Challenge Prep Charter School
Weekly Memo: August 22- August 26 2016
Gearing up for the First Day of School!
August 23, 2016
Dear Challenge Cheetahs,
Would you believe the scholars return on Thursday? As we enter another week, I would like to summarize a few of our accomplishments. Among our accomplishments are: developing a weekly staff memo to keep all staff informed and improve communication; providing meaningful professional development; conducting walkthroughs focusing on classroom environments and building collaboration among grade teams and across the school. I want to welcome all of the new faces to Challenge and thank the staff for welcoming everyone that walks through our doors.
As you continue to plan for welcoming your scholars, please keep in mind for the first two days, you should focus on getting to the scholars and classroom management. Included in your binder are several documents to help you get started. This includes the First 25 Days of the Reading Workshop. How are you're scholars going to access bppks from the library? How often?
In addition, please also keep in mind, scholars should constantly be out of their seats as well as in their seats. Dr. Jager referenced station rotations. This is another word for work stations. Baskets are great to help you keep things organized. They are GREAT management tools.
Finally, please prepare to greet your scholars and families on Thursday! Unless stated by the principal, everyday the standard dress is business casual attire.
Let us begin our journey to "Overcome Challenges and Define Excellence."
Glimpse of the Week Ahead
Pre-Service 2016-2017
Theme: Goggle 101
Everyone received a link to register for the GOOGLE 101 exam. The expectation is for everyone to complete the exam to become Google certified!
Tuesday, August 23, 2016:
Theme: Planning and Preparation
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Theme: Planning and Preparation
Staff will receive a copy of their schedules!
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Theme: The First Day of School; Creating a Classroom of Respect and Rapport
Friday, August 26, 2016
Theme: Creating a classroom of respect and Rapport
The Pre-Service Plan will be updated daily. Please check daily for any changes. Here is the link to access the plan https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IucdNitMSAv2D3UUjx48Wt1L13OsyhIX6wVOVq--1Zw/edit#gid=939983309
References
Procedures
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R9ucNbAr4QSH234C9HJfZwWLMvSW9DxCNZkZnL-JzFg/edit
NWEA -
Please complete our survey at nwea.org/pdsurveys in order to get their certificate of completion. Our workshop was entitled Custom and my full name is Fenesha Hubbard.
MRS. MUNYAO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU....
Our sister site, TeacherLists.com, works with some amazing partners and they’re giving a free pack of school supplies to every group that uploads their supply lists and chooses to include products from our sponsors. We’re talking about good stuff, Lysol, Hefty, Puffs, and more of the most popular brand names for back-to-school supplies.
It’s really easy to add your list, no technical skills required. You can upload it in whatever format you have – word document, spreadsheet, .pdf, .jpg, etc. And when you see the question about using trusted brand names for generic items on your list, simply click “yes”.
For every school that adds lists with our trusted brand sponsors we’ll donate $1 to the Kids in Need Foundation.
A win-win for everyone.
Hope you’ll take a minute to upload your lists and earn free supplies for your group and help us donate even more to the foundation and get supplies into the hands of kids that need them.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
August 25
September 05
September 07
1st Staff Meeting-
4:45pm-5:30pm
September 12
To access the schools calendar click here:https://drive.google.com/a/challengecharterschools.org/file/d/0B_T8E1HU1PBGV2g5SzMxY1ltc2s/view
Challenge Preparatory Charter School
Email: ngriffin@challengecharterschools.org
Website: www.challengeprepcharter.org
Location: 710 Hartman Lane, Far Rockaway, NY, United States
Phone: 718-327-1352