Staff Weekly Update
Week of April 24th-28th
Upcoming Events:
Monday - Courage Pride Assembly @ 1:50pm
Tuesday- Happy BIRTHDAY to IRINA CHECK!!
Wednesday-
Thursday- 5th grade Instrument DEMO @ 2pm in Library (5th graders only)
Friday- Happy BIRTHDAY to BRITTA THACKERAY!!
HEADS UP--- Certificated Staff meeting will be May 1st (instead of May 8th)
- 3, 4, 5th grade SBA training will be May 1st during meeting
- If you are going to gone May 1st- please contact Jill Jensen about make-up training dates
Staff Shout Out: We love Brenda!
Special shout out to Brenda Caraveo- Gutierrez! Everyday Brenda works with our dolphins helping teach them English and feel comfortable! She is a valuable and trusted connection to our families and always willing to help support in any way! We are so grateful to have you, Brenda!
IMPORTANT Lockdown Feedback and Action Moving Forward!
Thank you for your participation and action during our full lockdown drill on Friday morning. Practicing these drills during times when students are in groups, bathrooms and volunteers are in the building will help us be prepared should a real event arise.
Moving forward, please lock your classroom, shut the door and have the lights off whenever you leave your classroom! Due to the design of the building having joining classrooms, we leave ourselves vulnerable if we are not in our classroom to shut the door during an event.
Please remember to shut, lock and turn off the lights even if you are without students during a lockdown drill/ event. This is important to keep yourself safe and the joining classroom of potential students.
Thank you for your help and support keeping all dolphins and staff as safe as possible at all times! If you have any other feedback, we would love to hear it from you!
New Gratitude Locker at DVE!
Mayor Hayden and our Early Act Leaders would like to introduce the new Gratitude Locker of DVE! Similar to the lockers in the community, we will now have a place for students to share their gratitude year round!
How it works:
- Located outside the Library doors
- On the side of the locker, there is a basket of notecards and pens for students to use to write down their gratitude notes!
- Students place their note through the open slots
- The Early Act Leaders will be making posters of students' postcards of gratitude to display in the future!
When you have time or are traveling by the locker, please take a moment to introduce this to your students! Thank you!
Classroom Teachers You're Invited: The Knowledge Gap Book Study!
If you are interested in joining a book study this summer, we will be leading one on The Knowledge Gap! You will be paid for your time reading and participating in a Google Classroom discussion. Available in Audio, Kindle or Paperback! Please specify when signing up.
Book Summary:
Details:
- Paid for 12 hours at the Curriculum Rate
Sign- up Here:
Courage: Family Communication Newsletters!
Did you know that Character Strong has family newsletters ready to go for each month's character trait? This great resource helps support families with an overview of the character trait being taught in class, family pursuits and conversation starters! Please take a moment to share these resources with your families!
Here are the Courage Family Newsletters:
Courage Staff Challenge:
Sometimes a few words from a trusted adult can make all the difference in empowering a student to show their strength. Choose 2 students this week to encourage. Identify 1 student who could bring meaningful ideas if they used their voice more often and 1 student who could help be a positive influence among their friends if they practiced the Courage skills we are working on in our class.
Daffodil Valley Elementary
Email: DVE@sumnersd.org
Website: sumnersd.org/dve
Location: 1509 Valley Ave, Sumner, WA, USA
Phone: (253) 891-4600
Facebook: www.facebook.com/DaffodilValleyElementary