EV Staff News
September 16, 2019
OUR VISION IS TO BE A HEALTHY AND LITERATE COMMUNITY!
SURVEY - IMPORTANT
Hello El Verano Staff,
The Neighborhood Initiative, a program of On the Move will be providing support to our staff, teachers, parents and students through their Thriving Schools Wellness Initiative. They will be providing activities and programming to support our school’s wellness practices and culture. An important part of their program is measuring how effective their efforts are over the 2019-2020 school year. They are asking that each of you, no matter what your role here on campus, complete the attached short baseline survey at your earliest convenience. It should not take longer than 2 minutes to complete and is invaluable to the programs they are offering at our school.
A Reminder that a Few Persistent People Can Make Difference
AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 18 - District Collaboration
Celebrate Gen Caven with a Polka Dot and Yellow Day
Shelter in Place and Lock Down Barricade
There may come a time that you have to decide which route to go. No one can prepare us for the unimaginable. There are a few suggestions that can help us decide and we will run drills in these areas.
Shelter in Place (aka low level lock down)
Downed wires, dog on campus, something happening in the neighborhood are all possibilities for a "shelter in place" scenario. This means you lock the doors and keep teaching. Students can use the restroom being accompanied by an adult. This means calling the office for an escort. As you know, we will do the best we can to support all classes and there maybe a wait time for help.
Lock Down Barricade:
Lock the doors,
Closed the blinds,
Move kids away from windows,
No bathroom and
Keep quiet
You may need to make a choice to move the students out of the classroom if this is an active shooter event. You may have to seek shelter in another area of the school or leave campus all together.
These are hard choices to make and no one knows the right thing to do until you are confront with the reality. We will run a couple of drills this year. One will be a shelter in place and the other will be a lock down barricade. Deputy Smith will train us prior to the lock down barricade.
I will be sending a generic letter to families about drills to let them know we will be practicing them this year. Please see below for the scheudle.
Thank you! Maite
Drills (repeat)
September 3 - Fire Drill
September 19 Bus Evac
Intruder Walk Through - Waiting to hear from Eric
October 17 Earthquake Drill
November 12 shelter in place Drill
Dec. 5 Fire Drill
Jan 10 Earthquake Drill
Feb 7 Fire Drill
March 27 Lockdown Drill
April 28 Earthquake Drill
May 15 Fire Drill
The Science Guy
Here is the proposal:
Voluntary
7 lessons
Exploratorium Science Kits
1 hour per week
Teacher stays in the room (Graig is volunteering)
3rd, 4th and 5th - October to December
K, 1st and 2nd - January to March
We will discuss this further during a staff meeting. We don't meet until September 23 and I wanted to get it in front of you sooner, so you can think about it.
Restorative Prompts
Responding to Challenging Behavior
How to respond to challenging behavior
•What happened?
•What were you thinking of at the time?
•What have you thought about since?
•Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way?
•What do you think you need to do to make things right?
Restorative Questions II
To help those harmed by other’s actions
•What did you think when you realized what had happened?
•What impact had this incident had on you and others?
•What has been the hardest thing for you?
•What do you think needs to happen to make things right?
Repairing Harm
Assist students in considering ways to make amends for misbehavior:
•restoring relationship through restorative chat, circle, or conference
•replacing
•repairing– lost teacher time so will help making copies, collating, stapling, cleaning
What is NOT Restorative
•Shaming or embarrassing
•Scolding or Lecturing
•Yelling
•Consequences not linked to behavior
What is Bullying REALLY?
RUDE - inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else
MEAN - purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice)
BULLYING - intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of powerSing a Longs with Mr. Gossett
Donate Love or Time to EV
We will have a large dumpster here for the items we need to get rid of that might be more than the regular service will take. Please let me know if you have things that you need to remove from your room etc...
Gen's Gems
Bridges Assessments
Transitional Kindergarten:
Beginning of year assessment completed by 9/18
Kindergarten-Grade 5:
Baseline Number Corner assessment for month of September
TK-1 Teachers can get a sub for a release day to complete testing. Please bring the assessments the September Number Corner baseline assessment to the collaboration meeting on September 18th where Bridges is the focus. September 18th District Collaboration Day Time and Location TBD Thank you, Gen
REPEATED ITEMS
FIELD TRIPS (Repeat)
October
Dave K going to Sonoma Garden Park - 10/1/19 from 9:00 - 1:45
Corey Decker going to Sonoma Garden Park - TBD from 9:00 - 1:45
10 - Hawing & Zamudio - 8:45am-1:00pm
November
5- Heppe - 9:15am- 2:00pm
12 - Markham - 9:15- 2:00pm
January
24 - Heppe & Markham - all day
February
4 - Zamudio and Hawing
March
3 - Zamudio and Hawing
30-April 1 - Kohnhorst and Decker
April
23 - Presti, Nield/Russell - all day
May
12 - Heppe & Markham - 10:00am-2:00pm
Up Coming -
September
Mon. 16 Principals TK-12
