It's a Matter of PRIDE!
August 28 ~ Cool Cats "Tuesday Folder"
Who We Are
Mission: The community of Sunset Valley will educate our students to achieve their highest standards of performance by engaging them in exceptional opportunities.
Vision: To create an optimal learning experience that promotes ongoing collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication with students, teachers, parents, and community members for the success of all students.
Important Dates to Know About
August 22 - September 9 Early Voting for TRE
August 29 - National College Colors Day
August 30 - 1st - 4th grade Parent University
- 5:30 - 7:55
Principal's Den
College Colors Day is TOMORROW, 8/29. You are more than welcome to wear jeans too. Feel free to go ALL out with your college attire and be sure and post pictures on our Twitter page. Use #SVESMatterofPride and #KISDCollegeColors. I will be missing this super fun day because of having to attend a principal's meeting all day. Just know that I will be singing the Auburn Fight Song ALL-DAY-LONG and saying War Eagle as my greeting too!!
Parent University is on Thursday evening from 5:30 - 7:55. Please plan to dress professionally that night.
Next Tuesday, September 4, K-4 teachers will be meeting with Tammy, Anna and me to go over AimsWeb Plus and what it all entails. It will be totally different from anything we have ever done but I do think that the data will help us know our kids even better than before.
On a different note, KellerISD "Swap & Drop" early voting is underway. If you live in KellerISD and have not had the chance to vote yet, just let us know. Jen Cowen has offered to watch your class so you can drive to Summerglen Library near the corner of Basswood Blvd and Beach Street.
College Colors Day is Wednesday, August 29
Let's ALL go ALL OUT this year! Wear your college colors & your best jeans proudly!
Attention - Have you Finished??
Compliance Videos for ALL KISD Staff Members
The district-wide Compliance Training for the 2018-19 school year is now available. The mandatory training is open July 10, and must be completed by August 29. You may access the SafeSchools portal via K-Cloud, or by clicking on the following link: https://kellerisd-tx.safeschools.com/login.
Please use Chrome as your browser while completing the training. Your District ID and password will be used for login.
Science Safety Training
Who is this for? All K-4 teachers who will be teaching science, all paraprofessionals that will be in science labs with students, and all campus administrators must complete science safety training on an annual basis. If you are required to complete this training, you have already been signed up in Eduphoria.
- Go to: Texas Gateway Courses: https://www.texascourses.org/courses
Classroom Walkthroughs - These are a few of my favorite things!
- I love to hear kids talking to one another about the lesson. Student to student conversations are so fun to hear and watch.
- I love to hear your conversations with kids. Your questioning strategies will ensure that kids are given the opportunity to think more deeply.
- I love it when the "product" of a lesson, or what the kids create or work on, is different from one another. This shows the kids creativity and excitement for learning.
- I love it when a kid can tell me what he/she is learning and why they are learning it. And I get even more excited when they can tell me how they will know they are successful too.
- I love to get back to my office, look at your lesson plans & the curriculum units you are teaching, and write up all the great things I saw in a walkthrough form that I will then send you. This form will be from STRIVE and in the future will also include a campus made one that will be emailed to you.
- I love to sit down with you afterwards to here how you feel everything went, share all the glows with you that I observed and hear what supports you need so that you can continue to grow.
Staff Remind
Text @c47d to the number 81010
SVES Staff ~ The Bobcat's Meow
@SunsetValleyES
Mark Your Calendars
October 8
- School Holiday
October 9
- PK-6: Parent Conferences (not to exceed 4 hours)/Work in Classrooms
December 19
- Early Release
January 7
- Campus Professional Development and/or Work in Classrooms
January 21
- MLK Holiday/No School
February 18
- Student Holiday/District Professional Development
May 23
- Last Day of School
- Early Release/Work in Classrooms
May 24
- Teacher Prep/Last Day for Teachers