"B" week schedule this week!

Attendance!!!!!

Classroom teachers, please make sure you are taking attendance by 10am each day.  If a scholar brings in a tardy slip, mark them with a "T" in the system when you take attendance during your assigned ADA period.  

Specials team, you are to take attendance FOR EACH CLASS BLOCK each day in PowerSchool.  

Set an alarm, ask for scholars to remind you, write yourself a note....whatever it takes to remind you to take attendance during your ADA time period.  We only receive funding from the state if scholars are present at school each day, and if we do not take attendance (and take it accurately), this affects our overall funding we receive from the state.  Scholars who have been absent more than 5 times since the start of school will be receiving truancy letters this week to send home to families.  

Shout out to you all for 100% attendance taken on Friday, Sept 1!!!!  

Lesson Plans and Weekly Newsletters

Where to put them:  2023-2024 Teacher Resources drive within the STEM folder.  

Please make sure to upload your lesson plans & newsletters to the correct folder and on time.  If you need help, please let me know!

Curriculum Night for Families - Sept. 13 & 14

On Sept 13 &14 from 4:15-5:30pm, we will host a curriculum night for our families.  Grades Pre-K through 3, plan on attending on Sept. 13 from 4:15-5:30pm, and Grades 4-8 plan on attending Sept. 14 from 4:15-5:30pm, as you will be presenting to families brief information about your grade level, content, and curriculum used on a daily basis.  We will meet on Wednesday afternoon from 4:15-4:30 to go over this briefly, but start planning a grade level syllabus brochure to pass out to families.  The book fair will be going on in the gym during this time as well, so families will have the opportunity to purchase books at that time.  Here is an example of a syllabus template (also a great guide as to points to discuss during curriculum night).  Thank you, Ms. M, for sharing your syllabus as an example!

Hallway Procedures

When going to lunch, please make sure your class is at a level ZERO while in the hallway, especially by the Pre-K 4 classroom.  The Mini-Mavericks in that room are trying to rest (from 11:45-1:30), so please be mindful of the noise level of the scholars.  Thank you for helping to reinforce hallway expectations!

Staff Shout-Outs!

See a staff member doing something amazing?  Why yes, everyday!  Let's start celebrating each other with "shouting" each other out with the great things we are doing!  In the staff lounge is a bulletin board titled "Staff Shout-Outs".  

How it works:

• Spread some positivity by giving a shout-out to a member of our school.

• Grab a shout-out slip (located by the bulletin board) and jot down what you appreciate about someone.  You can sign your name or leave it anonymous.

• Then, tape it up and voila!  You've just made someone's day! ❣️

Uniforms

Continue to reinforce the uniform policy with scholars.  Send out communication to parents via Dojo and put it in your newsletter.  The rooms that are cold, jackets/coats are fine to wear in the building as long as they are in our school uniform colors (solid navy or gray--No tie dye/colorful sweatshirts).  If parents have questions you are unsure of, please have them reach out to me for clarification.  If a scholar is not in a solid navy or solid gray shirt since their ordered uniform has not arrived, please contact the parents to let them know they MUST come in a solid navy or solid gray shirt the following day.  Jeans are also not permitted, so please contact families regarding this as well.  There is zero reason why a scholar should not be in uniform, as all have had time to order uniforms and if still waiting on them, have had the opportunity to purchase solid color polo shirts from the store.  Detentions for non-uniform compliance will be on Friday afternoons from 1:00-4:00pm if necessary.

Rooms in the Afternoon

Please ask scholars to stack their chairs at the end of each school day and clear off desk tops so that the evening cleaning crew can clean the floors and wipe off each desk top.  Chairs can be stacked in groups of 4 or 5 around the perimeter of the classroom.  Make this a part of your classroom afternoon routine and have scholars gathering their chair for their morning routine!   

Manara Academy Website

Don't forget we have a great new website that can help answer a lot of district questions you may have!  The Manara Academy Website is where you can find your compliance courses, information about Red Rover, where to put in a ticket for IT help, PowerSchool information, and much more!  New things will be added to this site throughout the year, so it is one of your first "go-to" places if you have questions about anything here at Manara!

To-Do Items

Things to do this week:

• Place your lesson plans & newsletters in the correct google drive folder 

• Begin creating your grade level syllabus & plan for curriculum night presentation

• Check your email for calendar invites to meet with Mrs. Vinten 

• Find a staff member to write a "shout-out" to

• Pass out Maverick Bucks to scholars who are modeling "BLUE" behaviors

• Find at least two scholars this week in your class who deserve Positive Office Referrals!  Before sending them down for their positive phone call home, please call Ms. Smith (Ext 300) to make sure I'm available to make the call. 

• Continue to build relationships with your scholars.  The more you get to know them, the more they will get to know you!  Truly knowing them will help to create a positive learning and social-emotional environment for all!

Sept 3 Lesson Plans due for week of Sept 4 (shared folder) 

Sept 4 No school for staff & scholars (Labor Day)

Sept 5 PD - location tbd (no school for scholars)

Sept 6 Staff meeting 4:15-4:30pm in staff lounge

Sept 8 Dress Down Day for $1.00

Sept 10 Lesson Plans due for week of Sept 11 (shared folder) 

Sept 6 - Oct 6 Pre-k through 6th grade BOY Circle/mCLASS assessment window open

Sept 11 Fall Photos (Lifetouch) - grade level times tbd

Sept 11-15 Scholastic Book Fair in the gym

Sept 13 Curriculum Night (Grades Pre-K through 3) 4:15-5:30pm

Sept 14 Curriculum Night (Grades 4 through 8) 4:15-5:30pm

Sept 15 Dress Down Day for $1.00

Sept 17 Lesson Plans due for week of Sept 18 (shared folder)