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 June is Celebration! This is a great time of year to celebrate how far your students have come this year. It’s the first “full year” we’ve had in two years!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for pitching in and making student appreciation day a wonderful experience for most of our students. We heard so many great comments from kids!
Another celebration we are planning for is an all school assembly on the last day of school at 10:00 in the gym. I think classes should be able to spread out pretty well. We will be putting together a video using the pictures teacher submitted for the yearbook (send me more if you want to!), celebrate OBOB, Milage Club, sing the school song, birthday song and say good-bye to any staff that wont be returning next year. We could even do one more send off to our 5th graders. We are open to any other ideas too!
From Lora – Here is the information about next year’s pre-service week.
Also from Lora – We have a district team that has been working on equitable grading practices K-12. The assumption is that these practices are already in place across elementary schools, so most of the updates were aimed at the secondary setting, however you will notice we have some practices in our own building that do not align with these recommendations, so it will be worth a look to wrap your heads around. We will revisit these in August. BLS equitable grading recommendations 2022
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. We are almost there!
Staffing Update:
- We can now officially welcome back Aimee, Cat, Cameron and Scott!
- Music interviews are scheduled for Friday 7/17.
- I posted an EA position in hopes of maybe interviewing during the week of June 20-24th. Both Emily and Hayley have decided not to return next year. If you have an interest in joining me for those interviews, please let me know.
Summer School Staff still needed: With the bulk of the positions filled, we are still seeking EA support across all levels (Jump Start, Spark, Base Camp and SPED/ESY). In addition, we would like to add a few more teachers to the middle school Spark program, specifically at HDMS. To apply, find “Careers in BLP Schools” and under “Internal Applicants” you can find open positions for summer employment. The support for students is rewarding and stipends are substantial! For more information, please contact Kevin Milner.
Parent Newsletter Link – linked here is the parent newsletter.
High Leverage Teaching Strategies
Week Preview:
And the final week;
- Monday 6/13
- Variety Show – Gym – 5:30-7:00
- Tuesday 6/14
- Field Day
Field Day Session 1 – 8:45-10:30 – Watt, Hildebrand, Eriksson, Glogau, Wright, Reisinger, Vickery, Martinson
Field Day Session 2 – 12:15-2:00 – Henri, Chambers, Fetrow, Sacamano, Howard, Green, Woock, Wittwer
- Greene/Eriksson Culmination after school
- Wednesday 6/15 – 2:15 Release Time
- 5th Grade Promotion – Gym – 9:00am
- Only parents, 4th and 5th graders are in the gym for the promotion.
- 1st grade walking them in at 9:00
- 1:30 Parade of the 5th grade. Line up along the fence to cheer on the 5th grade. 4th/5th grade team will send out an email with more information.
- No Music/PE for 4/5
- Reisinger Music as scheduled
- Potentially alternate location for 1st grade PE (Fetrow or Hildebrand)
- Remainder of Music/PE Schedule should remain the same.
- 2:15 Release [not an early release day]
- 5th Grade Promotion – Gym – 9:00am
- Thursday 6/16 – Last Day of School
- Follow an Early Release day schedule.
- All School Assembly 10:00-10:45 in the gym.
- Resingner will move PE/Music to the 10:55 time frame with Glogau & Sacamano.
- 1st Grade will not have music/pe that day (You can use the assembly time as prep).
- 12:45 Early Release Day – Share this frequently with parents so they are prepared.