The Grass Valley WAG
Week at a Glance: 12/9 - 12/13
Grass Valley at its Finest!
Junior Achievement!
Maker's Expo in progress!
Awarding our Soaring Eagles!
Week at a Glance (WAG)
Monday
- sign in/out daily
Tuesday
- sign in/out daily
Wednesday
- sign in/out daily
- K-2 with Soraya (details TBD)
- 3-5 with Casey (Portable D)
Thursday
- sign in/out daily
- Maker Expo!
- ILT (3-4p, Casey's Office)
Friday
- sign in/out daily
- College Gear Day!
- COST (8:45-9:45a, Casey's office)
*Community Circle, daily, at 8:30a on the Yard
Upcoming Dates
- December 11 SELLS
- December 12 Maker Expo
- December 12 ILT
- December 11, 13, 14 Vision to Learn Glasses On-Site
- December 16 Earthquake/Fire Drill
- December 16 Committee Meetings
- December 18 Coffee with the Principal
- December 18 Lockdown Drill
- December 18 SSC Meeting
- December 19 Winter Showcase
- December 20 Student of the Month
- December 20 Minimum Day - Grade Level PLCs
Nuts & Bolts
- Fire Inspection I have the responsibility of informing you that we did not remotely pass our recent fire inspection. Many of the items that were an issue are things that we can quickly change. I will be sending a follow up email to teachers about items that need correcting. Please follow up before break!
- What is PE? What is NOT PE? This is a reminder that PE is constructive games, NOT unstructured free play.
- No 4/5 Grade Extra Recess This is a reminder to 4th and 5th grade teachers that your schedule calls for morning recess for ten (10) minutes and lunch/recess, but there is NO regular afternoon recess because you are legally required to teach for all of those instructional minutes. Please be sure your afternoons are filled with learning!
- Family Contact Sheets from Conferences Thanks to the 7 teachers who have submitted class contact sheets already! If you have not done so, please be sure to place yours in my box ASAP.
- Pick up/Drop off to Enrichment Teachers are expected to pick up and drop off their students on time to each Enrichment. When you are not on time, Enrichment teachers do not have the time they need to prepare for their next class.
- Security Bars on Portables In an effort to assure security in the portables, we have installed bars across each door. Your room key will unlock the padlock. Once removed, please be sure to take the bar inside your classroom each day - do NOT leave it outside on your ramp.
- Support during Community Circle During Community Circle, please be sure that you are monitoring student behavior and checking in with students who are not showing the Grass Valley Way. Also, be sure that you are standing so that you do not block students view of the center of circle (ie. at the back of your line and not the front). Please also make an effort to model the Grass Valley Way by not holding other conversations during Circle or going to the back of your line to do so.
- Picking up students from Lunch/Recess Be sure that you are on time to pick up students from Lunch/Recess. When teachers are late, we do not have the coverage that we need to assure students are safe.
- Yard Duty Be sure to arrive on time to your scheduled yard duty. It is your legal responsibility to supervise students when you are scheduled.
- Hall Passes Each class has a set of hall passes - please be sure students are using them while in the hallways so we know when/where students should be.
- DO NOT PROP OPEN DOORS TO OUTSIDE In an effort to keep our pest issue resolved, please be sure the doors remain closed..
- STIP Calendar Mike Metz will be stepping in as our STIP sub for the month of December. This Google Calendar will reflect the STIPs Schedule. If you'd like to schedule time with them, please reach out to Casey.
Notification When Absent
- Any personal days require notification, in writing, in advance of the requested time off.
- If you determine you need to take a sick day, I ask, as a professional courtesy, that you text (804-922-7728) and/or email ASAP...even if it is 5 in the morning! Our goal is to limit the need to split classes this year, but in order to do so, we need advanced notice about absences in order to do our best to find coverage.
Instruction & Assessments
Instruction
Our current focus is on complex texts. We have been vertically aligning strategies to support with assuring our students are able to access these texts during PLC and will continue that work this week. We know that exposure to grade level content through complex texts is critical for ALL students and a requirement of our teaching practice. I look forward to seeing our work in action!
SEL Corner
Functions of Behavior & Pre-Referral Interventions
As you are addressing student behavior using the URF, be sure that you are considering why the behavior is occurring (function of behavior) in order to determine which pre-referral intervention would best support the student.
- Be Safe
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
We are a PBIS school. All staff are expected to use the Grass Valley Way with students. Be sure that you are communicating in a preventative manner, and not a reactionary one, including using an appropriate tone of voice with all students.
Behavior Flow Chart for Referrals Staff members who send a student to the office should do so based on the normed behavior flow chart. All students sent to the office should be sent with a URF.
Universal Referral Forms For any student sent to the office, we should receive a URF. This is how we will communicate with families about the incident and track data on students' needs.
Pre-Referral Intervention Guide This guide shares information and examples about each of the pre-intervention techniques listed on the URF.
Appreciations!
I appreciate Paula for being a super supportive Wellness Council partner!
I appreciate Alexa for being such an important support for our staff and for stepping into this new challenge!
Casey Beckner for her support during my illness!
Ms. Davis for always being there for me and my students needs and support!
Ms. Vetterlein for her positive attitude!
Kudos to Coach for taking on new and different roles to support our young people!
Thanks so to Kathy for her extra support in the mornings in the cafeteria!
I appreciate everything Tahira does to keep things moving along in the office!
Thanks so Ms. Hosley for bringing Junior Achievement!
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