Monday Mail
Mashburn Elementary
A Message from Our Principal
Thank you to everyone who has taken time to come read to Kindergarten students- it is great to see everyone work together to ensure Kindergarten students are where they need to be as we need to read 500 books in the next 20 days to identified students. Thank you for taking your time and investing in all students, this is great to see staff reading in the hallway, on the front couch, in the conference room and wherever you find an area to read. Thank you for making this statement so true, “Together we are Better”.
Teacher of the Year
Please e-mail me any nomination for Teacher of the Year and Certified Staff Member of the Year by Thursday morning. Thank you all for all the work you do each and every day.
Thanks,
Carla
Early Release Schedule
12:45-1:30: Potluck Lunch in STEM Lab (eat in Café)
1:30-2:00: Staff Meeting: Homeroom and IRR teachers in the Cafe
2:00-3:40: Grade Level Planning with your team.
RTI Desktop
RTI Desktop
Teachers, just a reminder that we are forming Bear Necessities groups on Tuesday, August 28th. After this day, you will be able to enter notes in the RTI Desktop noting what interventions the students will be receiving and their strengths and weaknesses (based on data). The below items are due by the end of the day on Friday, August 31st. You can do this on the afternoon of the 31st or have that afternoon to plan with your grade levels!
Due Friday, August 31st:
IST Students:
- Enter notes
- Enter intervention(s)
- Enter baseline data ((FAST screening data and/or behavior data)
- Fill out Progress Monitoring google form
New IST Students:
- Fill out IST referral tab
- Enter notes (on IST tab)
- Enter intervention (s)
- Enter baseline data (FAST screening data and/or behavior data)
- Fill out Progress Monitoring google form
SST Students:
- Enter strengths and concerns
- Enter intervention(s)
- Enter baseline data (FAST screening data and/or behavior data)
- Fill out Progress Monitoring google form
Action Item:
Enter IST and SST data into RTI desktop by August 31st.
Coach's Corner
Just a reminder that the F&P data is due in School City and on the F &P Spreadsheets in the Google Drive by Thursday , August 30th.
Please have the IST/SST students and/or any student you may have academic concerns about data in the F&P Spreadsheet by Tuesday.
If you have any questions or need assistance in entering the data in School City, please let Katie know.
Action Item:
Enter F&P data into School City by THIS Thursday, Aug. 30th.
SPARK Success!
Thank you for taking the time this month to review the Expectations for the Classroom, Bathroom, Hallway, and the Cafeteria. If you have any students that you would like to recognized on the news for showing SPARK or 7 Mindsets, please let me know. I will feature them on the Monday news during our SPARK Segment. Remember to fill out the Teacher Postcards for a chance of a drawing during the Faculty Meetings.
Class Dojo Reports are due to Trudie Berry before you leave on Friday, September 31st .
Directions on How to Print Dojo Reports: https://classdojo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202027469-Print-Download-or-Save-PDFs-of-Student-Reports#web
· For Step #3: Please make sure to change the Date Range to” This Month (August)”
Our first round of Student Postcards are due the week of September 3rd. Please remember to send at least 4 home by September 7th. You can give them to Trudie Berry to mail out. Make sure to keep a record of which student you sent the Post Card Form. The forms will be collected at the end of the year.
Action Items:
-Let Katie Colson know if you have a student who deserves to be featured on the news for showing SPARK.
-Complete Class Dojo reports by Friday, Sept. 31st
-Give 4 postcards to Trudie to send by Sept. 7th
Talk About It Tuesday Schedule
All meetings will take place in the conference room unless told otherwise.
Aug. 21st-School City Training with Kim Lochbaum
All homeroom teachers should attend.
Aug. 28th- Bear Necessities -Form Groups & Big 20 Data Dig
All homeroom teachers should attend.
Sept. 4th- EIP Segments
All homeroom teachers should attend.
Read to Me Initiative
We are calling on you all to help our newest readers achieve a lofty goal. Kindergarten students who come to us without a firm foundation in literacy often have difficulty catching up to their peers. To make sure we give them an even playing field, we are asking for you to help them hear 500 books read aloud in 25 days. (Yes-that’s 20 books a day!).
Last Thursday, August 23, we launched a Read to Me initiative to help us meet this goal for each of our “Read to Me” students. Have 10 minutes? Need a break from a stressful day? Come on down to the kindergarten hallway! Each teacher has an RTM center close to their door. Simply pull one or two names, ask for the students and read them a book. There is a book basket with books to read, or you can bring your own. Once you finish, smile a space on the student’s card, and send them back to class.
Please see a more detailed set of directions by clicking this link Below are some pictures so you will know what to look for when you visit.
Flu Shots
The Health Dept. will be here at Mashburn on Monday 9/10 8:45-10:00 am to give flu shots to staff and their families (18 and up) that are interested. They take these insurances: SHBP, Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Coventry, UHC, Medicare/Medicaid. If you do not have one of these insurances, the cost is:
Flu-$25
Pneumonia-$123
Pneumococcal-$205
Tdap (tetanus)- $65
If you are not sure if you need the pneumonia, pneumococcal or tetanus shot, please check with your health care provider.
See Vaccine info sheet link above.
You want to bring your insurance card and ID with you. The front conference room is reserved for this event.
Please make sure you write your names, birthdate and check which shot you are getting on the sign-up sheet (located in the mail room in a yellow folder). Please see this link for information on vaccines that are being offered
Reminders from the Health Dept:
1) Employees must put their birth date on the sign-up sheet. We use them to verify vaccines in Grits especially if they are requesting a vaccine other than the flu.
2) Employees must use the names on their insurance cards. Insurance will not pay if a nickname is used.
3) Employees must bring their insurance cards with them to the scheduled date or they will be required to pay the $25 cash or checks. (no exceptions this year).
4) We only take Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Coventry, Medicare/Medicaid, SHBP, & United Healthcare. No Kaiser. The claims address on the back of the card must have these company names. If it does not, chances are we do not have a contract with them.
1) We will be there for the Vaccine clinic for only 1 hour and 15 mins- they do need to leave on time, to head to the next school.