ENews 10.05.2015

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Weekly Schedule

Monday
  • Fair Day - No School (Love those 4 day weekends)
Tuesday
  • 9:30am - Principal Mtg @ Administration Building
Wednesday
  • 3:30pm - STAT Meeting
Thursday
  • Math Curriculum Mtg w/ Valerie James 
Friday - Nothing scheduled - Wow that never happens :)
    Important Reminders

    T-TESS Update - We're still working on scheduling your Goal Setting Conferences & beginning to have Pre-Conferences for Classroom Observations. Be sure you've completed the worksheet and have contacted your appraiser by now.

    Student Attendance taken @ 9:30am -  Contact parents about student who are absent. Explain they were missed in school and hope they will return soon. Please let the office know how we can support you all and keeping our attendance rate high.
    Teacher Lesson Plans - Upload your lessons into Google Drive & make sure your file names include the date for lesson plans.

    Moving PLC Day to Mondays

    Digital Fluency Academy Application - Click this link for the application

    Other Important Documents:
    NEW Information

     Pinkober
    Thanks Martha Edwards for designing our amazing Pink T-shirts in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. She's placing another order for T-shirts on Tuesday, October 6th and they are $15. Pay with cash or check made payable to Scott Elementary. Wear your Pinkober (or another Pink shirt) on Thursdays this month.

    Staff Meeting Next Monday, October 12th 
    The focus on this meeting will be on campus security and instructional updates.

    Reminders about Subs
    Be sure to have the follow items available for a sub in your classroom: 
    • Seating charts w/ essential student information
    • Daily schedule with duty location
    • Location of Emergency folders in the classroom (fire, severe weather, lock down procedures)
    • Staff Directory with important numbers highlighted
    • Lesson Plan for the week
    • Discipline referrals
    • Other information you feel is necessary to make the day easier for the sub
    Grades
    Students are due Tuesday @ 8:00am. If you have a SpEd student, be sure to contact Mrs. Worley or Mrs. Alexander about that child's progress in your classroom. Also, I will be visiting with teachers about students with failing grades to determine what level of support is needed for the child to be successful (RtI, Tutoring, Parent Support, etc).

    iStation
    Reminder... be sure to monitor your iStation reports. The students are taking their ISIP assessment for October and I would like to see progress for every student. Please contact Mrs. McElroy if you have any questions.


    Accelerated Reader (AR)
    On of the strategies we're doing for our Target Improvement Plan is based on AR and supporting students with reading. Our goal is to move students forward with reading and helping them read on grade level. AR is one program we can use to help us monitor students in this way.

    Students should be at 17% of their goal by this Friday. If you notice someone who really needs help, please let me know. We will continue to monitor and encourage students to make weekly targets and a comprehension score of at least 80%. Nita Green will have some books available to ensure all for our 3rd and 4th grade students to ensure they have a book on their reading level each day.

    Students should be asked to take home a book every night and read for 20 minutes. Be sure to communicate with parents about their child's AR point goal and their progress toward reaching that goal.

    PTO Fundraiser begins next week Monday - please include this information in your class newsletter and update your Social Media accounts.

    Book Fair will be opening on October 19-23 with a Family Night on October 20 beginning @ 6:00pm.

    Flu Shots are Coming - On October 20 @ 2:30pm bring your insurance card to get your flu immunization. Click on this link for additional information: https://goo.gl/SO8Zlh

    Storybook Character Day is coming on October 30! Dr. Bright will be sending out details for that event but start thinking about what Storybook Character you would like to be this year :)

    Parent/Teacher Conferences & After-School Tutoring will begin very soon. More information will be shared with your Team Leaders this week about this process. 

    Challenging our students (#kidsdeserveit | #YouMatter | #TeamKid)
    I shared this video with teachers during our digital PLC meeting this last week. It's a great video that captures why we must challenge our kids the way we do. Be sure to watch it if you didn't last week... or watch it again because it's just that good.


    Also I just got word that my good buddies Adam Welcome & Todd Nesloney are writing a book together with Dave Burgess.... OMGosh! I can't wait to read it!

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