December 2-6
BRMES Staff ~ Weekly Garden Talk Update
{Week #14}
MONDAY, December 2: A Day: Lunch~ Chicken Nuggets
- Welcome Samantha Kerrigan to our kitchen team!
- I wonder if the 2 Elves will reappear to remind us all how to behave!?
- 2:00: Evacuation Drill
- 2:15-2:45: 5th Grade Team
- 3:15: Advisory Team Meeting (be sure your team sends a rep)
- 4:00: Get Moving Monday (group walk meet by PLMS)
- Happy Birthday Melissa Wilfinger!
- AM: Val @ Admin Mtg.
- 2:00-2:30: Rule School w/ Ms. Meg (Tier 2 Behavior Student Intervention for invited students)
- 2:15-2:45: 4th Grade Team
- 3:40-4:35: Yoga in the BRMES library
WEDNESDAY, December 4: A Day: Lunch ~ Hamburgers
- Eagle Eye: 1 winner per class and 5 from the box for OFFICE HELPER for 15 minutes today!
- Free clothing for anyone...it will be on tables in the main hallway (we are cleaning out our donations!)
- 12:40-1:05: 1st Grade Team Meeting
- 1:10-1:35: Kinder Team Meeting
- 2:15-2:45: 2nd Grade Team Meeting
- 3:45-4:45: Yoga @ MDHS
THURSDAY, December 5: B Day: Lunch ~ Pizza
- Recycling Day ~ Set out your paper tubs
- 2:15-2:45: 3rd Grade Team Meeting
FRIDAY, December 6: A Day: Lunch ~ Baked Potato Bar
- Holiday Spirit Friday: Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas Day)
- 8:30: Initial IEP (Warner)
- 9:30: Annual IEP (Aronson)
- 10:30: Eligibility Mtg (Young)
- 12:30: Eligibility/IEP Mtg (Wave)
- 3:30-5:30: Student Craft & Bake Fair (Students will NOT be permitted into the gym until after the bell rings and no buyers will be allowed in until 3:30. Bring your $$$$ to shop!)
Team Meeting Topics:
{All Weekly Team Meetings in the Conference Room!}
December 2-5: Reading Groups (Jamie or Michelle)
December 9-12: Behavior (Yuri)
December 16-19: Intervention (Jamie or Michelle)
Lounge Cleaner of the Week: Sara A.
- Wipe down counters/tables/tidy up
- Load/Unload dishwasher (daily, if needed)
- Check Frig's once during the week - throw away stinky/expired things
- Throw away old flyers/old mail that piles up
- Adjust chairs/tables if shifted
To Do List & Upcoming Dates:
- Elf on the Shelf (2 of them): Sign up here! I'm a boring elf on the shelf creator. Feel free to sign up to send out kids a message and hide them the night before! :)
- Dec. 13: Giving Tree Gifts deadline to turn in any gifts for the tree or Cram the Van
- Inside Day Ideas: I heard from 1st and 3rd grades. I am revising the Inside Day assignments for these grades a bit. Did anyone want me to edit the Inside Day schedule to say 'one room for games', etc. or leave it as is (with girls in one room/boys in the other)?
- Staff Xmas Party - FRIDAY, Dec. 13th: 6:00-10 or so? Thank you to Karen (& Bill) Borg for offering to host us again at their home for a holiday gathering. Start finding those babysitters. Sticking to tradition, you are invited to bring a $5. "garden" gift / adult (one adult guest is also invited).
- Warner's Meal Train: If you feel the need to help support/ease Sarah's shift back into work mode a bit, here's the latest meal train.
- Camp Invention (June 15-19, 2020): I could still use 1 more instructor to put on the list....base pay is $550 for the week for anyone (certified or classified) who may want to run a station at science camp....it goes from 8:30-3:30 M-F for one week only. Let me know! I will also need 3-6 middle or high school 'helpers'.
- Uploading Newsletters/Notes Home: Classroom teachers...please upload your .pdf family newsletters to your 'eBinder' folder so we can access them from the office.
