{Week of March 7-11}
Monday, March 7: Lunch: Breakfast for Lunch
- 9:00-9:45: High School Band and Choir Show for us in the gym (be seated by 9:00)
Tuesday, March 8: Lunch: Supreme Tacos
- Espanol Rapido (Spanish) Lessons ~ Grades 2, 3, 4 with Mrs. Jackson
- 12:30-1:30: Eligibility Mtg ~ (Downstairs Reading Room) ~ Victoria cover Holly / Therissa cover Sara
- 3:30-5:00: Ready Math Presentation in the Library (for any and all math teachers for 16-17)
Wednesday, March 9: Lunch: Mandarin Chicken
- Walking Wednesday during lunch
- 1:15: 2nd Grade Team Mtg. with Val
- 12:30-1:30: (Doane & Lamm) Walking Field Trip to Food Bank
Thursday, March 10: Lunch: Lasagna or Spaghetti
- Espanol Rapido (Spanish) Lessons ~ Grades 2, 3, 4 with Mrs. Jackson
- Positive Action Lesson with Mrs. Pierce
- MTI Math Coaches in our Building ~ (Jonathan and Sam) ~ let Val know a time you'd like them to come by your room/or to meet with them, so far they are wide open from 10:00-on
- 3:15-5:00: Math Team Collaboration with Jonathan and Sam - please join in the conversation if you are able/interested/teach math for 16-17 in the library
Friday, March 11: Lunch: Chicken Patty Sandwich
- Green Team collects Recycling Day
- School Spirit Day
- Positive Action Lesson with Mrs. Pierce
- 8:15-8:30: Community Meeting with 1st/2nd graders
- 9:00-9:30: RTI Team (Upstairs Reading Room) - Katie covers Traci
- 9:30-10:00: RTI Meeting with 5th Grade Team (Upstairs Reading Room) Nancy covers Ernest / Victoria covers Anne / Katie covers Brandi
- 10:00-10:45: Parent Mtg (Downstairs Reading Room) Katie covers Felicity
- 10:45-11:15: Preschool IEP Mtg (Downstairs Reading Room)
- 11:15-12:00: Student Mtg (Downstairs Reading Room) Therissa cover Lesley
- 12:30-1:30: 3 Year & IEP ~ (Downstairs Reading Room) ~ Therissa cover Lesley
Sunday, March 13: Adjust your clocks 'Spring Ahead'!
{Other NOTES from the DUGOUT}
Fire Drills: Great job this week reviewing fire drill procedures! I'm thinking we'll do a lockdown in April and our last fire drill in May.
Picture Day (March 16): I'd like to have all staff wear their baseball shirt (or bring it just for the photo) for our staff picture. I am also asking you to be here ready for the STAFF PHOTO at 7:35 AM in the cafe. This is before contract time so please adjust and leave early today. Jodi sent out a Google sign up form for each classroom to sign up for a 10 minute slot for your class photo (in the cafe). We will send around a volunteer to help you arrive on time. Email/Call Jodi if you need a class sign up time.
Drama Performances (March 16 - afternoon): Use the Google sign up form to sign up for a slot if you are interested and it fits your schedule. Email/Call Jodi if you didn't get it.
Jumprope for Heart Pledge Forms due to Mr. Jeffries by March 31st.
SBAC (Grades 3-5):
Fire Drills: Great job this week reviewing fire drill procedures! I'm thinking we'll do a lockdown in April and our last fire drill in May.
Picture Day (March 16): I'd like to have all staff wear their baseball shirt (or bring it just for the photo) for our staff picture. I am also asking you to be here ready for the STAFF PHOTO at 7:35 AM in the cafe. This is before contract time so please adjust and leave early today. Jodi sent out a Google sign up form for each classroom to sign up for a 10 minute slot for your class photo (in the cafe). We will send around a volunteer to help you arrive on time. Email/Call Jodi if you need a class sign up time.
Drama Performances (March 16 - afternoon): Use the Google sign up form to sign up for a slot if you are interested and it fits your schedule. Email/Call Jodi if you didn't get it.
Jumprope for Heart Pledge Forms due to Mr. Jeffries by March 31st.
SBAC (Grades 3-5):
- No morning computer lab from April 12-May 12 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
- 3rd Grade: Reading Groups may need to be cancelled for 4 weeks...
- 4th/5th Grades: Reading Groups continue throughout SBAC window...
- Use this link if your teacher desktop short cut isn't working to use the practice tests
Preparing for Year End: Things to do with your team...
