{Week of May 2-6}
Monday, May 2: Lunch: Chicken Nugget Combo
- Staff Appreciation Week ~ "Breakfast of Champions" ~ Please come by the staff lounge between 7:00-8:15 for a home cooked breakfast!
- "Eagle Eye" Reward ~ Listen on the announcements for an invitation to draw a winner to send down to the office for an award of 'breakfast in the staff lounge'!
- No GT or Advanced Groups today
- 4:30-7:00: Math Open House for Parents to review new math curriculum in the library
Tuesday, May 3: Lunch: All American Hamburger
- Staff Appreciation Week ~ "Timeout for YOU!"
- SBAC: Labs closed in the morning
- Truxel & Pedrow @ 8:20
- LaFay & Brown @ 10:00
Wednesday, May 4: Lunch: Slice O' Pizza
- Staff Appreciation Week ~ "7th Inning Stretch Treat" (delivered to you between 1:00-2:55)
- Walk or Bike to School Day ~ School Alert will go out to remind anyone interested in meeting at Ridley's at 7:50 to walk or bike to school together! Feel free to participate or motivate! I will print a map for each teacher to review the safe bike route on school grounds with your students and hang it up!
- Walking Wednesday during lunch
- SBAC (Labs closed in the morning)
- Pedrow, Truxel @ 8:20
- Aronson, Brown @ 10:00
Thursday, May 5: Lunch: Supreme Tacos
- Staff Appreciation Week ~ "Concession Stand Snack Day"
- Val Out 'Core Coaches Network/Admin. Workshop'
- Espanol Rapido Starts Up again ~ Welcome Back Tricia!
- Kindergarten Field Trip to Smoke Jumper Base & Fire Station (AM)
- SBAC (Labs closed in the morning)
- Science - Baldrica, Davydov, Sandeen @ 8:20
- Aronson, LaFay @ 10:00
- Happy Birthday Mrs. Ball (May 7) and Mrs. Barcas (May 8)!
- Staff Appreciation Week ~ "Tailgate Party Lunch" {Lunch provided for you from 11:00-12:30}
- 8:15: Community Meeting for Grades 1-2
- School Spirit Day!
- Green Team collects Recycling Day
- Mothers Day Events: Tea in Kinder, Spring Show in Hulbert 10:00/ Event in Doane 10:45
- Arbor Day Guests in 5th grade
- 9:00-9:25: RTI Team Mtg with 4th Grade Team (Nancy cover Pedrow, Katie cover Stanley, Victoria cover Truxel)
- 9:25-9:45: RTI Team with 5th Grade Team Victoria cover Sandeen, Nancy cover Baldrica, Katie cover Davydov)
- 10:00-11:30: 5th Grade Orientation @ PLMS
- 12:30-2:00: Initial Eligibility & Possible IEP Mtg (Victoria cover Saucier, Anderegg, Berg, Quirk, Jepsen, Dardis)
- 2:00-2:30: Student Update Mtg (Nancy cover Brown, Anderegg, Quirk, Berg)
- 2:30-3:00: 504 Update Mtg (Victoria cover LaFay, Anderegg, Jepsen, Quirk, Berg)
{Other NOTES from the DUGOUT}
Staff Appreciation Week: Please watch your mailbox for your ticket to our All Star week next week. I have teamed up with our amazing PTA and many volunteers to provide you some goodies and treats to help remind you how appreciated you are. I hope you'll enjoy it and participate in all of the fun! Be sure to participate in the Staff 'Sportsters' Contest too!
Cleaning Storage Rooms: David and I are going to go through storage rooms for old curriculum with intent to sell it. If you have old curriculum in secret places, please let me know so we can get it moved to our empty classroom to organize for now.
Summer School: We have some money left in our Title budget to offer a small summer school program for RTI or invited students; but I need someone to lead this and work at it this summer. Hours/days/times are up to whomever takes it on as the leader. Crystal nor I are able to lead/work at it. Let me know if you're interested. $25.00 per hour for certified/ Your normal rate for classified staff.
