Torrey Hill Staff Back To School
August 2023
WE ARE A TEAM!
Three goals for our school this year is:
Relationships
Values: Kindness, Community, Perseverance (GRIT)
Engaging lessons supported by data
These three goals align with our district goals, the values you voted on in the Spring, and our PLC goals.
A personal goal for me this year is creating a positive environment focused on relationships with staff, students, parents and the community. As I stated in my title, we are a team, and this year, we will be Team Torrey.
A top goal for our school is to focus on the theme Kindness! We will start the year by having all students create a kindness rock to add to our kindness tree at the front of the school. Then throughout each month, we will focus on one act of dedicated kindness challenge, while still reaffirming kindness daily within our classroom/school relationships and restorative practices. This will connect in with our 3 values of community, perseverance, and KINDNESS.
A third goal for our building this year is to create engaging experiences for students with a foundational support of using student driven data to help students gain a year's educational growth.
Starting with building relationships, I am inviting all staff members to meet with me one-on-one to discuss the following questions that are attached below or any other questions you may want to discuss. I understand some of you may be on vacation during the times that I have available, so if you cannot make it, we can meet another time. Your family and personal time comes first!
Monday, August 8th: 9:00-12:00, 1:00-3:00
Monday, August 14th: 9:00-12:00, 1:00-3:00
Friday, August 18th: 9:00-12:00, 1:00-3:00
Monday, August 21st: 9:00-10:00, 1:00-3:00
Please click the link below to sign up for a time.
Learning for Continuous Success! (LFCS)
Daily Updates- Fall Updates
Monday 8/21Torrey Hill
- Teacher work day
- 11:00 Staff Meeting in Media Center (All Staff invited for staff meeting and lunch)
- 12:00 Lunch provided by Cancun in Linden (Please let me know any dietary needs)
- 1:00-2:00 Gallery Walk for sharing/getting rid of materials in classroom
Tuesday 8/22 PD at High school
- 7:45-11:00 NWEA
- 11:00-12:00 Lunch on own
- 12:00-3:00 MTSS student engagement, and support with Kelli P.
Wednesday 8/23 PD at High school
7:45-11:00
- Breakfast
- District Kickoff
11:00-12:00 Lunch on own
12:00-3:00 at Torrey Hill
- Building Values/PBIS
- Restorative Practices
5:30-7:00 TORREY HILL OPEN HOUSE
Discarding materials/Gallery Walk
We have had so many people working hard this summer to transform our lounge into a beautiful space, so we will not be placing any materials that we would like to regift or share into the lounge like we have in the past.
Instead, you will have a table inside your classroom that you place all materials you would like to share. We will have a volunteer gallery walk from 1:00-2:00 on Monday, August 21st. After the gallery walk, if there is something that you would like to discard, you may share a picture on email and house in your room until it is claimed, throw it in your trash can if it fits, or carry it to the dumpster.
In addition, this summer we cleaned out the old science room and are still organizing it. If you would like to place materials into that room, please ask Kristen Garmyn, Maggie Ribick, or myself before placing materials in there.
Thank you!
REMIND 101 for Torrey Hill Staff Updates-Click on link below
June/ July / August Birthdays
Briana Shanafelt 6/4
Anne Schomaker 6/24
Jennifer Williams 6/24
Josh Highfield 7/9
Angela Young 7/22
Janean Gutierrez 7/23
Robin Powell 8/4
Kandy Jenio 8/6
Alyssa Ramoie 8/8
Tara King 8/22
Jordan Utica 8/31
Staff Shout Out!
No new ones!
Save the Date!
- TH Open House- Wednesday, August 23rd 5:30-7:00
- Teacher Work Day- August 21st
- Back to School PD- August 22nd and 23rd
- August 28th: First day of school, students half-day
- No Delay start on August 30th.
PLC
Torrey Hill Values
Torrey Hill Staff and Student Values
Community!
Kindness!
Perseverance aka GRIT!
Kindness Rocks Monthly Goals
October: Acts of Kindness Makes Me Bloom Wall Tree
November: Thank a veteran
December:Make a card for a nursing home
January: Thank you cards to bus drivers
February: Complete an extra chore at home for your family
March: Thank you cards for staff appreciation
April: Help a neighbor
May: Donate canned food or old clothes
June: Clean up a park, school playground