Lancer Ledger
Week of April 10-14
Principal's Note
It was fun to meet several of our incoming kindergarteners! Grades 3-5 will take the ELA State Assessments this week. We have job embedded PD this Thursday afternoon and district PD Friday morning. I will share out more specific information in regards to Thursday afternoon later in the week. We also have the excitement of the Fun Fair Thursday evening.
Recently some tips for finishing the school year strong were shared with me. I thought I would pull out a few of my favorites and share them below.
HOW TO FINISH THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG
1. Don’t coast; instead, be more intentional. Don’t allow yourself to go on autopilot. Instead, choose to be intentional about making these last days count. Set one or two end-of-the-year goals and make it a priority to do all you can to influence your students during these last few days.
2. Keep first things first. When you’re overwhelmed and there are a million things to do, remember to keep first things first. Focus on what really matters and realize that the rest will get done eventually.
3. Draw on relationships you’ve built. You’ve spent a whole year building relationships with your students and their parents, and as a result, you likely have more influence now than you ever did before. You may never get another chance to inspire them, believe in them, guide them, or counsel them. So take advantage of every opportunity you get to speak the truth and impact their lives.
4. Strategically prioritize what to teach. If you’ve got way more material to cover than you have time to teach, don’t just keep plodding along. Instead, sit down and decide what is most important for them to learn. Then focus on that.
5. Decide to enjoy these last days. Simple but profound. Instead of counting every moment till you’re done, choose to enjoy these last days you have with this group of students. Soon school will be over and you’ll be relaxing. But this opportunity – your time with these students – will be done. So choose to enjoy these days while you have them and to view them as a gift. This one mental decision will impact everything else you do.
So teacher, this is your chance. This is your moment. Take a breath, pray for strength, and make each day count. And if you can somehow manage to wrap up the year without thrusting a pencil in your eye, that’d be even better.
Fun Fair April 13th
Crumple and Shoot or Trash-ketball Activity for Students
- Video Link explanation of the strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkNLN_mc134
- There is also an attachment with directions, tips, and tricks!
This Week:
Monday, April 10:--C Day-SC in Action(PM)
Tuesday, April 11:--D Day-ELA State Assessment (Grades 3-5)/Special Chorus (AM)/Running Club (PM)/Math Wings District Compeition (PM)
Wednesday, April 12:--E Day-ELA State Assessment (Grades 3-5)/Special Chorus (AM)
Thursday, April 13:--Half Day Dismissal (12:00 pm)/1:30 pm Job Embedded PD/Fun Fair (5:00 pm)
Friday, April 14:--District PD (AM)/Educator Prep/Flex (PM)
Upcoming Dates:
April 18 and 19:--State Assessments-Math (Grades 3-5)
April 20:--1st Grade Musical (2:45 pm school show/7:00 pm evening performance)
Happy Birthday!
4/2 - Megan DeBuyl
4/4 - Brian Whitton
4/8 - Heather Barboza
4/8 - Mona Saraian
4/12 - Rachel Crews
4/13 - Joanna Stephenson
4/14 - Debbie Jones
4/16 - Jill Taylor
4/17 - Heather Farha
4/25 - Sarah Hughey
4/26 - Kathy Carter
Help Meet the Needs of Advanced Learners
Mandatory Training
Message from PTO
In the past PTO has provided gift cards for you to purchase items for your classroom. Now that we are a nonprofit, we are no longer able to buy gift cards. HOWEVER, we have a plan. We still want to bless your classrooms with $50. We can do these one of two ways. You can send us your order (Amazon, Target, Walmart...) and we will place it for you. OR you can purchase items and submit a receipt and we will write you a check.
Please submit your reimbursement receipts to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gf8pLww0d_l4-GxtPCcCzclD54RdSACWsyAyTnFim00/edit?usp=drivesdk
Please send your orders to sclancerfamily@gmail.com and we will get them ordered. Let us know if you have any questions.
You are welcome to do this anytime in the first semester.
We hope you all have a fabulous year. And thank you for taking such good care of our kids.
-Scarborough PTO
Scarborough Elementary
Email: mlburrow@olatheschools.org
Website: https://www.olatheschools.org/Scarborough
Location: 2000 South Lindenwood Drive, Olathe, KS, USA
Phone: (913) 780-7670