This and That:

Staffing: Please join me in congratulating Amy Michalski on her new role in the business office. Amy has been ready for a new challenge and this will be a great match for her! I will be posting our media manager position early this week.

Report Card Comments: I apologize for the last-minute report card comments frustrations that some of you experienced. Thank you for rolling with this unexpected hurdle; hopefully, it will be fixed for the spring.

Foundational Skills Adoption: As most of you know, BLS is currently working on a two-year language arts adoption process. Olivia, Shannon, and Kelle are all serving on this committee. By the end of this school year, we will have a K-5 foundational skills adoption. Thank you to Olivia and Shannon for creating this poster with links to keep you all informed of the work of this committee. I think several of you will find the listening sessions interesting.

C19 Retroactive Leave (From HR): For staff submitting for retroactive COVID-19 credit, please do not send your school nurse the form for signature. The forms should be sent via district mail (not via email) to Tami Pike. Please include a copy of your submitted leave sheet. For more information, see the email from Paul Dean sent on January 28th.

C19 Vaccination & Quarantine (From Tami Pike): A friendly reminder that if you are not “up-to-date” with your COVID-19 vaccinations (for most, that means being boosted if your initial vaccines were not in the last 5 months), you will be required to follow the quarantine protocol if you are identified as a close contact to a positive case. You do not need to quarantine if you have had a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis from a lab, health care provider, or health department in the last 19 days. Here is the most current vaccine information.

SIW Agenda: SIW this week is “Teacher Prep/ Optional Educator Network”

Focus on Excellence and Equity:

TLC Update: Here is a link to this week’s TLC Update. Some topics of note: Virtual Dreambox PD opportunities and optional educator network day trainings for 2/9.

Reading Article- “Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science“: 2020 version: The appendix of page 28 has a BUNCH of useful resources! Take a look!

COVID/ Safety Related Information:

EME COVID Anonymous Safety Concern Form: Link here.

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