JME Staff Newsletter
November 11, 2019
Week at a Glance
Monday
- No School- Veteran's Day- Building Closed
Tuesday
- No School- Grading Day
Wednesday
- 1:30 Planning
Thursday
- TAG Testing in Music Room
Friday
- TAG Testing in Music Room
- Book Fair Delivery and Set Up
- Family Night at the Book Fair 5pm-7pm
Staffing Updates
Mr. Reeves has been out for an extended leave as he is healing from an injury. We hope to see him return as soon as he is able to. Mr. Refugio has been covering part of the night shift with Mr. Johnson's help.
Report Cards
- You may now begin entering grades for your students, in Synergy.
- Music Grade: Teachers need to enter the music grade for each student. Each student will be given a "2" for the Fall trimester report card (per Candice)
- Diane won't be able to start printing report cards until November 13th (attendance absences and tardies will not populate until after the official grading window date, of Nov. 12)
- As always, please send Diane an email when your report cards are done and ready to be printed
- Diane will print in the order I receive emails from teachers
- You will be given 2 copies of the student report card: one to send home and one for you to keep
- You will also be given a report card envelope labeled with the student's name
- Report Cards will go home with students on Friday, November 22nd - just prior to Parent-Teacher Conferences
Conferences
Teacher login information:
https://ptcfast.com/adminlogin.php
email address: kathryn.coltrin@orecity.k12.or.us
password: superstars
- Families can now sign up for conferences. You may share the following link with families: https://ptcfast.com/schools/John_McLoughlin_Elementary
- Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday and Tuesday, November 25 & 26. Both days are 12-hr days. (Wednesday, Nov. 27 -Friday, Nov 29 the building is closed.)
- Be prepared to share STAR data report with the family during conferences (STAR Student Progress Monitoring Report for both subjects)
- Our PTSO will provide staff with lunch and dinner on Monday, Nov 25
- Lunch on Tuesday, Nov 26 will be Costco pizza, salad, cookies, and a drink. Cost is $5.00 (please pay $5.00 - cash only - to Diane)
- Conference Meal Times - Lunch 11:00-12:00 Dinner 4:00-5:00
- Dinner on Tuesday (11/26) will be "leftovers" - or you bring your own meal
Student Behavior
At McLoughlin, we believe behavior is communication and can be taught. We believe all students can meet expectations if they have the skills and if they don't we will teach them. Here are two of the most important guiding documents for behavior.
Communication with Students: Learning Targets & Success Criteria
One of the components of our evaluation rubric is communication with students. See this link for language from the rubric. Part of this communication consists of clearly defining what the lesson objective is and what student mastery looks like otherwise called learning targets with success criteria.
Self Guided Learning Opportunities:
Video: Targeting Learning with Success CriteriaBlog: Learning Targets & Success Criteria
Article: What You Need to Know to Establish Success Criteria
Dyslexia
Great things are happening at JME!
- Ms. Andre is teaching students how to chunk words and develop reading skills.
- Ms. Ly is breaking down place value with decimals.
- Ms. Bugni & Ms. Pollack are facilitating student council and getting ready for our annual canned food drive.
- Ms. Berry is building long lasting relationships with families through frequent communication.
- Ms. Nelson is utilizing the peace place to create better access to learning for students.
- Ms. Flynn & Ms. Hawtin embraced leadership and presented meaningful topics to our staff.
- Ms. Kolsut is providing care and assessment support to our kinders.
- Ms. Bean, Ms. Blasi, & Mr. Johnson have our Green Team up and running smoothly.
- And so much more!