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Lanier School for Inquiry, Investigation, and Innovation
September 24, 2024
🗓️Upcoming Dates
September 25: 1st Grade Butterfly Garden
September 26: Bus Safety ALL Students - Bus Safety Schedule
October 2: Tier 2 Meetings during Grade Level Planning
October 3: Faculty Meeting - Dr. Brown Special Guest
October 9: 5th Grade 4 H Visit to school
October 10: PLC 2:30-3:30
October 11: 1st Quarter PBIS Celebration during lunch in the gym
October 11: Prevent Blindness (1st grade & 3rd grade)
October 16: Teacher Work Day (1/2 Day Benchmark PLC AM)
October 16: SPED Training 1:30 to 3:30 at Chestatee HS
October 17: Vertical Planning Committees (BLAST, Sunshine, Inquiry) 2:30-3:30
October 18: Universal Screener Due on ALL students
October 21: PBIS Committee Meeting 2:45-3:10 in PL Room
October 22: AED Drill after school
October 23: Benchmark PLC 2-Hour Sessions - Schedule (more details to come)
October 23: SPED Para PLC 2:;00 - 3:00
October 24: 2nd Grade to Skitts Mountain
October 25: Forecast Planning 3rd & 4th
October 28: Forecast Planning K & 5th
October 30: Forecast Planning 1st & 2nd
From Principal, Alli
From Principal, Alli
I want to start this week's weekly by saying THANK YOU to all who are in the arena! It is easy to be a bystander and call out the shortcomings of those around us, but to do the work, REALLY do the work, takes courage, grit, and determination. So, thank you, for showing that character and showing up each and every day for our students!
The biggest thing that is coming up for us is our Clear Touch installation. We are on the schedule for them to begin work the week of Fall break and it will last for approximately 9 school days (Oct. 14-Oct. 25). The following are some things you need to plan for and be aware of:
ALL items must be removed from walls. This includes hot glue, Velcro dots/strips, Rubbermaid hooks, etc. Anything that is not removed will be painted over, and we do not want that! All walls should be ready for painting by Friday, Oct. 11th.
The night before your room is to be done, you need to push ALL furniture to the middle of the room. Furniture sliders will be provided if needed. Budd Group employees can help if notified in advance.
Please do not leave any valuable items in the room when you are scheduled to be done. These are outside parties and are not responsible for items.
Nothing can go back on the walls until 4 days AFTER the painting has been completed.
You will be without technology for one day.
We will send out a finalized schedule of when YOUR room will be completed soon!
Rough Schedule:
Night 1 they remove old tech and paint. Day 2, no tech but can use room. Night 2, install new tech. Day 3, new tech is usable but nothing on walls and furniture at least 8 inches from the wall to ensure the paint is dry/set. Day 4, push all furniture back into place and walls can be redecorated!
I know this seems like a HUGE inconvenience, and you're right, it is. HOWEVER, it will be worth it in the end! Thank you for your patience.
I have really enjoyed getting into your classrooms recently and plan to continue that trend each week as I work on my own practice of giving feedback and learning Benchmark. Please let me know if you have questions, comments, or concerns.
Have a great week! 🌟
From Assistant Principal, Beth
From Assistant Principal, Beth
Thank you is not enough for what each of you do each day! Educators are ON all day long and make thousands of decisions in one day. This work is exhausting and I am thankful for each of you who show up and work hard each day for our young Wildcats. Alli and I love getting into your classrooms and seeing all the great things you and your students are doing.
Please remember, ALL K-3 students should complete Progress Monitoring on the MAP Reading Fluency platform.
Go to MAP Fluency
Click Assignment>Current Grade>Class>Students>Progress Monitoring>Test Subtype (Based on individual students’ needs) Not At-Risk Students can complete Oral Reading either at or below grade level (based on student's needs)
If you have any questions or need help at all, please let me know!
Be sure to reach out to Allyson David for support for you and/or your students. She can assist you and your students with technology needs or provide space for your students to complete projects, like the Benchmark Inquiry Projects. Also, check out our newest section, all about ESOL, below for ways to support your students.
The P.A.W.S. spooky glow party is coming up on Friday, October 11th and we are excited to celebrate these awesome wildcats for showing off their P.A.W.S'itive behavior. All students who earn 100 Dojo points, or more, will be invited to celebrate with us in the gym during your lunch time.
Please vote for October's Teacher of the Month and Staff Member of the Month here by Friday, September 27. You can vote for Lanier's Teacher of the Year and Staff Member of the Year Representative for the 2025-26 School Year. The teachers and staff members listed on the form were selected as a TOTM or SMOM during the 2023-2024 school year, and are listed in alphabetical order. Click here to vote for our 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year and Staff Member of the Year by Friday, October 1.
Phonics Explained for Families
Feel free to share the following video links with families.
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
- By 10/31 Quick Phonics and Quick Spelling data needs to be recorded here. See your literacy committee representative for more information. Feel free to email me as well.
