Parsons Partyline
Friday, January 15, 2016
Local Heros
FIP Module #3
Our next steps: Please complete module #3 in preparation for our next FIP professional learning session on January 27, 2016.
STEM Night
Yearbook Proofs and Yearbook Sales
Also, Parsons ES yearbooks are still on sale! In previous years the PTA has SOLD OUT of pre-order yearbooks. Place your order now to guarantee you will receive your yearbook in May. Any extra or unexpected books received from the publisher in May will be sold to students and not to teachers/staff.
Summer Professional Learning
Digital Learning Conference: June 14, 2016 at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center. Information will be sent when registration opens.
Teaching and Learning Pre-Conference and Conference: Please mark your calendars for the second annual GCPS Teaching and Learning Conference! This year, the conference will take place at the ISC on Thursday, June 16 and Friday, June 17 from 8 AM - 4 PM at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center. Several departments will offer pre-conference sessions on Wednesday, June 15 at various locations throughout the district. More details will come in February.
What: Teaching and Learning Pre-Conference
When: June 15, 2016
Where: Various locations throughout the district. More to come in February.
What: Teaching and Learning Conference
When: June 16-17, 2016 8:00am - 4:00pm
Where: J. Alvin Wilbanks Support Center
Report Card Timeline
Friday, January 15th - all grades, effort, comments should be entered by Midnight
Monday, January 18th - Student and Teacher Holiday - No School
Tuesday, January 19th - Homeroom teachers receive pdf to verify progress reports
Wednesday, January 20th - verification should be completed by 4 PM
Thursday, January 21st - begin printing report cards; last minute changes, make-ups, reprints
Friday, January 22nd - finish printing report cards and send home with students todayeCLASS and Cyber Days
It is very likely we will implement a Cyber Learning Day on the fourth(4th) day of inclement weather. Please work with Landa and your grade levels to have a plan in place should this occur. Attached is a link to Cyber Learning Day resources found in eCLASS.
Link to Cyber Learning Day 101 online.
Week at a Glance
No School ~ MLK Holiday
January 19
7:30 am arrival ~ Staff meeting
GKIDS Pull
ACCESS Testing window opens
January 20
Grade Level Professional Learning ~ Fountas and Pinnell Assessment
Please complete report card verification by 4:00 pm
January 21
Learning Through the Arts ~ PreK/K (Cafeteria)
Great Depression Day ~ 5th Grade
Report card will be printed
January 22
Staff Goody Day ~ 2nd Grade parents
Midyear RBES are due (Attach updated profile sheets and sign off in the GTES tool)
Report cards go home ~ GMAS parent reports go home for students in grades 4 & 5
Looking Ahead
Chess Club
Computer Club
Readers Rally
January 26
7:30 am arrival ~ Learning Teams
Guitar Club
PTA Spirit Day ~ Chick-fil-A
January 27
Learning Through the Arts ~ 1st Grade
Grade Level Professional Learning
January 28
Grade Level Planning
January 29
Relay for Life ~ Warm and Cozy Pajama Day