Nutrition Services Changes- You have probably noticed some changes to our nutrition services this past week. Cassie has been moved to another school. Sarah Mendiola will be replacing Cassie at Buckingham. They will not be adding another person, but will increase Sarah’s hours. Please welcome to Sarah in her new role and be patient as she tries to handle breakfast all by herself! We will miss Cassie and all that she has done for Buckingham and wish her the best of luck. As part of this change, we will continue to only have one spot for breakfast pick up- the southwest corner of the building by the k/1 playground.
Summer School- Summer school is happening and will once again be taking place at Buckingham. The district will be sending us a list of top priority students just as they did last year. We will be asking grade levels to review those lists and make changes based on your professional judgement and provided criteria if you disagree with the lists. It was suggested that conferences would be a good time for us to offer summer school to eligible parents and we have been asked to have our lists finalized by May 1. As soon as we get the lists from the district we will share with grade levels so that you can review. Stay tuned.
Summer school positions are open and posted, and you are encouraged to apply if you are interested.
Instructional Coach Position Available – BLP will be hiring a 1.0 instructional coach. You can apply on the BLS website. The position will close on April 10th. See the link for more info.
Ready to Learn Kits- Amanda shared some additional resources for your use.
Staffing- If you haven’t already turned your ‘interest’ form into Jon or Gary, please do so ASAP. We will receive our allocations early next week and will be able to begin creating a staffing plan for next year soon after.
Transfer Interviews- Please see the transfer process google doc for directions if you are interested in pursuing options at locations other than Buckingham. If you complete your ‘interest’ form and submit to Jon and Gary indicating your interest in another school, we may be able to facilitate the process.
From Student Leadership- Here is a message from our 5th grade leadership team.
Dear Teachers,
Hi, our names are Brynn Johansen and Emilee Maple and we’re on the 5th Grade Leadership Committee for Character Traits. For the month of March, we focused on Fairness. We created some videos to help your classes learn more about fairness. We were able to present our work to some classrooms, however we were not able to visit all of you! We have attached a link to a video presentation you can show to your class. It includes some discussion questions. We also have two skit video links that can even help the youngest kids to understand fairness.
Fairness video presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IdaHDm_pI75IiYMS_gHotjSPG0H4plPX/view?usp=sharing
Finally…Check out Summer professional learning opportunities – Click here!
Upcoming Events
April 5- Staff Meeting 2:30 Library
April 6- SIW- Teacher Prep
April 7- Third grade EBISS
April 12- Fire Drill- 8:55
April 13 & 14- Conferences
April 15- No School
April 20- SIW- Teacher Prep