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Lanier School for Inquiry, Investigation, and Innovation
January 6, 2026
🗓️Upcoming Dates 🗓️
January 7: Data Chats during planning
January 8: Faculty Meeting has been canceled!
January 8: AP Mentor/Mentee Visit
January 8: Report Cards go live on IC
January 8: MAP Family Reports Go Home
January 9: Wildcat Way Day
January 12: ACCESS Testing Begins at Lanier
January 12: Mid-Year Conferences Begin
January 15: PLCs (after school)
January 16: QPA/QSA Data Due
January 16: Southern Baked Pie
January 20: CICO Meeting 2:30
January 22: i3 Workshop - All Certified Staff
January 22: K-3 teachers - Dyslexia Rubrics during planning in PL room
January 23: Tech Fair
January 26: 5th Grade Teachers ICT 1:00
January 28: K-5 Benchmark Training (during planning)
January 29: Tier 2 Meetings (planning)
January 29: PLCs (after school)
February 2: AP PLC at Lanier
February 3: Tier 3 Meetings
February 5: Faculty Meeting
February 6: Wildcat Way Day
From Principal, Alli
From Principal, Alli
WELCOME BACK! New year, new you! I am so excited to begin 2026 with each of you. I hope you have had time to reflect on the first half of the school year and that you are ready to buckle down and make the last half AMAZING! We have already come so far this year, and I know that this second semester, we are going to continue to work hard to meet and exceed our goals!
We will be having mid-year conferences this month, and begin scheduling formative observations for everyone. The schedule for the mid-year conferences is linked HERE. Please reach out if you have a conflict, and we will make appropriate changes.
Beth and I will go to our allotment meeting at Central Office on January 26th. This is when they will talk with us about how many positions we will have and if anything will be changing for the 26-27 school year. It is very important that we know your intentions in order to help us make decisions about next year's placements. If you haven't completed the Employee Intent Form, please do so ASAP. If you have any questions or would like to talk about next year's plans, we can do so at your mid-year conference.
January's a hopping month, so please be sure to write down all of the important dates mentioned on the left and let us know if you have any questions about them. ☃️
Quick Links:
Quick Links:
From Assistant Principal, Beth
From Assistant Principal, Beth
✨Welcome back, everyone! I pray that each of you had a restful break with your family and loved ones and are ready to hit the ground running. As Alli stated above, many activities are coming up, so be sure to mark your calendars. If there is any way we can support you, please let us know. We are happy to help in any way we can. I appreciate your dedication to our Wildcats and your professionalism towards one another. ✨
MAP Growth Family Report should be printed and sent home with students on Thursday, January 8th. Print an individual report for each student. You may print these in color. The prompts to print reports are slightly different this year. The selection prompts are below. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions.
Under reports click Create Family Report>Create Individual Report for students>Continue>Whole Class PDF>Last_NameFirst_Name>Continue>School>Instructor>Class>ALL Students>Continue> Unclick Science> Continue>Create Family Reports
Video on how to create Family Report - Click Link
📚All K-3rd Students begin Amira mid-year screenings on Monday, January 12th - January 16th. Please put this in your plans and make sure students are given adequate time to complete this assessment. Grade levels will meet on January 22nd during planning to complete Dyslexia Rubrics and Reading Fluency Letters in the PL room. 📚
Teachers who have students on CICO will meet on Tuesday, January 20th, at 2:35 in the PL room to discuss student data and next steps. Please make sure ALL student data is up to date. Reach out to Kimberly Pearson if you have any questions.
☑️Vote for February TOTM & SMOM here by Wednesday, January 21st ☑️
Please remember to use the links to the left - Especially the PAWSITIVE Office Referrals
January 9, February 13, March 13, April 17, May 8
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
Data Chat form for Wednesday 1/7/25 TOMORROW Don't have this done yet? Need help talking through your data? Email me!
Our next professional learning with Kayla, our Benchmark coach, is January 28th. We will NOT utilize substitutes for this training. Teams will attend during their connections on that day.
If you did not or even if you did use your vertical whiteboards prior to winter break how can you use them as students return? Remember to fill out THIS form after you implement.
Counselor Links:
Personal Phone #: 678-617-4869
Work Extension #: 06-10080
From Olivia, School Counselor
Lessons:
Safer, Smarter Kids lessons continue on! I have gotten into so many classes already and started with these lessons and my goal is to continue on! Please continue to sign-up HERE.
Winter Weather
PLEASE, Please, please: as it gets colder, if you see a child without a winter coat or in need of a new one, please let me know.
Link to Suicide, Homicide & Bullying Presentation:
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding our crises procedures. HERE is the link if you would like to read it again.
January 16
February 20
April 17
Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
Southern Baked Savory Pies for Lunch?
The 3rd Friday of each month is our Southern Baked Pie Day. Our next order is January 16, 2026 . Pies are $12 each and you get a free slice of dessert pie with each savory pie ordered. The order and payment have to be submitted by 9am the day before so if you intend to order please follow the link below fill out the order form & Venmo your $12 payment to @Allyson-David before January 14.
Password Update
Password Update
It's that time of year for most of us, the 12 month anniversary of our password change. Please take the time to change it NOW before the grace period expires and you are locked out of your account. See the requirements below.
Staff Password Requirements:
· 10 character minimum
· 1+ capital letter
· 1+ lowercase letter
· 1+ number
· 1+ special character (*, @, $, etc.)
· Do not use previously used passwords
· Do not use part of your name or user account name
January in the Learning Commons
(currently on the schedule)
Use these links to reserve your class's LC visit
This week (5-9):
Read Aloud: Penguin Problems (20 min. Storytime & Checkout)
1st & 3rd: Cyber Safety Lesson (30 minute Cyber Safety)
4th & 5th: I don't have anything currently planned, please let me know what we can do for you.
Next week (12-16): Thursday I will be at my monthly Media meeting, Callie will be alone.
Read Aloud: Flight School- A penguin story about perseverance (20 min. Storytime & Checkout)
1st: Fable Inquiry Project Intro (30 Minute Checkout & Activity)
3rd- 5th: Martin Luther King, Jr. color-by-number close read activity (30 Minute checkout & Activity)
3rd week (19-23): Friday is the District Tech Fair, Callie will be alone.
Read Aloud: Archie the Daredevil Penguin- Another perseverance story that involves penguins (20 Minute Storytime & Checkout)
1st: Fable Inquiry Project (30 minute Checkout & Activity)
3rd: TBD
4th week (26-30):
Read Aloud: Tacky the Penguin (20 Minute Storytime & Checkout)
1st: Fable Inquiry Project (30 minute Checkout & Activity)
5th: Cyber Safety Lesson 3 (30 minute Cyber Safety)
ESOL
ESOL
ACCESS Testing is already here—can you believe it? We are so excited for our amazing students to show all they have learned in English!
This week, we will follow our regular schedules while focusing on practice within the testing platform and reviewing domain-specific content. Next week, we will transition into the official testing schedule. During this time, we will not be pulling students out of class or pushing into classrooms for support until all students in the building have completed the ACCESS Test.
As a friendly reminder, the ACCESS Test includes four separate assessments, one for each language domain, administered in the following order: Listening - Reading - Writing - Speaking
Because each domain is tested individually, the full assessment window takes several weeks to complete. The Speaking Test is administered in very small groups to ensure students can perform their best in a comfortable setting.
This week is a wonderful opportunity to revisit the language domain goals students set earlier this year. Please encourage students to think about their progress and to do their best to grow in their target domain!
If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are incredibly grateful for your support and for everything you do to champion our ESOL students. Thank you for your dedication to our amazing learners!
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