Mid-Summer Update
August 7, 2019
To say I miss everyone....
There was great work completed by:
ESL
PBSIS
Standards Aligned Report Cards
F&P
Common Assessments
to name a few!!!
I can't wait to see everyone so soon. There is A LOT of important and fun information below. However, as always email, call, or text (609-444-6460) if you need anything. See you real soon!
Special Welcome Letters Home
Mid-Summer building updates
Bathroom renovations in Gym office and faculty room
Newly added Zen Den renovation has been started
Painting in the cafeteria and Magowan auditorium stage
Replacement of all faucets in student bathrooms
All Magowan rooms are clean!!!! Room cleaning in Jacques with the end of ESY is well underway. Thad will be providing regular updates.
Donations
I hope if you are available you can come out this day and greet some new and familiar families. Please email me if you are available to help set up for the event! Families welcome!
Also, we have received a generous donation from IKEA which is currently overflowing in the Media Center. Once items are distributed to a few places throughout the building, the remaining will be up for grabs for your classroom. We are so lucky to partner with IKEA. A special thank you to Cathy Kaminski for helping this idea come to fruition! We will also be having an IKEA assembly day one day next week. Let me know if you are interested in helping out!!
Important Dates
- Read with the Principal Fridays- 11am
- New Teacher Orientation August 27th 8:30am-3:00pm
- August 27th 4pm "Popsicles and Packs" family event
- Inservice Days September 3rd and 4th
- First Day Of School September 5th- 4 hour day
New Staff Shout Outs
Kevin Gehringer- Music
Michelle Manfredi- Kindergarten
Jennifer Jeanette- MD K-1
Brooke Beatty- Inclusion grade 1-2
Olivia Villalon-Iglesias- Interim K for Lisa Zrada
Shavone David- RBT
Eboni Plastrik-RBT *New position
Kimberly Baiada- Title 1 Assistant
April Tolliver- Kindergarten Assistant
Terina Thornton- am and pm Latchkey
Julie Joseph-Lunch Assistant
Ashley Siket- Classroom Assistant
Hilda Mitchell- Classroom Assistant
Tyonna Shelton- Arrival Assistant
Draft Schedules
Please remember these are subject to change, but please let me know if you see a typo or conflict.
In the link below please find your grade level which will show your 40 minute prep/special and your 45 minute lunch.
Friday Dress Downs and Themed Dress Downs
We will still have paid Dress Downs to support EOY Dinner, PBSIS, and Sunshine on Monday-Thursday dates throughout the year. We will trial this year as I would not want to impact the great support we have always had for these worthy causes.
If you have ideas for a theme of a particular month please submit now. I will be finalizing and adding to the Google calendar by the end of the month.
Beginning Of Year Fun Read
Social Media
@MES_EPTSD
@_AmandaFry
@InversoVogt
@RoyRakszawski
@RMS_EPTSD
Thanks @BethHouf for the Resources
Getting Started with Twitter: The Power of the PLN: https://www.smore.com/27rx0-getting-started-with-twitter
Twitter 101 by Tara Martin @TaraMartinEdu: http://www.tarammartin.com/twitter-101-with-tmm/
The Complete Guide to Twitter Hashtags for Education (@TeachThought): https://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-teacher/
Twitter Chat List by Jerry Blumengarten @Cybraryman: https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-official-list
Hashtag Database by Shake Up Learning by Kasey Bell (@ShakeUpLearning): https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/educational-hashtag-database/
Celebrations
Congratulations continued
PD to look into
The perfect 186th day or just for fun PD. This Edcamp is sure to be transformational!
Read the summary below.
Are you interested in learning more about trauma informed care? Are you interested in bringing the trauma sensitive schools movement to your community? Join us as we share knowledge about ACEs, trauma, toxic stress and their challenging effects on the current educational environment. Bring your expertise to those who want to learn. Don't know about Trauma Informed Care. Come learn with us.
Follow the link to register here... I really hope you come out to this awesome day!!!! Can't wait to see you there!
#EdCampTIC
https://www.smore.com/5028y-edcamp-trauma-informed-care