- Where are your small group reading plans located? I want to learn how to access where you are planning one of the most crucial times of your day. The first 3 people to email me a link to their plans will get a sweet treat 🧁
- Our Benchmark coach Kayla LOVED our school, teachers, and students. Please continue to become the students as she encouraged us to do by studying the reading mini lessons and not leaving any components out but making them our own. You can find the notes from our professional learning session here.
Counselor Links:
Please- If there is anything you need in your classroom, please let me know! My phone number is 678-617-4869 and you can reach out anytime for anything.
From Olivia, School Counselor
Universal Screener:
On October 7-16, the Universal Screener will open for you to complete. This is what we did last April where we rated students based on the externalizing or internalizing behaviors they show. If you are new to this, new to Lanier, or want me to show you again, please let me know! I will be happy to come show you.
*We do have some students whose parents have opted them out. I will tell you who not to screen when the time comes. You do not have to keep up with that :)
Wildcat Way Day
October 4: Self-Control
November 1: Generosity
December 6: Service
January 10: Resilience
February 7: Uniqueness
March 7: Cooperation
April 18: Hope
May 2: Initiative
Wildcat Essentials
Wildcat Essentials
Each month we recognize the students from each class who have demonstrated our character trait of the month.
Each month we recognize the students from each class who have demonstrated our character trait of the month.
The nomination forms will be in the Wildcat Weekly the month before.
The nomination forms will be in the Wildcat Weekly the month before.
Please fill these out in a timely manner so we have plenty of time to get certificates printed and ready for Wildcat Way Day.
Please fill these out in a timely manner so we have plenty of time to get certificates printed and ready for Wildcat Way Day.
Wildcat Way Day is the first Friday of each month.
Wildcat Way Day is the first Friday of each month.
From Media Specialist, Allyson
From Media Specialist, Allyson
*SUPER IMPORTANT: Laptop Updates*
LAPTOPS are being updated to Windows 11 on October 3.
PLEASE have all your documents, pictures, and anything of importance backed up before this date. Google drive is our recommended method but you may use an external hard drive or other methods, if you choose. Please ask us for help prior to the scheduled date. Your laptop will be turned in to the Learning Commons the morning of October 3. At this point, your laptop will not work after 7 a.m. until it has been updated. If you know you will be absent that day, let Allyson David know.
Everybody's laptop that is still running Windows 10 will be disabled October 3, and you won't be able to use it until our tech gets around to re-imaging it.
Clearing Emails
If you keep getting a "Outlook Mailbox is almost full" and you delete everything and it still says it's full follow these steps and you'll free up a ton of space.
Go to "Webmail.hallco.org
Log into your online mailbox
Click "Deleted Items"
Right Click Deleted items & choose "empty folder"
Then once the folder it empty click the "Recover Deleted Items" link at the top
Click "Purge"
Then when you go back to the Outlook app on your laptop and chick "file" the amount of available space under the "Mailbox Settings" should be much greater than when you got the "Mailbox Full" alert.
Benchmark Inquiry Research Projects
As you are planning your Benchmark Inquiry projects, please reach out and let me know what you are working on and I can help you plan and execute these. I'll be more than happy to come and help your kids research and/or create their projects. We have a wealth of resources, we just need to get together and talk through the possibilities.
I've enjoyed sharing Lightboxes with your classes. There are so many great features embedded in them and so many ways they could be used in your classrooms.
NEW RESOURCE: Lightbox Learning!
AV2 K-5: A collection of 967 non-fiction eBooks. This collection allows students to read on their own or have the book read to them. This narration has a robotic narration and the text is not highlight as it it read. There are links to websites that provide additional information and activities.
Lightboxes: Lightboxes provide an interactive experience. They have text, videos, and various other links to explore the content. The narration of these books are a natural reading voice with inflection, expression and fluency
Lightbox K-2: A collection of 478 non-fiction eBooks geared to the kindergarten-second grade.
Lightbox 3-5: A collection of 569 non-fiction eBooks geared to the third-fifth grade.
Fiction: A collection of 320 picture books students can read on their own or have it read to to them. The read to me option provides a real reading voice, sound effects and highlighted text. It's a great way for younger students to build fluency.
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Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
The Second Friday of each month we will place a Southern Baked Pie order. Our next order will be for October 11. Pies are $12 each and you get a free slice of dessert pie with each savory pie ordered. If you intend to order please follow the link below to fill out the order form by Wednseday, October 9 and Venmo your $12 payment to @Allyson-David.
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Snack Cart
Need a quick pick me up during the day? Come by the Learning Commons and pick something up from our Snack Cart! We have Keurig Coffee, crackers, cookies, peanuts, pretzels, Pringles, popcorn, & snack mix
ESOL
ESOL
With our growing ESOL population, we want to share instructional strategies, tips and encouragement on each Wildcat Weekly. This week, we want to share with you a bit of information that provides guidelines for grading EL students in your classroom. This is coming from our Hall County ESOL Handbook.:
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