Top 8 "America's Best Community": Congrats to our community participants who earned our city $100,00 as a result of a lot of hard work to showcase Valley county! If you want to learn more about this recognition/award, find it on www.americasbestcommunities.com
Lamination: We are almost out of lamination film. We are on our last roll. We can't order more until the new budget year; thus if it's not critical this spring, hold off until fall.
Year End Events: If you see I don't have something on the Staff Calendar in 365 or on the below list of events, please let me know/confirm.
Volunteer Names and Community Partners: Use this link to update/review the list of community partners and volunteers (2 different tabs). Please let me know if you can't type into it. We need it to be accurate to acknowledge everyone.
ISAT/IRI Results: Much appreciation to the Reading Team for all the amazing improvements/gains in IRI and reports. ISAT results are slowly popping up. If you are a Grade 3-5 teacher log in once your students have finished both parts of the ELA test or both parts of the Math assessments to check preliminary scores via the Idaho Portal/TIDE.
Leadership Premiums Papers: These were turned over to the district office to determine who qualifies for premium payment this year. Essentially, the committee(s) you served on had to show 15 hours of time after 3:45 and not be a position paid another way (ie. "District Mentors" already get a stipend; thus it doesn't generate a leadership stipend). Stay tuned for further 'verdicts' on who qualified.
Student Reward Events/Details till year end: Thanks to those who are excited and interested in student acknowledgement and stepping up to create some fun rewards for our students. I will remind you each week of what is coming and if you need to draw for any winners. Here is what is slated till year end if you want to take note:
Staffing Update:
Staff Appreciation Week: Please watch your mailbox for your ticket to our All Star week next week. I have teamed up with our amazing PTA and many volunteers to provide you some goodies and treats to help remind you how appreciated you are. I hope you'll enjoy it and participate in all of the fun! Be sure to participate in the Staff 'Sportsters' Contest too!
Cleaning Storage Rooms: David and I are going to go through storage rooms for old curriculum with intent to sell it. If you have old curriculum in secret places, please let me know so we can get it moved to our empty classroom to organize for now.
Summer School: We have some money left in our Title budget to offer a small summer school program for RTI or invited students; but I need someone to lead this and work at it this summer. Hours/days/times are up to whomever takes it on as the leader. Crystal nor I are able to lead/work at it. Let me know if you're interested. $25.00 per hour for certified/ Your normal rate for classified staff.
Top 8 "America's Best Community": Congrats to our community participants who earned our city $100,00 as a result of a lot of hard work to showcase Valley county! If you want to learn more about this recognition/award, find it on www.americasbestcommunities.com
Lamination: We are almost out of lamination film. We are on our last roll. We can't order more until the new budget year; thus if it's not critical this spring, hold off until fall.
Year End Events: If you see I don't have something on the Staff Calendar in 365 or on the below list of events, please let me know/confirm.
Volunteer Names and Community Partners: Use this link to update/review the list of community partners and volunteers (2 different tabs). Please let me know if you can't type into it. We need it to be accurate to acknowledge everyone.
ISAT/IRI Results: Much appreciation to the Reading Team for all the amazing improvements/gains in IRI and reports. ISAT results are slowly popping up. If you are a Grade 3-5 teacher log in once your students have finished both parts of the ELA test or both parts of the Math assessments to check preliminary scores via the Idaho Portal/TIDE.
Leadership Premiums Papers: These were turned over to the district office to determine who qualifies for premium payment this year. Essentially, the committee(s) you served on had to show 15 hours of time after 3:45 and not be a position paid another way (ie. "District Mentors" already get a stipend; thus it doesn't generate a leadership stipend). Stay tuned for further 'verdicts' on who qualified.
