Staff Update
Monday, April 11th - Friday, April 15th
Week at a Glance
- Beech Class Field Trip to Battery Urban Farm
- Ginkgo Class Field Trip to Brooklyn Grange
- Brooke leaves at 3:30 PM
6:00 - 7:00: FSC Workshop: Making Space as a Parent led by Dr. Meg Poe (Jojo in Pine's Mom) at Art Cafe, 884 Pacific St.
Tuesday, April 12th
- Oak Class Field Trip to the Clinton Hill Library
Wednesday, April 13th
1:15 - 5:15: Grade Level Planning and Professional Development
Thursday, April 14th
- Oak Class Field Trip to Battery Urban Farm
Friday, April 15th
- Vision Screenings for Kindergarten and First Grade
This Week's Events
Vision Screenings
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Beech Class
9:00 - 9:30 AM: Ginkgo Class
9:30 - 10:00 AM: Maple Class
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Oak Class
Hall Passes
Due to some issues with the beads used for the new passes, there's been a delay in the creation of all of the passes for the classrooms.
There are not yet bathroom passes for music and sustainability, but they should be coming shortly once some more beads arrive.
2 non-bathroom passes for the hallways will be given to each class soon. The non-bathroom passes will have the classroom name and be on brown laces.
Announcements
Staff Happy Hour
We will go to Black Forest on Fulton around 5:00 PM. Partners/significant others/kids are invited as well.
Monday, Apr 18, 2016, 05:00 PM
Black Forest Brooklyn, Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Spirit Week is Coming
Kids are voting on themes for Spirit Week at lunch time on Monday. Some of the themes to vote on are costume day, favorite color day, dress up (fancy) day, career day, and pajama day. By Tuesday, we will let you know the final themes so that you can help kids with costumes and begin planning your own outfits.
During exploration this week, it would be great to set up a "Spirit Week Crafting" station so that kids can make theme-related outfits and/or accessories. We will gather some materials to have available to classes once the themes are decided and distribute as well.
During Spirit Week, kids are not required to wear Compass shirts, but are still required to have appropriate footwear and wear clothing choices that allow movement.
Go Bags
Interesting Events and Reads
Events:
Habana Outpost Earth Day Expo 2016
April 16th
All Day
757 Fulton St.
Celebrate the re-opening of Habana Outpost with their annual Earth Day Expo! There will be workshops, activities for kids, and good food. The event is free.
Reads:
Teachers Say Untimed Tests Leave Some Students Exhausted, but Others Confident by Fabiola Cineas
Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered by Susan Dynarski
When Kids Have Structure for Thinking, Better Learning Emerges by Katrina Schwartz