Anchor Weekly
A newsletter for Alta Vista Staff~Week of September 17, 2018
Don't Forget! Next Week's Calendar
- BOY BAS Benchmarks ALL WEEK
- RtI A-Z Meetings with Helton ALL WEEK
- Blended Learning District Committee Meeting on Monday, September 17 at 4:30 pm
- Talk Like a Pirate Day on Wednesday, September 19
- Faculty Meeting on Wednesday, September 19
- Reading PLCs on Thursday, September 20
- Positive Phone Call Day on Thursday, September 20
- Girl CODE starts after-school meetings on Thursday, September 20
- Mayborn STEM Activity (PK) on Friday, September 21 (11:30-Scott, 12:15-Hofheins, 1:00-Picazo)
Coming Up: MANDATORY (ALL STAFF) Insurance Meeting on Monday, September 24; End of 1st Six Weeks on Friday, 9/28
Talk Like A Pirate Day
Here are some ideas to get you started: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qiIYz3ciCxRN-ShdCkLN5cki6sfx8umoShstpUvZsVA/edit?usp=sharing
Reading PLCs
Positive Phone Calls Day
Log: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l5nXyCxQ8ohwlQT8QugIoUISPkXEI78xlJ2mxIPSd14/edit?usp=sharing
From Your Captain
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Conscious Discipline
Please reinforce your safe keeper rituals and use of this language. When asked, every student should be able to say their job at school is to keep it safe. When students are acting up, it's easy to correct by asking, "Are you keeping the school safe? Are you doing your job?"
Hero Night
Each grade level and/or team will need to plan 1-2 learning activities in either reading, math, or science with a "hero" theme. Document your plans on here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E241q6eOh4VTSaIH34cx7zDsdTltJIa6OJgLW6agTNo/edit?usp=sharing
Please have your grade level plans submitted by Friday, September 21 so we can get purchases done. If you are not sure about your ideas, come talk to Mrs. Helton. We would love to give out some learning activities to families, so be creative! Oriental Trading is a great place to start.
**If you have ideas on how to incorporate community heroes into our event, please let Mrs. Helton know! Maybe you know a fireman, policeman, veteran, or other hero that would like to share information with our families.
GT Nominations
There are forms in both Spanish and English. We have a LOT of high achieving students that we need to seriously consider for GT this year. Let's get those nominations rolling!
Makerspace
While Mrs. Helton won't be available to do this Makerspace project on "Talk Like A Pirate" Day, you are still welcome to check out the cart that day and do it on your own! The directions and materials are all ready to go.
New Absence Reporting Procedures
The big change is that you will no longer report any type of absences in Eduphoria. All absences will be reported through TEAMS only.
You will still be required to put personal business in at least 3 days prior, and substitutes (if needed) are required to be pre-arranged. TEAMS will not release the job to be subbed until it is first approved by Mrs. Logan, so let her know ahead of time that you are putting personal business requests in TEAMS.