Student Reward Events/Details till year end: Thanks to those who are excited and interested in student acknowledgement and stepping up to create some fun rewards for our students. I will remind you each week of what is coming and if you need to draw for any winners. Here is what is slated till year end if you want to take note:
- May 9: K-3 only: Brings some silly accessories to dress up a participating staff member for the day (2 students per classroom) and/or local coupon ticket
- May 16: Surprise Recess @ 2:15 (3 student winners per classroom)
- May 25: Dance Party @ Lunch Recess (4 student winners per classroom)
- June 2: Field Day Treat (all students will be winners if we reach a specific # and
- June 6: Board game Party in each classroom for a great year (2:15-2:45)
Staffing Update:
- 3rd Grade Opening: We started interviewing this week and have one more interview to reschedule for Tuesday. Much appreciation to our Interview Team of Ryan, Sara, Jamie, Anne, and Chelsey for all their help and support. I will let you know as soon as we have a decision on our new hire!
Silent Auction Baskets (Due May 13th): I'd love to see a few more baskets get put together for our PTA. So far we have just 3. Consider talking to some others in your team/dept. to see if we can get to at least 6. Click here.
Milk Jugs: We are still collecting these until May 13...drop em off in the office!
Class List Process: Fill out your own slips when you have time. Meet as a grade level team during the next month when your team is ready to place kids into groups. When you have your slips paper clipped together into groups, please bring them to the office or my mailbox and I'll pass them on to the Specialist team. You will get them back one more time after Specialists make any edits. Thank you 1st grade team, I have yours!
4th of July Events: Sean has some great ideas for simple events he would organize for us, if anyone is able/interested in working a 1 hour shift at a BRMES station during July 4th. Let me know if you'd be interested in a shift.
Milk Jugs: We are still collecting these until May 13...drop em off in the office!
Class List Process: Fill out your own slips when you have time. Meet as a grade level team during the next month when your team is ready to place kids into groups. When you have your slips paper clipped together into groups, please bring them to the office or my mailbox and I'll pass them on to the Specialist team. You will get them back one more time after Specialists make any edits. Thank you 1st grade team, I have yours!
4th of July Events: Sean has some great ideas for simple events he would organize for us, if anyone is able/interested in working a 1 hour shift at a BRMES station during July 4th. Let me know if you'd be interested in a shift.
{Future Events}
May 13: Kinder Registration (Day 2 option) 9:00-3:00 in Kinder Rooms or an online option (No School for Kindergarten)
May 13: PTA Spring COLOR Fling 5:00 PM (VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO THROW COLOR)
May 17: Incoming 6th Grade Math Mtg @ PLMS @3:45 (4th/5th math teachers)
May 18: 2nd Grade Chess Night for Parents/Students in 2nd
May 18: Grade 5 Track Meet at PLMS 10:30-2:00
May 18: Narrative Writing Prompt for K-5 "Super hero" - Look on SHARE drive
May 19 & 20: 3rd Grade Art Days in their rooms and the gym
May 23, 24, 25: 5th Grade Field Trip to MOSS
May 26: 4th Grade Field Trip to DES and Roseberry
May 26: Kindergarten Field Trip to Hatchery (AM)
May 27: No School / Snow Day
May 31: 2nd grade Field Trip to Public Library (11:15-1:30)
June 1: Capital Xmas Tree Ornaments Due
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 3: 3rd Grade Field Trip (to Birds of Prey in Boise)
June 3: "End of the Year" Staff Social @ Anne's House after school
June 6: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Ponderosa
June 7 (9:30-10:15 AM) End of the Year Awards Program for Grades 1-5 in the gym
June 7 (1:30 PM): Samson Trail Walk/Run (Grades 1-5)
June 8: Last Day of School - Early Release - 1:10-1:15 PM
June 8: 5th Grade to Ponderosa
June 8: 2nd Grade Swimming Field Trip
June 8: 3rd Grade Biking Field Trip
June 8: "Retirement Open House/Celebration" outside on playground area (or library if weather doesn't cooperate) for Lindsey & Maggie ~ 2:00 PM
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| Weekly Compliment Slips turned into me ... please sign them too! |
- CHALLENGE! You will find a 'Catching a Compliment' slip in your mailbox! If you fill it out for SOMEONE on staff AND SIGN IT, you will be entered into my daily door prize give away for next week in honor of our ALL STAR STAFF! You will want to be in the daily drawing! 1st Drawing will be Monday morning at 8:00 so get your tickets turned into my mailbox or leave on my table ASAP! Only ONE entry per person!
