Jaguar Journal
Week of Feb 12th
Upcoming Events:
- Kindergarten ACCESS testing continues (Maul and DePietro testing today. Webster and Lowing on normal schedule.)
- Teachers Nominated for TOY- prompts emailed to Sarah by 8am
- 3rd/K PLC
Tuesday, Feb 13th:
- 5th Grade Check Ins (ELA) in the AM
- 1st and 5th grade switch Specials time today
- SHORT SLT Meeting in Margee's Room (This is not a date that was on the master calendar. If you are unable to attend, please just let Carla know.)
Wednesday, Feb 14th:
- 5th Grade Check Ins (Math) in the AM
- 1st and 5th grade switch Specials time today
- Carla out at principal meeting
- 4th PLC
- MTSS Meeting at 11
Thursday, Feb 15th:
- 100th Day of School
- 4th Grade Check Ins (Math) in the AM
- 2nd PLC
- CCS Twitter Chat 3:30 - if you are willing to host in your room, please let us know!
- Art Means Everything - show opens at 5:30 (Everyone, please come out!)
Friday, Feb 16th:
- Breakfast for Bus Drivers at 8:30am
- ACCESS and Check In Make ups
- 5th Grade PLC with Darlene moved to today (IAs please cover)
- 1st Grade PLC moved to today (IAs please cover)
Learning about the human body with this cool shirt and an ipad!
Reminders/Updates:
Check Ins Next Week:
Check Ins will happen for 4th and 5th grade next week. Please see the schedule below. Testing should finish by 10am each day.
Tuesday- 5th grade homerooms, Abu-Sharr, Lowing
Wednesday- 5th grade homerooms, Abu-Sharr, Doyle (empty computer lab)
Thursday- 4th grade homerooms, Maul, Ross, Lowing, Morris, Webster, DePietro, Massey
Please have students move about the building quietly while testing is happening.
Digital Learning Day is Feb 22nd!!!
Here are the links to the CCSDLD Smore newsletter and the CCSDLD website which have specific directions and suggestions for using tech in the classroom.
https://www.smore.com/t906u-ccs-digital-learning-day?ref=email-content#w-5169350723
https://sites.google.com/chatham.k12.nc.us/ccsdlday/home?authuser=0#DLDay
Love the Bus Week
We are celebrating our bus drivers this week. Please encourage students to write them Valentines this week!
World's Carnival & World's Fair are coming...
The World's Carnival will happen on March 23rd. The PTA is busy planning many fun games, lining up food trucks and more. If you are interested in earning NCE time, please complete the following form: Staff Signup for World's Carnival . Remember, there are going to be many opportunities to use NCE time due to optional workdays after students leave! Support the PTA and earn NCE Time!!! Please see games that the PTA is planning to have included attached below.
Becky Whyte is working to help plan the World's Fair. It will happen the week of March 26 - March 29th right after the World's Carnival on March 23rd. This is NCE's 10th year for the World's Fair!! We are so thankful that the PTA helped us contract with Becky to make this annual event be able to happen!! Please see the Teacher Letter below from Becky explaining World's Fair any next steps. New staff, please talk to teammates about any questions you may have. This is a great week of learning! There will also be forms going home with families this week asking for parent volunteers!
Grant Opportunity
The Equity and Excellence for Everyone Team is sponsoring an Equity Team Grant Competition.
Weekly Note
Charting TRC Growth in 3rd Grade! Consider how you can have kids "own" their data!?!?!
Shout Outs
This week is LOVE THE BUS week. Huge thank you to our awesome drivers and monitors! You are the best!
Awesome job to our ESL team- Elizabeth, Val, Juliana, and Lisa! ACCESS testing went smoothly thanks to your hard work! THANK YOU!!!
Shout out to our EC teachers for a wonderful PLC Thursday after school! Thank you for working to problem solve as a group and support each other.
Thank you, Erin Berliner! You are working hard to support our struggling students. You are appreciated at NCE!
Thank you to all our IAs who subbed, proctored, and covered classes last week. You always jump in when we need you...thank you!!
Shout out to all the PLC's that are problem solving together to grow students each week! It is awesome to continue to see students school wide making typical and above typical progress from I/E time! It is just as exciting to see PLC's problem solving when students are not growing about needed next steps! NCE is a true Professional Learning Community! WHOOP WHOOP!
Shout out to Brittany. She does a fantastic job keeping our school on track with MTSS. Thanks for your leadership, Brittany!
Thank you to our custodial crew and all of you for taking extra steps to keep our school as germ free as possible!