Viking Staff Newsletter
Week 8 - Oct. 7 - 11
Action Required and Deadlines
Schedule T-TESS observations
From the Principal's Desk
- DEIC Representative for Norwood: We need a teacher to represent our campus at the district DEIC meetings which will happen 2 times this year. Who would like to volunteer??? Please send Christy an email if you are interested.
Digital Citizenship
Learning Technologies is continuing to provide resources for state mandated instruction on digital citizenship. The theme for October is Cyberbullying and Digital Drama. Links to the October digital citizenship curriculum (by grade levels) are included below. As always, LT Coaches are available to answer any questions you may have.
October Digital Citizenship Curriculum Links:
Grades K-2 Link
Grades 3-5 Link
Additionally the LT Department has a library of resources available for checkout including some picture and children's books dealing with technology related issues. The books have accompanying digital citizenship lessons. This month, check out Chicken Clicking or Nerdy Birdy Tweets. Books may be checked out using IncidentIQ and choosing Other Requests > Learning Technologies > LT Lending Library Book Checkout.
- T-TESS: For those I appraise, I hope you have received a calendar invitation to choose your observation date. Thank you to those already scheduled! Please reserve your date by this Monday afternoon so I can add to my calendar. Truly looking forward to being in your classrooms!
- U.I.L.is Coming! Please see Sheila Duncan's email about helping with coaching. Sign-up sheet is in the teacher's lounge.
- CLT will meet this Wednesday at 3:30
- Grade Level PLC Meetings this week on Wednesday. See specific information below.
- District PD this Friday. All certified staff will be in grade level/content area training in the morning (8:30-11:30) and Trauma training on our campus in the afternoon (1:00-4:00). Schedule is here.
From the Assistant Principal's Desk
- T-TESS: Thank you to those that have signed up for your T-TESS observation. Please make sure to schedule the pre-conference within the prior week of observations time. Kudos to 3rd grade for being the first to sign up for observations!
- Textbooks: If you have hardback textbooks that were given to you for instruction, I will need to barcode and scan all in. By Thursday at dismissal, please stack your books outside your classroom to be scanned. Please have your teacher editions ready to be scanned on Friday afternoon.
- Grade Level Meetings: We will take a slight shift in grade level meetings to review, give feedback, and collaborate on next week's lesson plans. Please have these ready for easy access. Bring teacher editions, if needed for conversation.
PLC Team Time This Week
Please bring a copy (paper or electronic) of your lesson plans for this week. We will be conducting a calibration on lesson plans across the grade levels and to the district expectations.
From the Counselor's Corner
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, Oct. 8
- Norwood Night at Dairy Queen - we earn 15% of all Blizzard sales from 6-9
Wednesday, Oct. 9
- CLT at 3:30
Thursday, Oct. 10
- Hat Day Fundraiser for 5th grade field trip. Students may pay $1 to wear a hat in the classroom. Specific information will come from Melissa L.
Friday, Oct. 11
- District PD (see information above)
- Student/Teacher Holiday
Wednesday, Oct. 16
- 2nd grade Field Trip
- Staff Meeting for certified 3:30
October 21-25
- Red Ribbon Week
October 28-Nov. 1
- Book Fair
Tuesday, Oct. 29
- Read-n-Treat (more info coming)
Friday, Nov. 1
- Grandparent's Breakfast
Tuesday, Nov. 5
- Pearson ELA Training 3:30-5:00 Academy @ Nola Dunn
Happy October Birthdays! Lots of candles needed this month!
1st - Alisa Watson
13th - Briane Dunivan
13th - Holly Carnes
14th - Amber Weese
22nd - Melanie Evans
25th - Nicole Wofford
26th - Hayley Murrell
28th - Sarah Smith
28th - Michael Ann Roe