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August 18, 2017
Bucket Fillers - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- A STANDING OVATION to ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN OG TRAINING THIS WEEK!!!
- AMAZING APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE who completed TKES fun in the Platform!
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
READ-A-THON
Tuesday - CTLS Assess During Planning
Homeroom and Co-Teachers in 1st - 5th grades, please meet Carrie Lowery in the conference room at your planning on Tuesday for our first CTLS-Assess session. Bring your charged laptops.
In order to maximize your time, we are flipping the learning for our first meeting. A PowerPoint to read that has a 3.5 minute video on one slide and a quiz at the end was attached to the Messenger email..
You may share the presentation as a team together on Monday (it must be in view mode) or you can peruse it independently.
Tech Tips from our TTIS!
Interested in being a BYOD teacher? BYOD = Bring Your Own Device! There’s a certification for that! The Department of Instructional Technology is offering an online, asynchronous course in BYOD procedures and resources. The course culminates with you becoming a certified Cobb County BYOD educator. Click the link for more information and how to access the course or speak to your TTIS, Carrie Lowery. http://bit.ly/2i9eNuH
FAMILY FUN NIGHT - AUGUST 24TH
This year we will be celebrating Mt. Bethel's FORTIETH BIRTHDAY during Mt. Bethel's Fall Family Fun Night on Thursday, August 24 from 6-8pm. We encourage all staff to make an appearance at some point during the event to support our PTA.
CogAT & Iowa Testing is Coming!
Timeline - Mark your Calendars:
- 8/25 by 3pm - Case Managers return completed & accurate accommodation packet to Maria
- 8/29 @ 2:30 - MANDATORY training for ALL certified staff in the Learning Commons
- 8/30 @ 8:30 am - MANDATORY training for ALL classified staff in the Learning Commons
- 9/6, 9/7, 9/8 - CogAT for 1st & 3rd Grades
- 9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14 - Iowa Test for 3rd & 5th Grades
*Email Maria & Faith if you have a conflict with any of the dates above*
Eclipise - UPDATES
AUGUST 21ST is the Eclipse. CURRENT PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
- ABSENCES FOR ECLIPSE VIEWING ARE NOW EXCUSED FOR STUDENTS.
- Jeans day.
- Students required inside building from 1:30 - dismissal. All folks in trailers come inside. (Target students will return to homeroom @ 1:30).
- Live Streaming in classrooms from 1:45 until it is over. You are encouraged to do something fun and space-related during this time while showing the streaming. We will provide options (Kennesaw Mt. High School via IPTV or NASA).
- A-Team has some eclipse fun planned for you and the kids.
- Dismissal will begin at 2:55 with ASP. 3:00 will begin bus/car dismissal. Buses are expected to depart campus between 3:05 and 3:10.
- We anticipate a high volume of early dismissals. We require parents to check students out by 1:30 pm.
- Teachers are expected to work the extended time. Teacher contracts are based on 40 hours/week. You are required to report for 7.5 hours daily. Principals have 2.5 hours of time that they may mandate teachers work beyond the 2:40 required time. This means no comp time for teachers.
- Paras are expected to work the extended time on 8/21. Any time worked by paras beyond 2:40 will be considered comp time and may be taken on the August 30th Early Release Day or during another Early Release Day. (Paras work 37.5 hours weekly if they do not take a duty free lunch). We will have a form for you to complete.
- Paras who work ASP, we have a plan! Please come see Appleyard.
- Subs - Cherie will call and let subs know about the extended day.
- Reminder: the deadline to request personal leave for 8/21 was Monday, 8/14.
- Specials - 2nd Grade specials will end at 1:50.
- Waiting on guidance regarding windows in classrooms.
REMINDERS
Closely monitor students at recess. Take your cell phone and have it on in case the office needs to reach you. Remind students to bring in everything that they took out.
Remind students to pick up at the end of the day and stack chairs.
Continue to review TEAM Procedures. CLICK HERE FOR THE TEAM PROCEDURES POWER POINT.
Mark Your Calendars!
Sunday, August 20
- Happy Birthday, Heather Curry!
- 3pm - 5pm: PTA Volunteer Garden Day - RESCHEDULED FOR 9/9!
Monday, August 21 - ECLIPSE DAY! - READ-A-THON
- Happy Birthday, Cami Henrichs!
- PTA Read-A-Thon Begins!
- 10am - 11am: Foundation-sponsored Organizational Class for Grigsby/Minicozzi
Tuesday, August 22 - READ-A-THON
- CTLS and iRespond Training durng Planning in Conference Room
- 9ish - Noonish?: RTI-Squared Training for Admin & Counselors @ Daniell Middle School
- 5pm: Odyssey of the Mind Parent Meeting
Wednesday, August 23 - READ-A-THON
- Jaime out - SSA Meeting
- 7:30 am: Foundation Board Meeting
- 9:00 - 10:00 am - Foundation-sponsored Organizational Class for Hadbun
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm - Meeting for new to MBES teachers with Jill Hawes, Literacy Coach in Conference Room
Thursday, August 24 - READ-A-THON
- OG Training for 4th, 5th & Target in Carolyn Griffin's Room
- Steve Komisar - VALIC - in Appleyard's Office
- Maria out - ESOL Administrator Training @ Northstar Church
- Appleyard out 9 am - 11 am - ECCC Priority Fair & Meeting @ Piedmont Church
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm - PTA HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MT. BETHEL! 40 Years of Buccaneers! All encouraged to make an appearance to support our PTA!
Friday, August 25 - READ-A-THON
- Jaime out in am - 504 Training
- 11:30 - 1:30 : First CORE Team Meeting. Discussion = RTI Squared
- Accommodation packets due to Maria from SpEd Case Managers by 3pm.
DUTY SCHEDULE
One person at buses is expected to check in the buses. They are listed as AM BUS CLIPBOARD. The second person will be expected to help monitor the flow and keep students safe.
AM BUS CLIPBOARD: Hunter
AM BUS LANE MONITORING: Art
AM CARPOOL: Griffee, Minicozzi, Bartnicki
PM CARPOOL: Driggers, Cabral, Norris
SECOND LOAD STANDBY: Jankovich