WEEK 24
WEEK 24
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Dear Team,
This week's shout out goes to our wonderful Pepa Suarez!
Thank you for your willingness to support in MAP Testing, covering, Student Surveys, T-shirt sizing, even with figuring out a Flag Time Math game in a few minutes! Haha.. You are truly open to support in ANYTHING that is required with the best attitude, best rapport with students and team.
We truly appreaciate you and are so grateful for you!
Keep spreading that amazing attitude of yours!
Have a great weekend ❣️
Moni & Marga ✨
ELEMENTARY CALENDAR
*This calendar is subject to change* LINK to Calendar
ANUAL ELEMENTARY CONCERTS DATES AT GLANCE:
3rd grade: Wednesday March 18th 8:30am
4th grade: Friday April 30th 8:30am
STAFF MEETING
WEDNESDAY MARCH 4TH
3PM @MUSIC CLASS
CAR DUTY
7:45 - 8am
XAVI & MA. CARMEN
METACOGNITION - THE LEARNER AMBITIONS
‼️ Important: Add Pao Galarza & Marga to your Learner Portfolio class as co-teachers ‼️
METACOGNITION WEEK 24
The annual student surveys for the NAE Metacognition Research Project are now live!
These surveys are crucial to the project and will serve as the first data point in the longitudinal study that launched this past September. As a flagship school, we also receive school-specific reports that help us with internal decision-making and external evaluations. Surveys must the taken this week suring Metacognition block (by March 6th)
Please provide the survey to all students. It is recommended to provide class or CT time to ensure full participation. The student survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. Please note, there is a short video embedded into the student survey, so headphones might be helpful.
Students will be prompted to select their school, year/grade and name, they will then be asked to select the number shown in the ‘number’ box. They don’t need to know this number; it will be used for research purposes only. Once selected, they will be able to move on to the next section.
Metacognition Research Project Student Survey- Feb 2026
QR CODES can be printed if you will use iPads.
INMERSO EXPERIENCE
Dear 4th and 5th Grade Teachers,
I’m excited to share something important that we will be experiencing together on March 3rd.
Our school will be hosting INMERSO at the PAC, an immersive and experiential program focused on empathy, awareness, and bullying prevention. This will be a different and powerful experience for our community, and you will play a key role in making it meaningful.
INMERSO is not a traditional workshop or lecture. It is a guided, sensory experience designed to invite reflection, build perspective, and strengthen our shared commitment to creating a safe and respectful school environment.
Schedule
For this special event, break time and logistics will be adjusted.
9:30 - 9:55 Break will take place in the big soccer field. All Homeroom teachers should accompany their class, eat a snack at the soccer bleachers as a class, and monitor the soccer field area. Students are to stay on this area only.
10:00am - 11:15am INMERSO experience at the PAC (4th, 5th & 6th). At 10am students should be ready sitting down at the PAC. Help ensure smooth and punctual transitions so each group can have the full experience. Lunchboxes should be placed at the PAC's Lobby in an organized manner by class.
Before the Session
We encourage you to:
· Frame this as a meaningful and reflective activity.
· Reinforce expectations around respect and participation.
· Remind students that this is a safe space designed for growth and awareness.
Your engagement will set the tone. When students see their teachers participating fully, the impact becomes significantly stronger.
Your Role
You will not attend as observers, you will actively participate alongside your students.
During certain parts of the session, both students and teachers will have their eyes covered as part of the immersive process. This is intentional and essential to the experience, as it encourages reflection, trust, and awareness.
Our counselors will be the only ones not blindfolded. They will remain attentive throughout the session to ensure that everyone feels safe and to provide immediate support if any student needs assistance.
4TH & 5TH GRAD PLAYGROUND
*NEW UPDATE*
As announced, starting on Week 23, 4th and 5th grade will no longer share playgrounds. This aims to reduce discipline incidnents, increase quality supervision and strengthen class relationships.
Changes include:
4th & 5th swap playgrounds weekly (see below)
Biweekly "class days" led by Homeroom teachers at the basketball courts.
2 duty spots based on the corresponding playground.
Updated 4th grade socces schedule.
Full logistics found in the DUTIES document. There is a tab for 4th and a tab for 5th grade.
ENGAGEMENT SURVEY ACTION PLAN
Your voice matters!
If you could not complete this short survey question, please take 2 minutes to complete it.
MAP FLUENCY TESTING
Thank you for your help with MAP Fluency logistics!
In case some students need a Make Up you will do this at your own time, checking 3rd grade or 2nd grade ipads availability.
IMPORTANT LOGISTICS:
Before MAP fluency test, make sure that you assign the BENCHMARK ADAPTIVE ORAL READING TEST SPANISH / ENGLISH to your students.
FORMAL OBSERVATIONS
FORMAL OBSERVATIONS ARE ON!
You will receive a Teams invitation from Majo to know when Moni and Marga are coming.
You are to share your lesson plan one day before the formal observation.
Marga and Moni will be using ELEOT as the observation tool.
You will be invited to a feedback meeting.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM
As of February, we will start our digital citizenship curriculum!
Teacher leads will be in charge of integrating one lesson per month.
Let's lean on each other to equip our students with the right tools to navigate safely the online world and too leave a positive footprint as they do so!
INTERESTING RESOURCES: DISCIPLINE PRESENTATION
Take a moment to to read this great Insight article HERE. It celebrates the greatest asset
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