Bulldog Bulletin
Weekly Celebrations, Updates, Reminders, and Important Info
3/11/24
Celebrations
- Read Across America Week was a huge success! Thank you to all those who dressed up for spirit days, promoted reading in your classrooms, and hosted guest readers!
Important Dates & Upcoming Events
- Monday - Remember to submit timesheets
March
- PLEASE BE SURE ALL GRADES HAVE BEEN ENTERED
- 3/11 - School Board Meeting 6pm
- 3/12 - BFMS Parent Night 6pm
- 3/13 - 6pm Parent Informational Sessions on School Consolidations
- 3/13 - 3rd-5th grade IE - students take Lexia Core 5 placement assessment
- 3/14 - Music In Our Schools (5th grade)
- 3/15 - Spring Pictures (schedule will be sent soon)
- 3/15 - Report Cards Go Home (we may send them home earlier)
- 3/18 - 3pm Staff Meeting
- 3/19 - Fire Drill
- 3/20 - Extra Collaborative Planning Time for 5th, 3rd, SPED, 1st
- 3/21 - Extra Collaborative Planning Time for 4th, 2nd, K
- 3/21 - 6pm SEL Family Fun Night (Evening Activity)
- 3/25 - Committee Meetings
- 3/26 - DQ Night
- 3/29 - PTO/BCES is doing an appreciation breakfast for bus drivers, substitutes, and volunteers
- 3/29 - Mobile Dairy
- 3/29 - 2hr early release
- Spring Break!!! April 1st-5th
Important Info/To DO
- Send Good Neighbors Applications home to all students on the suggested summer school list. They are requested back by the end of the month! (they will be in your box)
- The Parent Informational Session on school joinings is 6:00pm. This can count as an evening activity.
- We have tabled the Pie in the Face Fundraiser. If you signed up as a candidate the be pied, thank you! We are looking at options for holding a similar event closer to the end of the year that doesn't involve fundraising.
- I'm excited to come around and complete some observations over the next couple of weeks. If you have a specific day/lesson you'd like me to come see, please let me know!
- Suggested Summer School LIst - please add the names of students you'd like to receive an invitation to summer school
- 24-25 Math data wall - Please add end of unit assessments in the next week or two
- 24-25 Reading data wall
- Science Content Read Alouds
- All classroom doors need to remain closed and locked throughout the day. Deputy Ortega will be helping us with this.
Reminder as we continue throughout the school year
- Confidentiality - Please remember that student and staff confidentiality is paramount! Staff should not be discussing students' academic, behavior, family, or medical concerns/needs with those who are not directly working with the student. I know that it is very challenging to have students with trauma, behavioral needs, and family issues in your classroom, and it is natural to want to vent or discuss with colleagues. Human Resources has asked us to be very cognizant of this and not to discuss students in the hallways, workrooms, at home, with teachers not directly working with the student, or anywhere else where their privacy may be compromised. I know this is something I constantly am working on, so I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention so we can all be careful. Thank you!!
PAWSitive Behavior Referral
- When you catch your students making good choices, you can use the Google Form or hard copies are available in the workroom (or print your own hard copy here).
- Students will be recognized for: practicing kindness, acting responsibly, working to care for our community, and showing good character.
- Each referral will include the student's name and homeroom, the quality they were demonstrating, and a brief description of their actions. Students will receive a certificate, a letter of acknowledgement, a paw print and photo on the bulletin board by J. Hall's room, and Ms. Garland will make a positive phone call home and say their names during morning announcements.
- As each attribute is a different color, we should slowly see paw prints of all 4 colors accumulate on the bulletin board and students will see their own names and those of their peers.
- Any staff member can refer a student!
- The goal is by the end of the year all students will receive at least 1 PAWSitive behavior referral.
While we are working on building up PAWS schoolwide, we will also be introducing a school pledge to follow the Pledge of Allegiance and the moment of silence. You can find a digital copy of the pledge here. If you would like a copy of the PAWS bulldog poster or the PAWS pledge, let Danielle know and she will get them printed and laminated.
After school activities
- Wednesdays - Haiku Club
- Girls on the Run Tuesdays and Thursdays until 4:30 beginning 2/6
- Good News Club Thursdays
Grade Level Meeting Times
*RISE Teachers - please join during your grade level meeting time. SPED teachers are encouraged to join as well.
Grade Level Meetings - 3/20 and 3/21 (during extra collaborative plannings days)
8:30-9:00 - 4th
9:15-9:45 - 5th
10:00-10:30 - 3rd
11:00-11:30 - Prek
12:30-1:00 - 2nd
1:30-2:00 - K
2:15-2:45 - 1st
Helpful Links
Staff Website & Calendar
Please remember to review the staff website to find forms, handbooks, PD slides, and more. You can bookmark this site or save a link to your desktop for easy access. The staff calendar is on the homepage of the staff site.
Also, it may be VERY helpful to add the BCES Faculty & Staff Calendar to your google calendar.