate Discovery Education coming to planning for grades 3-5 on Friday
3rd: 1:40-2:40
4th: 10:30-11:30
5th: 8:45-9:45
Principal's Meeting-Castle Gone
IST at Blue Creek 1-4:30 Castle and M. Starling gone
2nd Grade field trip to Tryon Palace
MAY: Monday 1-5
Staff Appreciation Week
Friday 5
5th Grade Orientation
Monday 8
AIG Testing (Grades 4-5)
Tuesday 9
Interims Go Home
AIG Testing (Grades 4-5)
Wednesday 10
AIG Testing (Grades 4-5)
Friday 12
Volunteer Brunch 8:30-10:30
Friday 19
EOY Benchmark Window Closes
Monday 29
Holiday
Wednesday 31
EOG
JUNE: Thursday 1
EOG
2nd Grade Field Trip to the aquarium.
Friday 2
Online Science EOG Window
Monday-Wednesday 5-7
FUN DAY
Fun Days times will be 8:45-11:00 and 12:30-2:45
Monday 5 K 8:45-11:00 and 1st grade 12:30-2:45
Tuesday 6 2nd grade 8:45-11:00 and 3rd grade 12:30-2:45
Wednesday 7 4th grade 8:45-11:00 and 5th grade 12:30-2:45
Monday 5
RTA Test for select third graders
Thursday 8
3rd Grade ELA Retest
Thursday 8 and 9 Friday
Fun Day Make-Up Date.
Friday 9
Last Day for Students/Report Cards
Monday 12
LOCKED IN WORKDAY
Student Class Placement cards due by end of day
Tuesday 13
LOCKED IN WORKDAY
8:30-11:30 PBIS
1-4 Staff Celebration: lunch is provided
Wednesday 14
Workday
Friday 23-Wednesday 28
ISTE Conference with Pinette and Jacobs