Minnewaska Memo
Minnewaska Area Elementary and Intermediate News
The FIRST Gift of Christmas
It's December 1st and your first gift of Christmas is
JEANS UNTIL JANUARY!
This Week
We have all kinds of celebrations and thoughts around that right now, but nothing officially ready to roll. We'll connect with Student Council early this week and finalize what life looks like as we celebrate as a Laker Family. More to come later this week. With that said, the beginning of the week is crazy packed, but hoping to add in some time with student council before we get too far into the week.
At MAES we're working to make our Lunch/Recess times more seamless and let kids take advantage of all the time we can for them to be outside. This will take some level of flexibility from all MAES staff. I'll be meeting with paras on Tuesday afternoon by grade level and then sharing changes with teaching staff after school at our staff meeting.
If you know anyone who is looking for a very part time position, we're hiring for 2 mornings/week for ECSE. The commitment would be Wednesday and Thursday's from 7:30-11:30. If you have anyone in mind, let me know!
POWER STRUGGLES-PLEASE READ!!!
http://www.nea.org/tools/49922.htm
If I asked any of you about entering into a power struggle with a student, I think each one of us would know it's not worth it. But, when behaviors escalate and emotions run high between students and staff, even the best of us take one on every once and a while. Here's a little reminder or maybe even new learning for each of us to keep in mind when working with students.
This isn't just in the classroom, but at lunch, in the hallway or at recess. How can we help students be successful?
Concerts
There was a change in 4-6 which we have been getting a lot of questions about. December 10th is the OLD date. MAIS students will have their choir concert on December 17th. MAIS Band will celebrate the season on December 19th.
Greetings,
Pepper Candy Cane
Sarah's Schedule
Monday 12/2/19
7:30 IEP at MAIS
8:30 Mtg. at MAIS
MAES mid-AM
1:30 Preschool Screening Mtg. at MAIS
2:00 Curriculum Mtg. at MAIS
6:00 Kindergarten Program
7:00 1st Grade Program
Tuesday 12/3/19
7:30 IEP at MAES
8:30 Observation at MAIS
12:00 IEP at MAES
2:50 Student Mtg. at MAES
3:00 MAES Staff Mtg.
6:00 2nd Grade Program
7:00 3rd Grade Program
Wednesday 12/4/19
7:30 Staff Mtg. at MAIS
9:00 Safe & Welcoming
3:15 IEP at MAIS
3:30 District Leadership Mtg.
6:00 Board Work Session featuring MAEIS BLT
8:00 Holiday Board Social
Thursday 12/5/19
MAES
Friday 12/6/19
MAIS AM
MAES PM