Holmes Weekly Update
Week Ending 10/19/18
What's Happening this Week?
Monday: 10/15/18
- Ad Leadership - Christine out of the building at 12:30
- Diversity Council MTG 4:00pm
Tuesday: 10/16/18
- MTSS Day AM: 2nd grade 8:00-11:00PM: 3rd grade 11:00-12:00 (break for lunch) 1:00-3:00 (team will meet in Lisa's Room)
- Service Team Meetings in Data Room
Wednesday: 10/17/18
- PTO Meeting - Leader in Me Link 2 Learning 8:15am
- 2nd-grade field trip 9:00-12:00
- K-2 School-wide PBIS Booster 1:30 in the auditorium
- 3-5 School-wide PBIS Booster 2:00 in the auditorium
- Classroom teachers and special education teachers Rachel Dahl PD 2:45-5:15 room 121/123
- Specials teachers and related staff - staff meeting 3:00-4:00 - Libratory
Thursday: 10/18/18
- MTSS Day - AM: 5th grade 8:00-11:00 / 4th grade 12-3:00
- Dr. Warke classroom visits - 9:15am
- LockDown Drill 1:30pm
- PBIS Meeting 3:15 - Location TBD
- BLT MTG 3:10-4:10 - Data Room
Friday: 10/19/18
- Nothing on the calendar
This Week's Announcements: Information Item
This week's parent Update: Information Item
It was sent on Friday. Please feel free to copy/paste any portion to include in your weekly/monthly communication.
External PD Requests for GTD, Art, Music, PE, and EL Departments -- Information Item
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0qjCyWipE3gs3ZBTHWLpg0IqVGsL2fEkR1tsHroYpJ2O9pg/viewform
Draft Institute Day Schedule - Information Item
8:00-8:10 - Welcome
8:10-9:20 - Choice Session 1
9:20-9:30 - Break and Transition
9:30-10:40 - Choice Session 2
10:40-10:50 - Break and Transition
10:50-12:00 - Choice Session 3
12:00-12:15 - Travel to Schools
12:15-12:45 - Lunch
12:45-1:50 - Implicit Bias Learning Session
1:50-2:00 - Evaluations
PEA - Information Item
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdQPk6kkal8KBixZ7JOeVA
A second shout out to John for attaching the 350 page PlayWorks Guide. The table of contents is broken down nicely, so you can select activities according to both physical and social-emotional needs. Please see the following PDF.
Rachel Dahl PD - Information Item
- Your iPad and access to your BAS data
- A couple of Continuums for your table
- A couple of prompting Guides for your table
- Your laptop and your list of any groups you have already made.
Walk to School Day: Information Item
Turkey Trot - Information Item
1:00-1:15 3rd Grade (they will line up right after recess)
1:20-1:35 5th Grade
1:40-1:55 4th Grade
2:00-2:15 1st Grade
2:20-2:35 Kindergarten
2:40-2:55 2nd Grade
More details to follow as it gets closer :)
Positive Office Referrals - Action Item
POR's do not replace feathers so please continue to distribute feathers to our students often. Remember to specifically name the behavior that you’re acknowledging.
The goals of POR's is to find a way to acknowledge the positive behaviors at some point in the year for every student in your classroom. You should choose 1 student per week with no student repeats. Many teachers find it helpful to track who has received a POR.
When I receive these, I make a phone call to parents to share the POR and then announce it over the intercom system for students to come to the office to be recognized.
Please complete positive office referrals and turn them in according to this schedule:
Monday: 5th grade
Tuesday: 4th grade
Wednesday: 3rd grade
Thursday: 2nd grade
Friday: Kindergarten and 1st grade
Please note that these are not read over the intercom on the day they are received. It takes a day or 2 to make all the calls to parents.
Extra positive office referrals are being stored in the staff workroom and on the intercom podium in the office.
Twitter Hashtags: Action Item
#OakPark97 - The district monitors, likes and retweets all tweets that use this hashtag. This is a great way to let the community know all the great things we do at Holmes. There is also a Twitter scroll on the District website where your Tweets are shared and highlighted.
#HolmesHawks - This hashtag lets everyone know that well - Holmes is pretty awesome :)
We are adding the scroll of all #HolmesHawks to the Holmes website. You see all the great things that happen at Holmes there soon.
#HolmesHawksLIM - We are adding a Leader in Me button to the Holmes Website. The #HolmesHawksLIM will appear in a side scroll bar to highlight all our LIM Tweets. You should start to use the #HolmesHawksLIM when tweeting/highlighting anything regarding LIM.
REMINDER: Staff Spirit Wear - Action Item
Don't forget - the deadline for ordering STAFF WEAR (and any other items) with free shipping ends next Thursday. Here is the link.
When you get to the checkout screen, it will ask for your shipping address. If you already ordered and you put in your home address, that is fine - otherwise list Holmes for delivery. On the next screen you will see that the only shipping method right now is "delivered to school ($0)" so just enter that. All staff orders placed before the deadline of next Thursday will be free and delivered to school.
Seeking: 1x4 and 2x4 Wood Boards: Action Item
Please include this in your parent newsletters.
Art teachers, Ms. Jones and Ms. Ruff, are seeking old 1x4 or 2x4 boards to cut down for an art project. If you have old scraps laying around in your garage, please consider donating. Defects and blemished boards accepted! Bring into school or contact Ms. Jones to donate: kjones@op97.org