Holmes Weekly Update
Week Ending 11/1/19
What's Happening This Week
- Picture Re-Take
- Ad Leadership - Christine out of the building at 12:00)
- MTSS Committee MTG @ District Office 4:00-5:30
Tuesday: 10/29/19
- Service Team Meetings in the data room
Bravo Performance K, 4, 5 1:30-2:00
Bravo Performance 1, 2, 3, 2:05-2:30
BLT MTG 3:15-4:15
ELA Committee MTG 3:30-5:30 at District Office
New Teacher Meetings - Year 1 Cohort 3:45-6:00 at Brooks
Family Math Night 6:00-7:30
Wednesday: 10/30/19
iLearn Advisory Committee MTG 6:30-7:30
Thursday: 10/31/19
- Halloween Parade 1:40 (weather permitting)
- Halloween Classroom Celebrations 2:00-3:00
- 5th Grade Field Trip 11:30-2:00
Friday: 11/1/19
- Institute Day - see details below
This Week's Announcements: Information Item
Parent Communication: Information Item
Institute Day
If applicable, be sure to sign up for your choice session to ensure you engage in the PD that best fits your growth goals.
Classroom Newsletters
Family Math Night - Tuesday October 29 6:00-7:30
In order to make our Family Math Night a success, we need volunteers to facilitate the math games. Please consider signing up to help. Middle school and high school students are welcome to volunteer! Please click here to sign up.
Many staff members have asked about activities we have at school they can use as Domain 4 evidence - well here is one for you! This is one of the easiest volunteer events we will have - all you need to do is come and have fund with an already made math game. Mathnasium has done the rest.
Also, please hype this event with your students. Students who attend will receive a goodie bag from Mathnasium. The goodie bag will have a no homework pass.
Hawks' Nest Lesson Three
Resources from The National Equity Project
Each week I will share a resource that supports and reinforces our equity focus. I received a long list of resources from the National Equity Project. Rather than sending the whole list, I'll send one along each week in the weekly update.
As we continue to work on culturally responsive practices, I trust you will find something of use to continue to strengthen the tools you have in your toolbox.
This week's article -
Radical Imagination (Podcast) Angela Glover Blackwell
Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society’s most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins at scale.Tune in to Radical Imagination, for stories and solutions that are fueling change.
Problem Solving Meeting Dates
November 8, 22
December 13
January 17
February 7, 21
We'll schedule the remaining dates when Kate returns from her maternity leave.
Here is the link to sign-up for a problem-solving meeting:
Leader in Me Weekly
PLC Team should share ideas with Marianne to bring to the Lighthouse Team for consideration and action planning.
Staff Shout Outs
Holmes School Mission
District 97 Vision:
Create a positive learning environment for all District 97 students that is equitable, inclusive and focused on the whole child.
Holmes School Mission:
Our mission is to:
establish positive relationships by celebrating differences, embracing diversity, and fostering empathy
engage students in equitable learning experiences that are focused on the whole child
empower students to be proactive, collaborative leaders
prepare students to be successful lifelong learners and productive citizens