Author Archives: Gary Timms

Work Calendar- Please see the updated ’20-’21 work calendar. Note that there will NOT be an all district welcome back this year. Horizontal Meeting- We will have our last horizontal meeting of the 19-20 school year next Wednesday at 1:00. … Continue reading →

Summer Learning Choice Boards- Thanks to our instructional team for creating summer learning choice boards for students and families. Feel free share with families. A translated Spanish version to you as soon as it is available. There is a lot … Continue reading →

Next week- I will not have access to my office next week (6/1 – 6/5), so please don’t call or leave a message on my office phone and then think I’m ignoring you for not calling back. Email, call, or … Continue reading →

IPAD Communication- Please include in your normal modes of communication the English and Spanish versions of the letter from Skip explaining that IPADS will not be collected at the end of the year. Please do so in your next communication. … Continue reading →

 QPR Training- Three Rivers, North Star, Miller, Pine Ridge, Amity/Highland (together), Ensworth/Juniper (together) need to sign up for QPR training if you haven’t already. Erin’s Law- Please send me your Erin’s Law/ Safe Touch documentation if you haven’t already done … Continue reading →

Leadership Meeting- Don’t forget to attend the leadership meeting on Tuesday at 9. You should have received an email invite from Andrea Wilson. Conversation Interpreters- Please have teachers work with your ELL teacher to arrange for interpreters for our June … Continue reading →

New ELL Enrollment- When you receive enrollment inquiries/paperwork (incoming K – 12th) from a multilingual family, please continue to follow our Welcome Center protocol.  During the closure, that basically means: reach out right away to the Welcome Center (x6824 or [email protected]).  … Continue reading →

Kindergarten Registration- An idea was recently presented, and I know Ensworth is already doing this, that schools have registration packets available to distribute at our lunch sites. If you are school that is hosting a lunch pick up spot, I … Continue reading →

Equity and Access- Please review information on Equity and Access from Lora. Hot Spots- We have approximately 300 hot spots arriving soon. As you read in Lora’s message, we currently have 84 requests. Please be sure to notify your FAN … Continue reading →

Dan shared this video that does a great job of illustrating how many of us feel right now. Here’s a fun way that Jen is connecting with families at Miller. Thanks, Jen! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_BwXsB-WRGengHdsK8ck5XhlPIz7sTj/view Connecting with families- Amazing work connecting with … Continue reading →