One long weekend to catch our breath and then it’s the final stretch!
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.
Student Appreciation Day 2022: Student appreciation day is back for another fun day of letting our students know how much we love them! Our PTO has approved some funds for snacks and decorations. I will need some help with decorations and/or signs: here is a link to sign up. I know last year some teachers even decorated their doors for the day (so fun!).
Staffing 2022-23 Update:
- We will be interviewing for the teacher positions on Wednesday 6/1 afternoon. Thank you all for your flexibility with the SIWs.
- PE position is tentatively scheduled for Monday 6/7 after school.
- The music position posting is now closed. I am targeting Friday 6/17 for those interviews.
- ERC teacher – I am working with Colleen Funderberg on securing our new ERC teacher.
Placements: We will revisit these class lists on Wednesday, June 8. Similar schedule as this Wednesday.
iPad Roll In: Monday June 13th – Tuesday June 14th. Please see Debbie’s email from Tuesday 5/24 for more details. Huge Thank you to Debbie for organizing this process!
OSAS Testing Progress: If you are interested in seeing our overall progress check here. Also to help with finishing up here is the link to a document to track the unfinished tests.
Furniture/stage: I am still planning on moving the furniture off the stage – I promise I have not forgotten. We are going to be phasing out the old, hand-made risers and replacing them with the flip-forms. The flip-forms are designed within the safety standards and they are more easily moved and cleaned compared to the wood ones. The flip-forms are fairly expensive so it will take some time to replace all of our risers; so in the meantime we will continue to use our old sets until they can be replaced, so long as they are not broken or unsafe. Any sets that are broken will need to be disposed of this summer. Please see me individually if you have any questions.
Self-Reflection/Evals: For those of you on your evaluation cycle, please be sure to complete your self-reflection in Talent Ed. I will send a separate email to everyone on the eval cycle.
Culmination & Event Planning: Kindergarten Culmination was a huge success – well done, K-team!
- 6/2 Thursday – Reisinger Culmination – Classroom, Library, Ct Yard – 5:30-7:00
- 6/7 Tuesday – Glogau Culmination – cafeteria and classroom – 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
- 6/9 Thursday – Sacamano Culmination 4:00-6:00
- 6/13 Monday – Variety Show – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- 6/14 Tuesday – Field Day
- 6/15 5th Grade Promotion – Gym
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.
Excellence in Education
Congratulations to Marina and Shelly (Shelly is busy spoiling her grandchild, so not pictured) for receiving the Excellence in Education awards this year! Thank you for representing Highland in such a professional and positive manner! I apologize for not sharing this earlier, but I was out of town at the end of last week, so unable to get this in the update on time.
High Leverage Teaching Strategies
Week Preview:
- Monday 5/30
- Memorial Day
- Tuesday 5/31
- Culture of Care 2:30-3:15
- Wednesday 6/1
- Thursday 6/2
- Leadership 2:30-3:30
- Reisinger Culmination 5:30-7:00
- Friday 6/3
Next Week:
- Monday 6/6
- Memorial Day
- Tuesday 6/7
- Safety Team 2:30-3:15
- Glogau Culmination – cafeteria and classroom – 5:30-7:00
- Wednesday 6/8
- 2nd Round of Placements 1:00-3:15
- Fetrow Culmination – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- Thursday 6/9
- Howard Culmination – Gym/Stage – 5:30-7:00
- 4/5 Culmination – Playground/Field – 5:30-7:00
- Sacamano Culmination 4:00-6:00
- Friday 6/10
- Student Appreciation Day
And the final week;
- Monday 6/13
- Variety Show – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- Tuesday 6/14
- Field Day
- Wednesday 6/15
- 5th Grade Promotion – Gym – 9:00am
- 2:15 Release [not an early release day]
- Thursday 6/16 – Last Day of School
- 12:45 Early Release Day