WEEK  18

Dear team, 

It is great to be together again in our Happy Place!

January started full on with highly engaging and meaningful events! 

• 2nd grade and 5th grade kicked off the MIT Challenge: Finding solutions for climate change, with amazing guest speakers:  

🪼Gaby Pozo, USFQ Biology teacher taught 2nd graders about the plastic in the ocean 🐟, and Isabella Neumann, Menor alumni had 5th graders looking at bacteria 🦠 and convincing them that microbes are cool 🤓 !

• 3rd grade visited Museo Interactivo de Ciencias 🧗and had a great guest speaker to launch the Adventurers and Explorers PBL. 

• 4th graders had their Human Body Exhibit 🏋️, sharing all their learning to 1st graders! 

Thank you all for your collaboration and investment in making students learning experiences just AMAZING! 

Enjoy your weekend! 💫

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE READATHON VIDEO WITH YOUR STUDENTS!

You can access the instructions and reading log here

Important dates:

• Start reading on January 13th to January 23rd.

• Submit your reading log and donations on Friday January 24th.

Thank you for making a difference #THEMENORWAY!

Wednesday 

3pm

 @Macarmen's Music Class

Come hang out in our Elementary Teacher's Launch on Monday at 7:45am 

Let's start the week together and celebrate this amazing place created just for you!

Room 110

Access the Assessment schedule for each grade level here

Our wonderful Isa Castellanos has done it again! Please check the amazing 2024-2025 Student Portfolio. This format will be used throughout the school year. Please have students start building it as an ongoing process and do not wait until the end!

Important info to consider: 

Use template for new design: Once you open the link, go to the bottom and select "Use template for new design". You are to a create a copy for each one of your students. 

Goal Setting slides: There are two different formats for students to show MAP scores. Choose the one you like and delete the other slide. 

Learner Ambitions: Guidelines on how to complete this section is coming soon.

Open to feedback: If you have any suggestion, please reach out. 

2nd grade version: pending*

Thank you Isa for your hard work and ability to #CollaboratewithEmpathy!

Launching on January!

Thank you to our teacher volunteers who will be facilitating Makerspace fun druing recess time! 

We will launch this play/creation area for some students in January on the following schedules: 

• • 3rd Grade: 

    • Emi: Tuesdays Recess 

  • 4th Grade:  

• Mary: Thursday Recess 

• Alex: Mondays Recess 

• 5th Grade:  

• Jorge: Tuesdays Recess 

• Irene: Thursdays Recess 

SIGN UP SHEET 

Counselors and teachers please advise if there are specific students that might benefit from this, so that we can encourage their participation! 

THANK YOU CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE!

You may access the Conscious Discipline Book here. 

Chapters to read: Chapters 1 & 2

Book Club Meeting 1: Week of February 17th - 21 during Grade Level Meetings 

Meli & Rebe

Please be at the gate by 7:45 am welcoming students.

EXAM CATEGORY: Enter semester exams into Exam 100% category. 

CATEQUESIS: Tuesday January 14th no class for 4th grade. Regular catequesis class for 3rd grade.