Colt Round Up
Sunday, January 21, 2018
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up."
- Vince Lombardi
With Appreciation:
- Kudos to our 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade teams for their efforts during their collaboration days this past week. If your team would still like to schedule collaboration time, let Jen know ASAP as guest teachers may be hard to arrange.
- Our classified team ROCKS - between providing interventions, tutoring, helping with duty, and servicing students in their area of specialty, we couldn't do it without them!
- Thank you to Annie for coordinating a yummy potluck on Friday!
New Information/Things to Do:
Tara Wilson Starts Student Teaching This Week
- She'll work with Lorri for the first half and then with Pam
- Please welcome her as our newest Colt!
Fire Drill on 1/23 during a recess transition (probably AM)
- please work with your class to establish a plan for these tricky times
- Jen will give the classes whose recess is interrupted a few extra minutes of play time
iReady Diagnostic Window - Now Open!
Please have your students take the math and reading diagnostic anytime between now and 2/8/18.
The way it is currently set up, teachers will have to assign both the Reading and Math diagnostics to their students. Once you assign the Math diagnostic, students will be unable to access their online instruction until it is complete.
To assign the diagnostic, go to the "Assignments" tab in i-Ready. Choose "Reading" or "Math", then select the checkbox next to "Add Diagnostic Test", and select the checkbox next to "All Students".
Make sure to assign it for both Reading and Math.
Questions - let Will or Jen know!
Upcoming Meetings/Activities:
Important things to know this week:
- Will - expect him on Monday after 11 and in the mornings the rest of the week
- Monday - Jen is off site at a special education training in Auburn - call Pam with any emergencies before 11 (we have a roving TIC situation); we expect Will on campus around 11
- Tuesday at 2:55 pm - PBIS meeting in the Library
- Wednesday evening - join PTC at Mi Pueblito from 4-8 - here's the flier
- Thursday morning - Skip will be on site
- Thursday at 2:55 pm - Leadership Team meeting in the Tech Room
Older Stuff/Reminders
SCHOOLS (Sun City Volunteer group)
They have a volunteer looking to help on Tues or Wed mornings. If you are interested, send an email to ceelledge@sbcglobal.net and include your subject, time, grade and school in your email.
Lead in School Water
- Out of concern about reports of lead in school drinking water, we had our water tested with the support of the district facilities team
- we tested the water from the kitchen and 2 drinking faucets in different quads tested
- it was tested by outside agency before break - and it all came back clear and clean!
- Pam has a copy of the report if you'd like to review it; this info will go out in the next big Colt Connection, too
Please Lock Campus Gates
- If you come/leave the campus through a gate, please be sure to lock it behind you (both before and after school and especially during the day) in order to support the safety of our staff and students.
- Not only is a locked gate a first deterrent for folks we don't want on campus, we also have a couple of children on campus who may be likely to run, and an open gate makes it too easy for them.
- Remind students that they are to leave through the front gates to meet their ride. We've had kids try to jump the fence to meet rides in that parking lot...but it's unsupervised.
LCES Handbook
- we've updated our school handbook with a PE Excusal policy and language about smart snack policy.
- our goal is to educate families and staff about the new food service policies this school year and to work to enforce them in 2018-19.
- find the updated handbook on our website or click here.
Working Late?
- If you find yourself in a situation where you aren't feeling safe or you need help, don't hesitate to call Arty at 916 297 5210 (he's here until about 10 pm) or Jen at 702 324 6884 or if needed you can always dial 911 for support.
- Should you find that you are having issues where your safety is a concern, please let Jen know so can figure out how to address it.
Travel Study Documents
- Be sure to complete all of "Part 2 - EVALUATION OF STUDENT WORK."
- This is the part tells Tricia whether to give the child an excused or unexcused absence
- Completion is essential, and is what's monitored in an audit