Cougar "Prints"
Week of April 9
Welcome Back!
I hope that this message finds everyone well relaxed following a Spring Break that was spent with family and friends. Phien and I enjoyed taking Emery and Ansel to the beach for a few days and getting caught back up around the house and yard.
While away, I tried to unplug as much as possible. I also continued to think about how amazing Coltrane-Webb STEM elementary is and a major reason for that is our faculty and staff. Our students make the world go round, but you all do the heavy "spinning" required to support them and to be successful.
With just 9 weeks left until summer break, let's continue to work hard in the best interest of our students and each other. Let's finish strong, and everything will take care of itself.
Grades and Report Cards - Zetta's Email
Just an FYI..... grades are due by 4/11/18. We will begin storing traditional grades on the 12th. Report cards go home on the 18th.
Reminder from before Spring Break
We will conduct random safety checks of doors and share with teachers one of two things: 1) door followed safety expectations; 2) door did not follow safety expectations and will provide the specific context of the check. This is an extremely important county and school expectation.
Testing Calendar
Reading and Math EOGs - May 30 & 31
Science EOG - June 4
Read to Achieve - June 5
Behavior Expectations
A few of the school-wide expectations that I would like to reiterate here are as follows:
1) Level 0 in the hallways
2) Level 0 when the music is playing in the cafeteria
3) Walk to throw away trash in the cafeteria
4) Monitor students lining up in the cafeteria both at entry and exit in the cafeteria
5) Clean and organized classrooms
6) Uniforms for all students
7) Hoods/hats off in the buildings/classrooms
8) Use of minor/major referral process
9) Communicating to other teachers during a transition if a student is agitated or frustrated so they have a heads up – ALL TEACHERS MUST WALK THEIR CLASS TO THE ENTRANCE OF ALL ENCORE TEACHERS AND ENSURE ANY INFORMATION THE ENCORE TEACHER NEEDS IS COMMUNICATED.
10) Playground safety - students should not be running up slides, going down backward, multiple students at a time should not be going down slides.
These are the major ones that I would like to reiterate here, but are by no means limited to and don’t infer the others are less important. PBIS will be reviewing the behavior matrix this week and any possible modifications made will be explicitly communicated.
Work Orders
We take pride in our campus and want to keep it that way. Please continue to let us know if work orders are needed and to draw attention to the fixes that may need to take place - remember, it takes a village.
STAFF SHOUT-OUTS!
Mastery Connect Link - for your convenience
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School Safety
- Remember, all doors must remain locked but may be open if a room is occupied.
- Please review our lockdown and blackout procedures.
- If we were to ever have an unscheduled Fire Alarm pull, please be aware of your surroundings and use your senses. If something feels off, listen to your instinct and make the best call your instincts and professional judgment allow you to make.
CWES Crisis Team Members (Titles reflect new county language):
Tim Taylor - Incident Command (Donna Hamilton - backup)
Mary Phillips - Public Information Officer
SRO Riddick - Safety Officer
Nakeia Alsup - Liason Officer (Kristi Monto - backup)
Dr. Ashley Alumbaugh - Mental Health Officer
Lois Hunter - Planning Section Chief
Donna Hamilton - Operations Section Chief
Debbie Boswell - Logistics Section Chief
Debbie Boswell - Finance Section Chief
Lynne Golie - Medical Support Group Supervisor
Kristi Monto - Mental Health Division Supervisor (Lisa Bolumen - backup)
Lance Pfeifer - Security Group Supervisor
Tara Walter - Service Branch Director
Tammy Gray - Support Branch Director
CCS Employee Handbook
IMPORTANT DATES
March 29 - Last Day of School Before Spring Break - Full Day - Also, UNCC Students on Campus
March 30-April 8 - Spring Break
April 11 - Whole Staff Meeting
April 16 -18 - Taylor Out - District Teacher Recruitment Trip
April 18 - SIT Meeting - Donna Facilitating Meeting
April 19 - Taylor OUT - Facilitating District Level PD to School Groups
May 2 - Staff Meeting
May 9 - SIT Meeting
May 16 - Test Administrator Training - PBIS Cancelled