Bulldog Bulletin
March 2, 2020
Belair Cares
Celebrations:
We've made it to March! Just 15 school days until Spring Break! WOW!
Happy March Birthday to...
Arynn Londrie - 13th
Beth Hillis-19th
Encouragements:
More sickness going around! Sanitize! Rest up! Drink lots of water!
Condolences:
Have we missed something? Let us know!
Current Attendance Rate: 88% - Let's get to 90% by the end of March!
Important Dates
Monday, March 2
Milhollin and Roberts out ALL
Initial Eligibility (Owens/Lieneke), 1:30
Texas Roadhouse Giveback Night, 4:00-10:00
Tuesday, March 3 - Teamwork Tuesday/Literacy Team Meetings
504 Meeting (Owens/Bernskoetter), 8:00
Statewide Tornado Drill, 10:00
Leadership Team, 3:00
Wednesday, March 4
Downing out ALL
AC/DC (Milhollin Out), 8:00-10:00
School Success Squad, 3:00
Faculty Council, 4:00
Thursday, March 5
Alls out ALL
IEP (Burks/Hagan), 9:50
Parent Meeting (Roberts/Walk/Rudkin), 12:00
Social Emotional Learning, 3:00
Friday, March 6
Alls out ALL, Roberts out PM
Coach/Principal Collaboration, 8:30
SST (Simpson and Friends), 12:00
Students of Concern, 1:30
Saturday, March 7
Cardio Challenge, 9:00-12:00
Sunday, March 8
Daylight Savings Time - Spring Forward
Monday, March 9 - JC Reads Week Begins! Guest Reader Day!
Carel and Isenberg out ALL
SST (Hoffman and Friends), 9:00
Evaluation Meeting (Farris/Frazier), 9:50
SST (Hufendiek and Friends), 3:00
Board of Education Meeting, 6:00
Optimist Club Award Dinner, 6:00
Tuesday, March 10 - Wear A Book Themed Shirt
Carel out ALL
2nd Grade Author Field Trip, 8:00-10:00
504 (Burks/Schoeneberg), 3:00
Wednesday, March 11 - Bring A Stuffed Buddy
Early Release, School Dismisses at 12:40
Early Release - Grade Levels, Teams, Department Meeting Info TBD
Thursday, March 12 - Literacy Night
Teamwork Thursday - ICLE Visit with Glenn Ledet
POP in for Literacy Night, 5:30-7:00
Friday, March 13 - MO Read In Day, Wear PJs!
IEP (Wagnecht/Cundiff), 8:00
This and That
Addressing Concerns
Have a problem with a student, staff member, or routine/procedure at school? Use one of these ideas to solve the problem.
- Talk to the person (student or staff member) directly about the concern.
- Bring your concern to your Leadership Team member to present at our next meeting
- Schedule time to talk to Elizabeth about your concern.
When we know better, we do better!
Guided Reading
3 groups a day, every day! Look at your schedule to ensure you are meeting with groups as regularly as possible.
If a group gets services with Lisa Propst, they should be seen daily.
Other groups should be seen 2-3 times a week.
Need help with scheduling groups? Ask Nikki, Lisa, or myself! We are happy to help!
Observations
Observations continue in all areas! Math walk-throughs (first round) are almost complete. I will continue to get into classrooms to see math, reading, morning meeting, and any other subject I can as often as I can. Feedback on teaching is continual. There is no "magic" number of observations to be finished for a school year.
Book Room Reminders
I have been asked by several teachers to send a reminder about some general Book Room Care practices. Please remember:
- The red tubs are for books. They are separated by fiction and non-fiction and levels.
- The purple tubs are for Short Reads. They are separated by level.
- Please make sure that you are replacing the correct texts in the correct tubs.
- Please make sure that you replace the cards back in the pockets before reshelving them. Several of them are reshelved without cards.
- Do not send texts home with students. A lot of money has been invested in high interest, engaging texts for kids and we already have sets with missing books.
- Please make sure that you have all the texts in the bag before you return them to the book room.
- Please reshelve your own books. Do not leave piles of books for someone else to take care of.
Thank you for chipping in and working together to take care of our resources!
iReady Licenses
Now that iReady diagnostics are complete, make sure your students who have an iReady license are using it! 45 minutes a week is the goal! We have some additional licenses remaining. If you want one assigned, you must make sure your students are going to use it!
Classroom Doors and Valuables
Classroom doors should be locked when you are not in your classroom. Chromebooks carts that are stored in the hallway should be locked when not in use. Personal items should be put away, and if possible locked.
SMART Board Filters
Clean at least once a week - FILTER FRIDAY! If you have not cleaned them yet - do so! If you don't know how - ask Jen Bearden for help!
Grades in Infinite Campus
Put in grades twice a month (approximately the 15th and 30th).
Birthday and Lounge Duty
School Success Squad assigned birthday treats and lounge duty for the year. If your grade level or team is on the duty for the month, please also have your students make some art work or cards for our business partners (Scholastic, Missouri River Regional Library, and Oasis United Church of Christ). The schedule is included below.
Summer School Information for Staff
Hello JC Schools Employees!
Summer school is quickly approaching. JC Schools summer school will begin Monday, June 1, 2020 and conclude Thursday, June 25, 2020. Summer school is Monday - Thursday for a total of 16 days. The length of the school day for students is eight (8) hours from 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The length of the working day for summer school staff is eight (8) hours and 45 minutes from 7:05 a.m. - 3:50 p.m. Staff need to attend all required meetings.
