Sunday Shakedown
Weekly Memo for Washington Elementary
Principal Post
Thank yous, appreciations, and celebrations:
- Thanks to all for flexibility, patience and willingness for a secure school
- Thanks to Lisa H for preparing our marquee
- Thanks for meeting twice last week after school, I think Dr. Moorhouse really enjoyed his visit
- Thanks to our social committee action team for planning a great upcoming faculty meeting
- Thanks to those who joined the fun on RAA day
- Thanks to RATS and LCE for rearranging schedules
- Thanks to PTA for Gift of Reading
- Thanks to our K team for staying positive in times of transition to a new portion of their evaluation(they must video, record, have work samples, write narratives on students, etc. for a portion of their growth score-it is new and they are learning a lot while being immersed in the great unknown!)
- Thanks to our assistants for their productive meeting on Friday. We appreciate you very much and I think we have the beginnings to a great school wide cafeteria plan
- Thanks to RATS for coming out front on Friday to make morning greeting a special time!
- Thanks to Renee Blevins for tenacity-busy days in the clinic could make any of our heads spin-we're so glad she handles it seamlessly!
- Thanks to Candice for a positive, welcoming approach to relationships with staff and guests, it is great to know our families are accepted and loved, right at the front door!
- Thanks to Vicki and team for all the set up and take down needed for recent events
- Thanks to Christy Belle for working with K kids on an ice cream system-sounded like a great plan!
Week of March 5-9
LCD QWA in AM
Trent out for STREAM meeting 11-2
Tuesday:
First grade professional learning/planning day
Literacy collaborative meetings all day
Fifth grade to Sevier
LCC, LCB, and LCF QWA
LCE SS and SCI benchmark
Wednesday:
LCB, LCC QWA
LCD math benchmark (pending arrival of tests)
NO CLUB DAY-moved to TUESDAY the 13th (3rd grade teachers, leave plans for clubs)
Wolf at principals meeting 10-2
Thursday:
Deb Hughes at GWES
2nd grade professional learning/planning day
LCF ELA Benchmark
LCD Science and SS benchmark
LCE math benchmark
Raptor Training for Candice, Michelle, Heather
Friday:
Third grade ELA professional learning/planning day
Jeans day for Kennedy playground $5 to Candice
Leadership team meeting
LCA Field trip to see Cat in the Hat at Eastman
A look ahead:
Ms. Li will begin the repeat of grade levels next week (5th)-I will try to redo the schedule, but please check below to calculate her arrival.
Daylight savings Mar 11
Monday, March 12-K professional learning
Monday, March 12 LCF math benchmark
Monday, March 12 Faculty meeting
Tuesday, March 13, 3rd math professional learning/planning
Tuesday, March 13 4th ELA Planning
Tuesday, March 13 Retired teacher's luncheon/tour/show ($3.00 each if you see fit)
Tuesday, March 13 LCC performance 2:00 and 6:00
Tuesday, March 13 GWES Health Fair 5:00 to 6:00
Tuesday, March 13 NEW CLUB DAY
Thursday March 15 RTI meetings
Thursday, March 15 NASA presenters in LCA, LCC
SPRING BREAK !!!!!!
Friday, March 16 No school for students, PL day at GWES
Professional Learning: New Resources to Share
Professional learning calendar:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TnP8coW70cUnlW0gLTJ6H4Oy5FNS8Sbw/view
For Your Information:
Remember our goal for 2 positive parent contacts per week-can be email, phone, written in binder
Coming soon-watch your inbox TEACHERS:
The Tennessee Educator Survey is set to launch next week. Every school level educator in Tennessee is invited and encouraged to share their perceptions and expertise on education-related issues affecting their classroom and school. Completion of the survey is expected to take up to 20 minutes. Those completing the survey will become eligible for a lottery drawing that will award several $300 classroom-support grants each week through April 20. Once the survey closes, a separate lottery drawing will be held to award $2000 grants to schools with the highest participation rates.
Survey completion is voluntary and individual responses will be kept confidential and not shared or released. Aggregate school-level results will be shared with school and district leaders by the end of May, if the school or district achieves at least a 45% participation rate. Click here for more information.
