On Friday, November 1st we are participating in the Education Foundation Principal for the Day event. In the morning we will have a guest community member on site learning about Lava Ridge and the magic that you make happen every day for our students. I haven’t heard who this person is yet and will let you know once I do. We are developing a list of activities for our guest to experience and at this point are planning for:
- Announcements
- Fire Drill
- Recess Duty
- School Tour
Please let me know if you have an activity in your classroom our guest could be part of and we will add it to the agenda. Thank you!
I came across this short read on PLCs. The article contains five questions to help teams to focus on improving teaching and learning and achieving equitable outcomes. It can be located here.
Accelerated Reader update- We recently had a conference call with Renaissance Learning (owner of AR) and discussed how we have been using AR and the Star Assessment and our school needs. Below is a recap of the big ideas from the meeting:
- Renaissance would encourage us to rethink the use of points for students to earn reading medals. In the research they have conducted, what they see is that having each child set individual goals with their teacher is the best way to encourage all students to use the program (versus benchmark and above students who are more drawn to the point system)
- After hearing more about our point system for students earning medals they encouraged us to take a look at myOn Reading What was described to us was that this program tracks the number of minutes read and also involves students taking comprehension tests.
- They said they would send us quotes for the products we have an interest in (we are waiting for these)
Next steps: Miriam has been working to set up another conference call with the company so those who are interested (this means you!) can listen, ask questions and then decide what is best for Lava Ridge. We will send an email letting you know the day/time for this conference call and meeting.
Week at a Glance for October 28th – November 1st
Monday:
- 2:45 PBIS Team Assembly Planning Meeting
Tuesday:
- PLC Meeting with Reading Focus
- Yummraiser at Laughing Planet (15% to PTO all day!)
Wednesday:
- Lion Pride Monthly Drawing at Lunches
- School Improvement Wednesday: Collective Genius Sessions (More details on the way)
Thursday:
- Harvest Parties (Thank you you for letting Amber know in advance of your volunteer and visitors) 🙂
- Potato Bar Lunch Provided by Office Staff
- Fire Buster’s Bike Drawing during announcements
Friday:
- Ed Foundation, Principal for the Day guest principal
- November Fire Drill (depending on the weather)
- Newsletter
Bonus Heads Up: October PAW Celebration likely the week of 11/4 (weather dependent)
