A good reminder from Bill Murray.
SEL Concerns Ticket Please use this if you have concerns with a student’s lagging SEL skills and you would like to do some collaboration with us (Heidi T. and/or Brian) to problem solve. Thanks!
FYI Ticket Please use this if you have an incident or recurring incidents with a student. This helps us with follow through, communication and data. Thank you!!!!!
Recess Rules – Linked here is a document with the recess rules. We took the most recent list from the pandemic plan and removed much of the COVID stuff that is no longer applicable, as well as refined the list to an even more manageable number of rules. This was also shared with the leadership team and our recess coaches for input as well.
Have FUN – Jenn showing her students how it’s done on the 4-square courts.
More Fun: The photo does not do it justice but try to picture Cam running with most all the 2/3 kids chasing after him during some form of a Tag game. Rather than “everybody’s it tag”, this game was more of a “everybody chase Mr. Glogau”.
Time Change: Great work on the new earlier morning routine. Keep up the consistency with getting the kids inside by 7:45 and we will see the tardiness decrease dramatically. Although we have a few parents/kids struggling with the change, the overwhelming feedback is appreciative of the quicker morning entry and more time in school.
Lexia Celebration: Take a look at the most recent snapshot of Lexia progress – the movement into grade level and above grade level content is commendable. I realize this is not the only measure, but is a very clear K-5 measure of reading performance. The individualization and the foundational skill instruction provided that would not necessarily be there for every grade level is crucial to dealing with disruption from the pandemic. Thank you for keeping this core program in the forefront of your daily planning.
Info from Heidi and the Highland Culture of Care Team: Our character trait for the month of February is Problem Solvers. Thank you to Becky H. for signing up to make a video for the February assembly on the 25th Here is the link to our year long assembly plan. February 25 is also silly hair day!
SEL Lessons: Reminder, I (Heidi) am ALWAYS happy to come in and teach what I call an anchor SEL lesson! I also love helping teachers brainstorm ways to integrate SEL into their day. I have a lot of resources to share with you, just let me know what you need. This is the time of year when we start to see behaviors showing up more frequently and at higher rates. Class meetings, restorative circles and targeted lessons are just a few ways we can help mitigate them.
EA Basket: Every once in a while our EA’s have a few extra minutes to work on small projects. They have placed a basket in their office under the mountain painting for extra projects. If you have something for them, please place it in the basket or on the shelf with a note that explains what you need done, by when and your name. I would probably avoid putting time sensitive items if the timeline is short.
2021-2022 Staffing Survey: Please take a moment to respond to the survey linked here.
Morning Meetings: How are these going? I am curious if you are working these into your day and I would love some stories or maybe even an invitation to observe. Need suggestions? Ask Heidi Thomas, she loves helping to facilitate morning meetings!
New Roof: We plan to replace the roof this summer. There will be a mandatory pre-bid for contractors scheduled for February 23rd at 1:00 PM. We don’t need to do anything but this is your heads up that there will be a group of contractors meeting on site and walking the building. They anticipate they will stay mostly outside on the perimeter but some contractor’s may check in at the main office.
Culminations: Culmination Planning Checklist
Parent Newsletter Link – linked here is the parent newsletter. If you ever need to find it, it’s always on the school website each Friday.
Vaccine Update – Are you ‘up to date’ on your vaccine? As we start to plan for making masks optional it is important that everyone reviews their vaccination status. The CDC is shifting away from the phrase “fully vaccinated” in favor of calling people “up to date” on their COVID-19 vaccines.
Up to date is defined as:
- Ages 18 and older: Boosted or completed primary series of Pfizer or Moderna within the last 5 months or completed the primary series of J&J within last 2 months.
- Ages 5-17: Completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines
Not up to date is defined as:
- Unvaccinated OR
- Has not completed the primary series of any COVID-19 vaccines OR
- (For individuals ages 18 and older) completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna more than 5 months ago and is not boosted.
PLC Form – I will include this link every week to make it easier to find when needed.
Please remember this is our on-going process for strengthening and developing the Tier 1 instructional program. This applies the highest-leverage teaching strategies and uses the data to improve the experience for all students. Please refer to this document for more info; MTSS Guidelines
Week Preview:
- Monday 2/14
- Tuesday 2/15
- 2:30-3:15 EBISS – 2/3
- Wednesday 2/16
- SIW – Individual Teacher Prep
- Thursday 2/17
- 2:30-3:15 EBISS – 4/5
- Friday 2/18