The Roar
Staff Newsletter for Lynnhaven Elementary
December 2 - 6, 2019
Put Students First • Seek Growth • Be Open to Change
Do Great Work Together • Value Differences
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A Week at a Glance
**LANGUAGE ARTS COLLABORATION THIS WEEK**
Strings (gr 5) Wednesday & Fridays - PE time
Chorus/Art Club (gr 4) Wednesday - PE time
Chorus/Art Club (gr 5) Friday - PE time
Scholastic Book Fair Week
Monday, December 2nd
- Hospitality Secret Santa begins
- Cyber Monday - Happy More Shopping
Tuesday, December 3rd
- National day of Giving - #GivingTuesday
Wednesday, December 4th
- K Field trip - Sandler Center
- Chorus & Strings Program gr 1-3 1:30 & for families and staff at 6:00
- Book Fair Family Night 4:30 - 6:00
- National Cookie Day
Thursday, December 5th
- International Ninja Day
Friday, December 6th
- PreK Classroom in Action Day
- ITS PD - out of build all day
- National Gazpacho Day
Saturday, December 7th
- Saplings Field Trip - Chrysler
Happy Birthday!
December
5th - Christina Walker
8th - Demetria Cofield
8th - Chelsea Cope
9th - Jessica Epps
14th - Lindsey Shoemaker
15th - Terry Green
17th - Kim Morse
19th - Tatjana Roth
24th - Geri Pattie
28th - Devon Johnson
Shout Outs
Thank you to Gunning and his group The Buffalo Soldiers for being part of the ThanksGIVING!
Tat, thank you for getting tutoring up and running at LES! -Baumgarnder
To our hospitality queen, Hamilton...thank you for organizing the Secret Santa for December. This is going to be fun!
Mrs. Day, thank you for your help with making sure our students get a career fact every day. Teamwork makes the dream work!
Ms. Terry, thank you for your support with holiday baskets and getting resources for our students. Our school social worker rocks!
Mrs. Bly, thanks for getting coverage for our teachers when there are meetings.
You rock, Mr. Alston! I appreciate you taking your time to calm a 4th grade student.
Check In and Check Out Facilitators Needed!
Technology News
A new spam/phishing email is going around. The procedure for handling a spam email has been updated.
Procedures:
If you receive an email that appears to be a phishing scam, you can report such instances to Microsoft using the following procedure:
- Address a new, blank email to phish@office365.microsoft.com
- Attach the phishing message to that email (copy and paste or drag and drop) Never forward a spam email!
- Click Send
If you inadvertently forward the email or click on anything in a spam email. Let Mr. Combs or Geri know immediately.
The Hour of Code
The Hour of Code is coming! December 9th-13th
How Can You Participate?
We are so excited to have the school participate! These activities are just the tip of the iceberg for bringing computer Science into your classrooms…
See Geri for a coaching cycle on how to incorporate our VA CS Standards (http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/computer-science/index.shtml) into your lessons!
Let’s continue to engage our kids ALL year long!
Morning Meeting Slides: Geri will have the Share (yellow slides) on the morning announcements.
You can follow-up with the activities: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17NgdL3tHeVwG5_PIipB4j-IcyKDhA0BgSP45TkRK8Ds/edit#slide=id.p
If you need Geri Pattie to be there while you are doing any of the activities for morning meeting, she would love to join your class!
PBIS & SEL
By our next faculty PD on Wednesday, December 18th, please read chapters 3 and 4 of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain.
College and Continuing Education Information Program
This event will provide all employees an opportunity to visit with multiple universities and colleges to learn more about available face-to-face and online degree programs, continuing education courses, and certification programs/classes. Employees may also participate in two panel discussions with recent graduates of doctoral and educational leadership programs.
An up-to-date listing of participating schools will be posted on the Office of Professional Growth and Innovation's page on the intranet - https://vbcps.sharepoint.com/sites/depts-PGI/Pages/College-and-Continuing-Education-Information-Program-for-Employees.aspx
If employees have questions or concerns, please have them contact Dr. Paulette C. France, coordinator of professional learning in the Office of Professional Growth and Innovation, at 263-6952 or by email at Paulette.France@vbschools.com.