The Meeks Messenger
1st Edition, Vol. 21, February 1st
From the desk of Eric, Maggie and Marianne
We loved seeing all the red around campus today!!
Happy Friday!
We hope you all have had a great week! We have a few shout outs to give! Congratulations to our athletes who were recognized at the girls and boys basketball games: Mckenna Mccord, Reese Hile, Kourtney Dye, Joseph Bury, Dillon McArthur and Bryson Stone. We are so proud all of the great things our students are doing!
We hope to have Parkside teachers representing at EdCamp this weekend! EdCamps are so much fun and relevant to classroom instruction! See the link to learn more!
Just a reminder about fire drills: Please make sure your doors are shut and locked and your lights are turned off when you exit your classroom. Thank you all for doing such a great job at keeping our kids safe during our drills.
Leads Reminder: Please make sure you have updated your Professional Goals and SLO's (progress check #2) by Monday February 4.
Next week is the book fair. Monday will be the teacher preview at 3:00 please come to the library to enjoy snacks and picking books for your boxes. Classes this week will be in the community room.
PTA funds request: If you are wanting to put in a funds request for the February PTA meeting please turn those into Jamie by Tuesday afternoon. This is a great way to get educational tools/materials for your classroom that benefit your entire class. Remember funds request also need to be submitted for field trips.
If you could use one word to describe Parkside what would it be - Use this link to record your answer!
Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend!
Eric, Maggie and Marianne
Twitter Challenge
RTI REMINDERS
Remember to email an RTI Parent Brochure and ParentLetter if a student is on Tier 2 or moving to Tier 3. Also, please have parents complete a Parent Communication Guide when moving to Tier 3.Visit our RTI document for lots of great examples of SMART goals and let us know how we can help support you! Please make sure you are updating your students goals in aware and all data should be updated for this 9 week RTI period.
From Mrs. Harman...
- All LISD employees and their immediate family have access to 6 free counseling sessions per issue per year. This is completely confidential and LISD will never receive your name or be made aware that you used this service. I have placed copies of the information in my box for you to take. Please know that I am here if anyone needs guidance or extra resources.
Second Step: Here is the link to the January Parent Letter. Please share this in your weekly newsletters to parents so that they can reinforce Second Step at home!
Important Dates to Remember!
2/4 Teacher Book Preview at 3:00 p.m. and Behavior Response Team Meeting 3:10 p.m. (Conference Room)
2/6 Leadership Team Meeting at 3:10 (Russell's Room)
2/4-2/8 Book Fair (Library Classes will be in the Community Room)
2/6: TELPAS training for Grade level teachers in Team Lead Classrooms during Conference
2/12 PTA Meeting 6:30-7:30 (One Rep from each grade level, Specials, SPROG, and SPED)
2/28 Spring Picture Day
PLC Dates
Parkside you all are doing great things!
Shout Outs
Did you know YOU can make someones day by giving them a shout out?! Is there someone on our campus that you would like to recognize for standing out? Here is the place to do that - fill out this form and they will be recognized by admin at the first faculty meeting of the month. You can do this anonymously, or you may add your name!
We Are Here for YOU!!!
Email: lauren.meeks@leanderisd.org
Location: 301 Garner Park Drive, Georgetown, TX, USA
Phone: 17110
Twitter: @TheRealMrsMeeks