Tiogue Faculty & Staff
Weeks-At-A-Glance May 26, 2018 #36
Message from District Tech Team
Since the transition to Google back in 2014, utilization of this service has steadily declined. Faced with budgetary constraints associated with maintaining the servers to store and backup this data, the time has come to complete the transition to GoogleDrive.
Teachers should take the time from now until the end of the year to migrate any files you wish to keep from your H drive to your GoogleDrive. Depending on the amount of data you wish to keep, this can take some time.
Here is a video detailing how to make this move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgdwQJqybQc
User Google accounts have unlimited storage capacity and teachers will now have anytime access to these files, something we could not provide before.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Jim Murphy
Network Administrator
Coventry Public Schools
Wellness Week and Tiogue Spirit Week May 29-June 1
-Thanks to our PBIS team for helping to organize our Spirit Week too
Wednesday = Retro Day - dress like the 1950's, 60's, 70's or 80's
Thursday = Mix-it-Up Lunch Day; Sit with different friends and bring in a canned good for our local food pantry
Friday = Tiogue/Brave Spirit Day - Wear your Tiogue Colors! Get one point for each green item, one point for each white item, and 5 points for each "Tiogue" gear item that you wear. The K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 class with the most points will win an extra Phys Ed class! One winner for each grade span.
STAR SCREENING WINDOW MAY 1-31
STAR screening window is open from May 1st until May 31st.
Please remember that this is a school-wide, universal screening, so students will not have any accommodations such as extended time or audio for math.
Here is the google document referencing our district testing schedule:
Elementary ELA Testing Schedule 2017-2018
Some faculty experienced issues logging into the STAR system. There was an Aspen and STAR issue this week, affecting the teacher and roster sync. Please let Dom know if you still can not get onto STAR.
Box Top Info sent to parents & PTA Bingo Night 6/1
PTA BINGO NIGHT Forms are due on Wednesday, May 30th.
BINGO NIGHT is scheduled for Friday, June 1st.
Important Information and Key Dates
*FACULTY/STAFF*
*As always, please double check your Google Calendars to make sure that you have seen all invites to Team mtgs. We have several off-team day mtgs. this week. We also have a few 504 mtgs. on the books. You will receive individ. calendar invites for those mtgs. too*
May 2018
-May 28, 2018 - NO SCHOOL, MEMORIAL DAY
-May 29, 2018 - Spirit & Wellness Week in Coventry too see link
-May 29, 2018 - McTeacher Night at MacDonalds 4:30pm (5pm-7pm service) -and- PTA Installation Night at the Knotty Oak Room, 7pm
-May 31, 2018 - Team Day Please check your individual Google Calendars; Dom to meet with our Intervention Specialists to review STAR data -and- Kindergarten Field Trip to the Providence Children's Museum
JUNE 2018
-June 1, 2018 - Grade 5 Safety Patrol Field Trip to Newport Mansion
-June 1, 2018 - SIT planning Mtg. time TBD
-June 4, 2018 - All day: Dom with Don C. at curriculum mtg. NRIC, Lincoln
-June 4, 2018 - CTA Job Fair, 4:00 P.M. Coventry High School Auditorium
-June 5, 2018 - Final Title One Family Event - Ice Cream Social with Hopkins Hill and Blackrock, CHS
-June 6, 2018- Final PD Mtg. 3:20pm (placements, etc.)
-June 7, 2018 - Team Day Please check your individual Google Calendars
-June 7, 2018 - Grade 2 Field Trip to Mystic, CT; and- Gr. 5 Student and Parent STEP UP program at ASFMS 6:15pm
-June 7, 2018 - after school SIT MTG
-June 7, 2018 - building being used by Town for a Planning Mtg. 5:30pm-8:30pm
-June 8, 2018 - Fun Day/Field Day
-June 11, 2018 - Kindergarten Orientation, 6-7pm at Tiogue - date change because of Town Mtg. on 6/7
-June 12, 2018 - Kindergarten Celebration with Families (Morning)
-June 12, 2018 - Financial Town Mtg. - CHS
-June 13, 2018 - Grade Five Field Trip to Wawaloam Camp Grounds
-June 14, 2018 - Team Day Please check your individual Google Calendars; Final PTA Mtg. of the school year (6:30pm)
-June 14, 2018 - School Committee Mtg., 7pm
-June 19, 2018 - Grade 5 Moving UP Ceremony, Gymnasium 9am
-June 20, 2018 - Final Faculty Mtg., 3:20pm
-June 21, 2018 - half-day, final day of school; lunch is not served
-June 22, 2018 - Construction begins at Tiogue; Former PreK, LifeSkills classroom areas
Please note: Jesse King will be using the playground for a parent program on June 6th. Before 11am recess and after 2:15pm.
Our Mission and Motto:
At Tiogue School, we believe that students can achieve their personal best and become responsible and productive citizens by embracing all learning opportunities each day.
"Everybody is somebody at Tiogue"
*PTA INFORMATION*
Upcoming Meeting Schedule:
June 14th 6:30PM
School Store on Wednesday of this week
Placement Process & Meeting - This week
Each grade level with work with Dom this week in lieu of our last May data day. We will use the latest STAR and DRA data to help to make decisions about next year. Dom will also have the most current behavior data to consider. A grade level Google Spreadsheet will be shared with you. We will begin documenting initial placements on this shared doc.
Grade K- Wednesday 5/30 at 2:15pm
Grade 1- Tuesday 5/29 at 1:25pm
Grade 2- Wednesday 5/30 at 11:10am
Grade 3- Tuesday 529 at 10:30am
Grade 4- Tuesday 5/29 at 9:40am
Grade 5- Thursday 5/31 at 9am (grade 5 behavior data mtg.)
I needed to schedule these placement meetings around a few off-team IEP and other mtgs. so times will be a bit tight some days. We will continue the placement process during our June Data Day as well.
Our special educators and service providers will also be meeting with Dom this week to consider potential caseloads and placements for 2018-19. We will put it all together over the next 2 weeks.
Mary V's hours and Jean Niquette's Hours
Mary V. will be at Tiogue this upcoming week
The next
Drop Everything and Play Cards will take place in May
&
Jean N. will be at Tiogue on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week!
-Article of the week-
5/26/2018: From EduTopia- Teaching Empathy, Are We Teaching Content or Students?
5/19/2018: Brain Based Learning Resources - From TeachThought
5/12/18: S.E.L. Progress Monitoring - how to see if this work is effective! This can be a major focus of our work next year.
5/5/2018: Four C's - Digital Learning Menu: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity
4/28/2018: Are students falling behind because of a lack of executive functioning? by Jill Barshay
4/21/2018: Assigning Purposeful HW by Dr. Robert Marzano
4/7/18: GOOGLE FORMS! Ways to use the application.
3/31/18:
How Schools Can Help Students Manage and Mitigate Anxiety - This article is geared towards the teenage years, but we can definitely see the connection to students at our level.
Previous articles can still be found in the other bulletins.
Tiogue Elementary School
Email: giustidomenic@coventryschools.net
Website: http://tiogueschool.squarespace.com/
Location: 170 East Shore Drive, Coventry, RI, United States
Phone: (401) 822-9460
Twitter: @domgiusti