Week at a Glance
December 14 to December 18- "A" mid-day collaboration week
PLCs will resume in 2016...none are scheduled this week. :)
Monday, Dec. 14- Start of the last full week of school in 2015!
Tuesday, Dec. 15- Tanya at Admin. meeting in the A.M.
Dana at coaches meeting in the P.M.
Wednesday, Dec. 16- If you are supporting tomorrow's PTO Go Roma "No Cook"- Please leave your lunch order on Darlene's desk today. Menus are available.
Sara at Gifted Specialists meeting- All Day
Mark, Pam S. and Tanya at the Assessment Task Force meeting- P.M. only
Thursday, Dec. 17- Holiday party for Blended Pre-K students in Martha's classes
PTO GO Roma "No Cook" Lunch- Orders will be delivered by Mrs. Toohey
Edgewood Staff Holiday Party at The Wise Boxer, at 5:00 P.M. in Naperville.
Friday, Dec. 18- Staff Holiday Breakfast and Secret Santa reveal in the Lounge
Edgewood Chorus will be caroling throughout the building!
Special "Thank you" to our classroom teachers for taking on Playworks time today, for our Inclusion TAs. :)
Edgewood Classroom Holiday Parties
January Edifier will be going home with students
Winter Break will start at 3:30 P.M., sharp!
Thank you to our staff for your work on our school improvement day!
This week we took the time to really look more closely at our Tier 1 SEL curriculum teaching and supports.
We are committed to:
1) Proactive and positive class meetings- held regularly
2) Cross-age buddy activities that promote SEL and academic vocabulary
3) Keys to a Caring School- will start in January- with a redesign of the PRIDE awards
4) Beginning 2016 with Significant 72 activities
5) Sharing our positive stories about students- more often- with families. (Please remember to send Tanya any pics taken during cross-age buddy activities. These then can be featured in each Weekly Update for Families.)
6) A "celebration of the individual qualities" of our students- recognizing the strengths of our diversity. (Also starting in January 2016- with more conversation as a staff in deciding where our efforts will be focused!)
7) Discussing school-wide service project ideas- in the months to come
Staff who are interested in sharing Significant 72 ideas and class meeting SEL topics to share with colleagues will use this link: https://www.pinterest.com/tanya9354/
**Go to Pinterest.com and then type in this e-mail: hughest@woodridge68.org
Password: Edgewood
Even if you don't currently have a Pinterest account, you still can have access and view this board of collective ideas.
This infographic is worth another look! :)
My Learning Plan and GCN vidoes...Gentle Reminders
Our School Improvement Day- yesterday December 11- has been entered into the "District Catalog" on the My Learning Plan site. If you have not yet submitted this activity for approval by me, please do this as soon as possible. If you need any help in logging in or selection this PD session in My Learning Plan, I am happy to do this with you!
The deadline for the Global Compliance Network videos has passed. If you have not completed the viewing of these videos, please find time this weekend to make sure that you meet this personnel compliance requirement.
Thank you!
Additional PARCC resources provided on District web page
As presented yesterday during our School Improvement day, PARCC scores will be sent home with students in grades 4-6 on Tuesday.
The District has created an information page for our families.
Here is a direct link to the PARCC information for parents, in case you would also like to look through the resources posted.
http://www.woodridge68.org/pages/Woodridge68/Curriculum/Assessments/PARCC
For those of you still shopping for little ones this Holiday Season... Ellen's Toy Testers! :)
Upcoming dates and events to keep in mind...
Monday, January, 4- Happy New Year 2016! Welcome back to school!
Monday, January 11- Mid-year STAR and SWAT assessments will begin
Wednesday, January 13- Edgewood Spelling Bee, in the Gym, 8:45 A.M.
Monday, January, 18- NO SCHOOL- Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday
Tuesday, January 19- Start of Session #2 after-school activities
Monday, January 25- Next Monday Meeting for Certified Staff
Tuesday, January 26 (A.M.) and Wednesday, January 27 (P.M.) - Mid-year data reviews (tentative dates)
Edgewood School
Email: hughest@woodridge68.org
Website: www.woodridge68.org
Location: 7900 Woodridge Drive, Woodridge, IL
Phone: 630-985-4382
Twitter: @EdgeEagles