Sunday Shakedown
Weekly Memo for Washington Elementary
Principal Post
Thank yous, appreciations, and celebrations:
- Thanks to all for their support of students during benchmark testing. Although the schedule may seem arduous, the information may tell you just want you need to know in order to meet your goals.
- Thanks to Renee for always being prepared for our field trips and what might be needed as we travel
- Thanks to Amy A for your support of Mtn Trail
- Thanks to all who generously donated money on jeans day, Kennedy was able to raise over $2,000 for their playground needs
- Thanks to all who donated for our retired teacher's visit Tuesday, we will be catering from Braden's BBQ for them. See schedule and requests below
- Thanks to Jayson A for attending the district leadership team meeting
- Thanks to our social committee for planning a great day for faculty meeting tomorrow.
Retired teacher visit:
- Gather in the conference room to have a welcome and listen to the WSIC news from that morning. 11-11:15
- Tour the building-We will try to visit all we can. During the tour, I would like to highlight some of the things that are legacies at our school that still exist in some way because of the creativity of those who worked here before us. In my mind, these are: open environment, positive discipline/patriot promise, writing in draft books across the curriculum, individualized curriculum opportunities through clubs and co-curricular activities 11:15-12:00
- Lunch from Braden's (thank you all so much) 12:00-1:00
- Student visits: Please select one student per center to share a reading from his/her draftbook/published work. Ask a student who can showcases his/her work well and will engage with the adults. Please send them to the office at 12:45 to share and interact with the retirees. 12:45-1:00
- Retirees social time 1;00-1:45
- LCC program 2:00
Week of March 12-16
K professional learning day and portfolio meeting
LCF math benchmark
Faculty Meeting
Tuesday:
Club day (make arrangements if you are out that day)
Virginia Marshall baby shower at JSMS afterschool
Third grade math/4th ELA professional learning and planning day
Math collaboratives
Retired teacher tours and lunch 11-2
LCC performance 2:00 and 6;00
GWES Health Fair 5:00
Wednesday:
LCB, LCC QWA
Trent at STREAM camp meeting and AP meeting
Thursday:
Fourth math/5th ELA professional learning and planning day
NASA presenters in LCC and LCA
RTI data conferences
Friday:
No school for students, professional learning day at GWES . We will use the day to take through our benchmark data, plan ahead for the next nine weeks and be trained on our new phones (this will be 11-12)
A look ahead:
Ms. Li will begin the repeat of grade levels next week (5th)-I will try to redo the schedule, but please check below to calculate her arrival.
SPRING BREAK IS IN SIGHT !!!!!!
Professional Learning: New Resources to Share
Professional learning calendar:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TnP8coW70cUnlW0gLTJ6H4Oy5FNS8Sbw/view
For Your Information:
Remember our goal for 2 positive parent contacts per week-can be email, phone, written in binder
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Milligan College launched a Doctor of Educational Leadership program last year, which has been very successful. This program prepares teachers with three years in educational practice to become a principal or school administrator in two years while continuing to work.
- No longer requires the GRE or MAT for admission.
- The summer schedule has changed so that one class is online and the others are a hybrid format with one Saturday residency per course in addition to online work.
- Milligan M.Ed. alum, have their reference letters waived and are guaranteed an admissions interview.
- This program is the most economical in the region - even priced below the state university rate.
The next cohort starts in June. The application deadline is April 6. Please contact (423) 461.8769 for more information.
We are accepting nominations for the 2018 class of the Kingsport City Schools Hall of Fame, which will be inducted on July 31, 2018.
The KCS Hall of Fame features up to two inductees annually in each of three different categories – “Legacy” (Retired pre-1960), “Tradition” (Retired 1960-1990), and “Modern Era” (Retired 1991-present). To be eligible for consideration, nominees must have been regularly employed by KCS for a minimum of five years and been retired from the district for a minimum of five years. Any former KCS employee meeting the eligibility criteria (regardless of employment type) may be considered.
Nominations for the KCS Hall of Fame Class of 2018 will be accepted through May 1, 2018. >">Click here for nomination form >>
From Govenor Haslam:
Dear Educator,
As I look back over the last seven years, I am acutely aware that the remarkable progress we have made in education is due to your hard work in the classroom. Thank you for the commitment you’ve shown to your school, community, and, most of all, your students. Your work matters and so does your feedback.
To that end, if you haven’t already, I’m writing to ask for your participation in this year’s Tennessee Educator Survey. Earlier this week, we distributed invitations to complete this annual survey to more than 65,000 public school educators across the state, because we know that the best way to serve our students involves listening closely to you.
As in previous years, all responses to this survey will remain confidential. Only aggregated results will be made publicly available on the Tennessee Educator Survey results website here. You can learn more about this survey, including information about participant lottery opportunities, here.
