WEEK  09

Dear Team, 

We truly appreciate your effort and support for complying to the INEVAL tests. I know it took a lot of time and mental energy to complete it, as well as leaving sub-plans in placed. Thank you for your great attitude to face this requirement!

Also, a big shout out to everyone who helped us cover classes, duties and dismissals. Your efforts do not go unnoticed! 

Enjoy your weekend and let's celebrate Family Day as the amazing community that we are! 💛

Moni & Marga

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STAFF MEETING

WEDNESDAY 3pm

@MUSIC ROOM

7:45 - 8am 

Ana María & Belén

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Dear Team,

I’m writing to let you know that we’re extending the end of the partial until November 7, to give you more time, support, and happiness!

I’m also sharing this video tutorial created by Keith, which explains how to add a comment to your report cards in iSAMS. (This applies to all of the Elementary Team)

For this partial, you’ll need to add a comment for students who received a D, E, or F. Additionally, this is where you should copy and paste the Learning Support comments for students who receive accommodations recommended by their specialists.

OCT 30th 

• Room Mothers will come at 11am to decorate "Guaguas de Pan"

• Colada Morada will be provided by school. 

Halloween Read Alouds during Read & Research 

• Sign up to be a reader and spook our students during Read & Research block (week 8 & week 9) 

• CLICK​ HERE​ TO SIGN UP: We’re boo-yond excited to hear your spooktacular read aloud! 🎃🕷👻

Our fantastic STUDENT EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE has planned a day full of Spooky Fun!!

• We will organize a costume contest, awarding the Best DIY costume, best group costume and most creative costume (Teachers & Students). More info coming soon. 

• We will have a special Halloween show at 11am @PAC

• We will go Trick or Treating at 2pm! See rotation schedule below:

Core & Homeroom teachers: Walk students around each class to get some candy. 

FAA, Spanish and TAs: Stay in the classrooms to hand out candy!

Candy will be provied by the office*

MAP READING FLUENCY SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN UPADTED TO BE THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE WITH CLASS SCHEDULES. 

5TH Grade MAP Fluency was great! Thank you for your support! 

Teacher Assistants or Support Team will be there to guide you through the process. It is important to keep the following in mind: 

• Set high expectations regarding testing behavior and proper management of headphones and iPads.

• Consider splitting the class in half, to reduce noise level and promote student focus (see if Makerspace or the class next door is available) 

• Learning Support students: talk to your specialist, since some students might benefit from separate testing setting. 

• Please be mindful of the devices being used (3rd grade iPads and 2nd Grade iPads New as of Wednesday) 

From November 10th to the 14th we will have P1 Student-Led Conferences. 

TIMELINE: 

• Communication from the office: October 27th 

• Teachers email for parent sign up: October 28th 3pm 

SCHEDULE FOR STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES HERE

SIGN UP SHEET TEMPLATE (Make a copy and send to parents). 

STUDENT-LED PORTFOLIO TEMPLATES: 

• 2nd Grade (download as PDF and print copies for students) 

• 3rd Grade (download as PDF and print copies for students) 

• 4th & 5th Grade (Make your own copy and make digital copies for your students 

STUDENT-LED PORTFOLIO TEACHER GUIDE ​here​ 

We are especially excited to include a Thinking Routine for parents to engage in during the student-led, so they have an active participation and experience first-hand metacognitive tools students use in their learning. 

Special thanks to Isa, Pao, Ana Cris and Mafer who have been instrumental in this process, providing feedback and improving the portfolio templates for each grade-level. YOU ROCK!

Keith has kindly uploaded all MAP results into IXL, so MAP skill plans should be updated. Please make sure these are all correct and begin making the most out of this tool to personalize learning!

A Special message from Counseling: 

We have set three Anonymous Box around the building for students! Please share with them, so they have more channels to report and self safe at school!

The purpose of the boxes is: 

• To report important situations such as seeing a child alone, witnessing a child being bothered, or observing repeated bullying or harassment towards someone.

• It is important to include the full name of the person you are reporting about, but it is not necessary to provide your own name this is anonymous, to ensure everyone’s peace of mind.

• Reinforce the importance of not being a bystandard and standing up for what is right through reporting: your feedback matters!

What the Anonymous Box is NOT for:

• Complaints about children or teachers.

• Writing about topics unrelated to these issues.

Location of the boxes:

CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE RESOURCES

Dear all, 

I hope you are all doing great! 

As a follow-up to our Conscious Discipline sessions and the ongoing implementation across the school, I’m happy to share that Maca, Estefy, and I have created a Conscious Discipline resource site on our intranet.

This site brings together a variety of tools and materials to support classroom practice and leadership alignment, including useful links, ideas, and specific strategies to implement in all sections. 

✅ You can access the site here:

https://sites.google.com/colegiomenor.edu.ec/cmsfqintranet/cd-resources

Jose Terán