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Lanier School for Inquiry, Investigation, and Innovation
October 7, 2025
🗓️Upcoming Dates 🗓️
October 10: Hispanic Heritage Lunch
October 13-14: NO SCHOOL
October 15: Teacher Work Day
October 16: i3 Workshop - ALL Certified Staff - Learning Commons 2:30 - 3:45
October 17: Picture Make-Up Day
October 21: Tier 3 Meetings - In Conference Room
October 24: ELL TPC Meetings During Grade Level Planning - Hunt, Souther & Schmus
October 24: Always Changing Class - 4th Grade Girls 12:45 & 5th Grade Boys 1:30 (Nurse Jones)
November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
December 4: PTO Winter Festival 5:30 - 7:30
December 5: MOY MAP Testing Meeting in PL Room During Planning (K-5 teachers, Moss, and B. Jones)
December 9: MOY ELA MAP Growth
December 10: MOY Math MAP Growth
From Principal, Alli
From Principal, Alli
How in the world is it ALREADY October?!?! This year is flying by and I don't want you to miss it. While I know it's hard, I encourage you to stay present as much as possible and enjoy this season with your students. They deserve it and so do you! 🍂
Fall Break will be here next week (13th-15th) and I know you are all excited to have a couple days to rest and relax. Please remember that we have a teacher workday on Wednesday, Oct. 15th. The schedule for that day is linked HERE. We will have an Active Shooter drill in the afternoon and NO STUDENTS will be allowed in the building. Please make plans for personal kiddos NOT to be here.
Thank you to those of you that are remembering to sign in each day. If it has not become a habit for you, PLEASE try and work on it. We use that report to check attendance for teachers each day and I would hate for you to get charged a day when you are actually here! Also, you only need to sign OUT if you are leaving BEFORE 2:45. Again, I would hate for you to be charged with more time than you actually intended to take and signing out helps Mercedes know how to enter the absence. If you want to check your sick/personal days, you may do so through Launch Point on the Employee Self-Service Tile.
As always, I appreciate you and see how hard you work! Keep it up and let me know how I can support you!
Quick Links:
Quick Links:
From Assistant Principal, Beth
From Assistant Principal, Beth
Wow! We have blinked, and the first report card is here. I am so thankful for each one of you. Your daily grind makes Lanier run so smoothly, and our little wildcats are flourishing because of you. There are approximately 36 more instructional days until the mid-year MAP testing window opens, and every minute of instruction counts!
Please read over the list below and complete each one as needed. Reach out with any questions.
MAP Growth Family Report goes home with all students on Friday, October 10th
Dojo Party Winners First Quarter FY26 - Complete by 10/9/25
DOJO Homeroom Winner First Quarter FY26 - Complete by 10/9/25
November TOTM and SMOM Survey - Complete by 10/29/25
Feedback Focus Survey - This survey is an instrument that Alli and I are using as we visit classrooms in between your walk-throughs and formative assessments.
Full Plan Certified Staff - Please click here to sign up for your first formative assessment
Please remember to use the links to the left - Especially the PAWSITIVE Office Referrals
All new K-3rd-grade students must be assessed on the Amira Platform within 10 days of enrolling in school. Once you assess the student, send Beth an email that the assessment is complete.
October 10, November 14, December 12, January 9, February 15, March 13, April 17, May 8
THANK YOU for making our first curriculum tailgate a success!!!
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
From Instructional Coach, Kate ♥
Please take some time to peruse the Great Minds platform to view their implementation videos. They can be found across the top of the module selection bar when you login. They have videos previewing the module, routine videos, and even how to videos.
Don't forget about displaying and using Unit Benchmark Vocabulary Cards. We want to build background knowledge for each unit's knowledge strand to ensure students have all that they need for the unit assessments.
Counselor Links:
Personal Phone #: 678-617-4869
Work Extension #: 06-10080
From Olivia, School Counselor
Lessons:
Safer, Smarter Kids will begin soon! I do our safety lessons early because I want to get in at least some of the lessons before the kids go out for Thanksgiving and Christmas Break.
Thank you all for having me come into your rooms for my Kindness lessons!! Sign up HERE if you have not!
Be Kind, Be Strong, Be Well Spirit Week:
This year, Hall County wants us to do the Be Kind, Be Strong, Be Well week to follow along with our new Character Strong curriculum. Please help promote this week with your families!
It will be October 27th-31st:
Monday Oct 27th: Be Kind
Bring a Donation to the Donation Drive (canned goods, hygiene products, winter coats) *all canned goods will go to the Georgia Mountain Food Bank
Tuesday Oct 28th: Be Strong
Dress in your favorite team jersey or shirt
Wednesday Oct 29th: Be Well
Wellness Wednesday: Wellness choice board in classroom linked HERE
Thursday Oct 30th: Be YOU
Wear your Favorite Color
Friday Oct 31st: Be a Wildcat
Wear a Lanier shirt or Lanier colors
Your Well-Being Matters, Too!
This job is hard and it can be taxing, especially with all of the things you already have on your plate! You guys spend all of your time caring for others, that it can be easy to forget to care for yourself, too.
If you ever notice that it is getting too much, my door is always open! I can help you find an outside counselor or just be a listening ear.
Hall County has counseling for all employees at this link.
WCAT is our student news broadcast. It's a 5-10 minute video with weekly announcements, menus, and a few fun segments. I send the link out in the Learning Commons weekly email. This allows you to show the broadcast at your convenience.
October in the Learning Commons
October is going to be a very busy month for the Learning Commons. This week, October 6-10, we are reading "Pumpkin Jack" to all classes (K-5) and setting up a decomposition chamber for Jack the jack o' lantern. We will be watching the decomposition process, hopefully all the way to re-sprouting. We also have a pumpkin to place in the Warnock Garden to see how the decomposition process differs with the natural elements.
After Fall Break we will be completing kindergarten's comparison of the different versions of the "Three Little Pigs" and starting First Grade's Murrayville map. Two of my favorite inquiry projects!
4th & 5th grades, let me know what topics you are studying and we'll get put together breakouts and scavenger hunts to help develop those close reading and comprehension skills ad well as deduction skills students need for Milestones in May.
2nd grade we would love to have you come visit!
October 17
November 21
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 October 17 . 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 October 15.
ESOL
ESOL
Grading Guidelines for English Learners (taken from Hall County ESOL Handbook)
Grading EL students can be challenging, especially when modified work or accommodations are involved. Remember, these supports are meant to level the playing field—not lower expectations. If a student performs well on modified assignments, they should earn an “A”. High grades do not mean modifications are no longer needed.
Key Guidelines:
Grades of “D” or “F” (or number grade equivalent) should not be given solely due to limited English proficiency.
Lower grades should only reflect lack of effort or progress on modified work (e.g., incomplete or missing assignments).
At the elementary level, consider marking grades with an asterisk (*) and noting that they are based on modified work.
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