Peek at the Week
August 19-23
Welcome New Staff!
A warm welcome to the following:
Deb Davidson- Administrative Assistant/Secretary. She will be her on Tuesday, August 20th. Please stop by the front office and welcome her!
Shannon Wagner- A BIG Thank YOU for covering the front desk for the last month. She will be
returning to Title One on Tuesday.
Jordan Lindquest-Student Teacher with Angie Houston
Laura Wilson-Night Custodian
Loan Nguyen-Recess and Lunch Monitor
Colleen Faurote-Recess and Lunch Monitor
MaKenzie Pozos-Recess and Lunch Monitor
Week Two Complete!
A big thank you to all the teachers who worked late and stayed late for Meet the Teacher Night this past week. I heard several positive comments from parents and the students seem especially enthusiastic about school.
Lunch and recess seem to be running smoothly. I am so pleased with the way the students are entering the building after recess.
Zero level voices in the hallways seem to be working. Thank you to the paras and Title One staff as they have supported our new kindergartners. Our kindergartners are making great gains and all 5 of our kindergarten teachers are coming back to school on Monday!
NWEA is almost complete!
Safe Schools, Dyslexia, Seizure and Epi training
Wow! I know this is a huge amount of state mandated trainings. Anyone who has completed all of state mandated safe school training videos by August 20th, will be able to sign up in the teacher's lounge for a chance to win some fabulous prizes. (One prize cost $20 but is valued much higher!)
Kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers have additional Dyslexia training to complete. There will be additional fabulous prizes for which you can also sign up in the teachers' lounge on Tuesday. (One prize cost $20 but is valued much higher!)
Additionally, Ashley Sainer has requested that we all view the Seizure and Epi Safe school videos because we have students attending Edgelea this year with these specific medical concerns. Please attempt to have the medical videos viewed ASAP especially if you have a child in your classroom with these
How is it going? What have you tried?
- Mindfulness Activity- Three- minute mindful activity from Stop, Breath, Think can be found on our school padlet. I have included the link below for your convenience.
- Upstairs, Downstairs Brain- Power Point by Jennifer Banning
- Kindness Theme for 2019-2020- click on the link below for more information or look at the Padlet.
- Employability Skills- Word Wall, incorporating standards into daily lessons
- Sensory Path
- Yoga Wall
- Breathing Wall
ELL Video
Upcoming Calendar Events for August and September
August 22 Ana at Hiatt for Cognitive Coaching Training
August 23 Brief Speech Testing for some Kdg. classes
August 26 WIDA Placement Testing for Kdg.
*August* 27 Pink Walrus Night-TPA event. Bring flyer and Edgelea receives a portion of
August 30 NWEA Window Ends / 1A Ends
September 2 No School Labor Day
September 3 Data Meetings K 10:40; 2nd 11:35; 4th 12:15
September 3 TPA Meeting 6:00 pm
September 5 Data Meetings HA 8:30; 1st 11:10; 3rd 11:55
September 6 TRC Closes (opened August 12-Sept. 6)
September 6 ALL PRO DADS 7:00 am
September 9 Mid -terms Due
September 10 School Improvement Group (SIG ) at Hiatt 6:25-7:55
September 12 Goodies with Grandparents A-L Families
September 13 Goodies with Grandparents M-z Families
September 16 Dyslexia Training 2nd grade teachers 3:30-5:30
September 17 Staff Meeting-United Way Guest Speaker
September 19 Envision PD 3:30-5:00 at Hiatt-Sent link to sign up
September 20 Tree Lafayette 8:45 and 1:00 3rd graders in Maker Space Room
September 20 1B ends
September 23 Picture Day…Smile and say cheese
September 24 TPA Sponsored Event…Books for Bingo 6:00 pm
September 24 Data Meetings K 10:40; 2nd 11:35; 4th 12:15
September 25 Data Meetings HA 8:30; 1st 11:10; 3rd 11:55
September 25 PLTW trainers meeting 3:30-5:30
September 26 Ana at Hiatt for Cognitive Coaching
*Date Change: Pink Walrus is now August 27...not September
August 20 Staff Meeting Agenda
1. Stir the Pot: Mandy and Ana
2. Book Buddies: Katelyn Hickman
3. Common Core Writing Lessons: Dorothy Corrie and 4th grade team
4. Kindness Nation/PBIS/ Stop Breath Think: Ana, Mandy, Mandy, Jennifer B.
United Way
Employability Skills
Lifelong Learning (Aug. 12-16)
Self-Confidence (Aug. 19-23)
Self-Discipline (Aug. 26-30)
Independence (Sept. 2-6)
Perseverance (Sept. 9-13)
Time Management and Organization (Sept. 16- 20)
Adaptability (Sept. 23-27)
Integrity (Sept. 30-Oct. 4)
District Wide Professional Developement for LSC
August Birthdays
August 19 Gregory Kufahl
August 20 Kemori Coleman
August 21 Staff Macy Smith
August 23 Peyton Shamblin
August 23 Estella Snider
August 24 Reese Haltom
August 25 Adrian DelReal Martinez
August 26 Austina Hayden
August 28 Teegan Sowders
August 29 Taylor Smith
August 29 Madilyn McNew
August 29 Terrance Hall
August 29 Juliet Sanchez-Gualajara
August 30 Esme Christian
Staff- Ashley Sainer