Trantwood Times
"For the Love of Learning!"
I Make A Difference!
An Attitude of Gratitude Rocks!
~Kudos to our custodial crew for taking extra special care of our learning environment. Your attention to detail makes all the difference. LAM
~Thank you #TeamTrantwood for welcoming School Board Member, Vicky Manning, to our school. She greatly enjoyed her visit and is thrilled to see the love of learning continues at Trantwood! LAM
~Hannah Phelps for all she has done to help with Battled of the Books! Melissa Spivey
~Sue Jerasa for always anticipating my book needs! Melissa Spivey
~Brooke Martinette for her willingness to collaborate! Melissa Spivey
~Mrs. Metzger for being my cheerleader when it comes to trying new things. Melissa Spivey
~Krista and Cecelia for all their help and hard work while I was out. Rachel Irwin
~Leanne and Elise for all the help you've given my class during the bus transition. Rachel Irwin
~Thank you to Courtney Goffigan and Bessie Titsus for coming to work each day and going above and beyond for their students. Their days are not easy but they keep smiling and coming back each day. We appreciate you! Stephanie Piron
~Kudos to all those who attended their 2nd week of fitness class and to everyone who jumped in for their first time yesterday! You are all rocking it! Krista
~Thank you to Mrs. Lewis, Ms. McCoy, Mr. Quilter, and all the teachers of ESL students for a great team effort in getting the ACCESS testing done! You made a big job a little easier. J. Field
~Kudos to Persi Charalambous for all the work she does to maintain and organize our book room! Besides putting books away and keeping track of inventory, she has diligently updated our book boxes by neatly relabeling our shelves with titles leveled A through Z. Persi is the BEST!-Jan
~Kudos to Lauren Beach for giving my third grade groups their PALS midyear assessments! I am grateful for her dedication to the growth of students’ progress!!!-Jan
~Kudos to Hannah Phelps for all she has done for the remediation of our students in need. Hannah does a superb job with organizing tutoring sessions for our 4th and 5th graders! Woo Hoo!-Jan
~Thanks to the awesome office staff for always keeping things running smooth during parent pick up. Couldn’t do it without you lovely ladies. TC
~Thanks to Aaron Woodard for being an amazing security assistant. Always ready and on call for anyone’s needs and such a good role model for our students. You really do a great job with Kindergarten drop off and pick up. TC
~Thanks to Mr. Pittman for doing an outstanding job coming in early to work the lunch room and jumping right in to the PE program with no hesitation.You do a great job and the kids love having you around. TC
~Thanks to Mrs. Roberts for assisting the SCA making copies. It’s the little things that you do that make you such a special person. TC
~Thanks to all who play on the Trantwood Volley ball team. You all are doing such an amazing job it’s such a great time playing with you all. And a special thanks to Amanda for coming up with our team cheer. “Cauw Cauwww!” TC
~Thanks to Michele Flynn A.K.A the volley ball team mom. Everyone loves the post-game orange slices. The other teams are even starting to get jealous of us. TC
~Thank you Morgan Wernecke for coming to school (for your students) this week even after you were stranded at home with no car and had to Uber it in from General Booth. Melinda and Vivi
~I have to say thank you to Vivi for standing by my side through thick and thin. The kiddos are lucky to have you and I could not do it without you. Berkley
~Kudos to Hope and Sara for standing strong through very challenging times. You got this and we are here to help! Berkley and Vivi
~Krista Booth for helping me get in shape! Melissa Moore
~All the staff that came out Thursday- y’all are my support ! Melissa Moore
~Brooke Martinette for covering my class! Melissa Moore
~Kim, Claire, and Allyson for helping me throughout the year! Melissa Moore
~I want to thank Carolyne McCoy and her friend for going the extra mile to get my Promethean Board up and running again! The projector was on the fritz, and we were not able to get anything up on the board. Carolyne took her own personal time to come back after dinner and even recruited some extra help to try to get my projector going again. You never realize how much you count on technology until it doesn’t work! ( ….no morning news,… no bus dismissal, …nothing projecting from your computer or “Elmo”!) Whatever did we do long ago without all this technology??? Thank you Carolyne! I really appreciate all of your exceptional efforts going beyond the call of duty to get my projector up and running so that I could function again! Kathy Dungan
~Thanks to Melissa Spivey for being flexible when my Promethean board wouldn’t work and she wasn’t able to teach the lesson that I left for her while I was in collaboration. Kathy Dungan
~Thank you to the office staff for always greeting us with a cheerful smiling faces in the morning. What a nice way to start off everyone’s day! Kathy Dungan
~Thank you to Hannah Phelps for many hours trying to arrange the tutoring program to benefit our students for the SOL testing. I appreciate you trying to offer additional times for those student who can’t stay after school because of transportation problems. I know it’s not easy, especially when the kids don’t return their forms on time. Kathy Dungan
~Thank you to Brooke for always being there for support and to teach us something new! Kathy Dungan
~Thanks to Terri Hawley for sharing new sources of information, delivering engaging and challenging lessons, and holding “lunch bunches” for students. Kathy Dungan
Feb. 5 - 9, 2018 National School Counseling Week
Monday, Feb. 5
- PreK field trip
- Citizen of the Month, cafeteria, 2 pm
- Mad Science Club
- Classroom teacher's grades due in Synergy by 5 pm
- Battle of the Books preliminary rounds
Tuesday, Feb. 6
- Selfie-On-A-Shelfie Deadline
- Peer Tutoring, 2:45 - 3:30
- ILT, 3 - 4
- SCA, 2:45 - 3:30
- PTA Board Meeting, 6:30
Wednesday, Feb. 7
- Happy Birthday Brandy Long!
