The Roar
Staff Newsletter for Lynnhaven Elementary
January 20 - 24, 2020
Put Students First • Seek Growth • Be Open to Change
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A Week at a Glance
**MATH COLLABORATION THIS WEEK**
January is National Mentoring Month
Virginia Principals Appreciation Week
Mid-Year Exemplar Week
4th Grade Fire Safety Week
Strings (gr 5) Wednesday & Fridays - PE time
Art Club (gr 4) Wednesday - PE time
Art Club (gr 5) Friday - PE time
*No Chorus until further notice
Monday, January 20th
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- SCHOOL CLOSED
Tuesday, January 21th
- STEM Robotics Club
- SCA Office & Class Reps Meeting
Wednesday, January 22nd
- Hospitality Jean's Wednesday
- Lion Pride Dance practice
- PAC Meeting
Thursday, January 23rd
- gr 1 Gifted Parent Meeting 8:30 & 6:00
- Safety Patrol Meeting 3:00
Friday, January 24th
- PBIS Learning Walk Fidelity Check
- End of 2nd quarter
- RI closes
- Lions League 8:30 - cafe
Future Planning
- Jan. 27: No Students; Staff Seminar 8 - 11 in the library for Assistants throughout VBCPS; for LES staff for the 27th - NO PD on January 27th...a menu of PD to be announced soon for February
- Jan. 28: Club pictures - Morse will have schedule for times
- Jan. 31: SCA Dance gr 2-5
- Feb. 7: PTA Bingo 5:30 - 7:30
- Feb. 17: No School; Presidents' Day
Happy Birthday!
January
5th - Lori Tassone
18th - Stacy Broudy
27th - Janeen Hamilton
31st - Senta Nesbitt-Stitt
Shout Outs
Thank you to Epps, Johnson, Cornell-Burdick, Christmas, Fortune, Buse, Day, McClenny, Heath, Mongin & Tuite for making our Reading Club a success. These teachers made numerous phone calls to parents, sent home multiple permission slips home to students and always planned meaningful instruction.
Thank you to Gunning, Gonzalez & Unphlette for always making sure their students stayed after school for tutoring! Something that can be a tough task ....:)
Thanks to Cofield, Breaux, and Diaz for helping out with Daycare dismissal on Friday. Your help was much appreciated!
I also want to thank Bly for helping me out by finding the right size labels for the library shelves, your help has allowed my project to move along smoothly!
Thanks to PreK, K, 1st grades fro providing the extra snacks for tutoring!
Great job to PreK, K, 1st for a fabulous goodie day!
Kudos to Fernandez, Baker, and Hamilton who are participating in the teacher learning walks. Pembroke, Centerville, and Holland Elementary Schools visited Lynnhaven last week, and they loved the work that these three ladies are doing with their students!
Thank you to Cope, Heath, and Mongin for doing the heavy lifting for Goodie day! Yum!
Thank you Tracy and Dan the Maintenance Man for helping supply our rooms!
Thank you, Geri Pattie, for helping bring and encourage new technology into stations!
I would like to give a big shout out to Debra Jones for always being there to help out with a student who needs some extra love and one on one attention. Thank you for caring about her! I truly appreciate your help and support with her.
A big shout out to Pre-K, K, 1st grade, and SPED teachers for a delicious Goodie Day. You all did an amazing job!!
Thank you Cofield for helping out with a situation in my classroom. You were my hero that day!!
Welcome!
Check out the beautiful work of our 4th grade Art Club! They created a collaborative painting that will be part of a semi-permanent installation at Pembroke Mall, along with other VBCPS schools. Students were asked to create a design that illustrates who we are as a school.
Income and Saving Expo 2020
Interactive games, giveaways, raffles, and the opportunity to engage with program representatives and learn more about plans and programs will be available. The Consolidated Benefits Office staff, including our BEWell team, and the following partners will be at the event:
• Voya Financial, VBCPS 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• ICMA-RC, Commonwealth of Virginia 457 Deferred Compensation Plan and Cash Match (Hybrid)
• Health Equity, Health Savings Account
• Virginia Retirement System, Defined Benefit Plan and Defined Contribution Plan
• Securian Financial, Life Insurance
• Humana, Employee Assistance Program & Work-Life Services (Financial Resources)
Staff who are interested in attending during school hours are approved by Mrs. Breaux to attend.
