Staff Newsletter
because it helps to know what's going on
January 31, 2020
February 3 - 7: Counselor Appreciation Week!
Be sure to show Miss McGee some love next week! Decorate her door, send her love notes, give her hugs, or shout it from the rooftops how much she is appreciated!
Turn and Talk - TLaC Technique 43
NWEA Math Winter Results
NWEA ELA/Reading Winter Results
Shout outs!!
"Thank you to our crisis intervention team for springing into action when needed and doing what you do best to ensure a caring and safe environment for our students."~Tina
"Thank you to Renee for hunkering down and putting in the work to ensure our RTI students have what they need and for doing such a great job of communicating with parents and teachers." ~Tina
"A shout out to Kelly and Sarah for helping with copies and laminating. I really appreciate it!"~Jamie R.
"Kelsie for working hard to come up with solutions to help students and teachers be successful!" Michelle L.
Phone calls home to parents:
2. Start with the positives
3. Slightly address the not-so-positives
4. Askâquestions, for info, for help
5. End with a positive *Make positives-only calls, randomly*
MTSS
Greetings, teachers!
Parent letters are in your mailboxes to be sent home today.
RTI folders are in your mailboxes for review. Please place them back in my mailbox when you are finished reviewing them. The reading folders will have winter benchmarks and progress monitoring reading records on the left. I'd suggest looking through them to see our notes about strengths and areas for improvement.
By the end of the day today, I will be sending out confirmation of new groups that will begin Monday.
As always, thank you for being such a huge part of the process that allows our students to get the extra support they deserve and the patience you have when we've had to adjust these last few weeks.
Morning Announcements
Moving forward, I am telling Kelly and Sarah to no longer call down to the classroom to remind the students to get to the office. If a student is missing, we will begin without them and give their part to another student of the week to read.
Thanks for any help you can give to help this process flow a little more smoothly!
Reminders
- Please have a system in place that will help ensure your student of the week comes to the office each morning for announcements without having to be called down.
- If you'd like Tina to read to your class you can schedule a time with her.
- Add your read-aloud titles to this google doc.
- Think about the great things going on around you and send a shout out to Tina to add to the newsletter.
Upcoming Dates
Feb. 2: PLC
Feb. 6: PTO Public Mtg, 6:30
Feb. 10: Recycle Heart and Sole collection begins
Feb. 11: PLC
Feb. 13: Faculty Mtg.
Feb. 14: End of Heart and Sole Collection
Feb. 17: President's Day/Snow Make up Day
Feb: 18: We LOVE to READ week
Feb. 18: PLC
Feb. 21: Battle of the Books
Feb. 25: PLC
Feb. 27: Gr. Level/Dept. Mtg.
Mar. 3: PLC
Mar. 5: eLearning Day
Mar. 6: End of Quarter 3
Mar. 8: Daylight Savings Time/spring forward
Mar. 10: PLC
Mar. 12: Faculty Mtg.
Mar. 13: Report cards posted
Mar. 16: Riley Days begin
Mar. 17: PLC
Mar. 19: Men in Action Read Day
Mar. 20: Riley Volleyball
Mar. 23-27 Spring Break
Mar. 31-April 2 IREAD3
Data Team Meetings
Data Team Meeting Dates 2019-20
Wednesday, January 27th
Wednesday, March 5th
Wednesday, May 6th
CIC Meetings
Minutes from our meeting can be found here.
Friday, Jan. 24th (canceled)
Wednesday, Feb. 12th
Friday, April 10th
Building Level Meetings
Faculty Meetings and/or Grade level/Dept. Mtgs:
Jan. 30 (Gr. level/dept.)
Feb. 13 (Faculty)
Feb. 27 (Gr. level/dept.)
Mar. 12 (Faculty)
Apr. 9 (Faculty)
Apr. 23 (Gr. level/dept.)
May 7 (Faculty)