Wonderful staff!

Thank you again for a wonderful first week. Everything has been running smoothly, it seems like we didn't miss a beat over the summer. You all are absolutely amazing and I am so glad that you are on this team!

What Is Expected of Me This Week

Our Extended PLCs are this week for 4th, Kinder, and 2nd. These will be in our NEW and AMAZING PLC room. We will begin by setting our first round of SMART Goals. Please make sure you have your agendas ready to go.

• Wondering about Edugence (the replacement for Eduphoria)? This is the asynchronous training to guide you through the basics. Use this link to enroll - bit.ly/DISDedugence-learn

• We are beginning our Environmental Walk-Throughs this week. Here is the feedback form to guide you on our look-fors. Reach out to your team or mentors if there is anything on the form you don't understand. We can’t wait to see all the amazing things happening in classrooms!

• Make sure you read the Savannah Shoutout that goes out each Wednesday. There is important info for parents that you need to know. Some highlights:

  • • We are happy to celebrate your child's birthday at school. We allow parents to send birthday trinkets for their child's class if they want, however, WE DO NOT ALLOW BIRTHDAY TREATS or FOODS. Cupcakes/cake/candy etc. compete with healthy meals and snacks and may affect students with food allergies.  We will not serve them. If parents ask about birthday treats, please do NOT give them permission to bring them. 

    • Denton ISD Parent Handbook States: Except when being used for principal or teacher approved purposes, cell phones and electronic devices shall not be visible, audible, or used during school hours as determined by the principal. Telecommunication devices are defined as devices that allow for electronic communications and the electronic exchange of data and information including voice, data, and video. Examples include, but are not limited to, computers, cell phones, smart phones, telephones, mobile devices, wireless devices, tablets, smart watches, laptops or any other electronic devices and related accessories (including, but not limited to wires, headphones/airpods, and ear buds) that transmits, receives, or stores digital media. 

Upcoming Events:

August 19th-Sept 13th-District Assessment Window (K- 2 PNA, K-2 Literacy Packets, Kinder- TxKea, All Grades-F & P) 

• Optional BOY Assessment Plan - Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade

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

  Sign up through Edugence-Whole Number & Decimal Operations

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

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

                          Sign up through Edugence-Place Value

August 22nd -- Staff Meeting (Committees)

August 27th: -- Kinder, 1st, 3rd ELAR, 4th ELAR only, and 5th ELAR -Read Aloud PD at PDC- Redbuds A/B

  Sign up through Edugence

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

                          Sign up through Edugence-Addition/Subtraction of Whole Numbers & Decimals

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

                          Sign up through Edugence-Place Value 

August 27th -- Torchy's Spirit Night

August 28th -- Braswell Zone Math Vertical Team Meeting at Providence 3:30-4:15

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.

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.