Lincoln Lion's Local Buzz
November 30, 2018
PLC's on Tuesday
Transition To Electronic CICO For Grades 3-5 In January
We will be transitioning back to all students in grades 3-5 to electronic CICO. To help us ensure that everyone is set up, comfortable, and ready to go with this transition in January when we return the following things will happen.
- Stokely will make appointments with all teachers in grade 3-5 to assess their computers and phones so every one's technology is ready for the CICO app and there are no unexpected technology issues. These appointments will take place in the next two weeks. Stokely will reach out to you to schedule an appointment.
- Stokely will be attending the December Data Focus PLC meetings for grades 3-5 to answer any questions and to review protocol for grade level teams to ensure that we are all on the same page and any questions can be answered.
- Teachers can begin to transition to the electronic format in December for that last week if you would like to "test" the operation and ensure that we have all the "bug" out.
- We will begin the electronic recording of grades 3-5 electronic CICO when we return in January.
ZONES Refresher For All Students In January
Quarterly Writing Assessments
Updates for the Christmas Gala on December 6
Below you will find the logistics for each grade level on the evening of December 6:
***Please have students tuck in their shirts.***
***I will bring extra green and red shirts around earlier that day should you have a student show up without one.***
PreK/Kindergarten - Students are asked to arrive to your rooms no later than 6:15. I estimate that your kiddos will start arriving around 6:00. Some will arrive much earlier, but they will just have to wait outside your door until you get there. No big deal. Then, no later than 6:25, you will need to escort your class down the 300 hallway and then into the side stage door. I know that this is the "long way" around to the stage, but with so many people coming in the front doors, this will make your lives easier and less stressful. Once the students are inside the auditorium, I will need your help getting them on the risers. They will be AMPED, and will not hear almost any direction that we give. :) Also, there is not an "order" to how they should be lined up. Any order is fine! Once the students are on the risers, I will need your help doing a little "rearranging" by moving kids around so that they can be seen. Taller students will go to the top risers and shorter students will go to the bottom risers. We are talking about 10 kids we may move, otherwise we just go with it! After the performance, I will make an announcement that the students will follow you back to their classrooms. Parents will follow behind and pick up their children from your classrooms. This is so we have a controlled and safe release of the children back to the parents. Once all of your student have been picked up, you are free go to go!!!
1st Grade- Students are asked to arrive to your rooms no later than 6:45. I estimate that your kiddos will start arriving around 6:30. Some will arrive much earlier, but they will just have to wait until you get there. No big deal. Then, no later than 6:55, you will need to escort your class down the 300 hallway and then into the side stage door. I know that this is the "long way" around to the stage, but with so many people coming in the front doors, this will make your lives easier and less stressful. Once the students are inside the auditorium, I will need your help getting them on the risers. They will be AMPED, and will not hear almost any direction that we give. :) Also, there is not an "order" to how they should be lined up. Any order is fine! Once the students are on the risers, I will need your help doing a little "rearranging" by moving kids around so that they can be seen. Taller students will go to the top risers and shorter students will go to the bottom risers. We are talking about 10 kids we may move, otherwise we just go with it! After the performance, I will make an announcement that the students will follow you back to the alcove. Parents will follow behind and pick up their children at the alcove. This is so we have a controlled and safe release of the children back to the parents. Once all of your students have been picked up, you are free go to go!!!
2nd Grade - Students are asked to arrive to your rooms no later than 7:15. I estimate that your kiddos will start arriving around 7:00. Some will arrive much earlier, but they will just have to wait outside your door until you get there. No big deal. Then, no later than 7:25, you will need to escort your class down the 300 hallway and then into the side stage door. I know that this is the "long way" around to the stage, but with so many people coming in the front doors, this will make your lives easier and less stressful. Once the students are inside the auditorium, I will need your help getting them on the risers. They will be AMPED, and will not hear almost any direction that we give. :) Also, there is not an "order" to how they should be lined up. Any order is fine! Once the students are on the risers, I will need your help doing a little "rearranging" by moving kids around so that they can be seen. Taller students will go to the top risers and shorter students will go to the bottom risers. We are talking about 10 kids we may move, otherwise we just go with it! After the performance, I will make an announcement that the students will follow you back to their classrooms. Parents will follow behind and pick up their children from your classrooms. This is so we have a controlled and safe release of the children back to the parents. Once all of your students have been picked up, you are free go to go!!!
If you have any questions or concerns that arrive before next Thursday, do not hesitate to let Seth know. Thank you for all of your help and support!
The Importance Of Being Inclusive To All
We do have a Christmas tree in the main alcove and we do celebrate music of the season with a Christmas Gala which is great fun and brings joy to our students. As educators we'd be remiss if we did not also expose our students to the understanding there are many other students in other schools in other parts of our country that don't celebrate Christmas. Our world is very diverse and it is unusual to have the majority...if not all....of the people in your school/community celebrate the same holidays. This is the only school in my career that I've experienced this phenomenon.
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Many of my friends are celebrating the festival of lights with their families this week. I've ordered a menorah for our main alcove to accompany our Christmas tree to acknowledged the diversity that is in the world around us. I'm sure our library has some books on Hanukkah, and if not, thank goodness for Prime, I'll get some. Part of our job as educators is to prepare our students for the diverse world around us. There are lots of holidays celebrated by groups of people all over the world, and it is difficult to encompass all of them, but I will do more to help you with resources to teach our students about the global society around us.