Principal's Newsletter
October 30th, 2015
WOW's
WOW to Laura Peterson for hitting the ground running with Tier 1 reading group instruction in my room. Now I have the time I need to meet with my struggling readers EVERY DAY! YAY!- Eleana Liscombe
WOW to our 3rd grade team for tackling the envisions Enhanced Topic Tests. They are very rigorous, but we know they’ll help prepare our kiddos to ROCK the MAP!--Eleana Liscombe
WOW to Nurse Deb, Mr. Beer, Miss Streeter and Ms. Durant for the support they give my special little guy. He’s having a GREAT year and has opened his own library. ;0)--Eleana Liscombe
WOW to Mrs. Barth for having Unexpected and Expected behaviors posted in her classroom for her class.--Karen Brockland
WOW to Mrs. Cervera for using the Zones of Regulation lessons to regain the attention of her class and remind them what zone they should be in.--Karen Brockland
WOW to Mrs. Arnold for the immediate praise she gives to her students to encourage the expected behaviors.--Karen Brockland
WOW to Susan Bayne for creating the 1st grade writing slides and lessons.-Kim Masterson
WOW to Kristen Cuneo for being awesome and teaching Mr. Stricklin’s class for the Math Lesson Study.----Katie Fazio
WOW to Jaime Little for taking time to review some special education files to make sure that they are all compliant with state law and FHSD policies.--Katie Fazio
WOW to Shelly Gotsch for her energy and passion to reach all the needs of her students!-Angie Reagan
WOW to Kristen Cuneo for her desire to do all she can for her students and willingness to explore new ways to provide instruction!--Angie Reagan
WOW to Rachel Stevens for doing such an amazing job running and teaching Mrs. Klimkewicz's class! Megan Klimkewicz
WOW to Jaime Little for sharing her room with her neighbors across the hall! (Room 51)--Linda Applebaum
WOW to Shanna Bradley for giving up her time to help me brainstorm and organize Winter Warehouse this year. I can’t say how much I appreciate her offering her free time (what little I’m sure she has) to help me figure out a new schedule for students to shop. She is a MIGHTY HAWK!!!! Thank you!!--Cheri Hosea
WOW to Tony Beer for having an honest but difficult conversation about a student’s behavioral progress with the parent so that the student can receive some more support.--Katie Fazio
WOW to Ann Behrens for being so flexible and willing to attend PD on her day off to help our kids!!!!!--Stacey Cervera
WOW to Brandy Leffler for working hard to recognize all staff members.--Tessa Golden
WOW to Linda Murphy for taking the time out to help other staff members when she didn’t have to. --Tessa Golden
WOW to Mrs. Applebaum for noticing that I had a plastic, faded flag and hunted me down a pretty fabric one.--Anonymous
WOW to Mr. Vest, Mrs. Zurface , and Mrs. Foster for fixing two students’ (one family) lunch accounts within 24 hours. This took contacting four different resources to get it done, all while trunk or treat was going down! No more embarrassing past due notes for those two mini hawks!--Anonymous
WOW to Mrs. Helper for going out of her way to help me get what I need for ONE student to succeed.--Anonymous
WOW to Mrs. Brasier for helping not lose a student!--Anonymous
WOW to Lindsey Crawford for keeping our first grade team on track and on target. She goes above and beyond and keeps us updated on all important dates and is always willing to answer our questions (even after we've asked multiple times).--Joyce HIghfill
WOW to Susan Adams for volunteering to teach a math lesson for us to observe. -Kim Whitworth
Attendance
Dismissal
To allow for parent pick up students and vacation station students to get to their destination quickly please keep your kids in your classroom until we call for buses at 4:05. When you have bus duty you will begin that when you get out to the buses and stay until buses are released.
Please make sure you know where you are sending kids at the end of the day and that you have plans for transportation when you have a substitute.
Math Visits
Parent/Principal Coffee Talk Update
Starting in December I will be hosting a day time session and a session at 5:30 pm on the evenings of PTO meetings. This will allow for working parents to be able to attend and receive the same information. Hopefully, it improves our PTO meeting attendance too.
Overall, they were thankful for the time I am giving them to get information and give ideas. They also gave some shout outs to Mrs. Barth and Mrs. Gerloff! Way to go ladies!
When I spoke to them about the Galileo assessment they asked if they could have that information about their child. If you haven't shared those results with your parents that is great information for them have. Just make sure you emphasis that it is a benchmark assessment and these are end of the year standards.
Trunk or Treat
Save the Dates for Spring Conferences
Site Visit
Math Lesson Studies
Writing Scoring Guides
The following information was sent in an email this week from Carrie Hepburn. Please make sure you have taken a look at that. This is a change from what was originally communicated regarding the use of the writing scoring guide. Please let me know if you have any questions. The district requirement is to only collaboratively score ONE writing summative to enter into Mastery Connect.
The required writing assessments for collaborative scoring, Mastery Connect entry, and data discussion are:
Kindergarten
2nd quarter
Narrative Writing-A personal narrative about something students have done with their family.
First Grade
3rd quarter
Opinion Writing-An opinion piece about what makes them a good leader.
Second Grade
2nd quarter
Informational Writing-An informational piece about Native Americans.
Third Grade
4th quarter
Informational Writing-An authors note about the extreme weather in their narrative story.
Fourth Grade
2nd quarter
Opinion Writing-Literary Essay
Fifth Grade
2nd quarter
Opinion Writing-Argumentative Essay
Meeting Minutes
Where is Your Principal?
Tuesday, November 3rd- Central for PD, Administrator PD
Wednesday, November 4th - Special Area Check In, 3rd Grade Collaboration Day, SPED PLC
Thursday, November 5th- Faculty Meeting, IEP Meeting, 3rd grade, 5th grade, SPED release time
Friday, November 6th- Curriculum and Instruction Meeting, Staff Meeting with Dr. Griggs
Monday, November 9th- Building Administrator Meeting, Site Visit
Tuesday, November 10th- PLC Meetings
Wednesday, November 11th- Veteran's Day Assembly, Parent Tour, Kindergarten Collaboration, SPED PLC
Thursday, November 12th- Behavior Steering Committee