june 2 - June 4

Last Week of School and Last Day of School

• This is our last week of school! 

  • Monday, June 2nd - Yearbook signing - Assembly Schedule 

  • Tuesday, June 3rd - Last day for locker clean out and Chromebook inventory 

  • Wednesday, June 4th - Last Day of School - Dismissal at 12:30

Are you going to the end of year party?

• Please complete the survey if you plan on attending the end of year party at Mrs. Wolf's. Party starts at 4:00. 

Technology Checks

• Please see the guidance from John about our chromebook inventory and the Windows update taking place over summer. 

Staffing Updates

• If you are interested in the ELA Dept Head Position, please let me know by the end of the day, Monday, June 2nd.

• Congratulations to Isabelle Mullikin who has accepted our grade 6 position for science/social studies

• Thanks to Tatyana Rodriguez who has submitted her resignation. We appreciate your service and good luck at your next school! 

Staffing Update

Grade 6

• Mrs. Mullikin has been offered one of the positions in grade 6. She has accepted! This is all pending board approval. 

  • Mike Renzelman will be Isabelle's mentors

• 2nd round of interviews took place on Friday, May 30th. Currently referencing candidates. There is a possibility for a 3rd round of interviews.  

  • I will ask Mandy Packwood to act as the mentor to this new hire. 

Special Education

• Mrs. Rodriguez has resigned her position in grade 7. We wish her well in her next posting. 

  • For this position, there will be a communication from HR requesting interests for internal transfer. If no interest, we will work to hire an external candidate. 

• Mr. Collinsworth has accepted the position. We look forward to welcoming him to our team. 

  • I will ask Katy and Kinsey to act as mentors for these new sped teachers. 

• Now that there are 2 different positions to review for special education we look to make the best fist according to the new hires expertise. 

Library 

We now have a couple applicants in the pool for the position. We will work to hire and onboard before the start of the new academic year. 

Custodial 

Tyler Widman has accepted a position at Centennial as a day-time custodian. Please extend your congratulations to Tyler when you see him. We will work to fill Tyler's position during the summer. 

ELA Dept Head

As Mrs. Beckman is retiring this year, JMS needs a new ELA Dept Head. If you are interested in this position, please let me know ASAP (end of day Monday, June 2). Thank you!

Students of the Month for May

Thank you for making the last nominations for students of the month. We will announce these on Monday, June 2!

May 27 - May 30

ISAT Updates

•  All the hard work has paid off. There are a few tests that still need to come be processed and returned, but it seems that we will hit our school smart goals for all our subjects or come extremely close! 

  • SMART Goal Science- 50% (current 49) 

  • SMART Goal Math- 54% (current 54) 

  • SMART Goal ELA- 60% (current 60)

Evaluations need to be completed by Friday May 30th 

• Quinn and I are in the process of completing evaluation meetings. Please start working on your Domain 5 Reflections, IPLP Reflections, and Evaluation Reflections. 

• Quinn's tracker + Aaron's Tracker

This is the last week to get these evaluations completed. 

Students of the Month 

Please submit your nominations for Students of the Month for the month of May. These are our last nominations for the year :) 

Last Week of School and Last Day of School

Please review the resources for the last week of school and the last day of school so we know what is taking place. 

Students of the Month for April

Last Student of the Month Nomination

Dear Teams, please make your last nomination for students of the month for the month of MAY. Thank you!

Awards Nights May 28th & May 29th

Award nights are scheduled for next week. These are the resources that we can use to start to plan for awards. I've included the speeches that were used to introduce Awards Night as well as the Awards Night Coverage document used for Exploratory & Electives teachers. 

If there is any other planning elements that we need to consider, please let me know. 

May 19 - May 23

ISAT Updates

•  All the hard work has paid off. There are a few tests that still need to come be processed and returned, but it seems that we will hit our school smart goals for all our subjects or come extremely close! 

  • SMART Goal Science- 50% (current 49) 

  • SMART Goal Math- 54% (current 55) 

  • SMART Goal ELA- 60% (current 62)

Evaluations need to be completed by Friday May 30th 

• Quinn and I are in the process of completing evaluation meetings. Please start working on your Domain 5 Reflections, IPLP Reflections, and Evaluation Reflections. 

• Quinn's tracker + Aaron's Tracker

Aaron will share a calendar invitation for Evaluation meetings. They will take place between May 5th and May 30. Make sure all the pieces of your evaluation are complete before we meet. 

