Thursday Tidbits
April 30th
Thank you all for being AWESOME!!!!
You have made extended online learning a great process for parents and students.
We appreciate you very much.
Have a Wonderful Friday and a Super weekend.
Love,
Carla, Jennifer and Andrea
2020-2021 Mashburn Map
We are still working on the SPED & IRR schedules, so SPED and IRR can just come in and start boxing up and we will go over the map next Wednesday with them.
Q4 Grades and Report Cards
Grading Window = May 18 @ 9:00 am through May 22 @ 4:00 pm
Report Card Distribution = May 29th -- looking at posting virtually in Parent Portal
*Please let Andrea know if you have any questions or need help posting grades*
Beginning of School Year Feedback
In the event that we are not able to return to school in the fall like normal, our District Leaders want to make sure we have a plan and want your feedback!
9 Ways Schools Will Look Different When They Reopen (optional article to read)
Please provide your feedback in this Google Form à Beginning of the Year Feedback
New P.A.W.S. Challenge (May 4th-15th)
Our new P.A.W.S. challenges will be divided into two parts. K-4th will have a task and 5th grade will have a separate task. We have asked teachers and parents to be included in theses challenges.
Please send all responses to Katie by Friday, May 15th.
Kindergarten-4th Grade Students, Teachers, or Parents:
In honor of our 5th graders leaving Mashburn, we would like you to create a short video for them, and we need your help!
Teachers, Parents, and Students, please either record a message or take a picture of you holding a message wishing our 5th graders a Happy Graduation. We will include all messages in our school video to them. Please send the messages to your classroom teachers by May 15th .
5th Grade Students, Teachers, or Parents:
In honor of our 5th graders leaving Mashburn, we would like you to create a short video for our fellow Blue Bears, and we need your help!
5th Grade Students- please either record a message or take a picture of you holding a message of what you will miss about Mashburn or advice you would like to give your fellow Blue Bears. Please send the message to your classroom teachers by May 15th.
GMM Sign-Up
Would anyone like to do TOMORROW? Fun Friday??? It is still open!!! 😉 Also, we still have several slots that need to be filled so feel free to sign up! Thank you!!!
Ideas for the Last Week of School
We want the students to still feel connect to each other as well as with Mashburn. We know we still have to do academic work, but let's be creative! Start Brainstorming!
Steps for translation in Outlook and Gmail:
Below are links from Michelle Slaton on how to translate emails into different languages.
She found these video on twitter and made it safe to share through myVRspot in Classlink.
- Translation in Outlook for parents (video in English)
I made the following two to share with teachers.
- Translator in Outlook 365 school email teacher view
- Translation in GMAIL
Friday Forum (Optional)
T&L Content Specialists Friday Forums
What is a Friday Forum?
Friday Forums are content-specific chats between the content specialists and educators from across the system.
Who should attend and WHY?
The purpose is to support teachers, instructional coaches, instructional technology specialists, and school leaders by establishing a collaborative community and addressing important concerns related to virtual teaching and learning.
Is participation REQUIRED?
These chats are completely optional and designed so that you can jump in and out depending on your needs during a given week.