SMALL GROUPS!!!

WOW! We have seen some amazing work in your small groups. Check out the posted learning targets in each of these groups. Well done Hart, Cruz, Tesar, Pippin, and Nagy! 

Wonderful Staff--

We have a LOT happening this upcoming week, but we also have a THREE DAY WEEKEND!!! As you are powering through the end of our first nine weeks, make sure you congratulate yourself for the work you have done. You have more than earned that extra day off.

What Is Expected of Me This Week

• REPORT CARD INPUT IS DUE BY 4:00 PM October 11th. Team Leads please tag up with your new team members and make sure they have understanding on all the required input fields. Admin and intervention will be checking for any missing line items. 

• Our Extended PLCs are this week for 5th, 3rd, and 1st. We will check in on WIN time and track progress on each team's SMART goals. Please make sure you have your data and agendas ready to go, and you have added your students of concern to the Kid Talk form. Formal MTSS meetings will begin soon and we need to show what we have done for our students so far. 

• HALF DAY On October 11th, plan to meet in the library as usual. We will meet together to set up our time, and then break up for planning. 

• As always, update your Reading Tracker before your PLC day. Remember our goal is for students to make at least a years growth in reading. Start progress monitoring your students. Linked are the running records forms we will use this year: Fiction & Non-Fiction.

• Birthday-gate: Please check Year at a Glance to see if your birthday is listed correctly. If it is not, please let me know via email.

• The Gallup Staff Engagement Survey is OUT!!! We are at 57% participation. We need 100%. Team Leads please poll your team and see who hasn't filled it out! 

  • • • • • • The purpose of the survey is to measure our staff's engagement in the work we are doing here at school.

            • Once the survey results come back, the Guiding Coalition will meet to distribute and explain the survey results. We look at what was reported item by item. We then use the data to select the items we will work on over the next twelve months. 

            • The Guiding Coalition checks in on our progress over the year to see how we feel about the progress on our goals. Last year we CRUSHED our goal for "Understanding What is Expected of Me At Work."  This year we are targeting "Opportunity to Do My Best EVERY DAY." We will see our progress on this work and revise our plans as needed. 

            • We need 100% participation in this survey. If EVERYONE responds, our Guiding Coalition will choose a week for our campus to have workout wear every day. We want to hear from you!

Upcoming Events:

October 6th --Instructional Coaches Day

October 9th --K-5 All Content: AFL at Bell 3:45-4:30 OPTIONAL 

October 11th- Grading Period Ends

October 11th --Student Half Day/Reading Academy at PDC

October 14th --Columbus Day/School Holiday

October 15th -- 2nd Grade Math Content Refresher at Paloma Creek 3:45-4:30 

October 15th -- Torchy's Spirit Night

October 16th --K-5 All Content: Workshop at Bell 3:45-4:30 

October 17th -- Fall Picture Day

October 17th --Staff Meeting: Committees 

October 19th --Fall Festival 3:00-6:00 

Still Important from Last Week...

• A word about CONFERENCES: Denton ISD asks that teachers plan a parent conference for every student performing below level (K-2 according to the literacy packet and/or PNA; 3-5 two or more years behind in iReady reading and/or math, or a year or more below grade level according to F and P). If you have questions about who needs conferences we can discuss during PLC. We like to complete conferences by the end of October. Keep a sign-in sheet to show which families showed up.

• TEACHERS: Make sure you have signed up for your TTESS observation. You should have gotten an email from me, Norris, or Espinoza.  We are trying to get TTESS complete by the end of October or first part of November at the latest.

• Did you turn in your vouchers?!!! We need your science kit voucher! Please look in your science consumable kits for the VOUCHER pictured below. We need the voucher turned into ESTON by the end of the week so that we can schedule ordering the live specimens. 

• Our Teaching and Learning Department (Formally Curriculum and Instruction) wants to visit science lessons. Are you willing to show off your science instruction? Sign up here. 

Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15-October 15

Sign students up to share on the Announcements here!

Students interested in sharing information about Hispanic Heritage Month on the Announcements can be signed up below. Please let the student know that they should come to room 302. They MUST arrive by 7:35 am to be on air. 

Please list the student's topic. This can be a famous Hispanic American, cultural tradition, or Spanish word or phrase they would like to share. Students should have some notes regarding what they would like to say.

Please reach out to student's parents and ask if it is okay to share their student's segment on Facebook. These will be shared at the end of the week. Email Holt if you have any questions.