The Yuletide Villager
Winter Edition
Jan 2, 2019
The vision of GCS is to inspire success and a lifetime of learning.
McAdenville Elementary
H.O.P.E.
Have Only Positive Expectations
MCLASS & Benchmark TESTING Starts Now...
Remember to focus on DIBELS first.
Plan your testing into your lesson plans.
We do have Benchmarks in 3-5 as well. A testing schedule will follow this week.
Welcome Back to MOY Assessments!
i-Ready Math
- MOY results are darker colors compared to lighter colors (BOY)
- This chart does not represent Kinder as they were not tested, BOY.
- I listed so we could see schoolwide changes.
- Notice the changes in each of the 4 domains.
- Chart #2 shows schoolwide growth by i-Ready measurements
- Math must become a focus in the 2nd half of our school year.
i-Ready Reading
- MOY results are darker colors compared to lighter colors (BOY)
- This chart does not represent Kinder as they were not tested, BOY.
- I listed so we could see schoolwide changes.
- Notice the changes in each of the 6 domains.
- Chart #2 shows schoolwide growth by i-Ready measurements
- 13% greater in reading than math.
STUDENT TRANSFERS
Congratulate Our 2018-19 MES Spelling Bee Champ
Gaston County Schools Spelling Bee
The Gaston County Schools Spelling Bee is Wednesday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. at Stuart W. Cramer High School. Elementary and middle school students from Gaston County Schools will compete for the county championship.
Please Congratulate our Winners
The Lucky 7's Challenge Winners!
Mrs. Hickman’s 1st Grade
Lilly Arrowood
Seph Brandenburg
Lauryn Bruce
Rhylie Callahan
Elijah Childers
Ian Jardon Antunez
Brantley Lawson
Nicole Nickolaisen
Aiden Ojeda
Aliyah Payseur
Mason Ramirez
Elijah Sherman
Mrs. Shore’s 2nd Grade
Brayden Albert
Meadow Green
Royce Gonzales Flores
Nathan Hernandez Santos
Maddox Nunn
Mrs. Coffey’s 2nd Grade
Chloe Ballard
Gage Barnes
Daniel Burgess
Gabrielle Cobb
Natalie Cobb
Jonathan Cochran
Tyler Crosby
Bentley Mitchem
Isabella Shamblin
Spencer Walborn
Fischer Whitesides
Mrs. Truesdale’s 3rd Grade
Seth Ballard
Jeremiah Burris
Eli Fulbright
Josiah Jarrett
Israel Marquez
Kylie Rhoads
Blake Strange
Ms. Neely’s 4th Grade
Cheyenne Branch
Clarence Cochran
Samoria Coley
James Hatley
Mari McCosh
Cohen Summey
Mrs. Crosby 5th Grade
Joshua Hance
Eva Hatley
Bailey McMillan
Daniel Spottswood
YOU ARE A WINNER
November Lottery Winners....
November Lottery Winners
Click on the wheel above to see if you are a winner!
December Lottery Winners....
- Kelly Shore
- Beth Crosby
Please pick up your prizes this week...
MTSS
Plans --- Plans --- Plans ---
Duty Team B
If we have school this week...
School Events Agenda
Monday
- New Year's Eve
- No School
Tuesday
- No School
- New Year's Day
Wednesday
- Welcome Back to School All
Thursday
- All PLCs will be on Friday
Friday
- Look for your time slot from Mrs. Griffith
Events and Dates To Come
1/9/19 - Group Pictures (AM)
1/9/19 - Gaston County Spelling Bee
1/10/19 - PTO @ 6:30 PM
1/12/19 - Robotics Competition
1/16/19 - 3rd Lunch and Learn & 4th/5th Science Exhibit (Parents in classrooms)
1/17 and 1/18 - School in session for snow make-up dates.
GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS
ELA
MATH
Instructional Focus
Instructional Focus/Concentration:
Elementary Report Card K-2 Standards Sheet (Tabbed Grade Levels at Bottom)
October Focus
Math and ELA Instructional Practices
ELA Instructional Practices 1-3 & Interactive Read Aloud
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them - Math Instructional Practice # 1
Reason abstractly and quantitatively - Math Instructional Practice # 2
Building The Foundation Professional Development. The sessions will be offered throughout the school year.
Instructional Focus/Concentration:
Engagement and Worksheets
How often are you using worksheets for instruction and homework each day? How can we reduce the number of worksheets used during the school day?
Teacher - Student relationships
How can we change the tone of how we address students? It’s not what you say sometimes it’s how you say it. Model what they expect. The modeling sessions may have to be repeated a number of times, but model the expectations (Behavior and Instruction) with grace and respect for the student.
Agenda and I Can Statements - Daily Expectations
Each classroom should have an agenda listing what will be taught each day.
Each classroom should have I Can statements posted each day and tied to a standard.
- Standards Mastery
- Conferring
- Building Assessments from Standards-Based Instruction
- Small Group Instruction
- Student Proficiency
Elite Education Society of Wildcats
MES Social Worker - Whitney Hill
Please use this referral form for student Social Work Request.
MES School Counselor - Eric Otis
Please use this referral form for student School Counselor Request
2018-2019 School Improvement Team Members
Congratulations to our newest team members and thank you to all others for continuing to serve as members of this great group.
Committee Positions ` Name ` Email Address ` Date Elected
Principal Lucretia Rice lrrice@gaston.k12.nc.us 7/1/2017
School Improvement Team Chairperson Bobbi Neely blneely@gaston.k12.nc.us 9/12/2018
Teacher Representative (Process Manager)Beth Crosby edcrosby@gaston.k12.nc.us 6/1/2014
Teacher Representative Kelly Shore kdshore@gaston.k12.nc.us 8/1/2017
Teacher Representative Kirsten Marett kcmarett@gaston.k12.nc.us 8/1/2017
Teacher Representative Bonita Truesdale bgtruesdale@gaston.k12.nc.us9/12/2018
Instructional Support Representative Charlotte Griffth chgriffith@gaston.k12.nc.us 9/12/2018
District Representative TBD TBD@gaston.k12.nc.us --/--/--
Parent Representative Erika Sutphin mollysmama2008@gmail.com 6/1/2014
School Improvement Team Chairperson
Bobbi Neely