Wed. 18 Grd Level Meeting 1:55pm -3, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Thurs. 19 Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm
Mon. 23 Staff meeting (90 minutes)
Wed. 25 Picture Day, Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 4
Thur. 26 District ILT 8:30am, District Academic Senate 8:30-3:30pm, Sing a Long 1pm
Fri. 27 Restructuring Team, SSC 3:30 & ELAC 6pm
Sat. 28 Vintage Festival Parade
October
Wed. 2 Jog a Thon & Level meeting 1:55pm - 5
Thurs. 3 DELAC 6pm, LCAP 6pm
Fri. 4 District EL/Intervention 8:30-2:30pm
Mon. 7 Staff meeting
Wed. 9 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 6
Thurs. 10 Principal TK-12, Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm
Fri. 11 K-3 Fire Safety 10:45am
14 to 18 Parent Teacher Conferences
Wed. 23 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 7
Thurs. 24 Elementary Principals, Curriculum Advisory Committee 3:45
Fri. 25 Restructuring Team & Fall Festival Dance
Mon. 28 Staff meeting
Tues. 29 District ILT 8:30am
Wed. 30 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 8
Thurs. 31 Sing a Long 9am
November
Fri. 1 Staff Development (non stu day)
Mon. 4 Staff meeting
Tues. 5 PBIS Coaching 8am-11am
Wed. 6 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 9
Thurs. 7 DELAC 6pm, LCAP 6pm
Fri. 8 A-Z For Parents 8:30am
Mon. 11 Holiday
Wed. 13 Grd. Level meeting 1:55pm 10
Fri. 15 Principals TK-12
Mon. 18 District Grade Level Planning TK-2, Staff Meeting
Tues. 19 District Grade Level Planning 3-5
Wed. 20 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 11, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Thurs. 21 Sing a Long 9am, Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm
Fri. 22 Restructuring Team, SSC 3:30 & ELAC 6pm
25-29 Holiday
December
Mon. 2 Staff meeting
Wed. 4Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 12
Fri. 6 District EL/Intervention 8:30-2:30pm
Fri. 6 Wreaths, Family Celebration 6pm
Wed. 11 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 13
Thurs. 12 District ILT 8:30am
12 & 13 Holiday Fair
Fri. 13 Staff Party
Mon. 16 Principals TK-12
Wed. 18 Grd Level meeting 1:40pm - 14
Thurs. 19 Sing a Long 9am
Fri. 20 Coffee Day
23-3 Holiday
January
Mon. 6 Staff meeting
Wed. 8 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 15
Wed. 15 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 16, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Thurs. 16 Principals TK-12
Fri. 17 Restructuring Team
Mon. 20 MLK Holiday
Wed. 22 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm -17
Thurs. 23 District ILT 8:30am, District Academic Senate 8:30-3:30pm, Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm
Mon 27 Staff meeting
Wed. 29 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 18
Thurs. 30 Sing a Long 1pm
Fri. 31 SSC, ELAC 6pm
February
Mon. 3 PBIS Coaching 8am-11am
Wed. 5 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm -19
Thurs. 6 DELAC 6pm, LCAP 6pm
Fri. 7 District EL/Intervention 8:30-2:30pm
Mon. 10 Staff meeting, 5th grade outdoor ed
Wed. 12 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm -20, 5th grade outdoor ed
Thurs. 13 Coffee Day
Fri. 14 Staff Development (non stu day)
Mon. 17 Holiday
Tues. 18 Principals TK-12
Wed. 19 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 21, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Thurs. 20 Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm, 5th grade outdoor ed
Fri. 21 Restructuring Team
Mon 24 Staff meeting
Wed. 26 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 22
Thurs. 27 Sing a Long 1pm
Fri. 28 SSC 3:30 & ELAC 6pm
March
Wed. 4 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm -23
Thurs. 5 Curriculum Advisory Committee 3:45
Fri. 6 District ILT 8:30am, Principals TK-12
9 to 13 Parent Teacher Conferences
16 to 20 Spring Break
Mon. 23 District Grade Level Planning TK-2, Staff meeting
Tues. 24 District Grade Level Planning 3-5
Wed. 25 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 24
Thurs. 26 Sing a Long 1pm
Fri. 27 SSC & ELAC
April
Wed. 1 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 25
Thurs. 2 DELAC 6pm, LCAP 6pm
Fri. 3 Leadership Meeting
Mon. 6 Staff meeting
Wed. 8 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 26
Fri. 10 Staff Development (non stu day)
Mon. 13 Holiday
Tues. 16 PBIS Coaching 8am-11am
Wed. 15 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 27, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Fri. 17 District EL/Intervention 8:30-2:30pm,
Mon. 20 Golf Tourney, K-12 Principals
Wed. 22 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 28
Thurs. 23 District Academic Senate 8:30-3:30pm, Ed Tech Coaches 3:45pm
Fri. 24 Restructuring Team, SSC 3:30pm & ELAC 6pm
Mon. 27 Staff meeting
Thurs. 30 Sing a Long 1pm
May
Fri. 1 Cinco de Mayo
Mon 4 Staff meeting
Wed. 6 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 29
Thurs. 7 Curriculum Advisory Committee 3:45
Fri. 8 Restructuring Team
Wed. 13 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 30
Thurs. 14 DELAC 6pm and LCAP 6pm
Mon. 18 Staff Meeting
Tues. 19 Principals TK-12
Wed. 20 On your own for Open House, District Grade Level Meeting 3pm-4:30pm
Wed. 20 District EL/Intervention 8:30-2:30pm, Open House 6pm
Thurs. 21District ILT 8:30am, Coffee Day
Fri. 22 SSC 3:30 & ELAC 6pm
Mon. 25 Holiday
Wed. 27 Grd Level meeting 1:55pm - 31
Thurs. 28 Sing a Long 1pm
Fri. 29 EV Field Day and BBQ
June
Tues. 2 Preschool Grad
Wed. 3 On your own
Wed. 3 Awards Assembly 9am
Thurs 4 Promotion 9am
Fri. 5 Teacher Work day
Thurs. 11 Principals TK-12
Fri. 12 Principals TK-12
Wed. 17 District Grade Level Planning TK-5
Thurs. 18 District Grade Level PlanningTK-5
18, 19, 20 District ILT 8:30am