Weekly Staff Letter
February 13th - February 16th
In case you missed it....
Visit another classroom...
Week at a Glance
SLC parent sign-ups will open this week. (SLC's are on the 26th and 27th)
Tuesday, February 13th:
Morning Meeting Today
4:30 p.m. - 8th Girls Basketball vs Glenwood, 7th @ Glenwood
Wednesday, February 14th:
RTI Meetings: Tier II PD (Teaching Tier 2 Academic Vocabulary/Conversations)
10:30 - Elective Team Meeting (Change Reminder)
4:45 - Grades posted by 4:45 today (10 minimum for Content and 10 for Habits)
Thursday, February 15th:
Assistant Superintendent Interviews
Friday, February 16th: (Anna, Jamie, Jon will be here for EL Observation)
8:00 - 10:00 - EL Observation
8:30-2:30 - 7/8 "Change Over Time" Kickoff
Friday Schedule
7/8th Graders:
8:00 - Morning Meeting8:30 - 7/8 Departs
2:30 - Arrive back at GVMS. Regular Schedule
6th Graders: (Regular morning schedule)
All 6th graders will eat lunch first then go outside for recess.
12:50-1:40 - 6th-grade afternoon electives
1:43 - 3:30 - Afternoon Core Classes
All Students:
3:30 - 4:15 - All students released to the cafeteria (Supervised by McCormick, Speakman, and all paras)
3:30 - 4:15 - Teachers meet in Mrs. Ray's room. (Facilitated by Ray and Hoyt) This will be a continued discussion on crew kids as we go into next week preparing for SLC's. SLC's will be on the 26th and 27th.
NWEA Timeline:
Jan. 30th - Feb 2nd:
Student Goal Setting Worksheets during Crew
Feb. 6th - 16th: Facilitated by the office (Crew Leaders get completed copies to Myndie)
Get Student Goal copies to core teachers
Master copy stays with Crew Leader
Feb. 26th - 27th: Student Led Conferences
Students discuss NWEA goals as part of SLC’s getting parents onboard
Mar. 28th: Beginning of State Testing (PARCC/CMAS)
Encourage as a warm-up for Spring NWEA’s
Apr. 24th - 27th: NWEA SHOWTIME!
May 24th: Student Incentive
Reached Goal of +65% overall growth (School wide incentive)
Quickly Approaching....Check "Important Dates" Document
February
16th - 7/8 Change over time Kickoff
22nd - Coal Canyon, Cameo Exit: Wild Horses (6th-grade Expedition)
26th/27th - Student Led Conferences
STAFF TO DO:
- Visit another classroom this week.
- Update Documentation Panels. EL observations this Friday.
- When you finish with your NWEA goals with kids please get them to Myndie. We will make copies and get them to core teachers. We will return the master copies to the Crew leaders. Would like to have this wrapped up this week.
- Please check the Master Schedule and make sure you are getting kids out of your class ON TIME. We all plan on those given times. When students show up early or late it impacts the classroom.
- Make sure you update your grades by 4:45 on Wednesday. At a minimum, you should have at least 10 Content and 10 Habit grades entered in Infinite Campus by the end of this week.
Morning Meeting Schedule
Please LINK your morning meeting agenda to the "17-18 Crew/MM Schedule."
CREWs are only responsible for the Friday Morning Meeting and announcements for the week. We also encourage you to take your CREW and practice in the cafeteria during CREW time this week.
Dana's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday: At GVMS
Friday: At GVMS
Kelly's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS (out at 4ish, bball @ Glenwood)
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday: At GVMS (12 - 1 at Assistant Superintendent Luncheon)
Friday: At GVMS