Friday Update 1-15-10

Friday Update
January 15th, 2010

It was great to see all of you after finally getting back from the holiday break. I hope you all enjoyed some restful time with your families. Now that we are back, this is the time of the school year that moves so quickly. It is vital to keep ourselves as organized and well-planned as possible. Please do your best to check yourselves and your workgroups against our main school calendars to make sure that everything is listed for everyone. Before planning anything, make sure to check for conflicts. It is also important to force ourselves to look ahead while also working in the present. Thanks for all you do every day and enjoy our holiday celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Next week
Monday 1/18 – MLK Holiday – No School

Tuesday 1/19 – Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, SIT, Time to Eat Night, Math Quarter Tests for grades 3-5

Wednesday 1/20 – CC Mtg., 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th grade PLC @ 12:55, Math Quarter Tests for grades 3-5

Thursday 1/21 – 2nd grade PLC @ 11:05, 5th grade PLC @ 1:40

Friday 1/22 - End of Quarter, Testing Window Begins, Admin. Team Mtg.


Week of 1/25-1/29
(1/25) Teacher Workday, Year Long Technology Workshop
(1/26) Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, Watch Dog – Paul Scott, PLC Mtg., Board of Education Mtg., Sagebrush Night, Family Fun Fitness
(1/27) 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th grade PLC @ 12:55, Elementary AP Mtg.
(1/28) 2nd grade PLC @ 11:05, 5th grade PLC @ 1:40, Report Cards turned in, Zone Mtg.
(1/29) Watch Dog – David Miller, Admin. Team Mtg.







Looking ahead

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Progress Report
9/8/09 Progress Report
11/17/09 Progress Report
2/9/10 Progress Report
4/20/10
Interim Report
9/22/09 Interim Report
12/8/09 Interim Report
3/2/10 Interim Report
5/4/10
Progress Report
10/13/09 Progress Report
1/12/10 Progress Report
3/16/10 Progress Report
5/18/10
Report Card
11/10/09 Report Card
2/2/10 Report Card
4/13/10 Report Card
6/15/10

Duty Schedule
Breakfast – Biggam, Trinkle
Bus –Larson, Garlow, Dosek, Marceron, Trinkle, Vest, Letourneau, Sereika, Aikins, Hauhuth

Car riders – Morning – Patty Overby, Susan Twyman, Erika Coffield
Afternoon – Caller – Lee, Tilley
Inside –Womble, East, Roberts
Outside – Herko, King, Kreger, Currie, Drummond, Moss
Hall – Everhardt (computer lab), Hauhuth (gym lobby)
Parra (Music Hall), Allen (Auditorium Lobby)

FYI/Reminders
- Please remember Joanne Baker in your thoughts and prayers as she will be out through January recuperating
- All computers must be turned off daily. Beginning in January, Central Office will charge $1 per computer left on (OUCH!!).
- Just a reminder that safety patrols do not need to be dismissed before 2:30. Also, all call riders are to be dismissed at 2:30 along with K-2 bus riders. 3-5 bus riders should be dismissed at 2:35
-Two notices regarding AR-
*3-5 teachers- drawing slips for the i-pod have been put into your boxes. Please distribute to qualifying students per instructions that are attached.

*K-5 teachers- we are participating in the WS Dash baseball program this year. This is open to all students. A form letter has been put into the boxes of all grade chairs. Use as you wish. The kickoff is going to be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Bolt is a tall red character, younger children could be scared of him. Please use your judgement. We need to start at 1:30pm. Dewey's bakery is providing individually wrapped cookies for the kids. I am not sure how we will distribute these yet, but Nicole Skinner is open to suggestions.
*Thank you for the food and support while I was out with my neck issue - Mike


Staff Stars
Eugenia Ivy – Thank you for all of the support that you provide for our students and families.
SW staff – Great job with your non-linguistic representations of your article information.
Classroom teachers – Thanks for working to build in more hands-on Science instruction.
Erika Coffield, Susan Twyman, Patty Overby, Cornelia Hauhuth, Terri Lowe, Earnest Squire- thank you so much for combating the cold each morning to supervise bus and car riders.
Kristie Tsolis- thank you for you work with the science vocabulary words.
Kim Chadwick and Jan Hipp- thanks for preparing and sharing your Bloom’s taxonomy question stem cards!