“Teaching students to meditate will help manage their anger or frustration, but it won’t remove a system that mass incarcerates their neighbors and family members. Giving students skills in socioemotional learning can help students better process and express their opinions, but it won’t erase a system that was built not only to their disadvantage but also sometimes actively set up to see them fail. Yoga can help a child feel present in their body, but it won’t change the fact that our society places different values on different bodies.”
Christina Torres in “Mindfulness Won’t Save Us. Fixing the System Will” in Education Update, May 2019 (Vol. 61, #5), https://bit.ly/2VSZp8v
“Everything works somewhere. Nothing works everywhere,”
Dylan Wiliam
End Of Year Meetings
For those of you in your evaluation year, please remember to complete and submit your self-reflection by May 24th (earlier would be even better ). To access your self-reflection in TalentEd, go to the portal and look at the bottom of the list of Quick Links. SLGGs are required for everyone, so even if you are not in an evaluation year, please be sure to sign up for an EOY meeting to review SLGGs. To be prepared for that meeting please have your fall data and spring data to review. I have the hard copies of your SLGGs for just about all of you on file, if you need to see them. I have minis done for just about everyone and for those of you who have one left, your end-of-year meeting can count as the last one.
Battle of the Books
The book list for next year is out and looks to be less divisive than this year’s list. That being said, the process we used this year will remain the same moving forward. It is not a school-sponsored event, permission slips can be made available for students wanting to take one, only students returning the permission slips should participate in any related activity and activities should not be during class time.
Library and iPad Roll In
Last week for library checkout is the week of May 20th
Start collecting books the week of May 27th, first class to get all their books back get the ice cream party.
iPad roll in June 11th all day.
Since they have done this a few times now it should be easier. We have many student iPad airs that will be retired, not sure what that process will be yet.
Reminder to teachers before roll in
- Have student CLEAN the iPad
- 5th graders need to clean brick and cord, get their names off
- Verify iOS is 12.2 or higher
- Make sure iPad is charged
- Erase all content and settings.
- Make sure students have brick, cord and iPad on roll in day.
- Be sure student has signed out of iCloud account and backed up info they want to save
Site Council Survey
Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey for site council.
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SBAC 2019
Week 2 is done and so is the majority of our testing. Well done!
Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM)
On Monday, May 20th we will be administering the Child and Youth Resilience Survey with support from Better Together.
Linked below is a schedule; I made a few changes to the original emailed earlier this week.
End of Year EBISS
- DIBELS day, 5/22
- Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
- Monday 6/3 – Kinder
- Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of a staff meeting)
- Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
- Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross
TAG Update
- TAG list
- Teacher Referral Document
- Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.
- PEP
- PEP 2
- PEP 3
Placements
- First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
- The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.
Tuesday Morning Meetings
- This week; Staff Meeting – BrainPOP – bring laptops and/or iPads
- Next week; No Meeting – Day after Memorial Day
SIWs
- This week – Placements
- Next week – Future Ready
Upcoming Field Trips –
- Middle School Move Up Day – Tuesday, May 21
- Greene Science Station – Friday, May 24⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
- Therrian Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅9:10 – 11:20am
- Reisinger Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
- Howard Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅9:10 – 11:20am
- Cross Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
ICCLs 2019-2021
Deadline; May 31st, 2019. A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th (this was recently changed to the 20th, 8:00-4:00).
1st Aid/CPR –
To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
| Date | Day | Time | Type | Min | Max | Instructor(s) | Location | |
| 5/21/2019 | Tuesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Shanon Bryant | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 5/29/2019 | Wednesday | 3:00-7:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Michelle Spetic | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom (room 314) |
| 6/4/2019 | Tuesday | 4:00-8:00 | Initial | 8 | 20 | Angelina Mingus | Tami will observe | Education Center, Boardroom(room 314) |