Something fun to kick off the week....
and another...inspired by our recent i-Ready...
Something to inspire... she goes to school somewhere!
...and I LOVE the song she sings...
#bemorebear
Something to reflect on... Going back to our "why"...
1. RtI Groups - Jaime will begin meeting with some students this week. She has touched base with most grade levels and is putting plans in place. She will be working with you as you initially identify students to either have her push-in to support or pull-out to provide intervention using our core curriculum. As we implement our new ELA/ELD curriculum and access i-Ready data, we may find that our RtI structure is more fluid and changes a bit as we go. As we've said, this year, we're learning together!
- I have emailed Stacy Owens and other district staff about the possibility of grade level PLC's to share, discuss, learn more about our ELA/ELD curriculum... I'll let you know what I hear back.
2. i-Ready Training - we will have a whole-staff i-Ready Follow-up training with an i-Ready trainer on Wednesday, 10/4. I had additional training this past Thursday at my Principal Meeting and I would love to share what I learned with anyone that might want to take a look before 10/4. Feel free to invite me to your PLC this Wednesday if you'd like to learn a little more now. :)
3. Allocation of funds & Ticket to Read / AR - As mentioned in our Staff meeting, we are awaiting word from the district regarding both of these programs. Looking at our survey results, it looks as if most primary teachers would like TTR. I am getting our Carry-over funds allocated to us this week and know what we have to spend. AR is generously paid for by our PTA. This is an almost $7K gift!
These are the priorities identified by staff:
- Homework Club (upper grade)
- Ticket to Read (mostly primary)
- Additional Chrome Books - Jeremy Powell is looking into our bandwidth speed and analyzing that...
4. Step It Up Fundraiser: - Monday night is a SCHOOL WIDE, (thank you for SUPPORTING our PTA!), NO CURRICULUM homework night! Our students will be super excited to have a "night off" and this will allow us to support and emphasize the importance of our Fundraiser. Our PTA is excited, but a little nervous, to step outside our norm to raise funds. As mentioned at our PTA meeting, PTA did not make their budget last year and want to be sure to make it this year. OUR/YOUR support is crucial. Thank you for showing our support and continuing to support them through promoting our fundraiser.
- Assemblies are tomorrow, (Monday)- see our Peak at the Week or Master Calendar for times
5. Picture Day: - Please plan to meet at 7:25 am for a whole Staff Photo on Tuesday morning! :) We'll announce the location at 7:20 am. THANK YOU! :)
6. Emergency Intervention Plan: I will send our current EIP to you this week for you to review during PLC's. We'll discuss and revise, if necessary, during our Oct. Staff Meeting.
7. Your expertise needed... - As mentioned at the Staff meeting, I would love to have one (or more of you :) ) help me with downloading/uploading/sharing all my school pics with you... I want to put them into some type of slideshow or presentation to share. I could research, but if you know this quickly, I'd be FOREVER grateful! :)) This is the part of admin that I have liked the least, being an island at a site...no other "principal" to walk next door to and ask "how are you" or "what did you do with"... so, Thanks team, for being my team! :)
Have a fantastic week!
#bemorebear
#actsofkindnessarecontagious
