South Park News
April 24-28
Weekly Update
Monday, April 24:
- CLT: Pull and Compare STAR data for First and Second grade (Did we improve? Make plan to share out with students). Look at upcoming post assessments and make a plan for what needs to be done in order to make sure all students are ready (RTI, Double Dipping, etc. ) Team Time
- Second Grade to Test First Grade DRA's all Week
- Book Fair All Week
- Group 1 Technology Cohort all day at MHS
- District Technology Meeting 4:15
Tuesday, April 25:
- Kindergarten PBS Bowling 9-10--Leaving at 8:45
- Michelle's Wedding Shower 4:15
- Art Show 5:30-7:00
Wednesday, April 26:
- Group 2 Technology Cohort all Day at MHS
- Happy Secretary Day to Amy and Tracey!!!!
- 1/2 of First Grade Bowling 9-10--Leaving at 8:45
- Evaluation Team Meeting 3:30-5:00 at CO
Thursday, April 27:
- ICC 4:00 at CO
- Shine Celebration 4:30-6:00 MHS PD Room
Friday, April 28:
- Kindergarten Screening All day at ECLC
- Second Grade Bowling 9-10--Leaving at 8:45
Character Trait/PBS Lesson
PBS Lesson: Bus
Staff Birthdays
*Caitlin Hendrix-April 1st
*Courtney Cooley-April 1st
*Liz Crutcher-April 6th
*Jamie Schafer-April 9th
*Sheryl Klatt-April 9th
*Jaclyn Smith-April 10th
*Amanda Julius-April 13th
*Helen Burroughs-April 22nd
*Sarah Hays-April 28th
*LeeAnn Collier-April 30th
*Brian Hunsaker-April 30th
Upcoming Events
May 1: Professional Development hours due to CO today
May 1-5: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 1-5: GBE here to test Second Grade DRA’s
May 1: Amy to Open Grade cards
May 1: Kinder Lunch
May 1: PTO Meeting 5:30
May 2: Second Grade Lunch
May 3: First Grade Bowling Trip Leaving 8:45---other ½ of you(Wright, Stocks, and Cooley)
May 3: First Grade Lunch
May 3: Evaluation Team Meeting 3:30-5:00 CO
May 4: BLT at 7:45
May 4: School Health and Wellness Meeting 1:30 MHS PD Room
May 5: Second Grade Field Trip to Tryps
May 5: Kindergarten Field Trip to Rothwell Park
May 5: Last day to take a personal day
May 8-12: Final Sweep of DRA's for Everyone
May 8: Group 1 Technology Meeting at MHS
May 8: PBS Meeting 4:00
May 8: Second Grade Program
May 9: Group 2 Technology Meeting at MHS
May 9: Schwab's Wedding Shower 4:00
May 9: Retirement Celebration at MHS 4:30
May 9: Board Meeting 5:30
May 10: Last Pride Assembly 9:30 in Gym
May 10: Nurse Day--We love Brenda!
May 11: Author's Celebration for Second Grade 9:30 in the gym
May 11: School Health and Wellness Appreciation Lunch 11:00 at CO
May 12: Second Grade Transition Day to GBE 9:15-10:45---Leaving at 8:55
May 14: High School Graduation
May 15: Grade cards due at 8:00am
May 15: CLT at North Park--starts at 8:00
May 15: Assessment Wall Celebrations during Plan Time
May 16: Field Day at High School--Kinder Leaves at 8:45, First Leaves at 9:15, Second Leaves at 9:45. Sack Lunch Day when you return. You can take kids to lunch room, outside, or your own room. Popsicles at 3:00 this day.
May 17: Make up Field Day if needed
May 17: PBS Party 9:15-10:45---If this happens to be field day due to rain, we will move PBS Party to the 16th!!
May 17: Kindergarten Celebrations in their classrooms 2:00-3:00
May 18: Stretch and Flex Day
May 19: Spirit Day
May 19: Last day of School--Early Out Day :)---Lunch in the gym when students dismiss
May 24: First day of Summer School
May 25&26: Curriculum Camp at North Park 1:00-3:30
Testing Information
STAR: This week for SP!
DRA: Ongoing for us until the end of the year!
Staff Updates
- Please print off your Professional Development Hours by or before April 28th. You need at least 15 hours.
- Retention Students: Please make contact with these parents and set up final meetings.Make sure to check my calendar so I can attend. This has to be done before the last week of school!!
- Registration packs were due today. Please continue talking to your students about getting them returned. Students who return them complete will receive a sucker. The class in each grade level that turns in the most, will receive an extra recess.
- Light’s Retention Scale Forms: I will be sending these out soon for you to fill out on our retention candidates. Please fill them out and return them as soon as possible.
- The weeks are starting to get very busy as we are nearing the end of an amazing school year. Please make sure you check the upcoming events portion of this bulletin!
- Please get on school specialty and order your supplies for next year next week. You have 150.00 to spend. Please follow Amy's rules/guidelines that she will be sending out on Monday. If you have any questions, please see her. This is only for returning staff members.
- In your team meetings next week, please finalize next years wish list for needs in your grade level. When you are finished, please share that with me so I can start planning ahead.
- Continue working hard on the steps challenge. Remember to track the steps you take here on our shared document.
- We have a lot of coats hanging up in the lost and found. As you are walking by with your class, have them check to see if they belong to anyone. Thanks!
- If you can't find a spot on the massage schedule for teacher's appreciation week, please come find me or go ahead and sign up and we can help you cover your class for 15 minutes.
Staff Celebrations/Shoutouts
- Amy.....Thank you for helping me with "google" to schedule Speech IEP meetings... From Helen
- Amanda, Angela, Sheryl, Liz and Sheri.......Thank you for being flexible with scheduling my speech students. From Helen
- Brian K......Thank you for taking my place loading cars at valet duty when it was pouring down rain...so thoughtful. From Helen
- Troy.....thank you for being flexible with speech times. From Helen
- Jennifer H.... thank you for sharing some supplies with my class. From Helen
- Shout out to Anglea for always offering advice and setting a great example of positive teaching.
- Shout out to sped aides for being flexible, being at school, and always working hard for students.
- Shout out to Helen for helping the Sped team keep organized with PD hours!
- Shoutout to Cooley for being such a awesome teacher and always being positive.
- Shoutout to Amanda for smiling through all the rough days.
Shoutout to Stockton for all her cute DIY crafts.
Shoutout to Mrs. Barnett and Mr. Katcher for helping with the STAR tests...From Callie Webster