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Welcome Mr. Hanlon to the kindergarten team and Mr. Etheridge to the AU wing
THANK YOU AU and THIRD GRADE for sharing at the Staff Meeting this week. many of your peers came back to say how much they learned and took away from your presentations:)
Congratulations to ME...I think for getting PIED????...Ms. Gaines Montgomery won this week and will get PIED once we return from the break:) (KARMA)
Thank you for supporting Pennies for Pasta and promoting school spirit within your classroom!!!
Congrats to Ms. Kavel for being recognized by CMS for the great job she has done with new teachers!!!!
Shout out to 4th and 5th grade for an EXCELLENT first dance...students and parents had a great time with respectable behavior!!!! Thanks to the many staff members that are not 4th/5th grade teachers that stayed to support!
KUDOS to you all for the many, many visits this past week. Everyone gave positive feedback about how the building looked, how friendly the staff was and how well behaved and respectful our students were. Thanks for not complaining...at least not to my face:)
I want to send a special "Thank You" to the Admin Team...They expressed a concern about giving you all notes and encouragement of some kind, and I challenged them as we split the grades and areas up to have notes to you all by Friday and they met and exceeded my challenge:) There were so many that expressed how this made you feel. We want to be more intentional about extending positive as well as constructive feedback to you all more consistently! WE APPRECIATE YOU!!!
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Data, Data, Data...
Rethinking Classroom Data with Purpose in Mind
Have you heard of 90 90 90 schools??? These are schools where 90% of students are minorities; 90% of students receive free and reduced lunch and 90% of students performing at or above grade level... For some of us, this seems impossible, but it is my hope that in the near future ALL of us believe this and support the positive academic gains that we can make with ALL of our students!
The power point below on 90 90 90 schools brings in a fresh perspective and gives suggestions on how we too can achieve this...
http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/jcgowdy/instruction/files/ten_things_you_absolutely_must_do.pdf
Todays Meet
How has what you are "Thankful for" influenced who you are today?
Open the link and type your response...
Reminders/Announcements
- Please continue to review the Non-Negotiables
- Second Round Observations have began!!!!! They are unannounced:)
- Please contact Mr. Bates for your technology needs before entering a ticket
- Please leave computers on at the end of the day, sometimes updates are done overnight
- With many of our testing windows opening at the same time, please take this week to create a plan to get these tests done. We can provide support, but only to those who are working to complete these assessments.
- If you have pictures or other information you would to share with the staff send me an email.
- The next newsletter will come out the week of Dec. 5th:)
Schedule for this Week
- Staff Jeans Day with a fall colored top
Tuesday Nov. 26 Day 4
- Staff Jeans Day with College Shirt
- Breakfast by the School Culture Committee
- Hat Day (Kinder)
Wednesday Nov. 27-Friday Nov. 29th
- NO SCHOOL
- Enjoy your break!!!!
Monday Dec. 2 Day 5
- MAP Testing begins (see schedule)
Tuesday Dec. 3 Day 6
- Spelling Bee (9:15-10:00) Closed Circuit
- Alexander @ Principal Meeting (AM)
Wednesday Dec. 4 Day 1
- Culturally Relevant PD (7:30 in the Media Center)
- 1st Grade Performance Assemblies K,2, 3 ( 9:15-9:40); 4, 5, AU: (9:45-10:10)
Thursday Dec. 5 Day 2
- Mentor-Mentee (7:45 in the Media Center)
- Progress Reports go home (please submit requested information to your administrator according to dates given ...yellow sheet)
- Performance and PTA Meeting
Friday Dec. 6 Day 3
- Lunch Buddy Day
- Alexander, GM, E. Davis and Gaither @ Root Cause Training (1/2 day)