Holmes Weekly Update
Week Ending 5/3/19
What's Happening this Week?
Monday: 4/29/19 - BAS Window Opens - Be sure to start testing
- Ad Leadership - Parisa out of the building AM
- Lighthouse Team Visit (LIM) - Christine and Marianne out of the building AM
- FACE Meeting 3:15-4:45
- MTSS Committee Meeting 4:00-5:30
Tuesday: 4/30/19
- PBIS School-wide (Student Led) Celebration 8:30 am
- Service Team Meetings
- NBCT Cohort Meetings: Section A - Mann Media Center 3:45-5:45
- ELA Committee Meeting 3:30-5:30
- BOE Meeting 7:00 pm
Wednesday: 5/1/19
- Kindergarten Open House 3:00-4:00
Thursday: 5/2/19
- Dr. Warke in the building - classroom visits
- BLT 3:15-4:15
Friday: 5/3/19
- Bowling - with the AMAZING Holmes crew
Saturday 5/4/19
- Multi-Cultural Parade - PLEASE JOIN US TO REPRESENT OUR PRIDE IN OUR SCHOOL
This Week's Announcements: Information Item
This week's parent Update: Information Item
Please feel free to copy/paste any portion to include in your weekly/monthly communication.
Coaching Corner - April - Information Items
Pineapple Signs
Want to showcase your strengths as well? Send me the content and times you would like to welcome others into your room and the sign will appear next to your name too!
Group Safari
Let’s adventure into another colleague’s room together to not only marvel at what students are doing and the beautiful classroom environment, but to learn about the behind the scenes hard work and grit that make the students’ classroom experience one to remember.
Summer PDs with #D97Learns
Trainings include learning how to implement Kagan strategies, becoming a Google certified teacher, and expert work in Units of Study (Reading, Writing, Phonics).
Staff Strengths Find, Share, Celebrate!
Multicultural Parade: Information and Action Item
Please talk this up with your students and parents!!! We'd love to have a strong Holmes showing!
Please be sure to highlight our participation in your weekly newsletters.
Tweets of the Week
Pop-Up PD - Upcoming Events - Information Item
Our talented HolmesHawks have developed some exciting and relevant Pop-Up PD sessions.
Here is our list of upcoming events:
5/8 - Teach Like a Champion Book Study
Mark you Calendar for These Important End of School Events - Information and Action Item
Book Swap - June 3
Kindergarten Tribute to Excellence - June 4
5th Grade Completion Ceremony - June 5
Olympic Day - June 6
Last Day of School - June 6
Problem Solving Meetings: Action Item
We meet every other Friday. Here are our upcoming meeting dates for the remainder of the year:
May 10
May 24
Ed Hartman will be our sub for these meetings and he will cover your class while we meet and problem solve.
Leader in Me Weekly: Action Item
Ideas for Balanced Renewal (Habit #7)
Body:
Get the amount of sleep you know your body needs.
Seth health and fitness goals (run a marathon, reach a certain cholesterol level or a target weight, etc.)
Include vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fiber, and lots of water in your diet.
Ensure that your exercise routine is not one-dimensional, but includes flexibility, strength training, and cardiovascular endurance.
Reduce stress by eliminating Quadrant 3 activities.
Race in Oak Park: Action Item
Ta-Nehisi Coates on words that don't belong to everyone | We Were Eight Years In Power Book Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO15S3WC9pg&feature=youtu.be
This clip is 5 minutes long.
Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates answers an audience question about the power and ownership of words at the Family Action Network event with Evanston Township High School while on tour for his newest book, WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER.
Staff Shout Outs - Action Item
Holmes School Mission
Keeping the End in Mind - This is our end in mind and our plan to get there.
Vision:
Create a positive learning environment for all District 97 students that is equitable, inclusive and focused on the whole child.
Mission:
At Holmes School our mission is to:
establish positive relationships by celebrating differences and embracing diversity
engage students in equitable learning experiences
empower students to be proactive, collaborative leaders
prepare students to be successful lifelong learners and productive citizens