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August 11th, 2024

Wonderful staff!

I have seriously never had a better first week of school. You have all been full of kindness, hard work, and energy. I am working in the presence of greatness!

Don't forget: Because of submitting attendance on time on Friday, wear your Savannah or Braswell Spiritwear on Monday, August 12th, with school appropriate WORKOUT WEAR!!!! (No shorts please.)

Dr. Susannah O'Bara our new district Superintendent will be visiting Savannah some time this week. If you see her, make sure she feels welcome. It is an honor to have her come to our campus!

What Is Expected of Me This Week

Our first Extended PLCs are this week for 5th, 3rd, and 1st. These will be in our NEW and AMAZING PLC room. We will begin by setting our first round of SMART Goals.

Setting SMART Goals FOR 24-25:

Reminder: We will set two SMART goals for Math and two for ELAR. One goal will reflect our WIN Time goal for each subject's intervention cycle (this will be a foundational goal meant to catch kids up who are behind.) The second goal will be centered on ON LEVEL/END OF YEAR expectations. We will be tracking these goals as a PLT in our progress monitoring documents. We will be showing off our progress as a staff midway through each nine weeks at our Data Showcase Celebration. Our first data showcase will be September 12th.
Our first WIN time cycle will focus on math. We will set SMART goals for this cycle during our Math Data Dig day on August 14th for 1st-5th. Kinder will create their WIN time SMART goals based on kinder expectations for PNA. We plan to begin WIN time on or before August 19th and continue the cycle until our first Data Showcase Celebration.

Upcoming Events:

August 13th-- FIRST EXTENDED PLC in PLC room (5th, 3rd, 1st)

August 14th -- Math Data Dig Day for 1st-5th Grades

August 15th -- Differentiated PD in Savannah Library: Classroom Management

August 15th -- Virtual schoolwide CHAMPS assembly following announcements (Just stay on the announcements link)

August 16th -- FIRST Celebrate Savannah (3-5th in person, PK-2nd Virtual) **This assembly will also inlcude CHAMPS expectations.

August 16th -- Popsicles with PTA 5:30 Savannah Cafeteria

August 19th -- 5th Grade Math PD at Bell 3:45-4:30

August 20th -- 3rd Grade Math PD at Providence 3:45-4:30

August 20th -- FIRST EXTENDED PLC in PLC room (4th, K, 2nd)

August 22nd -- Staff Meeting (Committees)

August 22nd -- PTA Membership Meeting

August 27th: -- 4th Grade Math PD at Savannah 3:45-4:30

August 27th -- 2nd Grade Math PD at Paloma Creek 3:45-4:30

August 27th -- Torchy's Spirit Night

August 28th -- Braswell Zone Math Vertical Team Meeting (Providence)

August 29th -- Book Study Kickoff

August 30th -- Half Day/Elementary Students dismissed at 12:00 PM, Teachers at Reading Academy or planning in Savannah library

Still Important from Last Week...

JOIN PTA: This is a tight. Here is the link. If financial hardship is an issue, please let admin know. Task Deadline: Friday, August 23rd.

At work, I have the opportunity to do what I do best, EVERY DAY.

The information in this corner will help us understand ourselves better so that we can make progress on our new culture goal: "at work, i have the opportunity to do what i do best every day. "

This week's focus for "doing what we do best EVERY DAY" comes from the Gallup: Did you know that people who know and use their strengths are six times as likely as other people to be engaged and to say they do what they do best every day. They are also three times as likely to say they have an excellent quality of life!!! What is your top strength? Use the link below to read about YOUR top strength. We will do a "quick share" with our colleagues during our first extended PLT.