April Faculty Meeting
Tuesday, April 5
ACS District Goals
Early Childhood
Expand access to district preschool programs and ensure our preschool students meet district achievement goals.
Academic Achievement
We will strengthen core instruction so that all subgroups will be successful without the need for a supplemental instruction as measured by number of students receiving interventions.
The Whole Child-Resiliency. Adaptation. Success.
Asheville City Schools will assess and restructure operational systems in an effort to address the needs of the whole child by providing opportunities to ensure all students graduate college and/or career ready.
Claxton School Improvement Goals
Create a more inclusive school culture by equipping staff with new strategies for recognizing and supporting the strengths and needs of the whole child.
Goal #2 Academic Achievement
62.6% of our black students will be proficient in reading by 2018 as compared to in 2015.
Goal #3 Academic Achievement
61.2% of our black students will be proficient in math by 2018 as compared to in 2015
Goal #4 Whole Child
Increase parent involvement of our at-risk student population as identified by students in the red or yellow on MCLASS DIBELS/TRC.
April Birthdays (these are the dates not their ages)
Rolanda Roberts 20
Georgianna Shivers 24
Staff Shout Outs
- Thank you to Amy Brown for all the wonderful Read Across America activities in March.
- Thank you to Chris Cicotello for the amazing idea of creating a grocery store.
- Thank you to Kathy Lane, Mark Ackerman, and CLX Student Government for organizing the Career Fair.
- Thanks to Amy Brown, Becca Wertheim, Ann Turner, Robin Adams, and Mark Ackerman for bowling for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Also, thanks to Sophie Ferguson, Kathy Ornato, Abigail Owolabi, Kathy Lane, and Ashley Lotter for making donations. Claxton won first place for costumes.
- Thank you to Brooks Butler and Cindy Baldwin for transporting students after play practice so that they can participate.
- Thank you to everyone who attended Light the Night and donated to Claxton. Great time was had by all.
- Thank you to Amy, Kimberly, and Hillary for getting the media center moved out, moved in, and set up for our meeting today.
- Thank you to Kimberly Eggett, Jesse Swain, and Karen Rigsby for the playground parody video that premiered at Light the Night.
- A HUGE thanks to our three new amazing instructional assistants in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and our rock star media assistant.
- Thank you to Christy Ramm and Derek Edwards for starting the Let Me Run boys group after school.
- Thank you to Brooks Butler, Kimberly Eggett, and Amy Brown for collaborating with Melissa Cole Essig on Spanish integration at CLX.
- Thank you to the MASTER SCHEDULE TEAM for getting it done days before the deadline. Yeah!
- Others from the group . . . .
End of Grade Assessments (Academic Achievement)
- MAP EOY 3rd-5th
- MClass EOY K-3rd
- EOGs 3rd-5th (last 10 days of school)
- Keep Spirits High for students and each other
- Thank you to our EOG buddies.
- EOG Spirit Week May 16-20
District Updates (Whole Child)
Summer School
- student information must be submitted in the Google form by Friday, April 15
- need to be remaided locked at all times
Accident & Head Injury Reports
- new district forms
- parent signature required before form goes to Central Office
- teacher returns signed forms to Kathy or Jan
- sent to ACS every Friday
Field Trip Requests
- download the district field trip request form (download to Word for the watermark version)
- effective August 2016-all field trip requests must be approved by Dr. McAllister
- requests must be submitted three weeks in advance
8 Ways of Knowing (Whole Child & Academic Achievement) James Cassara
Racial Equity Table Top Discussion (Whole Child) Racial Equity Team
- What does the discipline data tell us?
- Identify celebrations
- Identify areas of growth
- Strategies that you are using this year around your racial equity work
Upcoming Events for April, May, & June
- Wednesday, April 6, through Friday, April 8, 5th grade in Washington, D.C.
- Sunday, April 10, ACS Art Show at the YMI Cultural Center from 4:00-6:00
- Monday, April 11, 2nd grade performs at the Orange Peel at 9:15
- Thursday, April 14, & Friday, April 15, 4th grade trip to Raleigh, NC
- Friday, April 15, Summer School Forms due
- Saturday, April 16, Claxton Grounds Workday
- Saturday, April 16, ACSF Celebration of Champions at Crown Plaza
- Monday, April 18, Class Pictures and Individual Student Pictures
- Monday, April 18, Last Day of After School Arts-Spring Session
- Tuesday, April 19, Whole Child Forum at Central Office 5:15 until 6:15
- Thursday, April 21, late play practice with pizza
- Friday, April 22, lunch provided by Claxton PTO
- Thursday, April 28, ACS Battle of the Books
- Thursday, April 28, Family Voices/Community Outreach at the Grant Center 5:30-7:00
- Fri., April 29, Claxton Play: The Nifty Fifties 6:00 pm
Sat., April 30, Claxton Play: The Nifty Fifties 6:00 pm
Sun., May 1, Claxton Play: The Nifty Fifties 1:30 am
- Monday, May 2, through Friday, May 6, Teacher Appreciation Week
- Tuesday, May 3, Faculty Meeting at 3:30 in the media center
- Monday, May 9, School Improvement Team Meeting
- Tuesday, May 10, ACS Teacher Recruitment Fair at Central Office 2pm until 5pm
- Saturday, May 14, 5K for the Boys Running Group
- Monday, May 16, through Friday, May 20, EOG Spirit Week
- Thursday, May 19, Potluck of Learning & Community Drum Circle from 5:30-8:00
- Friday, May 20, Spring Book Fair begins
- Monday, May 23, Asheville City Schools Foundation Fellows Grants are due
- EOG Tests May 24-June 7
- Monday, June 6, Kindergarten registration
- Tuesday, June 7, K Graduation
- Wednesday, June 8, 5th Graduation at 9:00
- Thursday, June 9, Required Workday
- Monday, June 13, through Friday, June 17, EOG remediation & retesting