Tiogue's Faculty & Staff Bulletin
January 19, 2020 - No. 20
Our Mentor Event will be held after school on Tuesday, January 21st
PLU Information and update
Upon receipt of the forms, Don will unlock your renewal option in the RIDE e-Cert system.
Here is the link to the newest PLU form on our District website-
Teacher: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vpim1pKzPw-LpXgV9FzlWsaDfcqpcQVXk2Z02-kswc/edit
Tiogue's Next Unified Team Mtg. - January 21st at 7:45am
Important Information at Tiogue
*Please welcome Emily Rubenstein on Tuesday, Jan. 21st, as our Long Term
Priority Substitute Nurse*
ALSO
*Please welcome Beth Caruso's student teacher, Caroline Greinder. She begins with Beth next week. Caroline is a former student of mine and is currently attending RIC.
Also, please welcome Tara's student teacher, Jessica Wiggins. She will be with us until
May 3rd as well.
Hours: 8:40am - 3:10pm
Students may come to school when supervisory coverage begins at 8:20am
Dates to Remember:
*Building will be open from 7am until 1:45pm on December 26th, 27th and December 30th.
January 2020
-January 20 - NO SCHOOL MLK DAY
-January 21 - Unified Mtg. 7:45am, (K-2) Reptile Assembly - rescheduled from our last snow day, time TBD; Mentor Event after school
January 22 - RtI/MTSS Mtgs., 7:30am/8am; Faculty Mtg. 3:20pm (Agenda: ELA Curriculum Update, Math Fact Fluency, etc.)
-January 23 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information
-January 28 - Possible Data Mtgs. - review STAR info. GR. K-2 (could move to 2/4 if needed)
-January 29 - Possible Data Mtgs. - review STAR info. GR. 3-5 (could move to 2/5 if needed)
-January 30 - Team Day: please check individual Google Calendars for specific information; District Vision of the Graduate Mtg. 4pm
-January 31 - Progress Reports go home
February 2020
PTA INFORMATION and Meeting Schedule:
2/10/20 at 5:30pm
3/16/20 at 5:30pm
4/13/20 at 5:30pm
5/18/20 at 5:30pm
6/8/20 at 5:30pm (Last Mtg. of the year)
School Store information:
The store is open every other Wednesday starting back up on 1/29.
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 Sweetheart Dance will be held on Friday evening of February 7th at the Quidnessett Country Club. See the note from Grade 4 below about our "faculty & staff" basket for their raffle.
The PTA is hosting a Sweetheart Dance on February 7, 202 at the Quidnessett Country Club. They are in need of donated items for raffle baskets. The PTA Board is scouring all local businesses for donations. We will be placing 3 laundry baskets in the faculty room for the Faculty and Staff to donate items. The 3 baskets we are trying to create are a Movie Night Basket, a Baking Basket and a Game Night Basket. We are in need of items to fill the baskets! Stacey, Kristen and I attended the PTA Meeting last night and will be assisting the PTA in getting these baskets together for them.
Items for the baking basket could be: cake mixes, cupcake liners, spatulas, flour, sugar, jimmies, cake pans...... Any item to support a family baking night!!!
Items for the movie basket could include movie passes, popcorn, candy, DVD's anything movie related!!
Items for the game night basket could include any board game, snacks....
They are in need of volunteers to assist them at this event. A sign up sheet will be placed in the faculty room!!
Any questions feel free to see Tara, Stacey or Kristen!!
Thanks so much!!!
The Grade 4 Girls
Our Nurse's Corner:
Please welcome Emily Rubenstein on Tuesday, Jan. 21st, as our Long Term
Priority Substitute Nurse
Our Feinstein program is excited to present our K-2 students a grant opportunity to host a reptile presentation on Tuesday 1/21. This was rescheduled due to a snow day last month.
-Gina D'Aguano MS, MEd, RN, CSNT
CPI Trainings have been rescheduled to Thursday, January 30th. It is a team day, so we will have to be creative and/or some faculty/staff may not be able to go on that day.
STAR Testing is STILL open - please try to get testing done within the next few weeks, and not wait until the end of the month. Please let me know if you are still having connectivity issues this week! Mr. Murphy came to Tiogue on a few different occasions this week to work on the tech issues that we are experiencing.
FUN TIMES AT THE LASER SHOW ON FRIDAY! THANKS TO SUE FLYNN FOR ARRANGING THE ASSEMBLY.
Articles and other news:
Behavioral Specialist and Math Intervention Schedule:
*Kim Sturdahl will be at Tiogue Monday through Friday*
Don't forget that referrals need to be written up and submitted with in 24 hours so we can try to stay on top of all issues and contact parents when needed.
We appreciate that most of you are also contacting parents for minor referrals to get ahead of future problems that may arise between students.
MATHEMATICS: Mary V. will be at Tiogue during this week.
**Article of the week**
January 18, 2020: Ill Effects of Screen Time! - Sue H. found this article and shared it with me.
Definitely check it out!
January 11, 2020: Why Inclusion Matters On The Playground, and other good articles. See video embedded below. By, EduTopia
January 3, 2020: Supporting vs. Enabling your student, from: Multibriefs
January 1, 2020: Teaching in 2020 vs. 2010 - it's a new decade...
A good, quick read.
December 22nd: 2019 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS IN EDUCATION - click here.
December 14th: Achieve the Core has interesting articles too: Here is one re: technology integration.
December 7th: What 12,000 students Tell Us about Equity in Education - an InfoGraphic by Panorama (They Help RIDE with SurveyWorks!)
November 30:
Encouraging a Sense of Gratitude in Students
Activities that foster gratefulness have benefits for students beyond enhancing their social and emotional skills...from, EduTopia.
November 23: How to Implement Trauma Informed Care... shared by Denise Ahern to Admin.
November 16: For those of you that are looking for a different tech connection - Create Random Story Starters With This Flippity Template
November 9th: I like this article for gr. 5, from EduTopia & this article for the whole school re: co-regulation in discipline (see videos above too)
Previous Articles can be found in past newsletters
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Location: 170 East Shore Drive, Coventry, RI, United States
Phone: (401) 822-9460
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