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And the "APAWS" goes to... Jamie, Teresa, Mary & Lisa for coordinating our first Special Lunch!  Many of you have shared what a nice time spent together!

   
(If you'd like to give some "APAWS" for next week's blog, please send me an email!)

Freddie is here this week 2:00-6:00 pm

1. Proposed Before school play:  Thank you for your input on the survey.  Leadership Team will discuss this Monday at our meeting.


2. Benchmark Training:   K-5 teachers, just a reminder: if you have not yet, be sure to sign up for the next Benchmark trainings being offered.  Coordinate with Karen regarding your chosen date and sub.  


3. Student Council Toy Drive & Candy Grams: Toy Drive through 12/21 & Candy Grams are on sale on-line through 12/21.  Candy Grams will be sold out front before school 12/18-12/20.  

4. PTA Pj's & Popsicles: Wednesday, 12/20, students and staff are welcome to wear Pj's and all students will receive a popsicle during their lunch from PTA for our Membership drive.

5. Student Council Holiday Dress Day: Thursday, 12/21, is our holiday dress up day.  

6. Kindness Challenge: If you haven't but are planning to, please submit your Kindness Challenge sheet to my mailbox.  I will do a drawing on Friday morning!  #leadwithkindness

7. Holiday Class Parties: Please take a moment to let the office know what time your holiday party will be on Friday.  Please have your students do their best to clean up before they leave for the break! :)

8. Winter Break Shutdown: Please be sure that all computers and electronics are shutdown and turned off before the break.  Please unplug coffee pots, microwaves, etc for the break.  Thank you!

Looking forward to a great week together before the break!  

Please be sure to be consistent with expectations, acknowledge the positive behaviors and be on-time to duties.  If you could walk students to lunches, PE & music this week, it would likely be a wise choice.  Enjoy your students this week before we all get some much deserved time off with our own families!! 

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And the "APAWS" goes to... Social Committee, Teresa and Jamie, for coordinating our lovely Holiday Staff Party!  It was a great time and our game was a fun treat! :)

   
(If you'd like to give some "APAWS" for next week's blog, please send me an email!)

Freddie is here this week 2:00-6:00 pm.

1. In n Out Lunch for Step It Up:  This Wednesday, 12/13, is the reward lunch to In n Out for qualifying students.  PTA will be hosting this with the Step It Up team for approx. 40 of our students.  Permission slips have already gone home and should have been returned to you and the office.  An email with details and participating students will be coming soon.  Briefly, there will be 2 groups:  10 am departure is our PK-3 gr. group and 10:30 am departure is our 4-6 gr. group.  Students will ride a charter bus, have lunch and return to school before dismissal.  We anticipate the first group to return around 11:30 and the second group by 12:00. 

2. Proposed Before school play:   I will send a brief survey for you to complete for Leadership to discuss next Monday.  Thank you!


3. Special Lunch: This Thursday, 12/14, is Special Lunch.  Be sure to see the emails from Teresa.  Thank you Teresa and Leadership Team for coordinating this!

4. Remind App:   Just a reminder to log in to join this optional communication tool to get timely updates in the event of an emergency.  This may be the quickest and most effective tool in emergencies.  The code for our site is below.

Link: https://www.remind.com/join/96cf8d

5. Benchmark Training:   K-5 teachers, just a reminder: if you have not yet, be sure to sign up for the next Benchmark trainings being offered.  Coordinate with Karen regarding your chosen date and sub.  

6. Gift donation: If you would like to donate for a gift card for our wonderful "Copy King", Mr. Lussier, please do so by this Thursday.  Karen D is collecting money for a gift card.  Thank you! 

6. Student Council Toy Drive & Candy Grams: Toy Drive through 12/21 & Candy Grams are on sale on-line through 12/21.  Candy Grams will be sold out front before school 12/18-12/20.  

8. Tech Tip ~ Boomerang for gmail: Would you like to draft an email now, but send it sometime in the future?  Well, now you can using Boomerang!  Search Boomerang for Google and add it as an extension.  It's a great extension and very user friendly!  Thanks, Teresa, for sharing!  *If you have a tech tip you'd like to share, let me know and we'll include it next week!

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"APAWS" goes to ... from Sarah: APAWS & thanks to my awesome partner, Martha! Thank you for going to several meetings for me while I was sick & keeping things on track for everything involved in our crazy world of fifth grade! And thank you for taking charge of starting the SST process for several of our fifth-graders, in order to get them the services they need!

Also from Sarah:  APAWS to Jaime & Carol! Thank you for helping out while I was sick as well, and checking in with my subs. And thank you for all the work you do to support fifth grade and help me out!


"APAWS" goes to ... Sarah, for coordinating, hosting and providing enrichment to our GATE students through our Brilliant Bears Academy!  The guest speaker this week was engaging and provided another wonderful opportunity for our students!  
   
(If you'd like to give some "APAWS" for next week's blog, please send me an email!)

Freddie is here this week 6:30-10:30 pm.

 1. Proposed Before school play:   Please find time this week to discuss with your team and colleagues the proposal of before school play.  As mentioned in the staff meeting, if decided upon, it would begin after winter break for a trial period of 8 weeks.  It would be presented to students at the Rules Refresher assemblies with guidelines and expectations.  

• Guidelines to consider: Play would only be on the blacktop and play structures, not on the field.  Handballs and tether balls would be up for students to use.  Students could choose to sit and chat vs playing in the morning.  At the 7:45 bell, all play would stop and students would line up to wait for their teacher.  No eating or balls, games or cards from home during this short playtime.
• I have forwarded 2 articles to read and consider as you have your discussions.
• I will put a vote out electronically on 12/14 then share the results with Leadership for final discussion on 12/18.

2. Lock Down Drill:   As mentioned at our Staff Meeting- we will have our drill tomorrow at 11:40 am.  I will announce the beginning of the drill over the PA system, allow 3-5 min for the drill and then announce when the drill is over. 

3. Remind App:   I have set up a class in Remind for us to communicate as a staff.  If you do not have the Remind app, you will have to get it.  It's free.  Here is the link, once in the remind app, to join.  If you prefer I text you the link, please text me at 949-281-9126.  Include your name in the text as well  please.  If you have time before our drill to get join our class, that would be great.  I will send a message but you will NOT need to have it for the drill tomorrow.  It will just be a test message.  Any information you may need will be given during the drill tomorrow.  

Link: https://www.remind.com/join/96cf8d

4. Benchmark Training:   K-5 teachers, if you have not yet, be sure to sign up for the next Benchmark trainings being offered.  Coordinate with Karen regarding your chosen date and sub.  Karen forwarded an email with reminder information and it's in Teacher Soundbytes as well.  Please let me know if you have questions.  Thank you!

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