Cool Cat News
Campus Brief
Staff Shout Outs!
Thank you, Angela Waters, for being so thoughtful, so helpful, and so consistent in your support of all things Hartman! You are awesome!!!
Thank you to Susan Rose, Tracy Boyce, and Cameron Gray for helping out a fellow colleague and one of our little Cool Cats in another classroom this week. Your generous spirit and willingness to help is greatly appreciated!
Kara Broyles is a MAP Rockstar! Thank you for being available to support our teachers this week as we get through beginning of the year testing. MAP testing has not been without its challenges this week, but you have made it run so much more smoothly.
Lara and Brandy, thanks for your help this week with celebrating staff birthdays for the month of August! You both are always willing to share your talent and your time.
Thank you, Angela Medrano, for being a "donation whisperer" this week! We don't know how you get all of these businesses to say "Yes," but we are glad you do!
Mrs. Jurden, thank you for going above and beyond to support one of your student's success and to help your student have smoother transitions into rotation classes.
Third grade thank you for the open dialogue this week. Your passion for this job is heartfelt and admirable!
Wow!!! Hartman RTI team lead by Mr. Seitz....BOOM..yes, it's the BOMB! This powerful team of specialists is going to do great things for struggling students this year!
Distinction Celebration-Put your dancing shoes on!
In honor of this special event we will be making a fun staff dance video! This video will feature each team displaying a few choreographed moves! Amberly will create a video of our dance steps so that we can all practice. We are asking each team to start their practice next week. We will shoot a brief video of your team in the following days and put all the clips together to create a fun video for our event! If your stomach just sank....don't worry...just pretend you can dance like Mrs. Bradshaw does!
Staff Updates
Our UNT visitors arrived today. There are A LOT of them y'all! Twenty-one students attend this class. We have altered our PLC room a bit to meet their needs. You should be able to recognize these visitors by their green badges. They are asked to wear them at all times when moving about the building. They are only in our building on Thursdays, and thanks to everyone who scrambled to help us accommodate them today! If any concerns develop related to our guests, please don't hesitate to let us know.
After School/Gym Reminders: Please remember staff children must be supervised after school. If you allow your child/children to play in the gym, they must replace any equipment taken out and leave the gym clean and orderly.
Snack Attacks schedules are being shared and dates are rapidly approaching. Please make plans to attend these meetings. Also, sign up for BAS training is now in Workshop!
Take care of yourselves!!! Stay well! There are all kinds of bugs going around!
SRP Reminders:
- Do not cover windows in classroom doors
- Teach with door locked, use magnets to cover strike plate if desired
- Do not prop doors open; new reminder stickers for doors are coming
- Post SRP poster
- View student SRP training; discuss with students
- Replace “LOCKOUT” page in all Emergency Response Guides (Red Book)
More Updates...
Cafeteria Expectations
Please make sure that your class is taking their behavior clipboards to the cafeteria. The clipboards help the cafeteria supervisors best manage student behaviors and has been effective when used. Thank you for supporting our colleagues as they work to help our students learn the rules of the café.
Think Central – Math and Science
The username format for teachers is Username@wylieisd.net and the default password is 4ThinkCentral!
So for example Charise Thomason would login using the following
Username: thomasoc@wylieisd.net
Pwd: 4ThinkCentral!
Inspections
Fire Marshall inspections will take place during September –October. The following are a few reminders:
· String lights have a seasonal standard of 90 days and must meet UL (safety)
requirements that should be marked on the lights.
· Artwork and teaching materials cannot be more than 50 percent of the wall area in the
hallways or classrooms. Artwork cannot be from floor to ceiling or wall to wall.
· Curtains, draperies, wall hangings and other decorative material suspended from the
walls or ceilings have to meet the criteria of NFPA and be noncombustible.(this should
be on the curtain label as well)
· The minimum clearance from the ceiling and storage materials is 18”.
Extension cords should not be used in place of permanent wiring nor should power taps
be plugged into other power taps. (ex.: power strips should not be connected to
extension cords to extend their reach.)
· Required exits should not be blocked.
· If you notice any of your exit signs are not lit please submit a maintenance work order.
Staff Birthdays!!!!
August
4--Cynthia Lowe
9--Michelle Figueroa
9--Vicki Skipwith
11--Natasha Emerson
13--Mindy Eady
14--Bethany Meyer
21--Jennifer Cline
28--Yulis Escobar
Fire drill tomorrow!
Upcoming Dates
9/3 Labor Day- No School
9/12 Wylie Way Day
9/13 Grandparents Breakfast 6:45-7:25am Watchdog Kickoff 6-6:30; Cultural Arts Night 6:30- 7:30
9/24 Kindergarten McDonald's Night 5-7pm
9/27 PPCD Popsicles and Popcorn on the Playground 6-7pm