Pleasant Valley Staff Newsletter
Week of November 12, 2018
Our mission is to empower and inspire a community of lifelong learners and leaders.
District Goals:
1. We will practice fiscal responsibility.
2. We will improve student achievement.
3. We will increase our transparency throughout our communities.
Habit #2 Begin with the End in Mind: Have a Plan
Principles: Vision, commitment, and purpose
Paradigm:
Common: I can't' predict how my life will turn out, so I just go with the flow.
Vs.
Highly Effective: Clearly defining my vision and purpose in life will make all the difference.
Practices
- Create and live/work by a Personal/Family/School/Class Mission Statement
- Define outcomes before your act by having a Vision and Setting Goals
- Develop an Action Plan or identify Strategies that will get you to the Vision/Goals
Results: I have a clear vision of where I want to go and who I want to be
Some results from living a Habit 2 at a higher level are:
- A clear definition of desired results
- A greater sense of meaning and purpose
- Criteria for deciding what is or is not important
- Improved outcomes
Kindness Week November 13th-20th we will make it a 6-day focus!
Our home liaisons have synergized to provide some resources and activities our learners. Please plan to hold discussions revolving around the items below with your learners:
- the expectation of being "Respectful" & "Responsible" and how that relates to interacting at PV with others
- how intimidation, harassment, or bullying will be tolerated at our school
- everyone has the right to come to school to learn in a place where ALL belong
- what bullying is and is not
- how the word bullying is a strong word that also can be an overused word
- what to do if you are being intimidated or harassed by someone
- what to do if you witness someone being intimidated or harassed by someone else
Odds and Ends
Parking on the 12th, 14th, and the 15th:
Please park in the back or side and not in the front lot on Monday and Wednesday.
On Monday, our guests for the Veteran's Day Program will need the spaces.
On Wednesday, we will host a Grade 3 Capstone and about twenty guests from CSUs First Ring Leadership Academy.
2X20 Intervention:
Please share any positive outcomes or experiences you had with the 2X10/2X20 intervention. No one shared with me.
STEM:
The STEM storage closet needs to purged. All materials need to be on the shelves and can not be on the floor. Please look through the closet and let Gary know what can be let go before we leave for Winter Break in December as anything that is not on shelving will have to be discarded.
Thank you in advance!
Important Links
**** NEW
Elevating the Essentials Resource Binder
Link: https://www.livebinders.com/b/2435822
Access Code: PCSD44636
BrainPOP Access- with BrainPOP Jr. & EL support!
username: bokas
password: pvstars#1
PV 2018-19 Staff Folder
Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cG_4KCVrLtA7ePxebp3901b_pBLLmmDN
K-5 Curriculum & Assessment Resource Binder
Access Code: PCSD44636
Our Week...
11.12 BFT Meeting @ 8:45 am Boka's Office
11.12 Park in the back/side parking lot to make room for our guests
11.12 Veteran's Day AM Progam 10:00 am Lower Gym & AM Reception @ 11:00 am Upper Gym
11.12 Veteran's Day PM Reception 1:00 pm Upper Gym & PM Program @ 1:45 pm Lower Gym
11.13 Bus Safety Rescheduled @ 9:30-12:00 pm
11.13-20 Anti-Bullying 6-day Awareness Campaign
11.13 "Creative" Staff Meeting- Work on Public School Works Training in your rooms
11.14 PV Hosts First Ring Leadership Academy (FRLA) Room 211
11.14 Grade 3 STEM Capstone @ 10:30 am Lower Gym
11.14 Park in the back/side parking lot to make room for our Capstone and FRLA guests
11.14 BLT PBIS @ 8:00 am Conference Room
11.14 PTA Meeting @ 9:30 am Faculty Lounge
11.14 KDG Literacy Night @ 6:00-7:30 pm Cafe
11.15 KDG Capstone @ 2:15-3:00 pm Lower Gym
11.15 Park in the back/side parking lot to make room for our Capstone guests
11.16 PST Meetings- Related Service Conference Room
Looking Ahead...
11.20 Action Hero Assembly All KDG, All Gr. 1, STEM 2, Carvaines & Schaff 10:05-10:45 am Lower Gym
11.20 Action Hero Assembly All Gr. 3, All Gr. 4, Trad 2, Borns & Tomco-Karafa 11:10-11:40 am Lower Gym
11.20 Cocky's Bagel Sandwich Truck Lunch Hours LInk for pre-order: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U3ZtXV_DTkECXk-YthGkEefmX7CymuBs7zDHVPgsgG8/edit?usp=sharing
11.21-23 Thanksgiving Break
11.28 PV Fundraiser Pick up
11.29 Tentative Date for Hosting of Farm to Table Town Hall Meeting 3:30-6pm Cafe
12.4-6 Holiday Shop
12.5 BLT Meeting @ 7:45 am Feeney's Room
12.11 Staff Meeting @ 8:45 am Lower Gym
12.12 Grade 4 Trip to VF for HS Concert @ 10:00 VF Auditorium
12.12 Grade 3 and 4 Holiday Choir Concert @ 2 pm Lower Gym
12.14 PTA sponsored Natural History Museum Assembly (times TBA)
12.19 Grade 4 STEM Capstone @ 10:15 am Lower Gym
12.19 Grade 2 STEM Capstone @ 1:00 am Lower Gym
12.20 PTA Holiday Party Meeting @ 7:00 am (location TBD)
12.20 Classroom Parties 2:15 pm
12.21 End of the 2nd Marking Period
12.21 District Inservice
12.24-1.4.2019 Winter Break
1.7 Classes Resume
1.8 Staff Meeting @ 8:45 am Lower Gym