Murphy Team Update
For the Week of October 14-18
Our Mission
Lapeer Community Schools is a dynamic community organization embracing our students with a quality learning environment, developing independent and confident learners for the future.
Nuts and Bolts for the Week
Monday, Oct 14 -
- 5th Grade (Nugent) to Skinner Lake
- PTC/Student Council Spirit Week - Twin Day
- I'll be at Schickler for Instructional Rounds in the AM
Tuesday, Oct 15 -
- 5th Grade (Short) to Skinner Lake
- PTC/Student Council Spirit Week - Beach Day
Wednesday, Oct 16 -
- PTC/Student Council Spirit Week - PJ Day
- PTC/PAC meeting at 8:30
- LEAF Kindergarten Parent Meeting at 6:00 in the gym
Thursday, Oct 17 -
- PTC/Student Council Spirit Week - Color by Grade (K red, 1st, purple, 2nd green, 3rd orange, 4th black, 5th blue)
Friday, Oct 18 -
- PTC/Student Council Spirit Week - Crazy Hair Day
The Fall Book Fair is Coming Up in October
Wednesday, October 23rd through Monday, October 28th
- Book Fair Preview
- Book Shopping
There will be a K-2 Assembly and a 3-5 Assembly where one student per grade level will win a $10 voucher for the Book Fair on Wednesday, October 23rd in the Gym
*The Book Fair will be open during Conferences for families.
Upcoming School Visits
As a Reward School teachers and administrators are interested in coming to Murphy to see what's happening here so they can take ideas back to their own schools. It's a tribute to the work you all have had a hand in and an opportunity for us to showcase our school. We'll also receive valuable feedback to further our own growth!
Sanilac County Teachers Visit:
- Tuesday, October 22nd
- Kristal White is organizing an opportunity for Sanilac County teachers and administrators to visit a Reward School
- They are targeting K-2 classrooms and specifically looking for Essential 4: Bullets 1-5
- More information including schedules will be provided during PLCs as it becomes available
- Essential 4: Bullet 1 Rhyming and Blending
- Essential 4: Bullet 2 Sorting Pictures by Sound
- Essential 4: Bullet 3 Sound Boxes
- Essential 4: Bullet 4 Blending Sounds in Words
- Essential 4: Bullet 5 Spelling with Sounds
Sanilac County Teachers Visit:
- Thursday, October 24th
- Kristal White is organizing an opportunity for Sanilac County teachers and adminstrators to visit a Reward School
- The visiting team will be in first through third grade classrooms
- They are targeting Essential 5: Letter-sound relationships, word study, and phonics items
- More information including schedules will be provided during PLCs as it becomes available
- Essential 5: Instruction in Letter and Sound Relationships
Sign Up Sheets
MAP Testing takes priority for Open Lab Time
Literacy Center Closed...
Parent Teacher Conferences
Please don't change your password when blocking times. If you do, Jerri will not be able to access your scheduling system.
Even though we have already shared the Home-School Compact please review it briefly, as well as, any IRIPs (3rd Grade Reading Law Requirement). For E5 and K students, there are KRA reports that should be shared with parents, and for 4th and 5th grade students, MSTEP reports are to be shared.
Just FYI
The following notice is being sent to EDUstaff and Direct hire teacher substitutes this week:
Lapeer Community Schools is adjusting the daily pay rate for substitute teachers effective with the first full pay cycle in the month of October. Daily substitute teaching assignments which were previously paid at a rate of $80.00 per day, will now be paid $100.00 per day.
Please note that with this pay adjustment, all substitutes will be assigned different work during times when the teacher would have otherwise been scheduled for a conference period. With this adjustment, all full time daily substitute teaching assignments will be paid at a rate of $100.00 per day for working a full day including the conference period. If no additional work exists and therefore, the sub is not assigned work during the conference period, the $100 daily rate of pay will remain.
We truly appreciate the efforts of these critical staff members in keeping our classrooms and buildings running smoothly when our regular teachers are not available.
Data Days
LAB Days - REVISED DATES AND FULL DAYS
LAB focus - finding the right balance of Student-Centered Instruction
focused on Essentials 1 & 7:
- 1st Grade
Wednesday, November 13th
- 2nd Grade
Monday, November 18th
- Kindergarten
Tuesday, November 19th
- 3rd Grade
Wednesday, November 20th
- 4th and 5th