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Team 7-2 - Thank you for stepping up & helping out during my absence. ~Mike Rigali
Nikki B., Janel S., Tayler M. & Jessie L. - I appreciate you welcoming James Nottingham & Carmen Bergmann into your classrooms last week for the reverse walk through. ~ Stacie
KJHS Custodians - Fighting the weather to get into the building & take great care of our school last week. ~ Stacie
How do I transfer Grades in IC?
How do I transfer Grades in IC?
This could be used when students change classes or when a student moves from one U5 school to another.
In IC, try the following steps to use "Score Copier" to transfer their grades to your gradebook.
Go to your gradebook.
Go to the class hour of your new student.
Click on blue settings button.
Click on Score Copier.
It should populate any new students to this hour.
Choose the student whose grades you would like to transfer.
"Align Scores" - It should list the previous school's assignments, and you would choose which assignments align with your assignments.
If this does not work for you or if you have questions, please reach out to Amber, our awesome Tech Coach.
mySAEbrs & saebrs
mySAEbrs & saebrs
mySAEBRS will be completed in Advisory this Thursday, 2.10. Lindsay O'Brien will be sharing details soon.
Eval Timeline Reminder
Eval Timeline Reminder
As a reminder, the timeline for the completion of the evaluation cycle for non-tenured and tenured, year two, staff members is by March 1 for non-tenured teachers & by April 8 for tenured teachers. If you have Form A or any other questions, please reach out to your evaluator.
February Kingley Connection for Families
February Kingley Connection for Families
Want to know what was shared with families in February? Read it here.
enrollment
enrollment
6th grade 246 ~ 7th grade 240 ~ 8th grade 286
Current projection for the 6th grade next year is 242.
5 Essentials
5 Essentials
Please complete the 5 Essentials Survey. Staff completion ratings are included by ISBE as part of our overall school report card rating.
Thank you P.E. who will be administered the 5 Essentails to students the week of 1.24.22.
NIOS Kindness Week
NIOS Kindness Week
NIOS will be hosting Kindness Week from 2.14-2.18. They will facilitate Spirit Week as well as a positive post-it board, themed songs in the AM, quotes in the student announcements, etc.
Summer Teaching Opportunity with IMSA
Summer Teaching Opportunity with IMSA
The following information is from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy:
"Summer@IMSA" is coming back to Bloomington-Normal! After our first successful summer in 2019, we were halted by COVID but we are now ready to be back and offer our students STEM summer programming!
We are looking for teachers to provide this programming to students in our area. Curriculum and training is provided by IMSA. Teachers are expected to teach 4 lessons a day over the course of a 5 day summer day camp. All materials will be provided for each lesson and staff and student volunteers will be on hand for assistance in your classroom. Camps will run at Normal Community High School the week of June 20th.
For more information and to apply please see the link here. If you have any further questions, feel free to direct them to myself, Brittany, at herzovib@unit5.org
PBIS Survey (optional)
PBIS Survey (optional)
The following opportunity was sent to me by Michelle Lamboley, Assistant Superintendent:
My name is Dominique Starling, and I am a graduate student in the Specialist in School Psychology program at Eastern Illinois University. Your school district has been recognized for successfully implementing PBIS, congratulations! I am again reaching out to ask for your help to collect information about PBIS and PBIS implementation in schools from your staff! The input of your staff will advance knowledge about the benefits of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
The study is designed to understand the usefulness of PBIS in schools. All school staff members (such as administrators, teachers, support licensed professionals, support staff, and so on) are invited to complete the online survey and their responses will remain anonymous, no identifying information will be collected. Below is the link to the survey if you would like to forward it to your staff!
Survey Link: https://eiu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jTpvFNa6kBnJ3g
Finally, staff who complete the survey will be entered in a drawing to possibly win a $25 Amazon Gift Card. A total of four participants will win a gift card.
I look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me, Dominique, at dmstarling@eiu.edu; my thesis supervisor, Dr. Assege HaileMariam at ahailemariam@eiu.edu, or the EIU Institutional Review Board that has approved the study (eiuirb@eiu.edu).
E-Learning
E-Learning
Covid-Related Items
Covid-Related Items
Tell Me More About Contact Tracing
Tell Me More About Contact Tracing
When Nurse O'Brien knows of a confirmed positive case, we print the student's schedule & an administrator accesses the seating chart for each class using the seating chart master.
An administrator then visits each area to evaluate & measure the area around where the positive case has occurred to develop a tentative list of close contacts.
We then look at attendance records for all potential close contacts to confirm they were in attendance on the dates of concern. The nurse considers students who are vaccinated. Next we phone all families, print required documentation & directions for them, and greet stressed families as they arrive, helping them process the timelines, make up work routines, and safety considerations.
Sometimes this takes at least an hour or more for each case....all the while our typical ups & downs of the school day occur.
Your accurate & updated seating charts are super helpful. Thank you for taking those extra steps! We appreciate your patience Please know that we so appreciate your patience & understanding while the office juggles these tasks.
Sheild Testing
Sheild Testing
When: Tuesdays from 11:15a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
Who:
6th graders: At the very beginning of their lunch hour
7th graders: Dismiss from 4th hour at 11:45 a.m.
8th graders: During tutorial or at the very beginning of their lunch hour
Staff: Come to the front of the line from 11:15 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
Where : The North Lobby
Helpful Info:
Eating or chewing gum an hour prior to the test, makes the test invalid.
How will you know your results? In this case, no news if good news! If you are positive, Michelle Lamboley will notify staff. Jennifer O'Brien notifies students.
uPCOMING dATES
uPCOMING dATES
21-22 U5 Assessment Calendar, look for the Middle School tabs
February Dates
Feb 2-7 - Winter SAEBRS & mySAEBRS
Feb 7-10 - NIOS "Spice It Up" Drive - The purpose is to add spices to food pantry options.
Feb 10 - ACCESS Testing in IMC, 8:45-10:45 a.m.
Feb 14-18 - NIOS Kindness Week
Feb 15 - Normal Parks Shelter Reservations Open @8:30 a.m., email: kcarrigan@normal.org
Feb 16 - Late Start
Feb 21 - Presidents Day - No School
Feb 22 - School Improvement Day
Feb 23 @ 5pm - Local Black Leadership Symposium by the KJHS BSU & The McLean County Museum of History (flyer)
Future Dates
ISA Window (KJHS Schedule TBD): 3/7 - 3/11, 8th grade science only
Mar 9 - Late Start
Mar 10 - Data Day 3 (This is a Thursday so shortened periods.)
Mar 21-25 - Spring Break
IAR Window (KJHS schedule TBD): 3/28-4/8
Apr 1 - Spring Picture Day (no foolin')
Apr 4 - PTO @6:30
Apr 27 - Jordon Sonneblick Visit - JUST SCHEDULED! (Planning notes)
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