Friday, April 25, 2019

Friday, April 25, 2019

     It is time to complete the PDP process!  Most PDP and summative evaluations are due to the district by May 17th (some are due a bit later based on your certificate). We ask that PDPs on NCEES are complete by May 6th in order to schedule our meeting time to review and close. 

Susana, Jenn and Jeff are at the inspire 340 MTSS session today. 

Please welcome and thank our volunteers as they come in for their appreciation breakfast.  Thanks to the staff who made/bought items for this event.

Don't forget to sign up for Spring Fling!! We need volunteers later in the evening as well.  What a great way to build relationships with your families!!

Thursday, April 25th

Please watch and talk with your colleagues.  

Wednesday, April 24th

I am going to ask you to complete the following statement when I see you today and Thursday.  Please speak from the heart & mind as you speak to the prompt.

Differentiation is effective for raising student achievement when the teacher.....

Shout-out to our Instructional Facilitators, Kathy and Su, as they organized and implemented our Kindergarten Welcome Event.   

Our 2019-2020 student enrollment continues to decline and thus our teacher allotment is less than current staffing.  Now that the teacher intent period has closed, our goal is to communicate grade level teams for next year, before the transfer fair on May 4th.

Today is Administrative Professionals Day.  Please show your appreciation to Nelva (in person) and Bonnie Fogg and Tara Johnson (via email).  All of these ladies are amazing!!!

Tuesday, April 23rd

Today we welcome our rising kindergarten students and their families.

Belt meets on Wednesday

Volunteer appreciation is Friday Morning in the music room. Please contribute and show our volunteers appreciation.

Please ensure that the rescue window in your room is not only clear of items, but also opens. There has been great work completed on our windows, but we need you to monitor and rearrange if necessary.

There are two outstanding speakers at Wake Forest this week.

• Steven Pinker on Tuesday night
• Bettina Love on Wednesday night

Monday, April 22nd

EARTH DAY

Our Bionic Woman is back in the fold today! 

We have NEW tables in the cafe and have replicated the set-up. Please provide input throughout the week for improvement.

Be engaged with your students and standards and the home stretch of this year will be a success. 

Friday, April 12th

Today is all about relationships.  

• Show compassion to students who are conflicted about spring break as they "love" the structure and consistency of school
• Demonstrate integrity though listening to concerns big and small
• Be respectful as you think and act positively toward yourself and others
• Model self-regulation as you navigate the issues of the day
• Be empathetic and acknowledge the power of your students point of view (we don't always need to be right)

The Bionic Woman is OK and resting at home.  Surgery went well and we look forward to seeing Sarah after spring break.

Here is a suggestion for Spring Break

Mr. Kirby will be here working Monday-Thursday from 6:00-2:30.  You may access the building, yet the office will be closed.  You may find you are "waxed-out" as SMO works on the halls.  Remember our custodians have first rights over the break, so we will need to be flexible.  

Thursday, April 11th

Today is the day for Mrs. H. Keep her in your thoughts.

Dominica demonstrated outstanding leadership and multiple HOC's as she led our BELT meeting last night.  

Be sure to end this week with our students and colleagues so they will look forward to April 22nd and the stretch run of our year.