SRO of the Year Nomination Form

Have you ever noticed how much Officer Kent appreciates positive recognition? He loves positive feedback and recognition. Wouldn't it be great to see Officer Kent selected as Idaho's School Resource Officer of the Year? Wouldn't it be great to have a whole school assembly dedicated soley to recognizing his efforts? Let's make this happen!!! Please complete the SRO of the Year Nomination Form

• https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=haWTdmdhIEK1B_bL9Z2NcWJ0EiKqu8VFmvHcS8FpzZtUMU1HSzcwSzA4SVRLNUE5SlBRTVZMVU02OS4u&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4NsTc6c6SB-S0GISLcDimo4oasjMRJDbpVGQ5PiO0AQk7xM9hhP6DqgSKhfw_aem_m317CKAjgWjV_tsGf2RpbQ&route=shorturl 

May 5 - May 9

ISAT Updates

• Regular school schedule for Friday - NO EXTENDED ADVISORY 

• Math Makeup Tests - Justin shared a list of students who need to keep working on their Math CAT

  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1clulDn-EWkavkN_j6zlRBrE8Yy27xXGJuJrBxwTMEEk/edit?gid=0#gid=0 

  • Please review the lists and start making plans to get these completed during the make-up sessions. 

School Improvement for Wednesday May 7th

Reminder that school improvement on Wednesday May 7th is an early release day for students and we will start our teacher appreciation BBQ at 1:15 in the cafeteria. 

Part of this school improvement session will include teachers facilitating workshops connected to their learning from the IMLA conference. 

This spreadsheet includes the sessions that will be offered on Wednesday. You will have a chance to sign up for the sessions you want to attend. 

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k2Gnt-BpF35Huph2bXrJ3ZpFaU-Ce2Suv2f_JpLDFao/edit?usp=sharing 

The grade 7 and 8 science dept teams will work on cross-campus collaboration and alignment at the high school from 2:30-3:30. 

Please complete SRSS during Team Time next week. 

This is the attached SRSS form that needs to be completed. Please help share your student behavior observations. 

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pXYHJtNjDjA6rgX52bw8zZ4RiccdLyayOkXRwfR0OXU/edit?gid=461837832#gid=461837832 

Grade Level Awards - Amanda needs your lists by Wednesday, May 7th

Awards night is this month!!!

• Grade 6 and 7 is scheduled for 6:00 on Wednesday, May 28th

• Grade 8 is scheduled for 6:00 on Thursday, May 29th

• PLEASE GET YOUR LISTS TO AMANDA BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH.  

Evaluations need to be completed by Friday May 30th 

• Quinn and I will start scheduling evaluation meetings during the next couple of weeks. Please start working on your Domain 5 Reflections, IPLP Reflections, and Evaluation Reflections. 

• Quinn's tracker + Aaron's Tracker

Aaron will share a calendar invitation for Evaluation meetings. They will take place between May 5th and May 30. Make sure all the pieces of your evaluation are complete before we meet. 

Feedback from Grade 7 - To improve teacher support from leadership for student behavior issues

Quinn and I had a productive meeting with Grade 7 this week to discuss how we can do a better job of supporting teachers with student behaviors. We still need to meet with Exploratory/Elective Teachers and Certified Staff for Feedback. 

Please have a look at what was discussed with the grade 7 team. Thank you grade 7 team for your time and feedback.  

SRO of the Year Nomination Form

Have you ever noticed how much Officer Kent appreciates positive recognition? He loves positive feedback and recognition. Wouldn't it be great to see Officer Kent selected as Idaho's School Resource Officer of the Year? Wouldn't it be great to have a whole school assembly dedicated soley to recognizing his efforts? Let's make this happen!!! Please complete the SRO of the Year Nomination Form

• https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=haWTdmdhIEK1B_bL9Z2NcWJ0EiKqu8VFmvHcS8FpzZtUMU1HSzcwSzA4SVRLNUE5SlBRTVZMVU02OS4u&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4NsTc6c6SB-S0GISLcDimo4oasjMRJDbpVGQ5PiO0AQk7xM9hhP6DqgSKhfw_aem_m317CKAjgWjV_tsGf2RpbQ&route=shorturl 

Celebrations

• Impact Grants 

Congratulations to Mrs. Gregg and Mr. Maurer for their impact grant approvals. Mrs. Gregg will get be able to use her funds to expand Coding in GT and Mr. Maurer will be able to use his funds to improve our Weight Room! Congratulations!

• Middle School Performance Assessment

Congratulations to Mr. Wicks and Mrs. McLean for their great student performances at the Middle School Performance Assessment. Our students received excellent feedback.  

• Jenifer Board Presentation on April 28

Congratulations to Mrs. Ohrtman-Rogers on the board presentation on Monday night. It was great for us to share with our board some of the wonderful snacks that we have enjoyed all year. Additionally, Mrs. Ohrtman-Rogers shared some of the great work she has done to develop her program. The highlight was presenting Mrs. Greear with the Quilt that was made specially for her. It was a great night!

DISTRICT APP

If you haven’t downloaded our district APP yet, here is the link to do so: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lewiston-isd-1/id6742158117  I’m told if you download the app, all your wildest dreams could come true!

Staffing Update

Please offer your congratulations to Mrs. McFarland as she has accepted a position at LHS next year teaching English to 10th and 11th graders. This creates an opening for ELA in grade 7. I have reviewed the staff form for teaching preferences for 25-26 and spoke to several staff members about their interest in this position. As we are very close to the end of the year and we are in the process for hiring other positions, I need to know ASAP if you are interested in the ELA grade 7 position. Please let me know by the end of the day Friday, May 2nd.