Our Mission: Elk Meadow nurtures the whole child and strives for academic excellence.
This and That: Conferences: Meals: For you planning, dinner will be provided on Wednesday and Thursday evenings by our generous PTO. I believe that Wednesday will be Longboards and Thursday will be make your own sandwiches (gluten free options both days). Continue reading 10.20.2019
This and That: 10/9 SIW: SIW this week will be for individual time in order to support conference preparation. We will NOT pull together first. More Conference Information: Please provide the office a copy of your conference schedule ASAP so that Continue reading 10.13.2019
This and That: 10/9 SIW: Our SIW this week will be to use “thin slicing” on our students’ writing to learn more about them as writers and to adjust instruction as a result. Sibling Conference Scheduling: We will schedule sibling conferences Continue reading 10.6.2019
This and That: 10/2 SIW: Our SIW this week will be to dig into the DIBELS booklets and see how we can best support our students during core time based on an error analysis. Dreambox Math K-2: Debbie Garrett worked with Scott Continue reading 9.29.2019
This and That: No Meeting September: I heard about some grade level teams that were thinking they couldn’t meet due to No Meeting September… yikes! Sorry for the confusion! Of course grade level teams can/ probably NEED to meet. This is Continue reading 9.22.2019
This and That: No Meeting September: In an effort to support staff with time to get into routines, we will be instituting “No Meeting September.” This means that we will not call any leadership team meetings, staff meetings, or grade Continue reading 9.15.2019
This and That: Meeting Schedule: With the change of start time, we needed to rethink out meeting schedule as well. Below is a draft of the plan for the year. Please let me know ASAP if you have any questions Continue reading 9.8.2019
This and That: Wednesday Specialist/ Duty Schedule: Because Wednesday, September 4th, is a full day and not an early release schedule, we will be treating Wednesday like a Tuesday. Please follow the specialist and duty schedules that correspond with Tuesdays (NOT Continue reading 9.2.2019 Eagle Essentials
Greetings Team Elk Meadow! It’s almost time for us to welcome our students back to school. I hope this letter finds you in a relaxed and recharged state of mind and excited to greet a new classroom of students. Below Continue reading 8.8.2019 Welcome Back!
This and That: Staffing Updates: I was introduced to our new head custodian, Walt Angle, this week. Walt has been at Pacific Crest Middle School for the past couple of years. Please give Walt a warm welcome when you meet Continue reading 6.9.2019