SUMMER 2018 STAFF UPDATE
August 18, 2018
Summer is definitely not over...we hope you are all still finding time to relax and enjoy your time with family and friends!
Our Concord family continues to grow over the Summer!
Lindsay Wilson welcomed Daniel's new baby sister Mary Wilson.
Jill Holton welcomed Charlotte's new baby brother Wyatt Holton.
Christine (Behl) DiAntonio will be re-joining the Special Education Team at Concord.
Brittany Diehl is the latest addition to our Kindergarten Team.
Danielle Caratello, Gabrielle McCusker and Pat Morelle are our new Paraprofessional hires.
2018 FutureReady Boot Camp
OPEN HOUSE INFO
We are looking forward to our Open House on Wednesday, August 29th! Below is a link to information for staff about our Open House. We have also included the link to information that families will receive.
Open House Guides for Families & Teachers
Curriculum Office Links Now in Schoology
Curriculum Office wanted to let you know that all the old curriculum links that were on our old website are now found in Schoology.
Once you are logged in, you can go to
RESOURCES (at the top)
GROUPS (on the left)GARNET VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (under school resources on the left)CURRICULUM OFFICE (on the right).From there you will see links, folders and subfolders that match the organization of the old site. All teachers have access to this folder and should be directed there for everything from written curriculum ot our district professional learning site to conference forms.
IMPORTANT LINKS
- 2018-2019 Calendar for Admin/Staff Pull Out-Committee Work & PD
- SLO Pacing Guide 2018-2019
- Differentiated Supervision Pacing Guide 2018-2019
- Elementary Benchmarks - arriving soon
PROGRESS REPORT UPDATE
The progress report committee met several times last year to update our progress report. We want to thank everyone who contributed their time, energy and expertise to making changes to our progress report. We believe the revised GVEPR will be more in sync with our elementary instructional program. The updated GVEPR is standards-based with academic indicator language that is more accessible to students and parents and is also reflective of more recent instructional practice like reading workshop. We have also revised our grading scale to a 4-point rubric. The rubric is a departure from the state testing language and is student-centered.
We have captured the progress report changes in an updated handbook. The information is going into Alma shortly so you can see the actual format when you return in August. There will be time on one of the first in-service days to review the new PR.
You can view the handbook here.
You can also view the revised ELA academic indicators here. (The math indicators have remained the same.)
Later this week, we will begin releasing this information to parents in the first part of our new online summer mailing. Please check with your building principal if you have any questions.
UNITS OF STUDY: WRITING HAVE ARRIVED
NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS
The new address for our school's website is https://ces.garnetvalleyschools.com/. Please make sure you use the login with the "Google" icon. We do not have usernames and passwords for the website anymore. Teachers only need to update their profiles on the website. All other information you want to share with parents will come from Google Drive, Google Sites, Schoology, Smore, Seesaw, or other classroom management tools.
ADDITIONAL SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS
All Kyte Learning and PD in Your PJ's courses completed between June 21st and August 24th will receive 2x the Flex Hours. In order to receive 2x the Flex Hours, your Kyte Learning and/or Seesaw certificate must be dated on or before Friday, August 24, 2018 and uploaded to My Learning Plan. For directions on how to upload your certificate to MLP, please click here.
All Kyte Learning and PD in Your PJ's courses completed on or before August 24th will receive 2x the Flex Hours. In order to receive 2x the Flex Hours, your Kyte Learning and/or Seesaw certificate must be dated on or before Friday, August 24, 2018 and uploaded to My Learning Plan. For directions on how to upload your certificate to MLP, please click here.
Mathematical Mindset by Jo Boaler
Log into Schoology enter course code 86W5K-4RGNG.
Concord Summer Office Hours
Monday through Thursday: 7:30 AM to 3:45 PM
Friday: 7:30AM to 12:00 PM
Concord Elementary School
Website: garnetvalleyschools.com
Location: 114 Station Road, Glen Mills, PA, United States
Phone: 610-579-6100
Facebook: facebook.com/ConcordElementarySchool-GVSD
Twitter: @ConcordGV