K teachers:
What: Portfolio Technology Support (optional session)
When:Monday, March 12 following the Kindergarten Planning day
3:30-4:30pm
Purpose: To support teachers with the technology piece of the Kindergarten Portfolio
From our social committee:
Our March 12 faculty meeting will have a theme: "Luck-of-the Patriot" and we will have several activities that focus on our thankfulness to be one team at GWES. Please plan to bring a dish to share for the end of the day. It doesn't have to be fancy-chips, drinks, cookies, fruit...see Leslie for details.
Special Education Regional Mini-conferences
The department is happy to announce and offer regional mini-conferences. These regional events are intended to provide participants a high-level overview of various special education related topics. Click here to view a list of sessions, locations, and dates that will be offered.
In addition to the mini-conferences, there will also be an added day to focus on Implementing the Alternate Academic Diploma, as well as a session reserved for districts to select a limited amount of educators to attend training on dyslexia and current legislation requirements. Please indicate on your registration if you plan to attend both the mini-conference and the Implementing the Alternate Academic Diploma. Additional information and registration for the second day dyslexia training will be provided through the CORE offices. The mini-conferences are expected to reach capacity, so please sign-up quickly by clicking here.
Kingsport City Schools News Release - Kingsport City Schools Accepting Zoning and Tuition Applications for 2018-2019 School Year.
Applications can be found online at k12k.com via the "Parents" tab, 2018-19 Zoning and Tuition Application link or if need be, in-person at the KCS Administrative Support Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, second floor, downtown Kingsport. Application deadline is April 30, 2018.
The following are excerpts from the Kingsport Board of Education’s policies and procedures for zoning and tuition:
- Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition and zoning status.
- Students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport shall pay tuition charges as approved annually by the Board of Education.
- Failure to pay tuition will disqualify a student’s application for the next year.
- Tuition students are accepted and zoning exceptions are granted only if current enrollment permits.
- The system does not provide bus transportation for tuition or zoning exception students, except in specific circumstances.
- Documented medical reasons
- Child care availability
- An expected move to a different zone
- Specialized school programs
- A fifth or an eighth grade student with a previous zoning exception
- Documented justifications related to the child’s specific educational experience
- Zoning and tuition for Kingsport City Schools employees and retirees, as well as City of Kingsport employees
- Zoning exception reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled out-of-zone students
- New zoning exception applications
- Tuition reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled tuition students
- New tuition applications for out-of-district residents
Please review this link for an important science update:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e8D3YV-6_VnbE7oeIL-4Oa1APcwjo1SGJpptVqTMNhA/edit?usp=sharing
FREE Summer STEM Workshop
The University of Tennessee and the USAF Civil Air Patrol will hold an Aerospace/STEM workshop for teachers on July 5-20 on UT's campus. The workshop offers three hours of graduate credit, is tuition free, and goes toward recertification. Teachers of all grade levels are invited to attend. The focus of this summer's workship will be "aviation, space exportation, robotics, astromony, and rocketry." Attendees will receive classroom STEM kits worth thousands of dollars provided free of charge by the Civil Air Patrol. Past attendees have consistently rated these joint workshops as "best...ever." Seating is limited and registration will be honored on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please contact Lt. Colonel Dave Garner (865-966-9811) or check out their website by clicking here. Access a flyer by clicking here.
More PLearning Opportunities:
Theme: STEM and LIteraCy in Education (SLICE)
Time: Thur. 5/31/18- Friday 6/1/18
Place: The Millennium Conference Centre, 2001 Millennium Pl, Johnson City, TN 37604
Participants: 300 G4-12 teachers, 50-150 LEA administrators, IHE faculty members, Business partners. A total of 300-450 participants
Highlights:
Breakout sessions: best practices in education/ classroom innovation/ technology hands-on workshop/ project-based learning workshop/ best MSP PD sessions
Two keynote speeches from literacy and science focuses about STEM and Literacy in Education
STEM and Literacy in Education Luncheon (5/31/18)- Commissioner McQueen’s keynote and networking
STEM Partnership Celebration Luncheon (Friday 6/1/18)
Poster Session: MSP Book and Project Celebration- meet with the authors and students
Panel discussion- STEM Education for next 10 years
Host: Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE)
Registration fee: $75/ person
Teacher Stipend: The MSP project will provide $100/day stipend to teachers who are recognized as MSP participants from the partnered LEAs
Nursing News:
WSIC News
Link to the WSIC, please be certain to watch each day: https://goo.gl/vjw2eP