{Week of November 2-6}
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Monday, November 2: Lunch: Mini Corn Dogs
- Send home PT Conference Slip #1 with ALL students of their scheduled conference time. Keep your penciled in schedule until Friday.
- 2nd Quarter begins...
- Clocks should have adjusted to "Fall Back One Hour" - double check them in case.
- Val @ Project Leadership
Tuesday, November 3: Lunch ~ Mandarin Chicken
- Espanol Rapido (Spanish) Lessons ~ Grades 2, 3, 4 with Mrs. Jackson
- Vision Screening Grades 2, 4, and referred/new kids in 1st, 3rd, and 5th
- 1st Grade students to Post Office throughout the day
- Val @ Project Leadership
Wednesday, November 4: Lunch ~ Bean & Cheese Burritos
- 3:45 ~ District Danielson Framework Class
- Val @ Project Leadership
Thursday, November 5: Lunch ~ Pizza
- Send home ALL 1st Quarter Progress Notes and Report Cards with Students (use envelopes or just tri-fold and staple them - use labels for them
- Espanol Rapido (Spanish) Lesson #2
- Positive Action Lesson with Mrs. Pierce
- Val @ a local workshop 10:00-2:00
Friday, November 6: Lunch ~ Chicken Patty Sandwich
- Positive Action Lesson with Mrs. Pierce
- Val @ a local workshop 10:00-2:00
- 8:10-8:30 ~ Community Mtg (Grades 1 & 2)
- 9:00-9:30 ~ 1st Grade Team RtI Mtg in UPSTAIRS READING ROOM (Blackman, Jepsen, Barcas, Stanley (Katie cover), Berg, Doane (Therissa cover with 1:1), Lamm (Victoria cover), Hulbert (Nancy cover)
- 9:30-10:00 ~ 2nd Grade Team RtI Mtg in UPSTAIRS READING ROOM (Blackman, Jepsen, Barcas, Stanley, Berg, Steers (Katie cover), Crawford (Victoria cover), Hamilton (Nancy cover)
- 12:30-1:30 ~ Annual IEP Mtg. (Quirk, Anderegg, Jepsen - Admin; Hulbert (Nancy cover)
1:30-2:00 ~ Annual IEP Mtg. (Steers - Katie cover, Quirk, Anderegg- Admin)
{Other NOTES from the DUGOUT}
Parent Teacher Conference To Do's:
Inside Day Schedule: There was some questions today about specific times for Inside Day as it is different than 'normal' days. Please see this link to confirm your 'duty time' and or 'student lunch times'.
My Schedule: I will be attending my Project Leadership Team Meetings Monday through Wednesday. I have asked Jodi/Donna to be the 'go to' if you need anything and they will help decide whether to contact me or consult/seek help from another Principal in the district. Thursday and Friday we have a training in the district for all Admin. Team members from 10:00-2:00 so surely you'll not see me much next week. As always, you can email or text anytime but I do know we'll have no phones/tech. at times.
Writing Prompt Time: Each grade level is to administer the persuasive writing prompt prior to November 12. Each team will have a half day to score these as a team. The schedule will be: Nov. 17 (Grade 5 Morning / Grade 3 Afternoon); Nov. 18 (Grade 2 Morning / Grade 1 Afternoon); Nov. 19: (Grade 4 Morning / Kinder Afternoon). If you see conflicts, please let me know.
Staffing Update: We received several great applicants for our Special Ed. Para position. And then got news that a family will be moving from PLMS which will leave a Para without a student. Rather than hire a new person, we have decided to utilize Jana Sylvia from PLMS. Jana will be joining us as soon as the student officially moves. We will welcome her to our BRMES team soon! Counselor interviews are in process. Stay tuned for that update. The last I heard we had 3 qualified applicants!
Teacher's Aide: I still have 2 more 5th grade students who want to be someone's aide from 11:45-12:15 one day a week. They can do prep work or whatever you'd need in your classroom. Anyone?
Art Questions: Please help out our Creative Arts Team by taking the poll to the right.