Reminder
Great job fifth grade team collaborating on the Mathematics Transition Rubric!
Important for All Staff and Students with a Chromebook:
Also applies to Windows devices
We need your help, all Chromebooks must be shut down regularly at the end of each day - or when students are finished using it for the day!
Chromebook: Nightly Shut down
- Chromebooks should be shut down nightly.
- Closing the lid only puts it to sleep, it does not cause it to shut down.
- Many of the student chromebook problems are due to not getting shut down regularly.
- Shut downs are imperative to keeping Chromebooks running efficiently:
- This is when automatic updates will take effect.
- It refreshes the browser.
- Clears the available RAM (this is the area that remains available to you and enables Chromebooks to work at high speeds).
Tardy students
Host a Student Teacher or Practicum Student!
Jan. 22, 2020 .................E-mail to teachers from Human Resources requesting volunteers
Feb. 5, 2020 .................. Deadline for teacher’s response
Testing Windows
A few dates to note:
January 13th - Q2 testing window open
January 20th - Mid-Year Exemplars given this week
January 24th - RI Closes
January 27th - Q2 Experimental Design Task given this week
January 31st - Q2 LA and SS completed
February 4th - Q2 Math and Science completed
February 6th - DRA Closes
DRA Reporting
PALS Screening
PTA Bingo!
BINGO Night - Friday, February 7th 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Quarterly Content Planning Dates: Inquiry Learning Series: Launching into Quarter 3
Professional Learning Programs (PLPs) will be available for teachers each quarter.
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Location: Thalia Elementary School Dates:
- Grade K - Jan. 14
- Grade 1 - Jan. 15
- Grade 2 - Jan. 16
- Grade 3 - Jan. 21
- Grade 4 - Jan. 22
- Grade 5 - Jan. 23
Winter WildLife Festival: K-5 Teacher Workshop
WildLife Festival: K-5 Teacher Workshop
Teachers will look at plant and animal interactions through new Project Learning Tree Units. The course takes place on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Princess Anne Recreation Center. Cost: $10
This workshop will highlight the new on-line Project Learning Tree units "Treemendous Science" (K-2) and "Energy in Ecosystems" (3-5). Following the same award-winning hands-on format, these units highlight interactions between plants and animals. During the workshop, teachers will participate in activities from both of the units and receive the materials necessary to conduct those activities at their schools.
Contact Jody Ullman at Lynnhaven River NOW, 757-575-0750
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19UvOnLOXsVZwAPH4oX9_uSIFyf_I5yVQ/view
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation - FREE Outreach Program
Wildlife educators from the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation bring the outdoors into schools through their outreach programs.
All programs are free of cost and aligned to K-5 science SOLs.
Students get to learn the importance of clean air, pure water, food, shelter and space to all life. Education programs can be tailored to satisfy single or multi-grade groups (3-5), individual classes or assemblies.
For more information, see https://drive.google.com/file/d/11taP28UBP80V4z8-l2xurmqI2-jpHcSE/view
Call to schedule visit: 434-476-7038
LES is getting A NEW GYM FLOOR!
Transfer Meet and Greet
Eligible individuals for transfer:
- Teachers who have been designated as priority transfers and those who are eligible for consideration for voluntary transfers may attend.
- Classified employees who have been designated as priority transfers and those who are eligible for consideration for voluntary transfers or promotions may also attend the Meet and Greet.
- Only teachers who will be on continuing contract during 2020-2021 (currently P3, PC, or C) and who are not on Performance Improvement Plans are eligible for voluntary teacher transfers.
Note: A teacher who receives a voluntary transfer must spend three years in that assignment before being eligible for another voluntary transfer. (A teacher accepting a voluntary transfer for the 2020-2021 school year will be eligible for a transfer in fall 2023.)
Once allocations are received, any individuals who are designated as priority transfers will be notified.