Micro Elementary School Newsletter
April 6th, 2020
I believe we had a great week this week. The Micro Staff continues to make the best of a difficult situation.
Virtually all of our students have been contacted since the school closure (Mandy, Gay, and Jorge are continuing to contact parents.) We have distributed materials of some kind to the majority of our students. We are getting a hang of this teleworking thing, too!
Keep plugging away. You are doing everything that is being asked of you.
You are doing the best you can in the situation that we are in.
Thanks for your continuous dedication,
TJ
Micro Headlines
- April Student Birthdays
- JCPS Remote Learning Guidelines: Please review, we will discuss these further during PLC meetings and Wednesday's Staff Meeting
- Remote Learning Webinars and Live Sessions through NC State's Friday Center are really good. I have participated in a few so far. Here is a link for more information: https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/projects/remote-learning-to-support-nc-educators/
- Please share your monthly telework logs with Cindy and TJ.
- Friday's Staff Meeting Slideshow
- Teachers: Please review and update our Confidential Covid Student Spreadsheet.
- The behavior specialists would like to offer a “Let’s Talk Behavior” Zoom meeting daily from 1:00-2:00 for any and all who would like to log in with them and talk about behavior. They will offer time to talk about real classroom situations, FBA and BIP writing, behavior goals, de-escalation strategies, MDTs, IEP paperwork, and components of CPI. They will further use this time to schedule additional training via zoom with individual schools on a case-by-case request basis. These meetings will start Monday 4/6/2020 @ 1:00. The link is Zoom Host ID# 227 778 8947. This training is for any and all staff including TA's
- CDC Guidelines for Preventing Getting Sick
- State of Emergency Leave Information
- JCPS Work Expectations
- Grading Guidance Covid-19
- Thank you letter from Dr. Williams
- Ms. Hawley set up a sign-up for those interested in recording a video of a read aloud on the Micro Facebook page. Sign up here It is more relevant than ever.
- Professional Development Reminders
- Need access to the online Math Investigations resources?
Go to: https://www.pearsonrealize.com/index.html#/
Username- JCPSmathSub
Password- welcome1 (all lowercase)
Staff Meetings: Wednesday and Friday at 2:00 pm.
The school purchased a subscription to bookflix. There is a BookFlix link on Mrs. Warren's symbaloo pages . You should not have to enter a password, if you are asked for one the username and password are:
micro
spiders
Symbaloo links :
K-2
https://www.symbaloo.com/shared/AAAAA3egqd4AA41_WWKYcQ==
Great News Worth Spreading
2. Ms. Owens was named March Employee of the Month. She is 110% dedicated, hardworking, and super supportive. Well deserved!
3. Spoiler Alert***: The JCPS Film Crew was out Friday to do a Read Across America Highlight on Laura Warren. Be on the lookout for the upcoming video featuring Laura.
4. We checked out nearly 100 Chromebooks Thursday!
Micro Staff Social Contract
Be Positive
Demonstrate Teamwork
Make the community feel welcome
Treat others with respect
Be Open-Minded
Be Supportive
Motivate Others
Listen to Understand
Micro Elementary Staff will support our social contract by intervening with the gentle question, "Are you okay?" and provide peers with an appropriate level of space.
Monthly Character Traits
Character Trait – Critical Thinker and Inquirer
Anticipating, identifying, and evaluating issues and use multiple resources to solve problems in a variety of contexts.