You should have received your invitation from tned.research.alliance@vanderbilt.edu. If you have not received this invitation, please use the online system here to request that it be redelivered to your preferred email address. All links to the survey are personalized, so you should not forward your link or attempt to use a link that has been forwarded to you from a colleague.
Thank you again for all that you do for Tennessee students, and thank you for taking the time to provide this valuable feedback. It has helped to shape decisions made at all levels.
Coming soon-watch your inbox
K teachers:
What: Portfolio Technology Support (optional session)
When:Monday, March 12 following the Kindergarten Planning day
3:30-4:30pm
Purpose: To support teachers with the technology piece of the Kindergarten Portfolio
From our social committee:
Our March 12 faculty meeting will have a theme: "Luck-of-the Patriot" and we will have several activities that focus on our thankfulness to be one team at GWES. Please plan to bring a dish to share for the end of the day. It doesn't have to be fancy-chips, drinks, cookies, fruit...see Leslie for details.
Special Education Regional Mini-conferences
The department is happy to announce and offer regional mini-conferences. These regional events are intended to provide participants a high-level overview of various special education related topics. Click here to view a list of sessions, locations, and dates that will be offered.
In addition to the mini-conferences, there will also be an added day to focus on Implementing the Alternate Academic Diploma, as well as a session reserved for districts to select a limited amount of educators to attend training on dyslexia and current legislation requirements. Please indicate on your registration if you plan to attend both the mini-conference and the Implementing the Alternate Academic Diploma. Additional information and registration for the second day dyslexia training will be provided through the CORE offices. The mini-conferences are expected to reach capacity, so please sign-up quickly by clicking here.
Kingsport City Schools News Release - Kingsport City Schools Accepting Zoning and Tuition Applications for 2018-2019 School Year.
Applications can be found online at k12k.com via the "Parents" tab, 2018-19 Zoning and Tuition Application link or if need be, in-person at the KCS Administrative Support Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, second floor, downtown Kingsport. Application deadline is April 30, 2018.
The following are excerpts from the Kingsport Board of Education’s policies and procedures for zoning and tuition:
- Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition and zoning status.
- Students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport shall pay tuition charges as approved annually by the Board of Education.
- Failure to pay tuition will disqualify a student’s application for the next year.
- Tuition students are accepted and zoning exceptions are granted only if current enrollment permits.
- The system does not provide bus transportation for tuition or zoning exception students, except in specific circumstances.
- Documented medical reasons
- Child care availability
- An expected move to a different zone
- Specialized school programs
- A fifth or an eighth grade student with a previous zoning exception
- Documented justifications related to the child’s specific educational experience
- Zoning and tuition for Kingsport City Schools employees and retirees, as well as City of Kingsport employees
- Zoning exception reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled out-of-zone students
- New zoning exception applications
- Tuition reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled tuition students
- New tuition applications for out-of-district residents
Please review this link for an important science update:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e8D3YV-6_VnbE7oeIL-4Oa1APcwjo1SGJpptVqTMNhA/edit?usp=sharing
FREE Summer STEM Workshop
The University of Tennessee and the USAF Civil Air Patrol will hold an Aerospace/STEM workshop for teachers on July 5-20 on UT's campus. The workshop offers three hours of graduate credit, is tuition free, and goes toward recertification. Teachers of all grade levels are invited to attend. The focus of this summer's workship will be "aviation, space exportation, robotics, astromony, and rocketry." Attendees will receive classroom STEM kits worth thousands of dollars provided free of charge by the Civil Air Patrol. Past attendees have consistently rated these joint workshops as "best...ever." Seating is limited and registration will be honored on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please contact Lt. Colonel Dave Garner (865-966-9811) or check out their website by clicking here. Access a flyer by clicking here.
More PLearning Opportunities:
Theme: STEM and LIteraCy in Education (SLICE)
Time: Thur. 5/31/18- Friday 6/1/18
Place: The Millennium Conference Centre, 2001 Millennium Pl, Johnson City, TN 37604
Participants: 300 G4-12 teachers, 50-150 LEA administrators, IHE faculty members, Business partners. A total of 300-450 participants
Highlights:
Breakout sessions: best practices in education/ classroom innovation/ technology hands-on workshop/ project-based learning workshop/ best MSP PD sessions
Two keynote speeches from literacy and science focuses about STEM and Literacy in Education
STEM and Literacy in Education Luncheon (5/31/18)- Commissioner McQueen’s keynote and networking
STEM Partnership Celebration Luncheon (Friday 6/1/18)
Poster Session: MSP Book and Project Celebration- meet with the authors and students
Panel discussion- STEM Education for next 10 years
Host: Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE)
Registration fee: $75/ person
Teacher Stipend: The MSP project will provide $100/day stipend to teachers who are recognized as MSP participants from the partnered LEAs
Nursing News:
WSIC News
Link to the WSIC, please be certain to watch each day: https://goo.gl/vjw2eP