- Dec. 11: (OPTIONAL) All Staff "Cookie Exchange/Holiday Giving" 3:15 in Library (everyone is invited to bring 4 dozen goodies (and your own container to take some home).
- Jan. 17: 7th Annual District Art Contest: Encourage students to enter the "nature" contest this year or take it on as a class. Entries are due no later than January 17th.
- Future Into Reading Trainings: Jan. 17, March 13, and May 15. Subs will release these teachers to attend the training in the East Computer Lab: 8:00-9:30 Grades 2 & 3 / 10:30-12:00 Grades 4-5 / 1:00-3:00 Grades K-1
- March 19: Roaring Readers "Home" Log Sheets: (Classroom Teachers Only). Send home with students the parent/student information/log sheet.
- March 19: Deadline to submit any student Patriotism Essays (per the Lions Club Contest - hanging by the downstairs copy machine). Paricipate with your students, if you wish.
- March Board Mtg. Any MDEF Grants must be submitted for pre-approval.
- OPTIONAL: Interested in reading a book from home (or wherever) on a specific date from our PTA Facebook page? Sign here here if so.
Staff Notes:
Today is Anna Clark's last day with us in the kitchen! Starting soon will be Samantha Kerrigan!
Golden Spoon (Cafeteria PBIS Challenges): will start Monday. It will be a way for cafe supervisors to recognize classes that show awesome work for a variety of cafe expectations! All lunchtime supervisors are welcome to help!
Eagle Eye 'BOX': Students can choose whether to enter their names into the clear box in the hallway OR the classroom can. At the end of each week, classrooms will empty their classroom can into the big box to try to help us acheive a school wide reward. We are hoping to collect 1000 Eagle Eyes by December 20th to earn a school wide special event in January!
AESOP/Sub Needs: You may be realizing that most sub jobs do NOT fill when put in during the night or early morning. This effects everyone in the building as we often have to pull staff to help cover. It helps greatly if you can enter subs before 8 PM as subs are more likely to accept before they go to bed knowing they are getting up for work. You can always cancel the morning of if you find that you are better or able to come to work.
iStation & SBAC dates: iStation Math (Last one for the year): Grades 1-5 during normal lab times December 16-20 (Mrs. Doane on Dec. 13). Kinder is done with iStation math. iStation Math will be done in December. Here are the rest of the iStation & SBAC dates.
January 13: Kinder iStation 8:30/9:30/10:30
January 14: MAP ELA (Grades 3-4 - AM start at 8:30 / Grade 5 @12:45)
January 15: iStation Reading Grades 1-3 Morning....
January 16: MAP Math (Grades 3-4 AM start at 8:30 / Grade 5 @ 12:45)
February 25: Kinder iStation 8:30/9:30/10:30
February 27: iStation Reading Grades 1-3 Morning....
April 7: Kinder iStation 8:30/9:30/10:30
April 9: iStation Reading Grades 1-3 Morning....
April 28: 5th Grade Science SBAC 9:30-12:30
April 30: 3rd - 4th - 5th ELA CAT SBAC 8:30 Grades 3-4 / 9:30 start for Grade 5
May 5: 3rd - 4th - 5th ELA PT SBAC 8:30 Grades 3-4 / 9:30 start for Grade 5
May 6: Kinder iStation 8:30/9:30/10:30 OFFICIAL ONE!
May 7: 3rd - 4th - 5th Math CAT SBAC 8:30 Grades 3-4 / 9:30 start for Grade 5
May 12: 3rd - 4th - 5th Math PT SBAC 8:30 Grades 3-4 / 9:30 start for Grade 5
May 14: iStation Reading Grades 1-3 Morning....OFFICIAL ONE!
Look at our BLOOMERS!
- Intervention Team for covering a classroom when we were in dire need (again)!
- Extended Resource Team for covering a classroom with a sub for a sub!
- Miss Meg for taking on a last minute sub need with little to no preparation
- Yuri for taking on a teaching role when we were in need....
- and Jodi for frantically trying to call subs when they go unfilled....we hope this gets easier in the days to come! :)
- Crystal N. for looking out for kids at lunch and recess