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Friday Flash 2/11/22

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Celebration Central

I CAN Program is coming to Adams next school year! This program is only coming to two campuses in Mesa - It is an after school program that is FREE! It will be open to 40 of our students and will even provide dinner to them as well as really engaging academic support! I'm so excited for our students and families!

Montez's Musings

Dear Adams' Fam!!

😍 Happy Friday! There is a lot going on at the district level and beyond with our state! Lupita Almanza is a wonderful person to go to if you have questions about the AEL (Aggregate Expenditure Limit). This will potentially have an impact on our budget at the district level so it is definitely something to pay attention to!

Also, at our Tuesday meeting they let us know that every school will be getting an ESSR funded instructional coach for the 22-23 school year. This is kinda what we already applied for at the beginning of the school year and what was granted to us. However, our model was slightly different. So we are not getting an extra coach, our coaching model will still be what we proposed - Two half time teachers that share one class and coach half time math and ELA, so our model will be unique in the district. I think this model is best because the coaches still have one foot in the classroom and therefore still have the teachers' perspective and understand the realities of teaching today!

I'm very excited about being able to provide these supports next school year - I know it will be very good for our students and staff!

Also, team leaders and I went through all of the feedback that was given during our meeting on Tuesday. We very much appreciate your candor, support, and willingness to help us problem solve with ideas! I hope you have noticed that I hear you and we are working hard to make sure specials are not cancelled from now on! When we don't have a substitute, I will take those classes or find someone who can when I am absolutely not available.

If you have anything other feedback PLEASE let us know so that we can attempt to problem solve it!

Adams team - We got this!

Thank you,

Stephanie 🐯🧡

Title I Talk

Teachers in Grades 3-6: Please check that your students have TEST NAV on their computer for upcoming Stand Alone Field Test for Writing. The SAFT for Adams will be on Tuesday, Feb. 15 for 5th & 6th and Thursday, Feb. 17 for 3rd & 4th.

We will be having Summer School 2022 at Adams! Every MPS school will be hosting again this year, so we will only have Adams students here on our campus. It will run from May 31-June 23, 2022. The times will be from 7:30-12:30, Monday-Thursday. We will be able to have enrichments included like last year(Specials). Please email ASAP to let me know if you are interested in teaching. The proposal is due March 1st.

Deans Dealings😎

Chang is working- Monday Wednesday and Friday at Adams this week

SLIT- Next Meetings are 2/16, 3/2, 3/16, 3/30 and 4/13 team will look at the list for 2022-2023 student

Please is you have any struggling students get the SLIT paperwork in BEFORE spring break. If you have any questions, please ask. Student information/files will be shared with teachers for the following year. Data will not be lost and next years teachers would appreciate it.

Have a great weekend and get some rest and relaxation- next weekend is a 3 day weekend make plans and enjoy! I will be off to Mexico!

Counselor Corner

This week we updated the Attendance Spreadsheet. It now displays the total number of days missed for the students. Please reach out to your students and indicate it on the spreadsheet. We will start the Monday rewards again for those from the spreadsheet that are here all 5 days the previous week. Attendance Spreadsheet

The next Kindness night is Tuesday Februrary 15 from 5:30-6:30 in the Cafeteria. Parents and Students are welcome. Please spread the word on dojo. The flyer will go out tomorrow on messenger. Kindness Flyer

Noteworthy News

And Special Visits

On Monday! Arlinda had to reschedule because Superintendency is now substituting across the district when needed. So instead she'll be on campus 2/23 from 8:30-10

I have an off campus meeting Monday morning but should be back by 11:30.

Calendar Call-Out!

If you ever need anything inserted into the Adams' Calendar please either let Lupita, Renee, Hollie, or me know!

Community Central!

Carson, Adams, Eisenhower, Emerson, Lehi, Roosevelt, Webster, Whitman, Whittier, Kino, Lincoln, Lowell, Sirrine, Summit

This opportunity is ONLY for the schools listed above at this time.

When: Your school's teacher "shop" day is Wednesday, February 16th, 2022

(2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Where: Feed the Children - 3475 S McQueen Rd, Chandler, AZ 85286

Who can participate: Any Mesa Public Schools teacher from the schools listed above who register to attend on (Date). When creating your account, please use your MPS email address.

How it Works: Teachers from your school use the attached directions for creating a profile/account. Your teachers will, then, register for the Shop day they have been invited to attend. On the day of the "shop" teachers show up to the Chandler facility between 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (You will have 30 minutes to shop) Each teacher must have closed toe shoes and wear a mask at the facility. Each teacher will bring their large shopping bag from their initial shopping opportunity and can fill it (again) with free resources for their classroom. In addition, there are brand new books for teacher libraries and limited teacher furniture. (Each teacher is responsible for transporting items back to their classroom.) Supplies vary from corporate donations across the United States.

❖ New to Feed the Children Teacher Shop? You will need to create an account first! (Instructions attached). Once you have created your account, you will have access to register for your shopping day.

❖ First time at Feed the Children Teacher Shop? We will give you a large shopping bag to fill with the free resources. No need to bring a bag of your own. Keep the bag we give you! You will bring it back with you for the next shopping opportunity!

We have already held six teacher shop days for Mesa Schools. It is an AMAZING opportunity for our teachers!

If you need help creating your account or registering for your shopping day, please contact Clara Arvayo at 472-0233.

Sincerely,

Michele Grimaldi

AVID Answers

Our February AVID Strategy of the month is Interactive Notebooks

To the right here ➡There are some student samples of Interactive Notebooks PLEASE check them out!

Also, I have added some documents to our "Notes" Folder that should help make your students interactive notebooks AMAZING! Click here to access it.

Appreciation Angle

I REALLY appreciate that the LASER team collaborated and adjusted to help us learn how to help our students phase to gen ed and of course our resource and gen ed teachers who are also making this possible!

That's my LASER thank you!

Teacher Talk

Does it seem like a theme? Well it's important - so PLEASE check out this VERY SHORT read by clicking on the text to the right!

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Last Laugh

I was technically was teaching in the 90's so I can relate!

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