Our EME Focus
- Tier 1 Instruction
- Belonging
- Define what it means to be an Art Focused School
Thoughts of the Week
I Love this Analogy!
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
“Because someone bumped into me!!!”
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It’s easy to fake it until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves…“what’s in my cup?”
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let’s work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; & kindness, gentleness and love for others.
The Coming Week
- Monday
- American Fidelity on site
- Camp Tamarack Parent Meeting 5:30-6:30
- Tuesday
- Travis Hanson’s Birthday!
- Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
- ICCL Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
- Wednesday
- Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
- EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
- SIW Collaborative Problem Solving #2 – Mary and Natalie 1:00-2:30
- 2nd Grade Performance 5:00
- Thursday
- MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
- Friday
- SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
UPCOMING DATES:
- April 23 Fire Drill 8:00
- April 23 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
- April 23 Miss Nelson (Presentation) Mountain View High School 12:15-12:45
- April 23 Care Teams Meeting 2:20-3:15
- April 23 Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
- April 24 Spring Picture Day
- April 24 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
- April 24 SIW ED Network
- April 25 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
- April 25 Beginning Admin Meeting 5:00-7:00
- April 26 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
- April 29-May 3 MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
- April 29 Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
- April 30 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
- May 1 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
- May 1 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
- May 2 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
- May 3 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
Updates from Downtown
Do Now:
- Initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week if you haven’t already. Directions are in the reminder section.
- Please let your staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, they also MUST submit an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website in order to be considered. Indicating interest does not guarantee a spot in the program but BLP employees will be prioritized. The application period is May 6- May 17.
Reminders:
- Roger White support: Thank you Patrick for sharing the information about how we can help Roger and his family as they rally around helping their husband and dad. While it is a Meal Train link, it is also a place to send gift cards and donate money as well. What to help? Click this link.
- Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
- From Julie: Curriculum, Instruction and Systems: Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch will be on our next Educator Network Day, April 24th from 2:00-3:15. Trainers will be here in-person to give us our first look at the “why” behind the curriculum and the components. We will be travelling to 4 locations. The expectation is everyone is there on time and ready to learn.
- Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30 instead of April 23.
- TLC Update: April 3, Elementary TLC Update
New Notes:
From Kinsey:
Title IX Coordinator:
Coordination of TItle IX responsibilities are transitioning from Steve Herron to Kinsey, to align better with current practices and with other Civil Rights-related coordination duties.
As a reminder, Title IX protections cover:
- discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
- sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking;
- athletics, academics, and activities;
- admissions, hiring, access;
- pregnant and parenting students
If you have a potential incident or complaint that involves one of the above topics, please promptly:
- Report it via the bias incident reporting form, or
- Contact Kinsey 🙂
Upcoming Office of DEI district-wide events:
Mark your calendars! Please share a ‘save the date’ with your staff as applicable (flyers and details to follow):
- Queer Prom = Saturday, May 4th 7:00pm at BTA (Star Wars theme, of course)
- KínderFiesta = Saturday, May 18th 10:00am-1:00pm at the Ed Center (for newly-enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
- GSA in the Park = Thursday, June 6th 10:00am-1:00pm at Troy Field/Ed Center
- Community celebrations (BLS family advisory groups will host booths):
- Pride = June 1, Drake Park
- Juneteenth community celebration = June 15-16, Drake Park
More details to follow. If any staff wants to volunteer or participate, please reach out!
From Jackie Mueller- SUSTAINABILITY
EARTH DAY RESOURCES: Looking for something to use with students during Earth Day? Here are two great resources to explore:
FOOD WASTE REDUCTION VIDEOS: Food waste reduction week, which took place April 1-7th provided an opportunity to challenge students to make changes in their choices. This initiative not only aims to reduce waste but also plays a crucial role in our greenhouse gas reduction and climate change mitigation.
If you have not had the chance to view them yet, you can watch the food waste reduction video created for elementary schools here and for middle/high schools here. These videos will help you and staff and students learn about the meal program requirements and how to reduce waste through choices.
IDLE-FREE CAMPAIGN: School green teams are preparing for Earth Week, and many will be working on Idle-Free campaigns at schools. Here is a PDF you can share with parents and driving students about idling. Here is some information that was created by the green team at BSH. And lastly, here is newsletter and parent letter ideas.
MAY 8TH WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL: New this year, we will be distributing a google sheet to each school for each teacher to log a simple tally of who walked, biked, took the bus, or drove to school on May 8th. It will take less than 30 seconds and we really appreciate your help with this!
Please join us in celebrating the May Walk + Roll to School Day Event on May 8th! If your school is interested in participating please contact ([email protected]) She can drop off Walk + Roll swag, posters, and informational flyers for to distribute to students. In addition, feel free to use this poster and take-home flyers. The following language can be sent to students and parents:
* Please join us in celebrating May Walk + Roll to School Day on May 8th by walking or rolling to school. Log your trip for a chance to win a prize! See the following link to log your trip and for more information. Thank you!
Unirse a nosotros celebrando el día de Mayo de Walk and Roll a escuela el 8 de Mayo con caminando o rodando a escuela. ¡Registre su viaje para una oportunidad a ganar un premio! Para más información y registrar su viaje, ve este enlace. ¡Gracias!
From Tammy and Lisa:
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is announcing an opportunity for 5th grade classrooms to be invovled in designing and proposing microgravity experiments to fly on the International Space Station (ISS) in the fall of 2024. Read more here!
Important Dates
- May 7: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15