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Welcome- I’d like to take this time to welcome the newest member of the BLP elementary administrative team, Kevin Milner, who will be taking over as principal at Buckingham beginning July 1. Kevin is coming to us from Newberg, where … Continue reading →

I’m sending notes today because I will be out all day tomorrow. Thank you all for the time and work you put in at the job fair today. Staffing- I don’t have a deadline for you to complete your staffing … Continue reading →

Staffing- I will be giving principals and vice principals access to the staffing google docs very soon (like today). Do not access from the email. Go directly to your team drive in google docs and go to elementary and find … Continue reading →

Walkouts-Just a thank you for all you did to help Wednesday’s walkouts go smoothly. I know the participation and the amount of time you had to devote to coordinating varied from site to site, but I also know that it … Continue reading →

Mini Observations-We are coming up on spring break in two weeks (yay!), which means you should have four mini observations completed for all staff members. Please be sure that you document completed mini observations and post conferences in TalentEd. Please … Continue reading →

Outdoor School- I wanted to remind you that outdoor school is covered for this year. Please be sure your office managers know this. Some of you already collected $ for this and have it sitting in the ‘bank.’ You have … Continue reading →

Wow! What a couple of weeks. Thank you for all you are doing in your schools to create a safe, secure, welcoming environment. You are amazing and doing incredible things every day! Amity- Here’s an example of some of that … Continue reading →

Behavior Planning-I will soon send my best attempt to summarize the ideas that came out at our meeting on Thursday.  I’m hoping to have that to you on Tuesday (I don’t want you spending the whole weekend studying it). If … Continue reading →

Evaluation-Here is principal Domain 2 for Evaluations. SIW Clarification- First, my apologies for any confusion on the four SIW’s that teachers are to have for their own work. We need only provide the four (not four + conference/report card prep). … Continue reading →

Kinder Round Up-Had I done a little more research beforehand, I would have figured out that April 25 is the only Wednesday available in April. The fourth is an SIW to prepare for conferences. The 11th is conferences. The 18th … Continue reading →