"Sometimes, when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place." — Unknown

NEXT DRILL FEB. 13TH FIRE/EVACUATE AT 9:40

• Practice these drills with your students and have them become familiar with the language

• 2023 District Safety Slides 

• All specialist teachers, MLL, SPED, Improvement teachers, SEL, WIN groups... practice drills with your groups of students so that in the event of a real emergency or drill during your time-students will know what to do

• Thank you to everyone who emailed me about their interest.  

• As soon as more district information becomes available I will let you know about next steps

    Dates:

Mon.-Wed. July 1-3

Mon.-Fri. July 8-12

Mon.-Thur. July 15-18

Mon.-Thurs. July 22-25

Mon.-Thurs. July 29-Aug. 1

• MOY meetings will take place with either Cherie or Lindsay on Thursday 2/8/24-- Please check the schedule for your time: MOY Meeting Schedule

• "Teacher Mid-year Self-assessment" form on Frontline (there are 4 questions) should be completed before the meeting on 2/8/24 so that SLO progress can be discussed at the MOY meetings  (This form is found under "Teacher Mid-Year Check-in" on Frontline)

• Non-Certified staff, please schedule a time to meet with Lindsay and Cherie

Classroom teachers ensure that you have completed the DESSA for every student in your classroom by Friday 2/2/24

• Next week's teacher teams will be focused on SRBI

CONGRATS to Mrs. Mick and Mrs. Thorne for being selected for the Excellence in Education and Excellence in Educational Support award.  They will be honored in May at the annual Excellence in Education event

We have Tracey Magnet Tours coming up on 2/5 (evening) and 2/7 and 2/14 in the morning (9:15am start).  Nothing you need to do, just know a group of curious parents may pop their heads in!

We made State School of Character and we are on to National School of Character Evaluation process. I have been contacted by our national evaluator and our site visit will be at the end of February, early March.  We are working to confirm dates.  Once I have solidified lists of focus group participants, I will reach out to you with enough time to prepare and secure coverage (If needed).  If you have students/parents chosen, I will reach out to them as well and will of course let you know - however your support to those students and parents In the process is of course welcome! <3 

Our Promising Practice of Character Education Reports, has been chosen AGAIN to be "spotlit" in a smaller group on the Character.org website (well over 150 practices are awarded, a much smaller # get this feature!)

As we have been awarded State status, Communications Is looking to come in and do staff, student and parent interviews for a cool video feature - stay tuned and be camera ready ;) ;) <3 

Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day Is 2/17...we will be celebrating the week of 2/12.  Linked below are some great activities we have used over the years and some new ones (thank you Claire!) that can be Incorporated into your SEL time that week.  RAK Is a national day to celebrate kindness, how we can pass It on, be intentional about it and make It a daily practice.  It Is of course a great tie to the N and R In our PRINT.  Join In on some different SEL activities to shake It up that week!  Last year we had beautiful posters hung up across our hallways, Interactive bulletin boards - can't wait to see what you come up with this year!

Ideas for RAK Week 

2/14 Community Partner and Family lunch!  Getting GREAT responses from all grade levels.  1st is taking the lead right now.  There will be extra chairs on hand that day.  

Community Meetings 

• 2/1 - Grade 3 Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie in with PRINT

• 2/8 - Grade 1 Mrs. Cerra Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie in with PRINT

• 2/15 - Ms. Brown and Mrs. Best Black History/Black Excellence Celebration and tie in with PRINT

• 2/29 or 3/1 (stay tuned) - OBOS Kick Off - Mr. Riddell

ELA

Continuum Meetings This Week 2/6-2/7

Tuesday 2/6/24 A Week (3-5) Shelley will run these meetings 

10:00-11:00 5th grade *sub will walk class to recess at 11:00

12:30-1:30 4th grade *sub will walk class to recess at 1:30

1:30-2:30 3rd grade 

Wednesday 2/7/ 24 A Week (K-2) Lindsay and Colleen will help with these meetings 

9:35- 10:25- K

11:00-11:45- 1st 

11:45-12:30- 2nd *sub will walk class to recess at 12:30

Hill for Literacy Observations

Ms. Rivera’s Schedule 2/12

9:05- 9:35 1st- Neave

9:35 10:05 4th- Hall

10:05-10:35 4th- Grinnell

10:35-11:10 Break (WIN)

11:10- 11:40 3rd- Lauro

11:40-12:20 Lunch

12:20- 12:50 K-Kivits 

12:50-1:20 5th-Best

1:20-1:50Break

1:50-2:20 2nd- Clausen

Shelley’s Schedule 2/15

9:05- 9:35- 1st- Cerra

9:35 10:05- 4th- Bonaddio

10:35-11:10- Break (WIN)

11:10- 11:40- 3rd- Bloom

11:40-12:10 3rd- Morin

12:20- 12:50 -K-Marcuccilli

12:50-1:20- K- Geitz

1:50-2:20- 2nd- Barroso

Shelley’s Schedule 2/16

11:30-11:55- 5th- Whalen

12:35- 1:05- 5th- Brown

1:05- 1:35- 5th- Chiappardi

1:50-2:20- 2nd- Mick

I'm looking for examples of Quality Student Work from our Summative Writing Task. If you have any please upload them here. Quality Student Work  

WIN Cycle Dates 

Cycle 1: 9/6-10/17

Cycle 2: 10/18- 12/10 

Cycle 3: 12/18-3/1  Cycle 3 

Cycle 4: 3/4- 5/24

Cycle 5: 5/27- End of the Year

WIN Plan B

Please remember that students should have a Plan B from their assigned WIN teacher to complete if WIN groups are going to be canceled. 

Progress Monitoring

You will find a copy of the data meeting decision report with the students who need progress monitoring in your mailbox based on our Continuum meeting. We need 3 data points completed for the measures that need to be progress monitored bi-weekly. Remember, the CORE phonics survey only needs to be done once before our next meeting. Below, you will find the next data meeting and a suggested timeline of when to progress monitor. Progress monitoring scores go into this spreadsheet. Progress Monitoring 2023-2024

Please use this link for materials for progress monitoring for grades 4-5 https://dibels.uoregon.edu/materials/dibels

Here are some resources that were mentioned at our PD Monday during the Faculty Meeting on 5 Practices. We will be continuing this work on January 22nd with a planning session using the 5 Practices. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!

Accountable Talk-Math Talk Bookmark

5 Practices Monitoring Template