Buffalo Bulletin
August 27-August 31
Be the teacher who when given the "hard" class, says "These aren't hard kids, these are my kids."
-Teresa Kwant
Reminders & News
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information
- TTESS goals are due in Strive by September 7th! These are the two goals that you wrote during back to school professional development.
- Here is the link for the morning announcements, which begin daily at 8:00 a.m.
- Remember to begin nominating kids for the P2P Learner Award (2 per teacher per 9 week grading cycle)!
- Donor's Choose and other crowd-funding websites are great ways to get coll stuff for your classrooms, but please be sure to submit the Klein ISD approval request form prior to posting your project online.
- 3-5 grade teachers, a survey for your students will be sent soon. Please allow every student time to complete the survey after previewing the questions together.
- Here is the link for the Culture4Caring shirt which you can wear with jeans any day that you wish! There are two colors to pick from.
- In case you need to add the Blackshear Staff folder to your drive, open this link. Then right click on the name of the folder and choose "Add to My Drive."
- Our custodians have requested that you have students stack chairs in sets of 3-4 and pick up all loose materials from desks and floors before leaving for the day.
- Remove all furniture that you still want from common areas and empty classrooms before the warehouse picks it up next week! Looking for anything? Just take a walk around the halls and see what you can find!
- Remember to print your #ObserveMe posters on bright pink cardstock (extra on my black table in my office) after copying your QR code, goals, and name onto it. Make a copy of the document before editing.
- Please have MAP and DRA testing finished by September 28th so that we can do WIN grouping in PLC the following week. WIN will begin on October 9th.
Upcoming Events
PLC This week (Week of 8/27-8/31)
504/Ref 7 Clarification (30 min)
Team-generated topics
PLC Next Week (Week of 9/3-9/7)
K-2 team-generated topics
This Week's Schedule of Events
Monday 8/27
- 7:50-8:35 - SOS Meeting
- 11:00-12:30 - Leadership PLC meeting
- 1:45-3:15 - 2nd grade PLC
- 3:30-4:30 - Admin meeting
Tuesday 8/28
- 1:45-3:15 - 4th Grade PLC
Wednesday 8/29 - College shirt and jeans
- 12:15-1:45 - Kinder PLC
- 1:45-3:15 - 3rd Grade PLC
Thursday 8/30
- Your lunch time - Positive Office referral game room (link to nominate one student)
- 1:45-3:15 - 5th Grade PLC
Friday 8/31 - Spirit shirt or Klein Strong shirt and jeans
- 10:00-10:30 - 5th grade strings performance (cafeteria)
- 12:00 - House Points due on Google Form (Meagan will send link)
- 1:45-3:15 - 1st Grade PLC
- 1:45-2:15 - K-2 Big Kahuna Fundraiser Kickoff (cafeteria)
- 2:30-3:00 - 3-5 Big Kahuna Fundraiser Kickoff (cafeteria)
- 3:15 - House Dance Party
Monday 9/3 - Labor Day Holiday
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead dates are subject to change
9/3 - Labor Day Holiday
9/4 - 8pm - Klein Twitterverse (#p2pchat)
9/5 - McDonald's Spirit Night
9/7 - TTESS goals due in Strive
9/10-9/14 - Progress Monitoring Week (all Tier 2 students - Tier 3 done weekly - enter on form linked in Kid Talk Redefined document)
9/17 - Open House PK-2 (6:00-7:30)
9/18 - Open House 3-5 (6:00-7:30)
9/18 - Big Kahuna fundraiser ends
9/19 - Chick Fil-A Spirit Night
9/20 - CIDC Meeting #1 (4:00-5:00 in PLC room)