Smoke Signals: Staff Edition
October 16-20
This week's events:
All Week: Istation/Isip Window - Kindergarten
Blaze a Trail to Literacy
Monday, 10/16:
- Fair day...No School for students or teachers!
Tuesday, 10/17:
- 3:30 Ladies First Meeting
- 3:30 Tribe Time Committee Meeting
- 4:00 - Special Education Goal Writing workshop
- 5th grade DCA window
- 4th grade program practice
- turn in receipts for Tribe Time reimbursements
Wednesday, 10/18:
- 5th grade DCA window
- 4th grade program practice
- 5th grade DCA Data meeting
- 1:00 - Peims meeting, Bigler off campus
- 3:30 - CPR Training
Thursday, 10/19:
- 8:30 - 4th grade program, campus performance
- 9:00 - AP Meeting, East off campus
- 6:30 - 4th grade parent performance
- Tribe time reimbursements distributed
Friday,10/20:
- 2:30 Tribe Time, Day 1!
- End of 9 weeks rally
- Grant proposals due...Please get these to Burkhalter to sign off on by Wednesday, 10/18
Coming up next...Mark your calendars! *Updated through December
October
10/23-27 - Parent conference week, open Tuesday & Thursday evenings
10/23-27 - Red Ribbon Week
10/24 - CAT Meeting #1
10/24 - Early voting at Shackelford, gym, all day 7am-7pm
10/24 - Fall Festival (Date change), 5:00 - 7:00 pm
10/26 - RTI meetings
10/26 - Kindergarten Field Trip
10/26 5th grade field day
10/27 - Parent conference day, no school
10/31 - Storybook character dress up day
November
11/10 - Veteran's Day program
11/15 - 5th grade Trinity Audubon Field Trip
11/16 - 5th grade Career Expo field Trip
11/17 - No Homework Night, No Homework throughout Thanksgiving break
11/19-25 - Thanksgiving break, no school
11/28- Ladies First
December
12/2 - 2nd & 3rd grade UIL Meet in Red Oak
12/11-15 - PTO Christmas Store, library
12/14 - 3rd grade program
12/18-21 - Holiday Book event
12/19 - Night of Wonder
12/21 - Class party day
No Homework Nights
Students will not have homework over the long Homecoming weekend.
Energy Management
- Turn off the lights
- Close your door
- Turn off computers and monitors
- Turn off lamps and projectors
Tribe Time
- Club rosters will be finalized and sent to you on Wednesday, 10/18.
- Stickers will be printed for each student showing their name, homeroom teacher, and club
- The specials schedule stayed very close to the same as normal. Classroom scheduled will also need to be adjusted. Talk with your team about how that needs to look on your grade level.
- Please send any questions to Mrs. Burkhalter!
Schedule for the day:
745 – 8:35 – specials conference
8:40 – 9:25 – 5th conference
9:30 – 10:15 – 1st conference
10:20 – 11:05 – 3rd conference
10:50 – 12:50 – lunch times stay the same, duty schedule will need adjusting
11:05-11:35 – specials lunch: Bruce, Bell; Lunch duty: Miller, Kline, Fabian
11:35 – 12:05 – specials lunch: Miller, Kline, Fabian; Lunch Duty: Bruce, Bell
12:05 – 12:50 – kindergarten specials
12:50 – 1:35 – 2nd grade specials
1:35 – 2:20 – 4th grade specials
2:20 – 2:30 – transition to clubs
2:30 – 3:00 – clubs
3:00 – 3:05 – transition back to class
3:15 - dismissal
Fall Festival
We are excited to offer a Fall Festival this year that will coincide with parent conference week and early voting!
- Our Fall Festival will be on Tuesday, October 24 from 5:00 - 7:00.
- Tabitha Russell will be sending out a sign-up sheet so all teams can sign up for booths. Your booth can be a carnival style game or other activity for students to earn candy prizes.
- The games at the festival will be free for families.
- Donations of candy or prizes from parents are accepted.
- We plan to have concessions available in the circle drive.
- Since Early Voting is also happening in the gym, we will plan to have all booths outside lining the driveways, weather permitting. In the case of bad weather, we will use the cafeteria and classrooms.
- Parent conferences may still happen during the fall festival! Teams can cover for each other, ask for parent or ambassador volunteers to cover booths while teachers conduct conferences.
Maps will be sent out next Wednesday to show you where to set up.
Halloween Story Book Character Dress Up Day!
Staff Attendance
Why is this important?
YOU are one of the greatest factors for student success. When you are here, quality learning can take place. All the planning doesn't replace having you as the teacher in the classroom.
How can we turn this around and encourage our students to be in class?
What incentives are you using to encourage attendance?
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Shackelford Elementary
Assistant Principal: Rusty East
Counselor: Monica Taylor
Email: tburkhalter@wisd.org
Website: http://schools.wisd.org/default.aspx?name=ses.homepage
Location: 1001 Butcher Road, Waxahachie, TX, United States
Phone: 972-923-4666
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Shackelford-Elementary-1448766682078574/?fref=ts
Twitter: @ShackelfordWISD