Mt. Bethel Messenger
September 8, 2017
Bucket Fillers - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- KUDOS to our 1st & 3rd Grades, Proctors, and Hall Monitors for a successful CogAT testing window!
- TAKE A BOW SECOND THROUGH FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS & TARGET TEAM!!! In order to maximize FTE, our second through fifth grade teachers are providing documentation and differentiation through collaboration with our Target teachers. The result should be additional teachers earned in the 2018-19 school year.
- A STANDING OVATION to ALL. Please breathe. There is a lot of new. We have had a lot of additional meetings. The first six weeks is always stressful. It is all okay. Breathe. If you don't start an online portfolio with SeeSaw - that is ok. If you don't incorporate MobyMax into your instruction, that is ok. If you teach the children and make it to Fall Break and unplug/unwind...that is what is expected. Please breathe.
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
Iowa Testing
YOU MAY WEAR JEANS ON ANY DAY OF Iowa!
- September 11 - 14: Iowa Test for 3rd & 5th Grades
Please note:
- Iowa test runs longer than CogAT.
- Plan for testing to take place from 8:00 AM- 10:30/11:00 AM.
- Please limit unsupervised students in the hallways between 8-11.
- A Remind text will be sent out students may travel to Target. Remind Target students when transitioning to stay very quiet in the hallways b/c some small groups may still be testing.
*Email Maria & Faith if you have a conflict with any of the dates above*
FACT Club Procedures
If a student is attending a FACT Club after ASP, they must FIRST CHECK INTO ASP (at regular ASP dismissal). They will be assisted to room locations by Marycatherine Rinaldi following check-in.
FACT Program students are dismissed with walkers (between 2:25 - 2:30 depending on dismissal).
Students should bring you a note on the first day of the FACT Program letting you know that they are attending a FACT Program.
The first day is always a bit hairy, so be ready to go with the flow and listen carefully to calls to help with dismissal!
Hurricane Relief
Cobb employees who are willing and able:
- Donate one case of water. (NOTE: CASE <meaning 6 wrapped bottles or more>, not individual bottles)
- Donate one or multiple items on the attached list.
- We will collect these @ MBES Monday - Wednesday (9/11 - 9/13). Collection locations will be pallets where we have Gaylord Boxes at the end of the year.
- On Thursday/Friday (9/14 - 9/15), CCSD warehouse personnel will pick up all items and ensure delivery to Texas.
RTI Squared
CTLS-Assess: Next Steps
- Administer one additional Mini-Touchstone in Math (or an additional subject) before Fall Break.
- Administer the full MATH Touchstone by October 9th. You will then have the report available for parents at conferences if you choose to share it.
- Next session with Carrie Lowery: October 10th @ Planning: Test Builder & Selected Response.
OPTIONAL - Math Webinars on 9/11
Professional Learning Webinars for all District Teachers on September 11 (Optional)
These webinars are intended for any grade level teacher to view upcoming math concepts for conceptual understanding. Links/Information are found in CTLS Teach Communities for each grade level, under the mathematics tab, and professional learning.
K-5 Skype Webinars from 3:00-3:30pm
Kdg – Tiffany Spriggs (Fair Oaks) – Kindergarten Webinar
1st – Nicole Meador (Cheatham Hill) – 1st Grade Webinar
2nd – Blair Ivey (Bullard) – 2nd Grade Webinar
3rd – Catrina Tappler (Clay) – 3rd Grade Webinar
4th – Angela Mack (Hendricks) – 4th Grade Webinar
5th – Karen Hersey (Nicholson) – 5th Grade Webinar
OPTIONAL - Innovation Academies
OPTIONAL - District Fall Prof. Lrng. Catalog
The PL Catalog for Fall 2017 is now available and can be accessed via this link as well as the Intranet page under “Quick Links”. For content specific questions, please contact the content Supervisor; for technical questions, please contact Myra Johnson, myra.johnson@cobbk12.org.
OPTIONAL - Cobb Tank
Calling all teacher entrepreneurs! Do you have an innovative idea for your classroom instruction that would benefit Cobb students, but the cost is prohibitive? We have a solution for you: apply for Cobb Tank 2017!
The Cobb Sharks come from a variety of backgrounds including district leadership, community business partners, and a district KidTalk winner from this year! For more information and to apply, please visit http://cobbtank.weebly.com/. Deadline for applications has been extended to October 26, 2017.
APPLY TODAY!
Mark Your Calendars!
Sunday, September 10 - Please wear red, white, and blue.
- Happy Birthday, Cara Wells!
Monday, September 11 - Please wear red, white, and blue.
- Ed Voyles car displayed @ MBES
- Iowa Testing 3rd & 5th Grades
- FACT Clubs start
- GKIDS Data Entry Deadline
- 4th Grade Cobb County Water Stewardship Program - back of LC
- 9:30 am P & P (Principals and Presidents of PTA/Foundation) meeting
Tuesday, September 12
- Happy Birthday, Heather Keisler!
- Happy Birthday, Shannon Sides!
- Happy Birthday, Katie Vanderhave!
- Ed Voyles car displayed @ MBES
- GKIDS Demographic Data Entry deadline
- Iowa Testing 3rd & 5th Grades
- 2:30 in LC - Wedding Shower for Shannon Griffin (soon to be Mrs. Wise)
Wednesday, September 13
- Ed Voyles car displayed @ MBES
- Iowa Testing 3rd & 5th Grades
Thursday, September 14
- Happy Birthday, Abbie White!
- Iowa Testing 3rd & 5th Grades
- 8:30 am - Foundation Principal Chat in LC
Friday, September 15
- Happy Birthday, Michelle Boutwell!
- Iowa Make-Ups & packing
Saturday, September 16
- East Cobber Parade
DUTY SCHEDULE
One person at buses is expected to check in the buses. They are listed as AM BUS CLIPBOARD. The second person will be expected to help monitor the flow and keep students safe.
AM BUS CLIPBOARD: Danner
AM BUS LANE MONITORING: Walker
AM CARPOOL: Kindschy, Varnedoe, Lampert
PM CARPOOL: Barnes, H. Mullins, Ritsche
SECOND LOAD STANDBY: Woodruff