Thank you- A huge thanks to Becky and Margaret for the amazing taco bar and to the PTA for the tasty Jimmy John’s sandwiches. Any free food is always great, but it’s a special treat when it is so delicious and made with such care! THANK YOU!
Staffing Update- Below is an update on the certified staffing plan that we are submitting for approval. We must get approval and jobs need to be posted before any interviews and hiring can be completed. HR posts full time elementary teaching openings. Schools post specialist openings. There may also be circumstances that require a teacher to be transferred from another school. TBD indicates an opening we have to be filled either by transfer or hire.
Kindergarten– Kristine Hable, TBD, TBD, TBD (Kim Aplin is resigning effective the end of the year. Emily Phillips is temporary hire).
First- Kristine Beiderman, Katie Chamberland, Cadi Brown (still waiting approval for her .5 leave request. If granted, we will post and hire the other .5), (Katy Wyant is temporary hire)
Second- Challey Becker, Claire Dickey, Margy Tucker
Third- Alisha Clawson, Jessi Hayes, Shane Knapp
Fourth- Jesse Andrews, Tara Sullivan
Four/Five Blend- Deborah Buckman
Fifth- Sadie Rossi, TBD (Heather Light is a temporary hire)
PE- Ryan Douglass
Music- Jason Herzog
Sped- Tami Otis, Kelly Weiler
SST- .5 Kelly Sproba, .5 to be posted
Title I- We are still waiting for our allocation. We do not yet know how much we will be allocated and won’t be able to post or hire until that is known.
Counselor- .5- We are waiting to find out whether this will be hired at the ed center and assigned here or we will hire on site.
Vice Principal- TBD. It’s time for me to turn the page and start the next chapter. I don’t know exactly what that looks like, but I have notified the district I will be retiring from education at the end of June. Our understanding is that the position will be hired by the district as a part of a pool of VP’s they hire in early May and place next year. We will share any more information if/when we get it.
We will most likely wait on filling the fourth kindergarten and let the new principal do that so that it can be used in the spot of highest need. If kindergarten numbers come in low, then it would be able to be used to reduce class sizes in another grade.
Office Manager- We will be interviewing office manager candidates next Thursday afternoon. We know we won’t be able to replace Becky and all she does for our school, but we are hopeful that we find someone who will be an asset to Buckingham. We are looking for volunteers to help with this process as it will include more than just an interview. Please let Jon know if you are willing to help.
STEM Night- Below is an outline of the STEM night/week activities. We will review at an upcoming staff meeting.
- STEM night/week link in Bronco Bulletin.
- STEM Night- Wednesday, May 17, 5:30-7:00 PM
- Complete the google slide with your grade level’s STEM activity for the evening and any support you need.
- We are in need of greeters, table assistance, a photographer, and other support roles. If you are willing to do one of these or have a parent who is willing, please sign up.
- Shane is in need of 1 and 2 liter or 20 oz. plastic bottles for a rocket launch activity.
- STEM team members will be preparing and sharing a STEM challenge that all classes can work on during STEM week. They will present this when completed. There will be a padlet (info to come with the challenge) so that students/classes can display their work.
- We will have an assembly on Friday, May 19, exact time TBD (most likely as early as we can start). The presentation is titled “Think Wild.” Following the assembly, our guests will set up C-1 with displays of their materials. We will send a sign up sheet for you to schedule a 10-15 minute time for your class to walk through C-1. That sign up will come out by the end of April, most likely in the blog.
- Thursday morning, the day following our STEM night, we’ll have a staff celebration breakfast.
- All of this information will be reviewed at an upcoming staff meeting.
Character Trait Assembly- We will hold our April character trait assembly at 12:15 on Thursday, April 27. Please review expectations with your students before the assembly and be active and vigilant enforcing those expectations. It is really difficult to address individuals not following expectations from the front of the gym while running the assembly. When there are nearly 400 students we need all hands on deck holding students accountable and addressing it with students who are not meeting expectations. Thank you ahead of time.
Educator Network SIW- Please take a minute if you haven’t already to sign up for the April 19th Educator Network sessions from 2:00-3:15.
Here is the list of sessions. Please sign up on Performance Matters.
Upcoming Events
April 19- SIW- Educator Network Day
April 20- 4th Grade MTSS
April 26- SIW- QRT Suicide prevention training
April 27- 3rd Grade MTSS
May 3- SIW- NGSS standards training
May 4- 2nd grade MTSS
May 10- Fire Drill- 9:25
May 10- SIW- Teacher Prep
May 11- 1st Grade MTSS
May 16- Spring Dibels
May 17- SIW- STEM Night prep
May 17- STEM Night- 5:00 PM- 7:00 PM
May 18- Kindergarten MTSS
May 19- Think Wild Assembly
May 23- Kindergarten Orientation- 5:30-6:30
May 29- Memorial Day- No School
June 1- Fire Drill- 12:55