Raccoon Review
A Weekly Communication Tool for Rice Elementary Staff
Campus Goals
- Ensuring ALL students are in attendance.
- Cultivating a climate that welcomes students and parents.
- Creating opportunities for students to use and increase critical thinking and decision-making skills.
- Moving from Parent Involvement to Parent Engagement.
Walk through Focus for December
Small Group Instruction
- Tiering
- Student Centered
ELA:
Independent Reading
- # of books = longer Stamina
Small Group
- Variety of groups to meet student needs
Week at a Glance: December 16th-19th
Morning Meeting: December is teacher's choice...Mrs. Orr will send out lesson ideas.
Mentor Week
Monday-Red Day
Kinder PLC
4th ELA Planning Day
Melissa @ Training all day
Reindeer Day in Kinder
5:00 Multi-Cultural Night
Tuesday-White Day
3rd/4th ELA PLC
8:30-4th Grade Guest Speaker
2nd Grade Holidays Around the World
4th Grade Holiday Craft Extravaganza
Grinch Day in Kinder
Staff Luncheon: in the Library
3:30-Content Leader Meeting
Wednesday-Black Day
3rd/4th Math PLC-Benchmark Data Meeting
4th Grade Field Trip
Teresa Caroll on campus
Polar Express Day: Showings at 9:00 & 1:00
Malinda @ Principal's Meeting
1:30-Paint the Principal
3:30-Jennie's Retirement Party
Thursday
No PLC
9:30-Holiday Breakfast
Lunch Schedule below
Winter Break
December 20-January 3rd
January 6th-Work Day
January 7th-Staff Development
January 8th-Students return
Staff Updates
Dismissal Reminders
You will be given sign out sheets and neon stickers for dismissal on 12/19. If a parent wants to take their child after the party, you will have them sign out in your classroom and then place a sticker on them to show the staff at the doors that they have been checked out in the classroom. Students and Parents will be sent back to class if they don't have this sticker.
The following staff will monitor the doors from 9:30-10:45.
Back gym door (right)-Mrs. Seal
Back gym door (left)-Mrs. Luna
Front door (left)-Mrs. White
Front door (right)-Ms. Green
Staff Retention Bonus
Great news!!!! On your February 14th pay check, you will receive a $675 stipend as a retention bonus.
Details:
- $675 flat to all employees (bus drivers, custodian, cafeteria, etc.)
- Paid on the Feb 14 paycheck
- Does not count towards TRS so no TRS is taken out of it
- Must have been employed by September 14 and have to complete the year
- If 50% employee then just get 50% of stipend