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December 13, 2019
The Moreau Heights family is committed to providing a positive and safe learning environment to support responsible and productive citizens.
Our Vision
Moreau Heights is a school where students are eager to learn and where staff are excited to teach. Students are successful at Moreau Heights in growing and meeting personal and academic goals. Teachers are innovative and a collaborative team. We are a family of learners and a community of great achievers!
Character Trait for December - Kindness
Morning Meeting Lessons
PBIS has prepared the slideshow for next week during morning meeting. Please remember to continue with the structure below. Monday you will choose your own activity, Tuesday and Thursday will be Second Steps and Wednesday and Friday will be PBIS.
- Greeting
- Share
- Activity (this will be PBIS lessons on Wednesday and Friday)
- Message
Morning Meeting Lessons:
Shannon will send an email with the link.
PLC - Collaborative Norms
Presume Positive Intent
Assuming that others' intentions are positive promotes and facilitates meaningful dialogue and discussion, and prevents unintentional put-downs. Using positive intentions in speech is one manifestation of this norm.
Put Ideas on the Table
Ideas are the heart of meaningful dialogue and discussion. Label the intention of your comments. For example: "Here is one idea..." or "One thought I have is ..." or "Here is a possible approach..."" or "Another consideration might be ..."
There will be table tents for each team to have visible at meetings to support the practice of these norms to support collaboration.
Calendar of Events
Monday, Dec. 16
*Dental RV at MH
*Leadership Team mtg 3:05
Tuesday, Dec. 17
*Dental RV at MH
*Lit Team discussions 1, 3, 5
Wednesday, Dec. 18
*Dental RV at MH
*PBS Assemblies
grades 3-5 at 8:15
grades k-2 at 9:30
*JS IEP mtg (Haugen, Gorman, Boeckman, Day) 3:00
*Holiday Performance at Miller Center 6:00
Thursday, Dec. 19
*Lit team discussions k, 2, 4
*PTO Holiday Celebration for grades 3-5 - Smallfoot 8:45 -11
*Tier 2 mtg 3:05
Friday, Dec. 20
*MH School Family Sing-a-long in gym 9:15-10:00
*3 hour early dismissal 11:45
Our Data Updates
Behavior Goals and Data
December of 18/19 - 110
August -December 18/19 - 356
December of 19/20 - 16
August -December 19/20 - 161
Students will earn 350 positive office referrals by December 20, 2019.
693 Positive Office Referrals as of 12/12
Feedback and Area of Focus from Marty
Attendance Goals and Data
85.3% of 12/12
Academic Goals and Data
*iReady scores from our fall assessment are below
80% of students on iReady reading licenses are passing lessons with a 70-100%.
50% of our students on level based on April iReady assessment data, increasing from 44% of our students on level in math in April 2019 .
*iReady scores from our fall assessment are below
95% of students on iReady math licenses are passing lessons with a 70-100%.
5th grade students will perform at or above the state average on science MAP test in spring 2020.
Book Study Highlight
Enjoy the short video below about getting started with Trauma-Informed Practices.
- What, from the video, affirms what you know or believe?
- What do you see as challenges for you as we move forward?
We will discuss chapters 7 and 8 from Help for Billy at our staff meeting on January 22.
Kelly's Koaching Korner -
GoMath Digital=Daily MAP prep
Are you assigning digital GoMath for your students? If you want support with how/what to assign, please reach out to me. This week, 4th grade teachers sent home the GoMath parent letter. This letter allows student access to GoMath at home for practice.
Difference Makers-you are all difference makers for our students. Thanks for your continued Growth Mindset during our Professional Development sessions. I appreciate your work ethic and love supporting you!
Shout Outs for Staff
Thank you to our School Culture Team for putting on a great Christmas for staff last Friday evening. A wonderful time was had by all! The time and effort put into the event is appreciated for sure!
Thank you for everyone who participated in the Positive Office Referral push on Monday! It was AWESOME to see so many students and staff recognized! Thank you for embracing this special day!
Thank you for all who participated in the Ugly Sweater contest and ornament exchange! Love how you join the fun!
Thank you 2nd grade and Specials teams for facilitating our books discussions at the staff meeting! We appreciate the insight you offered!
Thank you Meghan Holliday for figuring out how to program the upstairs copier for easier scanning and emailing of documents! So glad someone finally figured this out! WOOHOO!
Thank you to Shannon Gann for organizing the door contest!
Thank you to all staff that participated in the door contest! The doors look great and so festive.
Changes in Moreau Heights Staffing
Steven Inglish will be our new kitchen manager. Congratulations!
Rhonda Kauffman will be retiring to enjoy some much deserved "down time!"
Jackie Pfenenger will be moving to a different elementary school to spread her awesomeness across the district.
Jessica Coffelt accepted a teaching position in Camdenton to be closer to home. She will be great in her new position EVEN IF we will miss her greatly!
- we are currently looking for the right individual to fill this position
Self-Care Segment - Take Care of YOU!!
Dawn's Dish
Thank You
I love the quote above because it reminds us that relationships come first. It's going to be an amazing second half of our year because of the groundwork YOU have laid all semester. Go into break knowing YOU are ROCKING it. Enjoy your family and rest A LOT...YOU deserve it!
Managing Student Behavior
Below is the link to a short, but great article on different ways to manage student behaviors.
The Maxwell Daily Reader - Learn a New Definition of Failure
How can you help yourself learn a new definition of failure and develop a different perspective concerning failure and success? By making mistakes. Chuck Braun of Idea Connection Systems encourages trainees to think differently through the use of a mistake quota. He gives each student a quota of thirty mistakes to make for each training session. And if a student uses up all thirty? He receives another thirty. As a result, the students relax, think of mistakes in a whole new light, and begin learning.
Remember, mistakes don't define failure. They are merely the price of achievement on the success journey.
-Failing Forward
Reflection Questions:
How close to success might your team be?
Are you willing to keep fighting to make a breakthrough?
Follow our school, district, Dawn, and Sue on Twitter.
@Dr_D_Day (Me)
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@JCMH_tweets (Moreau Heights)
@JCSchools_ (District)
You can also follow our school hashtag at #MHmissionpossible
You can follow our district hashtag at #JCStrongerTogether
December Attendance Bracket Update
Committee Updates
Leadership Team Notes - November
PBIS Team Notes - December
Faculty Council Notes - December
Title I Notes - December
District Professional Development Committee - November