What Is Expected of Me This Week

• PLTs:  5th, 3rd and 1st grade will have PLC on Tuesday.  Make sure your agendas are updated! Note: Due to intervention groups happening in the PLC room, we will meet with teams in one of the team leads' rooms.

• March 24th and March 27th Teaching and Learning has added two sessions for teachers from iReady to help develop understanding of the growth measures and to best utilize the toolkit offerings in Math:

  • • 3/24/2025 Growth data Webinar for K-5th grade teachers. REGISTER HERE

This session will be led by one of the iReady trainers that will help teachers understand the growth measures from the diagnostics that we administer three times a year.  Please join this session to further your understanding of this very important measure for student achievement.  Zoom link:  https://cainc.zoom.us/meeting/register/aLBFXQS8Slq-qQgq3rlTZg

• • • 3/27/2025 Using Standards Mastery as an Instructional Tool Webinar for 2nd – 5th grade teachers. REGISTER HERE

This session will be led by one of the iReady trainers and the session will give teachers ideas on how to use the assessments and the data from the assessments as an instructional tool. Please join this session to add to your instructional playbook to impact student achievement.  

Zoom link:  https://cainc.zoom.us/meeting/register/7_k9guWHR02taXdk7-AjEQ

Upcoming Events:

March 24th -- Growth data Webinar for K-5th grade teachers. REGISTER HERE

March 25th -- Math Vertical Zone Meeting at Providence 3:30-4:30

March 26th -- Choir Concert at Braswell

March 24th-28th -- College and Career Week (See graphic below)

March 27th -- Staff Meeting: Committees (GC will check in on CNA progress. Be ready to present on April 17th)

March 27th -- Using Standards Mastery as an Instructional Tool Webinar for 2nd – 5th grade teachers. REGISTER HERE (Let Hawkins know if you plan to attend this session instead of committees. Guiding Coalition needs to attend the GC meeting.)

April 1st -- 2nd Grade Math PD at Paloma Creek 3:45-4:30 REGISTER HERE

April 1st -- "Gator Tots" Kinder Round-Up Event for incoming Kinder students

April 2nd -- Choir Field Trip

April 3rd -- Paraprofessional Day

April 3rd -- Book Study

April 4th -- School Librarian Day

April 5th -- PTA Spring Carnival

April 7th-11th -- Assistant Principal Week

April 11th -- Half Day/Reading Academy

STAAR Dates

April 15th -- 4th, 5th, PABS & AFS ELAR

April 16th -- 3rd ELAR

April 16th-18th -- ELAR Make-Ups

April 23rd -- 5th Science

April 24th-25th -- Science Make-Ups

April 29th -- 4th, 5th, PABS & AFS Math

April 30th -- 3rd Math

April 30th-May 2nd --Math Make-Ups

Grants to Teachers

The DPSF Grant to Teachers process has an update we hope will help you create an even better, focused grant application this year!  Think of this as a rough draft for your grant idea. There is a Laserfiche form that will be the pre-step for your 2025-26 DPSF grant application and it can be found here - https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/DPSF-GrantPreApplicationApproval. It is open NOW!

You will be asked to describe your grant idea, state what purpose or goal you hope to accomplish and then list the items you wish to purchase. It is ok if you are unsure of the cost – the important part for this stage is the “what” and from “where”.

This form will then be routed to the appropriate departments (Curriculum, Early Childhood, EXPO, Technology, Fine Arts, Library Services, Digital Learning, Bilingual, SPED, Counseling) to ensure that requests for items and projects are in compliance with DISD’s initiatives and guidelines. 

If you receive an approval or an approval with conditions, then you will attach a copy of the Laserfiche form to the full DPSF Grant Application that will open April 1 and closes Thursday, June 12 at 5 p.m.  If you receive a denial you will receive an explanation so that you will have the information needed to tweak your idea and resubmit.  If you submit your request early, you’ll still have time to re-assess and resubmit, if needed! Please give yourself at least 10 days to receive the DPSF Grant Pre-Application Approval back  as it must be attached to the DPSF Application before it closes June 12 at 5 p.m. 

You will receive an email from DPSF notifying you that the application process is opening up.  We’re looking forward to lots of great ideas and innovations!

March is Women's History Month. Please have your students show support by writing a report and presenting at morning announcements. Use the link to sign up your students. 

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