Brooklyn Park Post
Week of December 9th
Week-at-a-Glance
Mission: Rigorous Instruction, Enriching Experiences, Positive Relationship, No Exceptions..
Walk Through Focus this Week:
Primary- Foundational Literacy
Intermediate- Explicit Comprehension
Social and Emotional Morning Meeting
Monday 12/09
- Morning Rally @ 8:10
- Penguin Patch
Tuesday 12/10: Special Ed Meetings
- PM Meeting: Arts Integration, Extra Curricular and Celebration @ 3:40
- Penguin Patch
Wednesday 12/11
- Collaborative Planning: Primary Math & Intermediate Reading
- Faculty Council- 3:30 in Ms. Puglia's Room
- Penguin Patch
- Interims are due by 8:30 am
Thursday 12/12
- AM Meeting:
- Secret Pal Gift Exchange @ 3:40
- Penguin Patch:
- Interims returned by 8:30 am
Friday 12/13- Interims Go Home Today
- Leadership @ 7:30
- Holiday Party @ Italia's (4:30)
- Penguin Patch
Saturday 12/14- Lunch with Santa @ 11:00am
Tweet
“Although your students' challenges may be great today, their successes will be enormous tomorrow if you remain relentless about closing the attitude gap in your classroom. If your students' attitude is focused on success, then success is theirs for the taking.” @PrincipalKafele
(https://twitter.com/justinwmcmillan/status/1198626839264034818?s=09)
Math Updates:
It has been a busy week in math! Thank you for planning such engaging lessons and making math come to life, in your classrooms.
The Math Team is looking forward to planning with the primary teachers this week and intermediate teachers next week.
If there is anything you need, please be sure to reach out. We are here to support YOU and your students!
Reading Updates:
Last week we looked at data in Baseball Card with Anna Harding. We will continue to use this moving forward as we dive deep into student needs. Please finish up all SLOs and schedule your initial meetings with Mr Walker. Please let us know if you need anything as you finish up your F&P tests!
Intermediate teachers also worked with Anna Harding to create Common Formative Assessments online. They created several CFA to monitor student progress and make instructional decisions for upcoming standards.
Please give a copy of your SLO to Laurie, schedule a meeting with Rodney, and then save a copy to the shared drive.
Please reach out if you need anything.We are here to support you!
Social & Emotional Updates:
Attached is a great article for teaching after Thanksgiving Break. Have a great week and I am available to support you and your students.
https://study.com/blog/how-to-re-engage-students-after-a-holiday-break.html
The Sunshine Committee needs your help!
Our committee is here to help the members of Brooklyn Park Elementary in times of need as well as celebrate great things going on throughout the school year. Kindly fill out this form and donate to this committee. This money will go back in your pocket as we send well wishes or celebrate events such as birthdays, weddings, parties, holidays and happy hours!
We are asking that teachers contribute the following amounts:
Full Time Staff (Unit I Employees): $20
Full Time Staff (Unit IV Employees): $15
Part Time Staff: $10
You can give your donation to Kelsey Burdette or place in her mailbox! Thank you for supporting our school building!
From the Principal's Desk
Equity Professional Development
I want to give a shout-out to the Equity Team and to our staff. I appreciate your professionalism and open-mindedness as we discussed two difficult examples. I truly believe our school believes "ALL MEANS ALL". We live and breathe it everyday.
ESSA Houses and Celebration
Last week the State Department of Education released a report on education and schools in the state. Based on that report, I am happy to explain the following:
1. We are now focused on two houses ( Special Education and ESOL/ELL)
2. Our data improved by 20% points
3. We are now a 3 Star School
More information to follow- celebration on Tuesday
Interim Reports
Due on Weds. @ 8:30am. Please complete the Data Sheets.
Lunch with Santa
Lunch with Santa is one of the long-standing PTA Events at BPES. Stop by.. Family events provide an opportunity to bond with our community.
Staff Shout Outs
- Our staff and Equity Team. Great Job on the PD
- Laurie for securing a 500.00 grant for magazines