Principal Update
Week of May 1, 2017
Wow, it's hard to believe we have only 22 days left in the school year! As we come to the close of the year, please remind students that our focus will continue to be teaching and learning.
Thank you Dina for organizing today's guest readers! I don't know who enjoyed the morning more, students or our guest readers! We were fortunate to have members from the Rock Hill City Council, our school board, Dr. Pew and members of the Cabinet, local pastors, parents, grandparents and other community volunteers.
Children's Book Week is May 1st - 5th
Shout Outs
Congratulations to Mr. Bobby for being honored as an Employee of Excellence!
Thank you Dy English for your hard work in teaching our students the love of art! The art show was phenomenal and the hallways look great.
A special thank you to Treekelia Simon for coordinating our Muffins for Mom on this past Friday! This event was a huge success because of your hard work.
Thank you to Kaitlyn Marr for volunteering at the PTO spring carnival on Saturday.
Professional Development
We will have vertical data meetings on Tuesday in the media center. K5 and 1st grades will meet from 2:45 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.. Second and 3rd grades will meet from 3:20 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. and fourth and fifth grades will meet from 3:55 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Please be prepared to discuss all students receiving Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions. All data sheets for April should be updated in Canvas.
SCPASS testing is Tuesday - Thursday of this week. Please remember to move quietly throughout the building during testing. An announcement will be made when testing is complete.
Fountas and Pinnell
The window for administering F & P is April 18th - May 19th.
Class Lists for 2017-2018
Please complete tentative class lists for the upcoming school year by Monday, May 15th. Kindergarten - 2nd grades may begin working on class lists after school on Tuesday, April 25th. Teachers in grades 3 - 5 will be in training for testing that begins next week. Please send class lists to me via e-mail. We will meet in the media center on Tuesday, May 16th to review and discuss the lists with special area teachers and administrators.
Expectations
Please remember to submit your PLC minutes in Canvas by Friday of each week. Our School Improvement Plan indicates that PLC minutes would be used to monitor our Literacy goal.
Lesson Plans should be uploaded into Canvas by 8:15 a.m. on Monday morning. This is one of the monitoring tools for our SIP math and reading goals.
Peer Observations
The deadline for peer observations to be uploaded into Canvas is Monday, May 26th.
Quote of the Week
"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."
Ignacio Nacho Estrada
"Our school values, learning, achievement, collaboration, and responsibility as cornerstones of our learning community."