ENews 02.28.2016



Weekly Schedule

Monday - Texas Public Schools Week
  • Math Benckmark (Mock STAAR) 3rd/4th Grades
Tuesday - VOTING Day!
  • Reading Benckmark (Mock STAAR) 3rd/4th Grades
  • 3:15pm - Tutoring
Wednesday 
  • 8:00am - ARD (Jacobs, Alexander, Knauth attending)
  • 1:00pm - Zooniversity (PreK-1st Grade)
  • 2:00pm - Zooniversity (2nd-4th Grades)
  • 3:30pm - STAT Meeting
Thursday
  • ELAR Curriculum - Kristen Wiechel visiting classrooms
  • 6:00pm - Dr Seuss Reading Night 
Friday
  • TELPAS Writing Window Closes
  • 1:00pm - Middle School Play @ Scott Elementary

    Important Reminders

    Zooniversity
    Just a reminder... Zooniversity (@Zooniversity) will be next week on Wednesday, March 2. The schedule will be as follows:
    • 1:00pm - PreK, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
    • 2:00pm - 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grades
    Middle School Play @ Scott Elementary
    Our Middle School students will be performing for our students on Friday, March 4 @ 1:00pm.

    Teacher & Support Staff of the Year
    In your mailboxes is a nomination form for our Teacher of the Year & Support Staff of the Year. We'll be selecting our winners differently this year using a volunteer committee. The names of the nominees will be covered and selections will be based on what YOU write about our nominees. All nominations are due to Martha Edwards by Friday, March 4th.

    So let this be an opportunity to BRAG on all the awesome things your teammates, colleagues, staff members do to support the student learning at Scott Elementary. The specific guidelines are LINKED below for each nominee.

    TELPAS Writing Window
    Reminder the writing window closes next week Friday, March 4. Ensure that you're collecting writing samples this week and next so we're complaint with TELPAS guidelines. Please see Nita Green if you have any questions.

    Capturing Kids Hearts (CKH) Site Visit
    Save the date for Thursday, April 7th - we'll have another visit from our CKH (@flippenedu) coordinator. He's looking for some specific actions/behaviors in our classrooms. Click HERE for the data collect during the most recent site visit. Look and self-reflect on areas of success & determine places where you can grow. We'll have discussion about ways we can continue to improve our implementation of CKH.

    Revolutionizing Learning Conference (#RLChat)
    Save the dates for this conference which will be hosted at Royse City High School again this summer. The dates are now in July! More information will be shared has it becomes available.



    NEW Information

    Benchmark Testing (Mock STAAR) 
    3rd/4th Grade MOCK STAAR testing will be on Monday, February 29th & Tuesday, March 1st. Please remind parents we will not have visitors on campus those days. Thanks Mrs. Lancaster for sharing this video with our staff this week.

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