Mt. Bethel Messenger
September 20, 2019
BUCCANEER BRAVOS
- BRAVO to the Third Grade team for throwing a beautiful shower to honor Baby Mulkey! It was truly a treat to have time to sit and enjoy each other's company & to anticipate the arrival of a new Buccaneer!
- HATS OFF to Farish Wheeler and Julia Schoeb for rocking ASP check-in in their classrooms! We appreciate your willingness to share your space and help out!
- KUDOS to our First Responders who participated in training this week to ensure our team is ready in the event of an emergency. You can expect a First Responders Drill to take place in the coming weeks!
- TAKE A BOW, Heather Kindschy, Maricatherine Rinaldi, & our Book Fair PTA Peeps! We sold over $28,000 worth of books and that means over $7,000 comes right back to our Learning Commons to purchase items and to enhance programming for our Buccaneers!
EMAIL EXPECTATIONS WHILE ON FALL BREAK
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The Voyage
We'll show the video after announcements *NOTE: The lesson linked below contains more than you are expected to teach, BUT it has great points.
Expectations for the week:
Recognize and target talk students who show cooperation by compromising.
RTI-2
The next RTI-2 meeting is October 1st during planning. Please plan to meet in Meagan's office.
Make sure you have your CSIS goals entered with at least one or two data points. Make sure it is a “SMART” goal.
Someone who doesn’t know the student should be able to read the goal and implement.
Meagan is available to help, so please ask!
TPV
FOCUS OF TPV:
Collaboration. When you are given two hours away from the classroom and we ask parents to volunteer their time, the expectation is that teams work on content and dig into work surrounding the four CCC questions and spend the time immersed in collaboration.
YOUR MENU OF POSSIBILITIES:
- Creating common formative assessments for the coming weeks using what Carrie Lowery shared on Thursday
- Planning curriculum, scope and sequence, and instructional practices
- Reviewing standards for upcoming nine weeks
- Discussing how to work enrichment/intervention times as a grade level
- Prioritizing standards
YOU MAY NOT:
- Work on report cards
- Work on grading assignments
- Work on minutiae/administrative tasks
- Work on something that needs to be done in isolation
TPV SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, October 2nd
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 4th Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for Kindergarten
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 3rd Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for 1st Grade
- NOTE: Carrie Lowery is on campus. Reach out if your team wants her help with CTLS.
Friday, October 4th
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 5th Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for 2nd Grade
Foundation Patron Drive - Coming Soon!
This year's theme = ALL IN!
Also, every school day in October, social media posts will highlight what the Foundation does. If you are on social media, please make sure you LIKE/FOLLOW them on FB & Insta. Like the posts and repost.
FB - @MBESF https://www.facebook.com/MBESF/
Instagram - @mtbethelfoundation https://www.instagram.com/mtbethelfoundation/
TECH THURSDAY - OCTOBER 3RD
Carrie will be here all day on Thursday and is willing/able to help. First and Third - you lucked out that it is your TPV time. Think about inviting her to help you work on assessments.
CONFERENCE TIMELINE
Conference Week (10/14 - 10/18) will be here before we know it! Make sure you pay attention to all of the items on the Conference Timeline (emailed, in boxes on orange paper, and linked below).
- 9/30 = Conference Letters go home. Make sure you are working on scheduling and completing the letters. Remember to list the student's name in the bottom right-hand corner.
EARLY RELEASE SPECIALS AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES **NOTE: Coy Boyles will not be performing on Monday. BUT - we will keep the same schedule.
October Meeting Calendar
EARLY RELEASE - WEDNESDAY, 10/10
The "Singletons" will have the opportunity to collaborate with others in our area. Jaime will send specifics regarding meeting locations.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
FALL BREAK: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST - SEPTEMBER 29TH
- Prep your auto-replies to be ready for 2:00 on Friday, 9/20
- NO BUILDING HOURS
- The best thing that you can make happen is that you power down for a week and do what you want!
Sunday, September 22nd
- Happy Birthday, Tiffany Gibson!
Tuesday, September 24th
- Happy Birthday, Lisa Bredickas! (Big One)
Sunday, August 29th
- Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
Monday, September 30th
- Rosh Hashanah
Tuesday, October 1st
- Rosh Hashanah ends at sundown.
- Foundation Patron Drive begins
- RTI-2 during planning in Allred's Office
Wednesday, October 2nd
- Happy Birthday, Glorinda Faulkner!
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 4th Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for Kindergarten
- Hearing Screening for 1st & 4th Grades - Back of LC
- Appleyard out in am - Digital Leadership @ Lindley 6th Grade Academy
- Davies out in am - Learning Walks in Pebblebrook Cluster
- 2nd Grade to Sparkles - STEM Field Trip
- Guiding Coalition meetings in afternoon at Northstar Church - Admin out
- Flu Clinic after school - Information to come!
Thursday, October 3rd
- Davies & Johnson out in am - Unique Training @ Northstar Church
- Appleyard out in am - STEAM Walk @ Tritt
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 3rd Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for 1st Grade
- 5:30 pm - Odyssey of the Mind Informational Meeting in LC
Friday, October 4th
- Happy Birthday, Lindsey Eipper!
- Hearing Screening
- RI/MI Window 1 Closes
- 8:15 - 10:15 - TPV for 5th Grade
- 11:45 - 1:45 - TPV for 2nd Grade
DUTY SCHEDULE - WEEK OF 9/30
Extra hands always appreciated!
- AM BUS - CLIPBOARD: Zenoni | AM BUS PROCEDURES
- AM BUS - MONITORING: McGraw
- AM CAR - Bartnicki, Walker | AM CARPOOL PROCEDURES
- PM CAR - Mulkey, Lloyd, Mullins/Goldt
- 2nd LOAD/LATE FACT ARRIVAL - Greenwald