SLE News
February 6 - 10
Monday - JEANS & TEAM shirts!
Spring Creek - Wednesday
Health and Wellness Survey
CLUBS Experience - I wanted you to know what I sent to our parents!
Clubs Experience #SLExD
We had an amazing start to our campus-wide clubs! I would like to share some insight as to why we made the decision to incorporate clubs into our instructional day as there are many benefits for ALL students and the process as well as participation achieves numerous goals. In addition, we will continue some of our other BIG clubs outside of the school day because they need more time to achieve their goals.
To begin - it is a district initiative that we provide students with the opportunities to be involved in extracurricular clubs. This is difficult to achieve after school because more than half of our children have to leave at dismissal. With the current format 100% of our students get to be a part of a club.
Experience Design - The CLUBS initiative was created to support our efforts to provide authentic experiences for our students. Students may not know, but while participating in the CLUBS they are learning. Each club is targeting skills that help students make connections to our state TEKS. Yes, even in my BINGO club we are integrating math, social studies, and reading as well as providing students with opportunities to develop listening and problem solving skills. Your students just think they are having fun, which means we have done a good job planning, because learning should be fun.
Student Voice - It is also a district initiative that we listen to our students and respond based on their feedback. We took a survey of students to determine their interests and then created clubs based on this. Next, ALL students got to choose their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice. This has been an amazing life lesson for students since we do not always get our 1st choice in the real world. It has been exciting to watch those who did not get their 1st choice, because it turns out they have really enjoyed their club.
Effective Communicators - Students are enrolled in their clubs by interest, but they are also multi-age groups. This was intentional so that students have the chance to learn from friends in different grade levels and also have the opportunity to lead within the groups. In addition, the students were assigned to a club sponsor who would have the awesome privilege of teaching and connecting with them for all 4 CLUB meetings. Research shows that students who have the opportunity to connect with multiple adults at school will be more successful. Many of our students are participating in a CLUB with an adult that they might have never met without this opportunity.
We will meet with our CLUBS 4 times in the Spring and then survey our students about what went well and what they would like to see in our line-up for next year!
If you have questions about our CLUBS, my door is always open and I would love your feedback.
Continuing the WARRIOR Spirit
Campus Instructional Rounds - All district Principals
This is your time to SHINE! All principals will be on our campus, 2/15/17. We will make every effort to create a schedule where all classrooms will be visited, however this will depend on the time of day when they are in the building. As we build momentum with Experience Design this would be a great day to plan "an Experience" in your classrooms!
Wednesday, Feb 15, 2017, 08:15 PM
Silver Lake Elementary School, North Dooley Street, Grapevine, TX, United States
Love your Device Contest
Summer School
Teacher applications and course proposals are now being accepted for Summer Enrichment 2017. Our theme this year is “Rockin’ Through the Summer” and we would love for you to come and ROCK with us! We are looking for courses that meet the needs of all students in a variety of areas including arts and crafts, music, theater, writing, problem solving, science, cooking, and more! Courses are 3 hours in length (8:30-11:30 or 12:30-3:30) and will run for one week, Monday-Friday. As a Summer Enrichment teacher, you get to choose when you would like to offer your course(s) so you can work around your summer plans.
Please consider creating a ROCK STAR opportunity for students and join us as we are "Rockin' Through the Summer" to help students continue the journey to be skilled problem solvers, effective communicators, collaborative workers, global citizens, and self-regulated learners.
- Compensation: $30/hour
- Budget: $75/course (based on supplies for 10-16 students and must use GCISD approved vendors)
- Teacher Hours: 8-noon for AM and Noon-4 for PM classes
- Location: CTMS
Dates:
- Session 1: June 12 - 16
- Session 2: June 19 - 23
- Session 3: June 26 - 30
- Session 4: July 10 - 14
- Session 5: July 17 - 21
- Teacher Application (Submit by February 1, 2017)
- Course Proposal (Submit by February 1, 2017)