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Spring Shadows Elementary Wildcats Staff Newsletter
February 4 - 10, 2019
TEAM WILDCATS UNSTOPPABLE
Bookworm Festival
Our Vision
Our Mission
Core Beliefs
- Each student has unique intellectual, emotional, social, and physical qualities.
- We embrace a child’s individual values, interests, and personalities.
- Parents are confident in their child’s social and intellectual educational growth.
- Educators lead their craft by preparing learners in our fast changing world
Learning Anytime, Anywhere!
Principal's Message
Happy February team Wildcats! I cannot wait to tell you all about my learning visit to four schools in NY. The teams there were doing some remarkable things with blended learning, inquiry based learning, and STEAM signature experiences for scholars.
We can dive deeper into this coming this week. In the meantime, I was very proud of the work you are doing with the MAP PLC. As a data driven campus, we must use the information to maximize on student learning based on skills.
How has last week's reflection on your student data changed your instructional plans?
Can't wait to see the great work you are doing in your classrooms this week! Onward and Upward!
With love, respect, and admiration,
Rachel Martinez
Calendar
Monday, February 4, 2019
2nd Grade Extended Planning
Group 2
- 8:00-10:00 ILT Meeting (Conference Room)
- 2:45-4:00 Team Leader Huddle (Conference Room)
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
3rd Grade Extended Planning
Group 3
- 3:00-4:00 Afterschool
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
4th Grade Extended Planning
Group 4
- First Run Progress Report 6:00 am
- 1:00 - 4th Grade Bilingual Writing Field Test Training (Conference Room)
- 2:45 - 4:00 Faculty PLC
Thursday, February 7, 2019
PLC Thursday
Group 5
- 12:00 Print Progress Report 3
- 3:00-4:00 After School
Friday, February 8, 20195th Grade Extended Planning
Group 1
- Spiral Day
- ILT Planning Huddle (1:30-2:00)
- Progress Report 3 Go Homje
- 5:00-7:00 Sweetheart Poetry Jam and Dance
Library News
Rockets - Read Nation Challenge is on !!! EVERY child's goal is to read 30 minutes EVERY day at HOME. Keep them reading!! Make them accountable!
Reading Update
SSE Readers now have 453,381! I know some classes will be giving the Rocket Calendars all at once which works out fine.
Rank and Minutes by Classrooms
5th Grade Readers - Parada 33,484,), Keyim (26,029, Denson (22,635) Calkins (6,771)
4th Grade Readers - Perez (17,167, Mendoza (13,660), Shankar (9,541), Hill (9,236), Dortch (4,629) Vargas (3,347)
3rd Grade Readers - Salazar (21,839) , Klauer (10,650), Lee (10,360) Carrabba (3,947)
2nd Grade Readers Alvarez (33,424), Urrutia (31,714), Zetino (27,818 ), Hudman (8,380), Gutierrez (6,184), Ochoa (5,182)
1st Grade Readers- Barron (39,184), Gomez (27,080) , Castaneda (19,755), Garcia (8,768), Espejo (7,782), Brown (2,278).
Kinder Readers - Moreno (27.040), Almaguer (7,340), Cabrera (4,862), Guykens(2,117) Campos (1,225)
Top Grade Levels --------------Top 5 Classes
2nd Grade -112,702 -----------------Ms Barron 39,184
1st Grade - 104,848 ----------------Ms. Parada 33,484
5th Grade 88,919--- -----------------Ms. Alvarez 33,424
4th Grade - 57,580-------------------Ms Urrutia 31,714
3rd Grade - 46,796 ------------------Ms Zetino 27,818
Kinder - 42,585
Thanks again for your support!
Ann : )
Shout Outs
Student Data Wall
Learning Exemplars
Remember to Sign Up for Sunshine and PTA!
Join Sunshine & PTA for $30 (certified staff) & $25 (non-certified staff). You can pay cash or check to Mrs. Berryman or Mrs. Gentry. Checks can be made out to Spring Shadows Elementary.
We are trying to get 100% participation in Sunshine & PTA!
When you join, you get an SSE Unstoppable T-Shirt, 5 Jeans Passes, 4 Late Arrival Passes, and 4 Leave Early Passes.
Please review the PDF attachment to see our SSE Sunshine Bylaws that the team revised and agreed upon at our last meeting. This will give you more information about Sunshine and what your dues are used for.
Sunshine SEMESTER JEANS PASS for $30
The one caveat is that your jeans are to be worn with a nice shirt and shoes (not a t-shirt).
See Mrs. Berryman or Mrs. Gentry to pay for your pass!
Spring Shadows Elementary
Email: rachel.martinez@springbranchisd.com
Website: https://cms.springbranchisd.com/sse2/
Location: 9725 Kempwood Drive, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: (713) 251-7100
Twitter: @twitter_rachelmartinez4