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!!!!!
Info from Heidi and the Highland Culture of Care Team: Our character trait for the month of May is having a Growth Mindset. This falls under the SEL competency of Self-Awareness. Here is a link to some resources.
Morning Circles: I saw some interest in acquiring more morning meeting questions. Here is a link to an article for the why behind circles and here is a link to some beginning and end of the day questions! Let me (Heidi T. know if you’d be interested in help getting started!). Morning meeting can be a great way to build relationships, problem solve as a class and build confident communication skills! Thanks for showing interest.
Staffing: Things are starting to move a little on plans across the district. Our office manager and secretary positions are now both posted as regular positions so this will allow us to get moving on those. We heard good news this week that there were more open positions than teachers returning from leave or needing to be transferred at the elementary level. We [all elementary schools] are currently in the process of placing and moving people around the different elementary schools with openings so once this is done, then (re)hiring can begin.
Summer School: There is some heavy breathing on my neck to get this list squared away soon, so please be sure to get me names of our confirmed students asap.
Staff Appreciation: Next week will be a week of PTO-sponsored staff appreciation. Be sure to check the weekly preview below for food and treats coming your way.
Culmination Planning: Great news! All culminations and other events are approved. I may need to ask you to send out a quick COVID protocol reminder to parents, but since the restrictions are being reduced more and more, I need to wait and see our latest recommendations.
- 5/13 Friday – PTO-sponsored Carnival – See Flier for info
- 5/25 Wednesday – Kindergarten Culmination – Classrooms, Hallways, Cafeteria and Gym – 5:30-7:00
- 6/2 Thursday – Reisinger Culmination – Classroom, Library, Ct Yard – 5:30-7:00
- 6/7 Tuesday – Glogau Culmination – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- 6/8 Wednesday – Fetrow Culmination – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- 6/8 Wednesday – Eriksson/Greene & Hildebrand Culmination – Classroom & Hallway – 4:00-6:00
- 6/9 Thursday – Howard Culmination – Gym/Stage – 5:30-7:00
- 6/9 Thursday – 4/5 Culmination – Playground/Field – 5:30-7:00
- 6/13 Monday – Variety Show – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- 6/15 5th Grade Promotion – Gym
Visitor Update – Starting Monday, May 2, visitors will be allowed in schools at your discretion and by invitation only, which is district policy. Follow this link to the conditions for visitors. As a reminder, it has been our practice of safety not to allow parents to walk their child to their classroom. This practice remains.
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.
High Leverage Teaching Strategies
Week Preview:
- Monday 5/2
- PTO sponsored lunch from Jimmy Johns delivered by 11:00am.
- Q&A for testing 2:30-3:15
- Tuesday 5/3
- Treats and snacks courtesy of PTO
- 4/5 EBISS/MTSS – 2:30-3:15
- Wednesday 5/4
- SIW – Teacher Prep
- Thursday 5/4
- Treats and snacks courtesy of PTO
- Leadership 2:30-3:30
- Friday 5/5
- Breakfast Burritos delivered around 7:00-7:15
Next week:
- Monday 5/9
- Tuesday 5/10
- Safety Team – 2:30-3:30
- Wednesday 5/11
- SIW – Storyline Team Training 1:45-3:15
- Thursday 5/12
- Friday 5/13
- PTO-sponsored Carnival – see flier
And another week;
- Monday 5/16 – State Testing begins for grades 3-5. Please help keep hallways extra quiet during the morning academic blocks.
- Tuesday 5/17
- Staff Appreciation Breakfast – Cafeteria – 6:45am
- Storyline Team Meeting – 2:30-3:15
- Wednesday 5/18
- SIW – Teacher Prep
- Thursday 5/19
- Leadership 2:30-3:30 (added as of 4/28)
- Friday 5/20