Miner Mondays
Placerita Jr. High School - September 23, 2019
Pride In Excellence Since 1960
This Week at Placerita 9.22.19
Welcome to Week Seven!
Remind your students to have their parents check Infinite Campus for their students first progress grades. The first progress report is up and available to view.
Monday we have our make-up picture day so if your student(s) missed their picture or if they were some of the few that the camera was not working for please let them know that Life Touch will be here all day Monday. Make-ups are going through PE classes.
On Wednesday we have Operation School Bell. This program is for students classified as Homeless. They are given a voucher for a shopping spree. It is a great program and works with families in need. You may receive several summons on Wednesday for this project.
We also have our Newcomers Lunch this Wednesday at noon. If you have a newcomer to Placerita they should get an invitation.
On Friday we have our second Museum of Tolerance Field Trip for Team Excellence. They will be gone all day.
Please plan on attending our first and only Restaurant Night for this Fall on October 10th at the California Pizza Kitchen. We will get 20% of the total for all day on October 10th. See the flyer below for more information.
We informed our parents that we have our first Placerita Parent Organization Breakfast Meeting on October 15th right after Drop-off at 8:10 in the morning. If you have something you would like for me to share with them at that time let me know and we will add it to our agenda.
I also included below a section that I sent to Parents this weekend too with several future dates attached.
Miner PRIDE and PBIS
Schools across the nation strive toward providing a safe, positive educational experience. Part of this experience includes teaching students desired behaviors that will translate into social, emotional, and academic success as they move through the educational process. To that end, many schools employ Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, also known as PBIS. PBIS is a proactive approach to teaching behavioral expectations and creating a climate where positive and appropriate behavior is seen as normal. (from PBIS Blog)
In our Wm. S. Hart School District all the Jr. High schools have a PBIS Team and have had one year of training that began during last school year. Upon experiencing the training, our Placerita team decided that we would design our own model to fit within our construct of Miner PRIDE.
Since the main focus is on positive behavior we decided to strengthen our focus on our positive reward system that already existed at Placertia through our Golden Lotto ticket system. The idea was to expand the presentation of rewards by giving students ongoing rewards for positive behavior. This would allow students to collect Golden Lotto tickets and save them for small prizes to encourage ongoing positive behaviors.
This week our PBIS Team is going to have the first distribution of prizes for multiple ticket holders. The distribution is going to take place in Collin Haynes' room (402) on Tuesday at Brunch and Bree Hammer's room (103) on Thursday at Brunch. Below is a list of some of the current options with required tickets to redeem prizes.
Prizes and number of Golden Lottos required
- golden lotto drawing 1
⁃ pencils 2
⁃ puzzles 4
⁃ books 3
⁃ jewelry kits 6
⁃ fidget spinners 4
⁃ make-up kit 6
⁃ sketch pads 5
⁃ ear buds 8
⁃ $5 McDonald's gift cards 6
⁃ Bluetooth speakers 10
⁃ Deck of cards 3
⁃ Calculators 3
Other prizes are going to be added in the future as well as a prize cart as shown in the picture below. The main goal is to regularly encourage positive behavior and in turn students can receive rewards for that behavior. The ultimate goal will be that we have a specific spot in the quad at the cart where students can regularly redeem their tickets for a multitude of items. If you have ideas for what we can add please let us know and we can discuss.
We have year two training that begins in October and we are adding classified staff and parents to our team this year. As we move through the year, more information will be shared and other parts of the program will be implemented. Anything that the Miner Pride Team decides to add will be something that fits into the Miner PRIDE program.
If you would like more information about how PBIS works in the classroom see the link below. https://www.pbis.org/school/pbis-in-the-classroom
We will be ordering a cart like the one below for our Rewards
Click on the PDF link below for the full brief of the NEA's Policy Brief on PBIS
The Information below was shared with Parents
Restaurant Night Fundraiser to benefit the Placerita Foundation on October 10 at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) Don't miss it!
PPO Breakfast Meeting
October 15 right after Drop-off
in Tanner Hall
Make-up Picture Day
Fall Break
Just one day this year... We do have Thanksgiving week off!
Healthy Choices Parent Meeting
Other Important Dates for Parents this Fall
We will need parents' help with snacks for staff. We will send out Sign-up Genius forms for each event. Two events this Fall - October 18 and December 13
Placerita Parent Organization
Breakfast Meetings - Right after Drop-off in the morning in Tanner Hall.
Fall Meeting - October 15th
Two more in the Winter and Spring - January 15 and March 18
Student of the Month Meetings for Selected Students (Parents Invited)
October 4, November 1, December 6, February 7, March 6, and May 1
Healthy Choices Parent Meeting
Meeting to review the Science and PE curriculum related to Sex Ed. Parents can review all parts of curriculum with an option to opt out.
November 7 @ 6:30 PM in Tanner Hall
Click on the link below for a PDF of the calendar above
Important Upcoming Dates in September / October at Placerita
Make-up Picture Day - 9/23
Field Trip Museum of Tolerance (#2) 9/27 All Day (Team Excellence)
Wear Pink Wednesdays ASB All October
- Active Lockdown Drill 10/2 Brunch, Lunch or Passing
- Leadership Meeting 10/2 2:45 Room 44
SSA Training 10/2-3 Tanner Hall
- Student of the Month Brunch 10/4 Brunch
- Fall Break 10/7 Holiday
- PBIS /Miner PRIDE Coach Training Day 10/9 All Day Newhall DO
- Field Trip Museum of Tolerance (#3) 10/11 All Day (Team Pacesetters)
- Foundation Meeting 10/11 8:15
- Faculty Meeting 10/16 2:45 Library
- Miner Munchies 10/18 Brunch in Library
- End of Q1 10/18 End of Day
- Minimum Days 10/23-24 Dpt and PD Time
- Halloween Costume Contest 10/31 Brunch Extended brunch
Don't get any ideas from this video... Too funny.
Placerita Jr. High School
Email: jturner@hartdistrict.org
Website: www.placeritajuniorhigh.org
Location: 25015 Newhall Avenue, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone: 661-259-1551
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1506369076295455/
Twitter: @placeritajhs