May 14 Monday Letter
"Effort Creates Ability"
MAY 14 - MAY 18
Contact Administration
- Thomas @ (208) 881-4437
- Justin @ (208) 516-0278
- Scott @ (208) 541-0016 (NEW NUMBER!)
Principal Principles
"You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself." -- Carol Burnett
Important Upcoming Dates for the Week
If you see something that should be here but isn't, make sure to contact us to get it updated! For focus teams, please plan on being to the meeting prior to the start time so that the meeting can start on time. Your time is valuable and so is that of the other people on your team. If for some reason, you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please inform your focus team leader prior to the meeting.
Monday, May 14:
- Final Honor's Society Activity
- Orchestra Concert starting at 7:00 pm at Hillcrest Performing Arts Center
Tuesday, May 15:
- Retirement Open House
- School Improvement Team Meeting in the Morning
- Student Council will hold the last pep assembly of the year
- Collaboration Meetings in the Afternoon
- 6th Grade Open House Orientation from 6:00-8:00 pm at RMMS
- No scheduled events.
- CATCH-UP FRIDAY
Important Things After This Week
If you see something that should be here but isn't, make sure to contact us to get it updated!
- Tuesday, May 22 - Band Concert at 7:00 pm in the RMMS Auditorium
- Thursday, May 24 - Little Big History Night Presentations from 6:00-7:30 pm (Team Jaguar)
- Friday, May 25 - No more assignments, tests, etc. should be put into PowerSchool
- Monday, May 28 - Memorial Day - No School
- Wednesday, May 30 - NO EARLY RELEASE
- Wednesday, May 30 - Extended FLEX Day (bell schedule to follow)
- Wednesday, May 30 - Talent Show (bell schedule to follow)
- Thursday, May 31 - Movie theater trip for any students meeting academic expectations of the classroom
- Friday, June 1 - Last day of school (8:40 - 11:45 am)
Bus Duty Assignments This Week
TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY REGARDING LOADING AND UNLOADING OUR STUDENTS FROM THE BUSES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ONE PERSON IS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ZONES DURING YOUR BUS DUTY.
Morning (8:15 am - 8:35 am) - Cafeteria, Commons Area, and Outside.
Afternoon (Please come outside as soon as the bell rings.) - South end of the building, Right out front where you can see toward the south end and north end of the building, and in front of the pavilion near the bus loading. This allows all assigned for bus duty to see all of the major areas where students congregate to wait. The essential area to be monitored is the south end (side) of the building. The first few minutes are critical as far as the need for supervision. If there are four people assigned, the fourth person can help where needed.
- Nathan Williams (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Craig Haws (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Rachael Cope (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Jami McLing (by the buses near the pavilion)
The Following Week's Bus Duty Assignment:
- Amber Harris (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Janae Shaffer (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Juan Navarro (by the buses near the pavilion)
Upcoming IEP/504 Meetings
These meetings are on your Outlook calendar, but this is a reminder of what you have this week. If for some reason, you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the person whose room the meeting is in prior to the meeting. Unless identified, meetings start as soon as possible after school.
- Monday, May 14 - 2:45 pm - Savanna - Jaguar Teachers, Ashment, Moeller
- Tuesday, May 15 - 2:45 pm - Savanna - Jaguar Teachers, Pepper
- Tuesday, May 15 - 3:50 pm - Rm. 31 - Harris, Jubitz, Hansen, E. Navarro, R. Johnson, Nuckols
- Wednesday, May 16 - None
- Thursday, May 17 - 8:00 am - Conference Room - J. Navarro, Haws, Kenly, Ashment
- Thursday, May 17 - 1:30 pm - Rm. 7 - Belliston, R. Johnson
- Thursday, May 17 - 2:45 pm - Savanna - Jaguar Teachers
- Friday, May 18 - 2:45 pm - Savanna - Jaguar Teachers, R. Johnson, Ashment
New Items to Be Aware of:
Mandatory Benefits Open Enrollment is scheduled for July 20 - August 20. Please be mindful of that and don't forget to make any changes you might be wanting.
- Please make sure that your IPLPs are complete and your SLO information is recorded for first and second trimesters. The District Office has recently created this video to explain the process for SLOs. I know it is coming at the very end, but we will be more diligent in making sure things are clarified for next year. Thomas, Justin, and Scott will be meeting with each teacher individually to go over goals and SLOs as a part of the annual evaluation process beginning May 1st. The administrator that completed your JPAS will be scheduling that with you.
- Idaho's new accountability system includes a student engagement survey. Schools will need to administer this survey to students in grades 3-8 this school year. The survey questions for middle school students can be found here. We are still working on how we want to implement this survey, but it has been suggested that in middle school students complete it in their Language classes. The survey window opens on May 7th, and we will communicate when we will be doing this soon. If students were to bring up "opting out," their parents would need to complete this form and turn it into the main office.
- As noted above in the schedule, please make sure all assignments, tests, quizzes, and projects are completed and input by Friday, May 25. This will allow students to know what they need to target and work on the last week of school and during the extended FLEX time on Wednesday, May 30. No other work should be assigned that last week outside of students making up or redoing assignments and tests.
Old Items to Be Aware of:
- The State Department of Education and the Boise State University Writing Project are offering workshops in June on the state’s new science standards and identifying connections with the literacy standards. The workshops will be led by elementary, middle and high school science teachers from Idaho. Workshops dates, locations and links to register are: REGIONS V and VI - June 12-15, Clarion Inn, Pocatello
- Applications for the 2019 Idaho Teacher of the Year are due by May 25. The application and more information about how to nominate a teacher for this honor are posted online here.
- You all should have received a training module of sexual misconduct for staff to student. Please complete this as soon as you can.
- Here is the link to the fire drill procedural map and the evacuation procedural map. Here is also an updated roster for who is in which zones as well.
- With many transitions happening this year and in coming years, the district would like all teachers to know that they can view all available job openings at www.d93jobs.com. Also for your information, they are updating the district hiring procedures so that jobs will only be posted for 7 calendar days.
- Click here for information about the Idaho Master Teacher Premium if you are interested in working toward that. Since our district will be following the state model, nothing is actually done through the school or district.
- Please use the following links to assist in any preparation you may need for JPAS: JPAS Annual Orientation, Color Coded Domains IV and V, Professional Development Materials by Indicator (JPAS). In addition, anyone who appears on this spreadsheet must complete Domains IV and V (the portfolio/interview portion).
HOPE Squad Training
Professional Development
Grants and Other Opportunities
The Idaho Humanities Council is opening applications for major and mini-grants, research fellowships, and teacher incentive grants for projects and programs exploring literature, history, law, cultural anthropology, and other humanities disciplines. Please find more information here and here.
If you are interested in starting an after-school program to help enrich our students' lives during non-school hours, the Idaho State Department of Education is accepting grant applications for next year. Click on the grant application for more information.
CenturyLink Teachers and Technology Grant Site- Through this program, pre-K through 12th-grade teachers in public, private and/or charter schools in CenturyLink local service areas are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to implement innovative technology solutions in their classrooms.