Miner Minutes
October 16, 2015
Listening with Lowder on TUESDAY
October 23 Professional Development/Early Dismissal
Using the selfie stick from the tumbler rewards...
Concord GOLD!
Congrats to our Amazon giftcard winners!
PLC self-assessment
Various announcements
Ms. Lehning needs newspapers, small plastic containers with airtight lids, and egg cartons. Please collect as you have items available and send them to her classroom. Also, it seems the EVAAS individual teacher data has been delayed (shocker). The next predicted date is November 2. Food for thought? "True learning occurs when you know something well enough to teach someone else." And, if you have a moment, please take the survey linked below for the STARS grant partnership we have.
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
PRISM awards- deadline Dec 7 - http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/science-education/promoting-innovation-science-and-mathematics
This award provides up to $3,000 for one year to cover the cost of equipment, materials, and supplies. An additional $1,500 may be requested for professional development related to the implementation of new equipment or use of materials in the classroom. Awards are made to teaching professionals that hold a professional educator's license to teach in a North Carolina K-12 public school.
Make sure to purchase your tumbler, too!
Our new conference room development...
Advanced Arts students!
Updated and upcoming calendar items
October 20: Listening with Lowder faculty meeting at 7:30am in the media center
October 21: SS and ELA PLCs
October 22: Math and Science PLCs
October 23: PTSO selling doughnuts; End of 9 weeks grading period and EARLY DISMISSAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
October 26: Workday (uncapped so you can use flex time if needed)
October 27: Grade level meetings
October 28: Grades due
October 30: Cabarrus Arts Council Poetry Performance 6th grade 2:45pm
October 28 - 30: Frye’s skating rink behavior rewards (more details later)
Friday October 30: Fall fundraiser submissions
Friday, October 30 6-8pm: Halloween Dance
November 2: School leadership team 7:30am (move to Monday due to election day)
November 4: report cards go home
November 6: honor roll ceremonies during encore time (more details later)
November 10: faculty meeting at 7:30am
November 11: Holiday
November 17: SIT meeting at 7:30
November 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday
December 1: school leadership team meeting 7:30am
December 2: progress reports
December 3: student expo
December 8: faculty meeting at 7:30am
December 9: Cabarrus Arts Council Poetry Performance 7th grade 12:45pm
December 10: Band/chamber groups concert at 7pm
December 15: grade level meetings
December 15: chorus concert
December 17: Band concert 7pm
Big 3 Goals
- Student learning
- PLC alignment
- powerful instructional strategies we haven’t tried before
- Capture the hearts of students and staff
- Structures for student success (MTSS, Behavior, Discipline procedures, Facilities, Communication internally and externally, CULTURE)