- Year End scheduling of all trips and activities by team (submit to Val or be sure they are on the calendar/blog).
- National Christmas Tree Ornaments ~ let Val know if you can help make 1000 ornaments.
- Edit Suggested Supply List....
- Ordering for 16-17: What consumables? Agendas/Planners?
- Class Placement ~ Plan will likely be to work in teams and one other staff member to group students for the next year...I will coordinate a day to do this in May.
- March/April we will work on starting a conversation about Report Cards and Gradebook changes you'd like to see so take note of your dreams and I will work to see what's possible. Please let me see what edits (if any) your team would like to see.
- Consumables: I will be asking each team which student consumables you need for next year. (ie. Great Body Shop, Foss items, Wonders Workbooks, Handwriting, etc.)
- Staffing: I will be working to talk to those of you that could see a change in the 16-17 school year. As it looks now (projected enrollment), I currently don't have any openings (teacher or paraprofessional) but the job postings will remain in the event our enrollment derives an increase in staffing.
Behavior Common Expectations Updates: Kick Off Assembly will be Monday, March 28th from 9:30-10:00 with an introduction to our common expectations and Eagle Eye Acknowledgements (Goal will be to recognize 1-5 students per day per staff member). Training will be March 14th.
{Future Events}
March 16: Spring Picture Day: Class Photos, 5th Grade Panaramic, Staff (with our matching shirts) @ 7:35 AM, Individual Students if they are buying them
March 28: Welcome Back Assembly in the Gym 9:30-10:00
March 30: PTA 4th Quarter Meeting @ 8:10 AM- 9:00 AM in cafe
March 30: 3rd Quarter Report Cards go home with students TODAY!
April 1: No School ~ Parent Teacher Conferences
April 12: Kindergarten Registration 12:00-3:00 (and we'll advertise a 2nd one for May 13 after the April one)
April 12-May 12: SBAC testing at our school (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) - No Computer Lab time open in the mornings during the testing days. Consider using the lab in the afternoons or on a Monday or a Friday.
May 2-6: Staff Appreciation Week
May 6: (10:00 AM): 5th Grade PLMS Orientation/Tour
May 13: Kinder Registration (Day 2 option) 12:00-3:00 in Kinder Rooms or an online option
May 20: Track Meet (Grade 5) - 10:00-2:00
May 20: PTA Spring Fling! (in the evening)
May 23, 24, 25: 5th Grade Field Trip to MOSS
May 26: 4th Grade Field Trip to DES and Roseberry
June 1: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Public Library
June 2: Field Day (Grades 1-5) - AM for Grades 3-5 / PM for Grades 1-2 (No PE Classes today)
June 3: 4th Grade Field Trip (Ponderosa and to release trout)
June 6: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Ponderosa
June 7 (9:30-10:15 AM) End of the Year Awards Program for Grades 2-5 in the gym
June 7 (1:30 PM): Samson Trail Walk/Run (Grades 1-5)
June 8: Last Day of School - Early Release - PM?
June 8: 5th Grade to Ponderosa
June 8: 2nd Grade Swimming Field Trip
June 8: 3rd Grade Biking Field Trip
Let me know these details when you know them...
- TBD: 3rd Grade Field Trip (Ponderosa Hike)
- TBD: 3rd Grade Field Trip to Boise?
- TBD: 5th Grade Ambassador Shake party at My Fathers Place
- TBD: 1st Grade Field Trip...
- TBD: Kindergarten Field Trip...to Smokejumper Base and Fish Hatchery and walking to Ridley's
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| Weekly Compliment Slips turned into me ... please sign them too! |
- Batter of the Week ~ Sara Anderegg! Who will be our next Home Run hitter?
- Stacey for helping Student Council organize used books and for 'letting us' store them in her room.
- Alice for helping a sub in another classroom and for the coffee!
- Sean for sharing his Bal-a-Vis-X supplies and knowledge
- Karen B. for her exceptional skills as a sub for Crystal.
- Dan & Chris for re-cleaning up after Dr. Seuss night
- Yuri & Sean for being the perfect photo booth 'workers'!
- Kim & Holly for taking their Creative Arts role so seriously as they utilized their work while leading an amazing Dr. Seuss Family Night!
- Anne, Win, Ernest, Felicity, Honey, Abby, Kim, Carrie, Ryan, Holly, Sean, Victoria, Katie, Karen, Chris, Dan, Dorinda, our Student Council, and our PTA for coming to join in the fun at our Dr. Seuss Family Night! The word on the street was it was amazing and the biggest turnout ever!
