Amazing faculty and staff, as we step into our next break, my hope is that each of you can rest and unplug with your loved ones in your favorite way. Thank you for your dedication and hard work. Please check out the information below, write it on your calendar, and let me know if you have any questions. 

PBIS: Our next PBIS Celebration is right around the corner and we cannot wait to celebrate our Wildcats again on Friday, December 13. We will have our next celebration in the lunchroom. We will celebrate with a winter-themed movie, hot chocolate, and cookies. Homeroom teachers, place the names of students attending the PBIS Winter Celebration here AND classroom Dojo Winner here by Monday, December 9. 

RTI/MTSS: We just wrapped up our second round of Tier 3 meetings and they went so well because of each of you involved. Thanks to everyone who helped make this process smooth and impactful. Our next round will be January 8 & 9, stay tuned for that schedule. 

💡Bright Spots💡Congratulations to November's TOTM Allyson David and SMOM Julie Bowker! We are thankful for all you do for ALL the wildcats and teachers here at Lanier. We appreciate you! Please vote for the December TOTM and SMOM here by Wednesday, November 20. 

Please send up those PAWS'itive Office Referrals! Seeing the bright spots in our students helps make a positive impact on student behaviors and truly brightens their day and ours! 

• All accommodations need to be followed.
• After Christmas, only Kindergarten will be reading aloud passages of Benchmark Unit Assessments. 1st Grade can continue to read aloud questions if needed. Mrs. Roberts will always support us using our professional judgment and teacher sense. Please reach out if we need to discuss this.
• In order for us to begin looking at grade-level reports and have meaningful conversations it is important that the following procedures are in place.
  • • • Everyone has to assign the same GA assessment. If one team member does not assign the GA assessment then their data is not grouped with everyone else's. This means that there isn't a report with everyone's data to analyze. We can't glean overall implications.
      • Your data will be missing from a grade-level report if you have not scored the short answer. It doesn't consider the test complete and will not show up. When looking at a single test analysis for an entire grade level sometimes only 34 tests will populate. I'm finding that this means the kids have taken it but it hasn't been scored to completion.

Christmas Giving: 

If you or your family are interested in sponsoring a family for Christmas, please reach out to Taylor Kizziah at  hallcountychristmas@gmail.com.You can pick which kids you donate to, however, she does ask that siblings are grouped together to ensure everyone in the house has a gift. 

If you have any families that are requesting assistance for Christmas, please direct them towards me! Taylor did let me know that we are low on donors this year as the cost of everything has risen and families may not be able to be provided for. If you feel called to donate or know of a church, civic group, or anyone who would want to donate, please send them to me or to Taylor! Thank you. 

Classroom Guidance: 

Please continue to sign up for the Safer, Smarter Kids lesson! My goal is to finish all classes before Christmas Break. Sign up HERE. 

If you are curious in what lessons your class has had/still needs, you can look at the second tab at the bottom on here where I have all the lessons given by the class.