The Challenger Dispatch
March 30-April 3, 2015 Week 2
Something to think about.....
“Children know what they know. They bring what they bring. Our job is not to wish that students knew more or knew differently. Our job is to turn students’ individual knowledge – and the collective range of knowledge the whole class brings – into a curricular strength, rather than to regard it as an instructional inconvenience. We can do that only if we hold high expectations for all students, convey great respect for the knowledge, language, and culture each brings to the classroom, and offer support in helping each student achieve those high expectations.”
Eric Cooper (National Urban Alliance for Effective Education) and David Pearson (University of California/Berkeley)
April Babies!
Kim Swain 4/4
Colleen Toth 4/9
Deborah Wright 4/11
Patricia Clark 4/12
Latoya Hollman 4/16
Jane Barnes 4/17
Lori Bobrowski 4/25
Danna Freeman 4/27
Patty Putman 4/30
GreenPOWER
Severe Weather Drill
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb
April Events
March 31-April 2 Collaborative meetings/RtI
April 1st - Department meetingsApril 2nd - 1st grade to Burritt
April 5th - Easter!
April 6-10 ACCESS Testing for ELL students
April 8th - Staff Meeting
April 8th - Walk throughs
April 10th - Severe Weather Drill
April 13th - Progress Reports go home
April 13-17th STAR Testing
April 14-16 Collaborative meetings
April 15th Tax Day and BLT meeting
April 16th Kite Day
April 25th ELA Meeting
April 22nd Secretary's Day
April 22nd - Department meetings
April 24th - Panoply
April 27th Danna's birthday
April 27-May 1 Dibels Testing
April 29th - PBL meeting