NPSS Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 19 January 2017
UPCOMING EVENTS
Voting for Keystone Kids
Digital Book Report Challenge open January 12th-February 16th
For Link to Student Competitions being offered through our IU, please click here.
Leadership Symposium
Joint Faculty Meeting-Tuesday, February 7th (3:30-5:30 PM)
THINGS TO REMEMBER
- Here is the link to the PA Department of Education's SAS Portal. It includes a lot of comprehensive, researched-based resources to improve student achievement. It is encouraged that you navigate around the site if you're looking for ideas and suggestions to help with your instruction and assessment of students. You also have an opportunity to register for a free account to streamline your searches. Creating an account will provide you access to the following: ePortfolio , Teacher Website Builder, Curriculum Mapping Tool, Assessment Builder, Content Publishing Tool, and Professional Learning Communities.
- Energy Bus Assignment #3 is due January 24th.
- Mid-year meetings to review the progress of your SLO, Smart Goal, and/or Portfolio will begin the week of January 23rd. Paige sent out a sign-up sheet, so please make sure you sign-up for a time slot. Each meeting will last approximately one hour.
FROM THE MATH COMMITTEE
ABOUT ME
Meet Staci Wolfe! This is Staci's 5th year with the Colonial IU20. She came here with a background in NPSS programs. Her first 6 years of teaching were with the Bucks County Intermediate Unit 22 in their NPSS program. Deciding it was time to find a job closer, she was hired as a Kindergarten reading specialist in the Whitehall School District. She was then offered a Middle School reading specialist position at Raub Middle School in Allentown. Midway through the year she was trained in READ 180 and moved to Trexler Middle School. Two years later she was furloughed from the district due to budget cuts and found herself a new home here at Colonial IU20.
Staci acquired her Bachelor's degree from Kutztown University and then her Master's degree from Edinboro University. She takes great pride in her Master's degree because she finished 30 online credits, in 18 months, while raising a family of 6 and working full time. Staci is currently going back to school to acquire two certifications in Principal Administration and Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction. Staci is also the head of our Math Committee.
Staci will be married to her husband Adam for 7 years this Valentine's Day. They are a blended family and together they have 4 children: Jaelyn, Dashon, Corbyn and Mason. They just moved into their new, beautiful house in Northampton and couldn't be happier. They attend Bethany Wesleyan Church in Cherryville, where they run the Upwards Football Program during the fall season. Staci is also part of the leadership team for their Women's Bible Study, and Adam makes delicious hot drinks when he volunteers at their cafe.
Staci is a COFFEE-AHOLIC and HUGE Foodie. She also enjoys reading, technology, spending time with family, her husband's amazing cooking, lunch dates with friends, road trips and vacations to Virginia.
Thank you, Staci, for all you do for NPSS!
STAFF BIRTHDAYS
January 5th-Karen Sternat
January 6th-Annette Zettlemoyer
January 7th-Denise Mazar
January 11th-Caitlin Cecco
January 25th-Wanda Lasher