Mt. Bethel Messenger
February 7, 2020
WE LOVE OUR TOTY & CEOTY!
FOUNDATION'S ARLEEN TAFFEL AWARD WINNERS
HEALTHY HABITS WEEK
Monday, February 10th - Wear your PJ's & Hygiene Day
Donate hygiene products (soap, deodorant, toothpaste, shaving cream, etc.) and come to school in your pajamas!
Tuesday, February 11th - Eating Healthy Day
Send in a picture/drawing of you eating healthy or write out your favorite healthy recipe! Whole Foods gift cards to be awarded to three submissions!
Wednesday, February 12th - H2O Day
Don't forget to drink your water throughout the day! Bring your reusable water bottle to school for a chance to win a new water bottle at lunch.
Thursday, February 13th - Sports Day
Wear your favorite sport or team shirt to school and remember the importance of being physically active!
FEBRUARY 11TH - MEETING AFTER SCHOOL
The meeting could last until 4:00 pm, so please plan accordingly.
If you would like to preview some of the policies we will discuss, you may check these links. You may also wait until we are together to do so.
THE VOYAGE - HONESTY
In February we will encourage and celebrate HONESTY.
HONESTY is being truthful in all situations. This week's Action Point: HONESTY IS BEING TRUTHFUL TO YOURSELF.
Expectations: Use resources as you see fit (linked below or through Voyage portal). Target talk and recognize times when you see students exhibiting honesty.
IDENT-A-KID MAKE-UPS 2/12
If you have any students who did not get their Ident-a-Kid completed and you are holding on to their envelopes, please send me their names to me. Do not send me their envelopes—just email me the names. Shira Blate will be doing make ups the morning of Wednesday, February 12.
PROGRESS REPORTS
Wednesday, 2/5/2020, marks the end of the first half of the grading period. You are required to notify parents if their student has a 1 in any academic or behavioral area (K-3) or a C, D, or F in any academic area or a N in a behavior/work study area. This is considered a PROGRESS REPORT.
Parents can be notified via email, via weekly folder, or via other written notification. Parents should be notified NO LATER than Wednesday, 2/12/2020.
Sample of this communication may look like:
Dear Parent,
The purpose of this correspondence is to notify you that we are half-way through this marking period. At this time, your student has a (C, D, F, 1, N - whatever it is) in the area of ____________________. We will continue to work and provide differentiated instruction in your child's area of difficulty. (If you want to include a statement that reading nightly or spending 5-10 minutes daily practicing math facts or completing assigned homework would help your child, you may do so).
Sincerely,
The Most Awesome Teacher on the Planet
ASPIRING LEADER ACADEMY
If you want to chat about leadership potential, reach out to a member of the A-Team. Educational Leadership is a fun, challenging, rewarding, and often entertaining job! We have many potential leaders in our building!
KAGAN STRATEGY - QUIZ - QUIZ - TRADE
FEBRUARY MEETING DATES
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Monday, February 10th - HEALTHY HABITS WEEK (HHW)
- Wear PJ's & donate hygiene items.
- K & 2nd - In-house Field Trip - Dental Health
- 5th Field Trip to Bremen Holocaust Museum
- AP's and Shannon out in am or pm for Guiding Coalition Training
- Appleyard out in pm for website migration work session (ugh...not excited)
Tuesday, February 11th
- Eating Healthy Day
- K & 1st - In-house Field Trip - Dental Health
- 5th Field Trip to Bremen Holocaust Museum
Wednesday, February 12th - JUMP ROPE FOR HEART!
- H2O Day
- 8:15 am - Parenting the Smart Phone Generation Parent Session with Barrett Johnson in LC
- 10 am - PTA Board Meeting in Wise's Room
Thursday, February 13th - JUMP ROPE FOR HEART!
- Sports Day
- Jaime out in am - Aspiring Principals' Academy
- 12pm - Special Education Compliance Audit
- CCSD School Board Work Session & Board Meeting
Friday, February 14th - STEM DAY!
- Critical Day
- Sports Day
- VALENTINE'S DAY!
- STEM DAY!
- LAST DAY BEFORE FEBRUARY BREAK!
- 7:30 am & noon - Parent Preview of Human Growth and Development in back of LC
DUTY SCHEDULE - WEEK OF 2/10
Extra hands always appreciated!
- AM BUS - CLIPBOARD: Layman | AM BUS PROCEDURES
- AM BUS - MONITORING: Lampert
- AM CAR - Griffee, Allred| AM CARPOOL PROCEDURES
- PM CAR - Bain, Tenney, Sides
- 2nd LOAD/LATE FACT ARRIVAL - Sheldon