- KL OTB, am
- STEM Club, 2:45 - 4:00
- Art Club, 2:45 - 4:00
- Gr. 4 Recorder Club, 2:45 - 4:00
Thursday, Feb. 8
- Flynn, OTB
- STEM Club, 3 - 4
Friday, Feb. 9
- SCA Pizza Party, cafeteria, 3 - 3:30
February 12 - 16, 2018 Don't forget your sweetie this week!
Monday, Feb. 12
- Mad Science
- School Planning Council Meeting, Library, 3:15 - 4:15 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 13
- Yearbook Club Pictures, 8:30 on
- Peer Tutoring, 2:45 - 3:30
- PAC, collab room, 3- 4
Wednesday, Feb. 14 Happy Valentine's Day!
- Sandy Ballard here all day
- LAM OTB pm
- Recorder Club, 3 - 4
- STEM, 3 - 4
Thursday, Feb. 15
- Learning Walks from various Elementary Schools
- First Grade Gifted Parent Meeting, Room 22, 11:30
- STEM 3 - 4
- Green Cardinals, 3 - 4
- Spanish Immersion Collaboration, Alanton ES, 4 - 6
Friday, Feb. 16
Future Planning
- Talent ED - Mid Year Goal Review Due - February 9 (Please inform admin if you need more time.)
- Jan. 2 - Feb. 9 - DRA 2 & RI Due (Please remember to enter onto spreadsheet - this data is part of our PCI)
- Jan. 3 - 26 - TenMarks Assessment window (Gr. 2 - 5, please remember to enter data onto the spreadsheet - needed for our PCI)
- Feb. 2 - End of second nine weeks
- Feb. 2 - Specialist grades due by 5 pm
- Feb. 5 - Teacher grades due by 5 pm
- Feb. 6 - Selfie-on-a-Shelfie deadline
- Feb. 6 - Additional Time google form due (see email Jan. 31, 2018)
- Feb. 13 - Report Cards go home
- March 4 - Schoology Survey deadline (see email Jan. 30, 2018)
- April 2 - 6 Spring Break
- Jun. 20-21 - Digital Learning Summer Summit
- Aug. 13-14 - Digital Learning Summer Summit
Schoology
Thank you in advance for your time in this important next step with Schoology implementation. Please complete the Schoology Overview course and the questions, no later than March 4.
To access Schoology and this course, please do the following:
1. Access Schoology at https://vbschools.schoology.com/ . If you are on the school division network, you will be logged into Schoology. If you are not on the school division network, you will be asked for your user name and network password. If you are using a Chromebook on the network you will need to enter your user name and password.
2. Click on Courses at the top of the screen.
3. Click on Join and enter this access code: KKZQT-8MHND
You should now be in the Schoology Overview course for your school.
Let us know when done by writing the time on your WISE timesheet. We are giving one hour toward the make up hours when completing this.
I can shake, shake, shake chips to learn how to compose and decompose numbers!
The quiet halls make it a great place to read, write, and think.
Great Dreams Need Great Teachers!
Having fun with our little ones!
Fun math times in Ms. Wernecke's class!
LouAnne Metzger, Principal
Email: louanne.metzger@vbschools.com
Website: http://www.trantwoodes.vbschools.com/
Location: 2344 Inlynnview Road, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Phone: 757-648-4000
Twitter: @LouAnneMetzger