Dear team,
We had our first Elementary TTT of the school year! It was super inspiring to see our colelagues sharing their expertise and passion for teaching and learning. Thank you to Kari, Alex, Andre and Carol for putting these high quality workshops together!
Thanks everybody for your enthuasiasm and active participation. Are you interested in sharing your knowledge on the next TTT? Please sign up here. Together, we can achieve great things!
Happy weekend :)
No Staff Meeting
Due to Progress Reports, we will not have Staff Meeting this week.
Good luck!!
UPDATES ON PROGRESS REPORTS
Progress Reports will be ready to be generated as of Monday. When you generate the Progress Reports for Parent-Teacher meetings, you will notice a few updates:
2nd and 3rd grade Qualitative Scale: We have changed Below to Beginning
(positive phrasing that indicates that the development of skills and competencies are a continuum).
DISCIPLINE LEGEND: The discipline legend will be more descriptive, using the Ministery wording.
SELECT THE CORRECT REPORT ON POWERSCHOOL
4th & 5th grade: ES S1 4-5 Progress Report
2nd & 3rd grade: ES S1 2-3 Progress Report
PROGRESS REPORT P1
Progress report parent-teacher conferences will take place on week 11: Nov 11 - Nov 15.
Friday November 15th is a no school day for students. Meetings can be in person or online.
Please read the Procedural Document for logistical details and schedules here.
Info at glance:
2nd and 3rd grade Core teachers should schedule the vast majority of meetings on Friday Nov 15th. The meetings that do not fit on that day, should be scheduled throughout the week of Nov 11th – 15th.
Sub coverage for 4th and 5th Homeroom teachers on their assigned day will be provided by the classroom or grade level assistant. See schedule below:
METACOGNITION TEACHER SURVEYS
As part of our Metacognition Project research with Boston College, we are conducting a series of surveys. We sincerely appreciated your engagement with the first survey and would now like to share the second round of surveys with you.
share their voices after having such an amazing PD on The Metacognition Project.
The Teacher Survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and is fully anonymous.
A video introducing the Teacher Survey is here, which you may wish to show to teachers to introduce the survey to them.
Please complete the survey by Friday 6th December.
METACOGNITION - THE LEARNER AMBITIONS
PEER OBSERVATION - ELEOT
1. We have to start our Peer Observations (ELEOT)
Please, choose a person you want to learn from.
Use the observation tool: ELEOT
If your account was created before and you cannot remember your password, select Request Password. You will then receive an email from Cognia with a link that lasts 24 hours and allows you to change your password.
Make sure you have access to the platform. If not, contact Henry.
Review the Eleot Learning Environment before the observation.
Send an email to the teacher you want to observe. Each teacher can have up to 2 observations.
Observe for 30 to 45 minutes.
Schedule a 15 minute post observation meeting with your colleague and fill out your template and link it to the
The deadline to complete this is December 10th.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN
4th Grade Digital Citizenship Assembly: Friday Nov 22nd at 8:50am
5th Grade Digital Citizenship Assmebly: Friday Nov 22nd 9:40am
Students will be required to fill out a survey prior to the assembly. We want to know more about students' use of technology and social media. The link will be shared soon.
CAR DUTY
MA CARMEN & XAVI
Please be at the gate by 7:45 am welcoming students.
REMINDERS
Student Goal-Setting process with students start on Week 8 - 11
Literably is set for you to start testing students Reading skills. Running Records results should be shared with parents.
Wednesdays are "Menor Day" school-wide! Let's all wear our Menor gear and take pride in belonging to the best school ever #TheMenorWay.
Upcoming Events
4th Grade Community Service Nov 19 & 20:
Nov 19th: Stravinsky, Liszt, ½ Tchaikovsky.
Chaperones: Vivi, Andre, Isa A, Mafer and Gra Arellano.
November 20th: (Verdi, Boulanger, ½ Tchaikovsky).
Chaperones: Mary, Isa C, Paz C, Maria Gloria and Estefy Villacreces
Thanksgiving Nov 28th
Half day for students and teachers
Dismissal time 12pm
4th Grade Maquipucuna Trip:
Dates and chaperones:
TGIF NEW DATE NOV 15TH.
will be in Cafe 227 Pizzeria, across the street from the school's Santa Ines entrance.
We can walk there and have a great time together!
BIRTHDAYS
Interesting Resources
Don't miss out on checking all TTT's presentations!
Thank you to our Learning Specialist Belén Lanas, for sharing this amazing resource to make the most out of your parent-teacher conferences: