Weekly Bulletin
March 25-29
Magical Teaching Tip
- Choosing Words Wisely in Classrooms (https://issaquahwednet-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/sivadasana_issaquah_wednet_edu/EYDeOCmvyftKipeoZ4Ww4IgBTGbKmRa29F1DHGKXHIA_yA?e=ilwhWx)
- Five Characteristics of an Effective Professional Learning Community (https://issaquahwednet-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/sivadasana_issaquah_wednet_edu/EY7qhPvlmhhAqrIOIIdvxV0BpB1qZi3faZBXToY-wYKsNg?e=WYSizx)
Pointed Questions About Classroom Technology
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Great article from Education Week Below
Important Dates
- March 26- Report Cards Due!
- March 27- Picture Staff- Staff wear HP sweatshirts
- March 27- Para Meeting (9:20-10:00am, staff lounge)
Action Items- New items added
- Pick up Eureka Problem set booklets in the hallway leading from library to staff room. Your problem set is labeled with your name.
- Surplus your old Social Studies curriculum. See BLT leader if you have questions.
- Turn in reimbursement requests for PTSA Teacher grants. Due date is April 26
- Please complete the progress monitoring of your Student Growth Goals
- Report cards due March 26th
Judy Update
New Dates for Report Cards!!
Important Dates:
· 4:00 PM, Tuesday March 19th
o Deadline for specialists to enter grades/comments and make changes to Trimester 2 grades.
· 12:00 PM Tuesday March 26th:
o Deadline for all Gen. Ed. teachers to enter grades/comments and make changes to Trimester 2 report card. Any grade or comment changes after Grading is closed, will require a Grade change form to be submitted to the Student information Dept.
· 4:00 PM, Tuesday, March 26th:
o We will begin to option up Elementary report cards live in Family Access for parents to view as a PDF document. If parents log into Family Access earlier than 4:30, some will be able to see the report cards since each grade level and school has to be turned on individually. The report card feature in Family Access will be turned off on March 26th from noon until 4 pm to allow the Student Information Dept. to post all Elem report cards to Family Access. In your communications to families regarding report cards, please include that reports cards will be available after 5 pm, this would cover all schools being uploaded.
o Changes made after report cards are posted (after noon) will not appear on the parent’s version of the report card that they will view from Family Access. Please complete the electronic Grade Change Request Form if you have to make changes after 4pm on March 26th.
Staffing Updates
- As of now, we are going down 1 section at K, 1, and 4th grade. Those sections could always go back up, so stay tuned.
- We wish the staff below the best of luck as they move on to new adventures. Endeavour will always be your home-
- Katie Vaught
- Jennie Waterman
- Katie Lee
- Carol Jacobs
- Ian Illgenfritz
- Caroline Bain will be out on maternity leave for the 2019-2020 school year.
Tech Committee Update
- 7 new laptops (these are being combined with a few from the lab to create a cart of 10 to be shared by the 2 3rds in the portables
- 20 headsets that can be used with SeeSaw-these are in the library and can be checked out by teachers
- A class licenses of Razz Kids that Carrie is the teacher for- there are about 30 kids signed up for this, 5 printers are here and ready for use as needed.
Upcoming Assessments
- Math: The window for the Math Common Assessment (grades 1-5) is currently scheduled from May 20 through May 31 with scores due in Skyward on May 31. A DFA with detailed information will be sent to you a few weeks prior to the window opening. Materials will be delivered to schools.
WRITING: The Common Writing Assessment window for K-5 is March 25 to April 26 with scores due on or before April 26 in Grade Cam. DFAs with all instructions and detailed information will be sent to you a few weeks prior to the window opening.
Writing genres to be assessed:
Kindergarten: Informational/How to prompt
1st Grade: Opinion prompt
2nd Grade: Opinion prompt
3rd Grade: Opinion prompt
4th Grade: Informational prompt
5th Grade: Argument based essay prompt*