The Gator Tales
The weekly staff newsletter for Glenwood Elementary School
Week of September 24
This week at Glenwood
Monday, September 24- PIRATE DAY
Tuesday, September 25- Grade 4 IPT
Friday, September 28- PTA Back to School Bingo 7pm
Friday, September 28 - FOOTBALL FRIDAY
Virtual Learning Days October 8 and November 8
October 8 Professional Learning Day
Analyzing your DSA- Grades 1-2- at 1 pm (bring your DSA data)
Analyzing your DSA- Gradses 3-5 at 2 pm (bring your DSA data)
All meetings will be in the Library Learning Commons
Upcoming Important Dates and Events
Friday, October 5,- Smarty Ants Training for K-3 during PE in Pirate Room
Monday, October 8- Professional Learning Day and Virtual Learning Day. No school for students
Tuesday, October 9- Progress Reports Issued
Thursday, October 11- PIRATE DAY
Thursday, October 18- Glenwood Blood Drive
Friday October 19- Leadership Team Retreat
Wednesday, October 24, Grades 4 and 5 TLLT training
Thursday, October 25- Grades 2 and 3 TLLT training
Friday, October 26- Grades K and 1 TLLT training
Friday, November 2- Citizen of the Month 9:30 am
Tuesday, November 6- Staff Day, and Virtual Learning Day Schools closed to students
Monday, November 12- Veterans Day Schools Closed
Wednesday, November 14- Report Cards Issued
Tuesday, November 20- PIRATE DAY
Wednesday, November 21- Adjusted Dismissal
Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23- Thanksgiving Holidays Schools closed
Grateful Gators!
Kudos to Amy Doss for always going above and beyond for her kiddos in need!
Kudos to Antoinette Sinues for jumping in and helping us with a family who needed our support!
Kudos to Tara Pfeifer for her creativity and continuous positive support In school and outside of school! Kudos to Cleghorn and Rymer for their patience and continuous diligent observations!
Tina Repa
~ my kinder team: y’all have been so supportive and I appreciate all the encouragement and positive vibes
~Rymer: for smiling and holding down the fort when I had to be out on the fifth day of school
~Dina: the lip sync battle, you are amazing!!
~Repa: your helpfulness in my room
~admin: your support and helpfulness with the beginning of the year chaos and the hurricane shenanigans
~Carol and cafeteria staff: your tireless efforts to feed so many with a smile
~ custodians: thank you for all of the plastic bags and plastic that we needed last week
Erica Cleghorn
Thank you to Caroline Altman for pushing Scratch Jr to my students' chrome books, and for much more this week. I'm excited to share this resource to my students. Sandi Hankinson
Thank you Tammie and Caroline for always including the SCA announcements on Glen-TV, even on a moments notice - it's so appreciated! Tina Repa - you're amazing counselor for our kiddos AND teachers. Thanks for always being there to listen and give advice to anyone who needs it! Thanks to my awesome grade level who came together and got my stuff moved last Tuesday, and also moved back in place on Saturday. It takes a team! Jen Malit
Kudos to Ms. Dreistadt for editing our lip sync battles! It turned out awesome! You rock!!!
Thank you to Mrs. Faini for allowing three of her responsible students to help our munchkins during the fire drill! It was greatly appreciated! Danica Petko and Jennifer Hernandez
Kudos to Ms. Craven, Mrs. Sime, and Mrs. Hill for being awesome! Thanks for being there for me and my kiddos in class! Your patience is amazing! Andrea Neal
Amy Doss you are AMAZING!!!!! Thank you for everything you do for us and our students! Not sure how we would survive without you! Jess
Kudos to Ms. Byrd for giving up her time after school to film the Lip Sync Challenge! Kindergarten Crew
Kudos to Ms. Lewis for managing our front security desk with a firm yet friendly attitude. She ensures the safety of our students and staff in a positive manner. Janet Zitt
Kudos to Andrea Neal for creating and sharing the daily math review slides AND being 2nd grade's PBIS representative. Kudos to Kathleen Slinde for arranging for the SPCA to visit our classrooms this year to help make learning fun. Thanks to Mary Kay for finding a chromebook for room A2's newest Gator, you are amazing!
Kudos to Kathleen Lee for helping my newest Gator feel welcomed and for the kinds words. Diane Dykes
DRA and Assessment Timelines Adjusted
DRA1 Kindergarten (optional) is still October 19
RI deadline is still October 12
Way to go Dina!
Computational Fluency
The Computational Fluency Essential Session course is open in Schoology. Teachers should sign-up in FrontLine for their respective grade level. Course codes are listed in the description on FrontLine. Teachers will be asked to post a reflection twice throughout the year. All information regarding deadlines will be available through the Schoology course. The majority of the work for the session will occur in grade level professional learning communities facilitated by the math specialist.