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10/15/18
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
Jaimie Dobson (6th)
Julia Hurley (9th)
Laura Knowles (11th)
Cara Savi (11th)
Sharon Tomczak (20th)
Janine Wolkon (25th)
Cailee Gazard (27th)
Jen Randall (28th)
Elena Figueroa Staroselsky (31st)
WEEKLY ARTICLE
PICTURE DAY AND SCREENINGS!!!
BOOK GROUPS
Our next staff meeting is scheduled for November 5th. if you will be continuing to be a part of your assigned book group, please plan on meeting with your assigned group.
If you have decided to not to participate in the book groups, please return your book to me with a sticky note with your name, so that I can plan for the November meeting. We will take the first fifteen minutes to read a short article on similar topics, and then use a text-based protocol to discuss the article.
parent conferences
Please send me a list of parents that have not signed up for fall conferences. I will be reaching out to parents that have not signed up. Our goal is to get every family in for a conference.
PERSONAl DAYS REMINDER FROM HR
You must provide at least 24 hours notice for personal days. Personal days may not be taken if you were absent the previous workday. If you take personal and/or sick days, you cannot come to work to complete tasks.
SPIRIT WEAR
STEAM WEEK
STEAM Week is coming and we have a great challenge this year. STEAM Week is October 22nd-26th and is a celebration of STEAM across Framingham schools, Pre K-12. All schools are organizing activities, events, projects and/or other ways to celebrate STEAM education in our schools. Students across the district will have the opportunity to engage in experiences that challenge them and get them excited about learning.
Dunning students will use their imagination and creativity to design a desktop-sized arcade game for their classmates to play. The challenge is inspired by the short film, ”Caine’s Arcade” about a child who used the resources around him to build something amazing. Students will be working within their classrooms to design their games from cardboard, recycled materials and their imaginations. All students will create a planning sheet with a list of their needed materials.
Each child will be asked to bring ONE paper shopping bag filled with the materials to build his or her own planned game. Bags of materials are due on Wednesday, October 24th. All materials must fit within the bag and bags may not be brought in before Wednesday, October 24th. A letter will be going home to parents this week. We will have bags of materials for students that do not bring in a bag of their own.
Please plan on having your class watch Cain's Arcade during your Genius Hour.
On Monday, October 22, we will be visited by iRobot. They will be doing two presentations:
- Grades K-2: 9:15 - 10:00
- Grades 3-5: 10:15 - 11:00
On Friday, October 26th, our students will come together fo a day of creativity and imagination to build and play their games. Please feel free to schedule it as you see fit
PICTURE DAY
FALL ASSESSMENT DATES
BAS (grades 1-5): 9/11 - 10/19
i-REady (kindergarten): 11/13 - 12/14
Kindergarten Assessments: 9/11 - 10/19
Grades 1, 2, and 3 no longer have to do the Words Their Way assessment.
ESL Writing Assessment: 10/3 - 10/17
SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION DATES
Developing Educators - Years 1, 2, & 3
Self Assessment - 10/15
Goals - 10/31
Self- Directed - Year 1
Self Assessment - 10/31
Goals - 11/15
Self- Directed - Year 2
No self-assessment or goals are due, unless you are modifying a goal.
IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS FROM MY HR
CARE & SHARE
Please remind your students to bring in items for Care & Share. Our monthly food collection makes a huge difference in our community, while teaching our students the importance of giving. As an added incentive, the class that brings in the most each month will earn 15 minutes of extra recess on the new playground!
- October: Cereal
- November: Instant Mashed Potatoes
- December: Pancake Mix
- January: Canned Fruit
- February: Rice
- March: Crackers
- April: Spaghetti
- May: Juice Boxes
- June: Cans of Tuna Fish
DATES FOR THIS WEEK
- Instructional Leadership Team Meeting, 3:20 (Media Center)
- PBIS Tier 2 Meeting, 3:20 - 4:20 (Amy's Office)
Wednesday 10/17:
Thursday 10/18:
- Early Release, 1:00 pm Dismissal - Parent Conferences
- Collaboration: Grade 4 - 9:15 - 10:00, Grade 3 - 10:05 - 10:50, Grade 1 - 11:00 - 11:45
Friday 10/19:
- Staff Breakfast - Grade 1/Suzanne/ Kevin/Jen O.
Saturday 10/20:
- Grade 5 PTO Playdate, 3-4 pm
COMMUNITY MEETING DATES
Monday, 10/29 at 9:30, Grade 1
Tuesday, 12/11 at 1:45, Grade 3
Thursday, 2/7 at 9:30, Kindergarten
Thursday, 3/28 at 1:45, Grade 2
Wednesday, 5/15 at 9:30, Grade 4
Thursday, 6/13 at 9:30, Grade 5
STAFF BREAKFASTS
11/02/18 - Grade 3/Claire/Brett/Deb P.
11/16/18 - PDD-Rm’s 6,7,16,18 (Thanksgiving Breakfast)
11/30/18 - Grade 5/Cara/Tess
12/14/18 - Kindergarten/ Hannah/Daphna(Holiday Breakfast)
01/11/19 - Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein
01/25/19 - Principals/Office Staff/Tara
02/08/19 - Grade 2/Sharon/Lauren W. /Krystn (Valentine’s Day)
03/08/19 - Grade 4/Michelle M./Leigh(St. Patrick’s Day)
03/22/19 - Grade 1/ Suzanne/ Kevin/Jen O.
04/05/19 - Grade 3/ Claire/Brett/Deb P.
05/03/19 - PDD-Rm’s 6,7,16,18
05/17/19 - Grade 5 Cara/Tess
05/31/19 - Kindergarten/Hannah/Daphna
06/14/19 - Specialists/Gary/Michele Klein