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Big Hollow Elementary School~ February 9, 2018
Friday Night Out- Please sign up to help out! :)
Academic Learning Supports Team Process
2. If in fact you try the interventions and suggestions provided by the Teachers Helping Teachers team, and do not see an improvement in the child's performance, you may then complete the Academic Learning Supports Team form and submit required documentation to Michelle Dzik or Jane Wiorkowski. At that time, the ALS Team will review the documentation and determine IF a child is in need of an evaluation. The team may also determine that other inteventions should be attempted BEFORE possibly moving forward for an evaluation. Please know that the goal of the ALST team is not to solely evaluate students, but to support you and the student and exhaust all interventions and options before possibly moving to that step. Sometimes the outcome of collecting and submitting the data to the ALS Team will result in a child being evaluated, however.
If you have any questions please come see Michelle. :) Thanks!
Conference Requests
Valentines For Veterans
School Mission and Vision
Some great items were brought to the table, and your BLT representative will be sharing these with you at your team meetings. Please continue to discuss the questions:
What kind of school do we hope to be? For students? For staff members? For the community?
How are we different from other schools? How should we "brand" our school?
What values do you think should be reflected in our vision and mission?
What do we need to do differently to uphold these values?
Kindness Challenge
Each day there will be a new kindness challenge shared over the announcements.
If a student is "caught" performing that act of kindness they will get a red starbuck. If they collect 5, their picture will be taken and added to a Kindness Wall. When a student collects 5 they will show their teacher (students can keep the starbucks in their collection) and the teacher will add their name to a google doc that Peggy will use to pull kids to take their picture.
For every additional 5 red starbucks that are collected students will earn a sticker to add to their picture on the kindness wall. Teachers will be provided with stickers to use for this.
Another PBIS Bus Bash!
Sit down facing forward
Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself
Donna will pass out a monthly calendar for bus drivers to keep track when all the students on the bus are showing self-control. They will be able to earn a point in the am and in the pm. We will encourage the calendar be posted on the bus, along with the expectations. The winning bus will receive a bus bash and this date TBA. Please let me know if you guys have any questions, concerns or feedback from the first bus bash from a primary perspective. This time our plan is to ensure students are back in the classrooms by 8:50am. We are going to also encourage teachers to review bus expectations, prior to dismissal. Thanks!!
Upcoming curriculum meetings with Barb..
Elementary Building - March 6, April 17
We will be mixing up the order of grade levels to avoid having the same teachers miss their preps. Thanks so much for your understanding and flexibility as we carve out time for these important meetings!
MATH CHATS!!!
The Big Hollow Math Chats will be held on the third Tuesday of the month, from 4-5:00 PM at the District Office - Middle School Library. Those dates will include:
- March 6, Tuesday, Mar. 20, Apr. 17, May 15
- Teachers will receive 1 hour of CPDU credit and 1 hour stipend.
Please use the provided link to access a Google form that will help Karen in preparing for your time together: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZiUTIJkCPfN1eBIQ2P8w_x3vPHx1tefhty5Y3IeOu_s/edit
PTO Golf Outing!
We need 144 golfers to make this a success!!!! Please share in your newsletters:
Details:
Big Hollow PTO's 1st BIG Golf Outing
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Nippersink Country Club, Genoa City, Wi
10am shotgun start
Scramble Format
$100 per golfer includes greens fees, cart, lunch and dinner
Come for the FUN, stay for the golf.
Evaluation/Observation Information
Michelle's Formal Evaluation Calendar- PLEASE SIGN UP
SEPTEMBER- DECEMBER 2017
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ct_0bXebaff-aY_ELSorNuary5gQEEF_pnMLg_nkIP4/edit?usp=sharing
JANUARY- MAY 2018
Please make sure to choose a pre-observation date/time, a formal observation date/time, and a post conference date/time. (Please choose two dates for formal observations if you are non-tenured.) You will see there is only one AM time and one PM slot available each day for meetings/observations. I need to have summative evaluations for non tenured staff completed in March. I need to have summatives for tenured staff completed by early May.
Mr. Munoz will be completing informals and formals as well. Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions!
Elementary Shared Drive- Looking for something you need to sign or read? :)
Please click below for building documents, including the building map, telephone numbers and extensions, faculty handbook, etc.
In addition, the BHSD forms and documents folder on the shared google drive is also a great resource.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BynILSbHVE0tSWdOY0VjS1Fqa1U
Cleaning Company Requests
Save the Dates!
February 12- PBIS Assembly 2:30 pm
February 13- PBIS subcommittee meeting 7:55 am
February 13- PTO Spaghetti Dinner 6-7:30 pm
February 14- Valentine's Day Parties- please send volunteer names to office
February 16- Early Release 1:15 pm
February 19- Presidents' Day! No School
February 20- 9:30 am- Curriculum Meeting with Barb & Michelle- come to share your thoughts about the ELA pilots!
February 20- Parent/Teacher Conferences 11-7
February 22- National Board Meeting 3:30-5:30 pm
February 22- Warrior Workshops 6-7 pm
February 23- Friday Night Out- 3:30-5:00 pm for PBIS
February 27- Learning Supports Team Meeting 3:30-4:30 pm
February 27- Tier 2 Core Meeting- PBIS
March 5- School is in session to make up for snow day 2/9
March 21- Leo's Dinner Fundraiser for PBIS (tentative) 4-8 pm
Michelle Dzik, Principal / Ivan Munoz, Assistant Principal
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Email: michelledzik@bighollow.us
Website: www.bighollow.us
Location: 33315 North Fish Lake Road, Ingleside, IL, United States
Phone: 8477405321
Twitter: @Bighollowelem