TES Staff Update
For the Weeks of August 14-18
Our Mission
Lapeer Community Schools is a dynamic community organization embracing our students with a quality learning environment, developing independent and confident learners for the future.
Non-negotiable Goal
Collaboration, Compromise and Commitment
We are "Turrill Tough"
Teacher Day:
- The teacher workday for Turrill teachers is from 8:40 – 3:45.
- On Collaboration or SIP/Staff Meetings the teacher workday is 7:50 - 3:45.
- 1-Hour Professional Development Days are from 7:40-8:40.
Nuts and Bolts for the Weeks of Aug 14-18
Teach/Review/Practice - Week 3: Continue to Review Basic Behavior Expectations – Classroom, Bus, Playground and especially Cafeteria
Pledge Helper's this Week - Short (Chaffin on deck)
Monday, August 14 -
- ESC Meeting (all invited) at 3:45 in the Literacy Center
Tuesday, August 15 -
- I will be at an Admin Meeting all day
- "Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world" Nelson Mandela
Wednesday, August 16 –
- SAT Planning Meeting at 7:45
- PTC General Meeting at 3:45
- "The future of the world is in my classroom today" Ivan Welton Fitzwater
Thursday, August 17 -
- I'll be at a CPI Refresher course in the AM
- Reading Recovery people from Genesee County training here
- "Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace." Confucius
Friday, August 18 –
- Super Summer Success Reading Program Drawing at 9:00 for 1st grade
- "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think" Albert Einstein
Saturday, August 19 -
- Come and join us in the Lapeer Days Parade
Lapeer Days Parade
Come and join us and promote our Turrill Pride! #TurrillTough
Families should meet at 10:00am by the Lapeer Agency (Old Train Station), 145 E Nepessing St. Families will be directed from there as the parade will start promptly at 11:00am.
The parade will end at Church St behind Bishop Kelley School.
Please wear your Turrill Lightning gear or Lapeer Lightning colors -- navy and dark green. Bring a water bottle and rain gear if necessary.
Contact Beth with questions.
Saturday, Aug 19, 2017, 09:30 AM
Lapeer, MI, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Camp Copneconic
Limited spots still available!!
Saturday, Sep 9, 2017, 09:00 AM
10407 Fenton Rd, Fenton, MI, United States
Illuminate Training
September 14
- K AM & 1st PM
- 2nd AM & 3rd PM
- 4th AM & 5th PM
Young Scholars Assembly
Purpose: to honor the efforts of our students in the areas of Reading, Writing and Overall Effort with a Reader, Writer and Student of the Month.
Readers, Writers and Students of the Month will be recognized through:
An electronic newsletter with their picture sent out after they have been selected
Students receive a certificate awarded to them in the classroom
Students of the Month also have a Pizza Lunch with the principal
A bi-monthly Young Scholar assembly
During the Assembly
Parents are invited
Students are recognized in a Reader of the Month group, Writer of the Month group, and Student of the Month group
A skit, story, or video will be presented to review/highlight a "Turrill Tough" characteristic
TEACHER CORNER
Staff Survey Results from End of Year 16-17
CURRICULUM RESOURCES
Content Area Building Level Leads
ELA - Jessica Oliver
Math - Crystal Hoganson
Science - Dave Chaffin
Social Studies - Jennifer Christian
Technology - Bob Losinger, Jennifer Christian
BEHAVIOR DATA
35 Office Referrals last August
10 Office Referrals through August 10
SCHOOL SAFETY
Office Protocol for Classroom Assistance
Classroom Behavior Emergency:
Follow these steps if a teacher contacts the office for support with a student due to a Behavior Issue where student/staff safety is compromised:
Step 1: Contact either the Principal, Dean of Students or Office Parapro
Step 2: Make an "All Call" on the PA if no response
"Staff -- Please excuse the interruption but assistance is needed in _______ room. Please respond to _______ room if you are able."
Emergency Drills (Updated on 8-7-17):
Three Lockdowns (one during lunch/recess)
September 16
November 9
March 16
Five Fire Drills (three before Dec 1 and one during lunch/recess)
August 10
September 13
October 11 during lunch/recess
April 13
May 14
Two Tornado Drills (one in March)
August 22
March 8
Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
- Robert Downey - CPI, CPR, Epipen, AED
- RaeAnne Fielder - CPI, Epipen
- Kathy Manchester - CPI, CPR, Epipen, AED, First Aid
- Kim Sullilvan - CPI, First Aid/CPR, AED, Epipen
- Shannon Newton - CPI, First Aid/CPR, AED
- Annette Stoutenburg - First Aid/CPR, Epipen, AED