On Monday, February 24, summer school positions will be posted and applications will be accepted from internal staff only. If the need arises, external applications will be accepted at a later date. This year, the application process for internal applicants has been simplified. A link will be sent out and further application instructions provided when summer school positions are posted Monday. The summer school positions that will be posted include:
Certified Staff:
K-12 Teachers, including reading interventionists
Special Education (including OT, PT, APE and SLPs, special education teachers)
ECSE
Behavior Interventionists/Counselors
Library Media Specialists - Elementary is 8 days or can split between two buildings should you desire to work full-time
ELL
Non-Certified Staff:
Clerks
Paraprofessionals
Nurses
Summer school rates will remain the same (see below). Staff will be expected to follow the same process as last year to track their time and attendance through Kronos. If you are selected to work summer school, more details will be sent to you regarding this process.
Staff that are completing their regular assignment, making up snow days, etc. will receive their regular rate of pay, rather than summer school pay, until their regular assignment is complete. Staff who are absent for a day during their regular assignment are expected to take leave, if available, or be docked in pay. Staff are not able to take leave or dock pay AND be paid for summer school. If you are utilizing leave or dock pay, you are not to report to work/summer school.
Position/Rate
Teachers/Nurses
$206.25 per day
Head Teachers
$223.44 per day
Clerks
$137.50 per day
Head Clerks
$165.00 per day
Paraprofessionals
$105.88 per day
Food Service
$18.00 per hour
Managers: $20.00 per hour
SLP, OT, PT
$35.00 per hour
ESY, ELL, ESOL
$27.50 per hour
New this year! Substitute rates have changed. Substitute rates per day/per hour will be the same as the position rates.
Substitute Position/Substitute Rate
Teachers/Nurses
$206.25 per day
Clerks
$137.50 per day
Paraprofessionals
$105.88 per day
If you are interested in applying for a summer school position, please be on the lookout for an email being sent on Monday, February 24 with the application instructions.
February Team Updates
Instructional Rounds continue!
Mrs. Carel will begin the next round of observations using a form on Student Engagement!
School Success Squad:
JC Reads Week (March 9-13)
Monday - Guest Reader Day
Tuesday - Book Themed Shirt
Wednesday -Read with a Buddy (Stuffed or Buddy Class)
Thursday - Literacy Night
Friday - Missouri Read In Day
Lesson planning activities:
February - Karaoke at The Side Bar - date TBD
March - Adult March Madness with Open Gym Fun
April - TBD
May - TBD
Social Emotional Learning Team:
Reviewed Building Level Data - 65 major ODRs to date, 465 positive office referrals to date.
Early Release - We will continue our study and understanding of becoming more trauma informed by watching Paper Tigers on Wednesday, February 12 as a staff.
We reviewed our systems of positive recognition and how they are being used by staff. We are going to create a student friendly version of the Positive Office Referral to encourage students recognizing each other.
Health Screening Information
The purpose for offering health screens is for everyone to receive information on their current health. The screens consist of Blood Pressure check, Hip to Waist ratio, InBody scan, and a fasting blood draw that will give you markers on Cholesterol, Glucose, Iron, Sodium and much more! The extra bonus is that anyone that attends will be eligible to save $30/month on their insurance premium.
To receive the discount for the 2020/21 school year one must follow the guidelines below: Complete the following between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2020:
● Health Screening*
● Health Risk Assessment (cHRA online questionnaire)
What do I get? $30/month off health insurance premium = $360/year *you may also use your private physician, but the proper form from umr must be used and submitted to umr.
HEALTH SCREEN DATES and TIMES -
March 9 6:00 am - 8:30 am
March 10 6:00 am - 8:30 am
March 11 6:00 am - 8:30 am
March 12 6:00 am - 8:30 am
March 13 6:00 am - 8:30 am
ALL SCREENS WILL BE AT THE DIX ROAD EDUCATION BUILDING REGISTRATION
To register for your date/time you must click on the CRMC registration link provided below:
Help for Billy
Read Chapters 9 and 10 in Help for Billy.
Be ready to discuss some questions with a small group of staff members.
Questions we will use to discuss:
Belair School Improvement Goals With Current Data
- Beginning of the Year Data: 37% of students are reading on or above grade level at the Beginning of the Year iReady assessment.
- Current Data: 55% of students are reading on or above grade level according to the January iReady test.
Increase the number of students on or above grade level in math, according to the iReady assessment, from 66% to 75% at the end of the year.
- Beginning of the Year Data: 19% of students are on or above grade level at the Beginning of the Year iReady assessment.
-Current Data: 41% of students on or above grade level in math according to the January iReady test.
Decrease the number of major office referrals by using SAEBRS data to identify students for social, emotional, or other at risk factors, and providing interventions appropriate for those students.
Current data: Number of office referrals in 2018-2019 from beginning of the year through end of February 185. Number of office referrals in 2019-2020 from beginning of year through end of February is 76 (not quite end of the month yet).
Important Links!
BE THE ONE FOR KIDS!
Belair Elementary
Email: elizabeth.milhollin@jcschools.us
Website: www.jcschools.us/Domain/8
Location: 701 Belair Drive, Jefferson City, MO, United States
Phone: 573-659-3155
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