Friday Focus
For Information and Inspiration
Our Collective Work
Consistent Curriculum Implementation In All Classrooms
Meaningful Feedback- to Students, Teachers, and Principals
Attendance Practices that Improve Regular Attendance
Social Emotional Learning
Weekly Message
So yesterday I changed my password and then immediately forgot what I had changed it to. Summer brain is REAL! I didn't realize that until 5:30 last night after IT was gone. Joann V. and Doug McNeill have gone above and beyond to try to remedy this, but unfortunately, it cannot be fixed until Monday. So...many of the attachments I was going to send, including the Weekly Bulletin, sadly cannot be shared since I cannot sign in to google. And that's ok because you're on break and we can look at all of this later on.
I was so glad to meet with the groups who came to see me this week. Shout out to Megan who came to two meetings and Kirk who let me take 20 minutes of his time to talk about schedule and then stayed to answer all my questions. I am realizing that this staff is AMAZING!
Thank you so much for all of the support and kindness you have shown me since I got here!
Warm regards,
Jennifer
Staffing News
- Dax Smith accepted a 1.0 music position at Sato. He will be missed on our staff.
- Two staff members will be returning to us: Ben Goodling will be back as one of or school psychologists and Jody Dehaven will return at .5 music. Welcome back! Bryan Cummiskey will go to Vose.
- Julie and I will conduct secretary interviews on July 24th from 8-12. If anyone would like to volunteer to be part of that interview team, please email me. Kathy Moshinsky will watch the office for us while those interviews happen.
- You may have seen the posting for our Assistant Principal. I will be interviewing candidates at district office on July 31st and August 1st. If you have special things you would like me to look for in a prospective AP, please email me.
Kindergarten JumpStart
Testing Coordinator Needed
Team Meetings this Week
- Family Handbook: no one was able to attend, but I liked giving myself the time to focus on a specific goal. I was able to study ours and some mentor texts from around the district to find things that might work for our school. I like to give families a handbook that lists things specific to Raleigh Hills that would not be included in the BSD Student-Family Handbook. It lets them know the traffic pattern for drop off and the recess rules at our school. Just things that they might be wondering about, especially if they are new. I made really good progress on a draft that I will share when my log-in woes are over.
- PBIS: Megan, Amy, Kelly, and Betsy were able to attend. We talked about our beliefs about discipline including how students need to feel connected to the school and competent in their work in order to be fantastic RH citizens. We spoke about the need for some consistency across the school with expectations. We talked about what that might look like and the various pieces we would need. These included a tracker system, assemblies with awards for behavior in certain areas, cards to hand out (Panther Paws or something similar) and ways for students to be connected to the school. We also discussed whether we should have two systems of words like Safe, Kind, Responsible, Respectful for Elementary and PRIDE for Middle School. The committee decided they needed your help with this, so please vote using the form I will email out on Monday. I think we made outstanding progress for two hours' work.
- Schedule: Megan, Amy, Holly, Aprill, Kristie and Kirk gave input. We talked about priorities for our schedule and ran several scenarios against the draft that Peter and Karla had begun working on. I got some great ideas that really helped me get that going. A good first draft is almost finished and I plan to share it for input after I get back into my google:/
Leadership Meeting
ELD Training Opportunity
We have two 2-day DALL workshops scheduled for August. The first will be held on Tuesday & Wednesday, August 13 & 14. The other will be on Wednesday & Thursday, August 21 & 22. We strongly encourage elementary integrated/collaborative teams to attend together. Sign up on TeacherSource here.
Some Calendar Items for You...
- July 24th - Secretary Interviews
- July 30th - possible leadership committee meeting
- July 31st and August 1st - Jen at VP interviews