Updates from the West
News for February 11-15
Week's Events
Monday, February 11
7:00 Board of Education Meeting
Tuesday, February 12
10:00 - Online workshop
3:00-7:00 - Conferences
3:00 - Parent Meeting (Rummel/Belton)
4:00 - Administrator Meeting (Rummel)
Wednesday, February 13
Grandparents Day
8:00-8:15 Breakfast in gym for Grandparents
8:15- Welcome to the Grandparents
8:25-9:50- Classroom visits
9:50- announcement will be made for the grandparents to go to the gym
10:00- classes will be called down to the gym
10:45- students are dismissed for class or lunch /recess
10:50 Grandparents are dismissed or they can stay until 11:00 to browse the book fair
11:00- Grandparents Day Ends!!!
2:20 - AM Problem Solving (Wrage, Swartzendruber, Rummel, Higgins, Nesby)
3:00 - WB Problem Solving (Steiger, Rummel, Higgins, Nesby)
4:00 - Parent Conference (Rummel, Brand)
4:30 - Parent Conference (Rummel, Swartzendruber)
Thursday, February 14
Jump Rope for Heart
Classroom Valentine's Day Parties
Friday, February 15
No School
Upcoming Dates
February 18 - No School
February 19 - Young Author Stories due to teacher
February 19 -Math Talks Academy
February 20 - DOJO Academy
February 21 - K12 (Graber, Nelson, Rummel)
February 26 - Tech Tuesday
February 27 - DIAL/Prek Screening
March 1 - ISAT Assembly (1:30)
Educational Apps
IPA is on Pinterest. There you'll find a board dedicated to educational apps.
iPads in Schools LiveBinder
Great website with tabs to other sites specifically for iPad instruction. Be sure to bookmark the page as new resources are added regularly. http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=26195
Converting Videos
If you're having trouble converting videos or you want to save them onto your desktop so you don't have to stream, here are some great resources: mediaconverter.org; You Tube Downloader; There is also a Firefox add on; Or, you can download your You Tube video as an MP4 or FLV file
Staying in the Know...
Web Articles Needed - Have you checked out Sarah's new article? www.olympia.org click on Olympia West.
Conferences - Teachers should schedule conferences with the parents of all students receiving RtI services, students in the problem solving process, and students struggling behaviorally. (District Goal 4, Home/School Communication)
Calling in Sick?
Mr. Dale - ext. 6257 cell: 309-261-1486
Dr. Rummel - ext. 6010 cell: 309-846-2139 home: 309-963-4263
Email: nicole.rummel@olympia.org
Website: www.olympia.org
Location: Olympia West Elementary School
Phone: 209-392-2671