- November 2: Classroom Teachers: Slip #1 sent home with students to schedule PT Conference
- November 5: All Report Cards, Special Education Progress Notes, sent home with students on THIS day (stapled shut or put in envelopes) - office will put labels in your box to place on the envelopes or trifold. Progress Notes from SPED to be in teachers boxes trifolded or enveloped by November 4. A 2nd copy will be given to teacher to use at conferences.(RTI Graphs, GT updates will be ready at conference times)
- November 9: Classroom Teachers: Slip #2 sent home with students to confirm their PT Conference AND penciled schedule for all classrooms given to Donna (keep a copy). A copy will be made for SPED and SPECIALISTS so they can visit the rooms that fit their schedule. Donna will do any call in's to reschedule and keep them in the office. Check them periodically for changes.
- November 12: Dismiss at 1:15 / Conferences & Book Fair from 2:00-7:30 (Contract until 7:45) - if you are a shared staff member/part time - please let me know when you'll be here.
- November 13: NO SCHOOL / Conferences & Book Fair from 8:00-11:20 (Contract until 11:45) - if you are a shared staff member/part time - please let me know when you'll be here.
- Andy Cochrane will be available this morning for any GT parent conferences in his classroom
Inside Day Schedule: There was some questions today about specific times for Inside Day as it is different than 'normal' days. Please see this link to confirm your 'duty time' and or 'student lunch times'.
My Schedule: I will be attending my Project Leadership Team Meetings Monday through Wednesday. I have asked Jodi/Donna to be the 'go to' if you need anything and they will help decide whether to contact me or consult/seek help from another Principal in the district. Thursday and Friday we have a training in the district for all Admin. Team members from 10:00-2:00 so surely you'll not see me much next week. As always, you can email or text anytime but I do know we'll have no phones/tech. at times.
Writing Prompt Time: Each grade level is to administer the persuasive writing prompt prior to November 12. Each team will have a half day to score these as a team. The schedule will be: Nov. 17 (Grade 5 Morning / Grade 3 Afternoon); Nov. 18 (Grade 2 Morning / Grade 1 Afternoon); Nov. 19: (Grade 4 Morning / Kinder Afternoon). If you see conflicts, please let me know.
Staffing Update: We received several great applicants for our Special Ed. Para position. And then got news that a family will be moving from PLMS which will leave a Para without a student. Rather than hire a new person, we have decided to utilize Jana Sylvia from PLMS. Jana will be joining us as soon as the student officially moves. We will welcome her to our BRMES team soon! Counselor interviews are in process. Stay tuned for that update. The last I heard we had 3 qualified applicants!
Teacher's Aide: I still have 2 more 5th grade students who want to be someone's aide from 11:45-12:15 one day a week. They can do prep work or whatever you'd need in your classroom. Anyone?
Art Questions: Please help out our Creative Arts Team by taking the poll to the right.
{Future Events}
Book Fair: Nov. 9, 10, 11 (3:00-3:45); Nov. 12 (2:00-7:00); Nov. 13 (8:00-12:00)
PTA sponsored "Holiday Craft Fair with Student Entrepreneurs" ~ December 3rd from 3:00-6:00 PM in our Cafe. Our students are invited to make something to sell at a Craft Fair just for them. Forms just went home with students.
PTA will be hosting a 'design a new student tshirt' contest in the coming weeks. Watch for that information and help to encourage the kids to enter. Maybe staff can enter too!
PTA sponsored "Holiday Craft Fair with Student Entrepreneurs" ~ December 3rd from 3:00-6:00 PM in our Cafe. Our students are invited to make something to sell at a Craft Fair just for them. Forms just went home with students.
PTA will be hosting a 'design a new student tshirt' contest in the coming weeks. Watch for that information and help to encourage the kids to enter. Maybe staff can enter too!
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| Weekly Compliment Slips turned into me ... please sign them too! |
- Batter of the Week ~Tim received the bat! Who will Tim hand it off to? (If you receive the bat, you must take a selfie with the bat and then hand it off to the next HOMERUN hitter as you tell them why!)
- Dean for helping create such fun 'can lunches' for 4th grade students!
- Maintenance Team for responding to fixes so fast!
- Our Substitutes for taking such care of our classrooms when we are absent.
- Therissa for giving her all to kids.
- Brandi for her Patience.
- Classroom Teachers for problem solving to send report cards home with students.
- Sean for his Calmness and Skills in trying to rework the report card to make everyone feel listened to.
- Katie for being 'calm as a cucumber'!
- Mentors for being such reinforcers of best practices and modeling for your Mentees.
