Upcoming Meetings:
- EBISS 1st grade – Monday 2:45-3:30
- Staff Meeting – Wednesday 1:30-2:00
- Storyline SIW – Wednesday 2:00-3:30
- Leadership – Thursday 2:45-3:30
Dreambox
Thank you Marina for getting a few more teachers up and running this week. The next workshop = Tuesday 10/15 after school. We will need Alicia, Amber, Marieka, and Michelle for that one. You should be able to see rosters with all the needed kids, however, I think there will be a little more fine-tuning on my end.
On November 6th district SIW there will be a training webinar. All elementary Dreambox users (⅔ and ⅘ teachers) at your school will be required to participate in the webinar. This webinar will focus on accessing data and using the Dreambox dashboard. More details on accessing this training, and how to log in, will be sent at a later time.
Conference schedule
- Here is what we discussed this past Wednesday;
- Wednesday 10/9 – Sibling Conferences – 1:30-2:00; 2:00-3:30 Storyline SIW
- Wednesday 10/16 – Equity & Excellence Review / remaining time goes to conference prep.
- Wednesday 10/23 conference prep 8:00-4:00; conferences 4:00-8:00
- Thursday 10/24 8:00am-8:00pm – all day conferences
- And just like that, October is just about gone!
PTO
The next general meeting is Tuesday, October 8, at 2:30-3:30 in the library right after school.
- Giving Campaign – we well are over 80% toward the goal; this last 15-20% tends to be the most challenging and slower to complete.
- Fall Festival – please consider helping with the fall festival by signing up for a volunteer time slot (you can be part of the set-up, clean up or work one of the games). This is a great opportunity to show gratitude and represent the “T” of PTO in a fun way. If you sign up it will tend to prompt parents to sign up earlier rather than waiting until the last minute. They are also looking to recruit some really brave people for a dunk tank (burrrr). Wear a wetsuit, antagonize some throwers, and take a plunge for fun!
- Classroom/Storyline Funds
- PTO will be turning over most of these funds to us to distribute to your individual lines within our student body account. The remaining funds will come when we are fully funded.
- Shawna shared your balances by grade level with you this week. We will try to give you updates each month. Please remember the goal with any school budget is to hit 0 (not over, not under) at the end of the year. Use Shawna’s monthly updates to compare to your own accounting to keep track of your expenses.
- A good strategy is to put a weekly reminder on your calendar to turn in receipts and adjust your balance accordingly. (I tend to round up on recording my expenses so that I always have a cushion until the end of the year.)
Boundary Change-Here is a document outlining the boundary change process that will occur this fall/winter – and go into effect in the fall of 2021 (when the new HS opens). If you are interested in learning about the timeline of this process or curious about who is involved – check this out!
Ed Foundation Grant Opportunity
I am hearing rumors that there are not many applications being submitted and I’ve been asked to encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. The application period closes on October 18th, so now is the time to get them in!
More information is available via the following link: https://engagedminds.org/back-to-school-classroom-grant-application-now-available/