Month: January 2024

Greetings Team!
I hope you had a fantastic weekend. We have another 4 day week ahead…

A few notes to get you going:
1) Happy Bday to Lindsey this Thursday! Drinks after school, please join if you can.

2) My last plea…the Youth Truth survey has been extended until the end of this week. If you haven’t done the survey (that’s half of you!) please take a few minutes to do it this week. ytsurvey.org/acestaff24

3) SIW this week is a Teacher Work Day

4) NO School this Friday- Teacher work day for you! I am hoping we can meet at 11am for about 10-15 minutes to finalize our plan for the Variety Show launch and rehearsals.

5) DIBELS next next Wednesday, Feb 7

6) Camp Amity next Thursday, Feb 8!

7) The district is hosting a Black History Month celebration this Wednesday at Pacific Crest Middle School. I know a few of us are already planning to go, would be great if others wanted to join. Here’s the flyer:

8) Just an FYI we will run the lottery for Grades 1-5 on Tuesday. This doesn’t impact classes for next year, we will just have new waitlists for these grades if needed. New this year is that there is no longer a specific waitlist order–this may upset some families that are currently on a waitlist, but it’s the district’s new policy. Kinder lottery will be run in March, shortly after we have our Info Night (March 7 from 5-6pm).

Upcoming
January 31: Cafe Amity hosted by Grade 5
January 31: SIW-Teacher work day
February 2: No School, Teacher Work Day
February 7: New DIBELS date
February 8: Camp Amity!
February 15: NEW Student Success Meetings
February 28: Variety Show
March 7: Lottery Info Night for incoming Kindergarten families, 5-6pm

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

School-wide Theme: Integrity and Responsibility

Happy Monday Team,
Well, that was a crazy week last week! I’m hoping we can get back into our routines this week!

A few notes to get you going :
1) If you haven’t taken the Youth Truth survey yet please do so this week. The survey is open until January 26-this Friday! I would really love to have 100% staff participation! Right now it’s less than 50%. Staff link: ytsurvey.org/acestaff24. Thanks!

2) Team Collaboration Time on Tuesday starting at 2:45pm. A good opportunity to jump start things you have been working on together or planning to work on together. 2:45pm

3) SIW this week will be a make-up from our missed Educator Network Days the last 2 weeks. Brian and Sara will lead this activity. Brian’s room at 1:30pm.

4) I’ll be doing some mini-observations (most for you) as well as some formal observations (just Haley and Lauren) in the coming weeks. I’d love to get some times from each of you of when you’d like me to come in for the observation–times you are doing an activity/lesson that you’d like me to see and/or get some feedback about. Please email me in the next few days. I’d like to make these observations meaningful for you! Thanks

5) Something to add to our tightening up exercise–please be sure that the stage is getting cleaned after your Community Time (and practices). Thanks!

6) I have an admin meeting on Tuesday so I’ll be leaving campus as soon as kiddos are gone.

Upcoming
January 23: Team Collaboration Time, 2:45pm
January 24: School based SIW–Ed Network
January 26: Bread and Jam
January 31: Cafe Amity hosted by Grade 5
February 2: No School, Teacher Work Day
February 7: New DIBELS date
February 8: Camp Amity!
February 15: NEW Student Success Meetings
February 28: Variety Show

Here’s to a great, and full week ahead!
Andy

Hello All!
I hope you enjoyed the long, wintery weekend! Another 4 day week ahead…

A few notes to get you going:
1) If you haven’t taken the Youth Truth survey yet please do so soon. The survey is open until January 26 but let’s see if we can all get it done early. I’d love to have 100% participation! Staff link: ytsurvey.org/acestaff24. Thanks!

2) Please be sure you continue to share the school-wide theme with parents each week and include some of the activities you are doing or discussions you are having with your class. Ideally parents are engaging with themes with their kiddos at home and knowing what you’re doing at school is super helpful.

3) SIW this week will be a make-up from our missed Educator Network Day last week. Brian and Sara will lead this activity. Brian’s room at 1:30pm.

4) Cafe Amity on Wednesday hosted by Kindergarten.

5) DIBELS date has changed. Due to the snow day last week, some DIBELS days have been shifted. We are now February 7th. We’ll reschedule our Student Support Meetings and I’ll share the new date with you soon.

6) I sent you all an email last week regarding tightening up on some things around school. I could tell instantly that some of you took the request to heart and I am very appreciative! Please take a moment to re-read the email first thing this week to be sure you didn’t miss anything.

7) For those not using Lexia on a regular basis please remember that Lexia can be a valuable tool for helping some of our striving readers, giving them some needed extra practice.

8) Camp Amity is coming up February 8th! We’ll be sending permission slips home soon and we’ll need to get those lunch counts.

9) Amity Eats this month is Cuppa Yo this Thursday from 4pm until close. Please include in any communications you send home between now and then. Thanks!

Lastly, I saw this graphic in Brian’s room last week and wanted to share:

Upcoming
January 17: Cafe Amity hosted by Kindergarten
January 17: Ed Network make-up SIW
January 18: Amity Eats at Cuppa Yo, 4pm-close
January 23: Team Collaboration Time, 2:45pm
January 24: School based SIW
January 25: Student Success Meetings–CHANGING SOON
January 26: Bread and Jam
January 31: Cafe Amity hosted by Grade 5
February 2: No School, Teacher Work Day
February 7: New DIBELS date
February 8: Camp Amity!
February 28: Variety Show

Here’s to a great week!
Andy

January’s Theme: Responsibility and Integrity

Hello Y’all,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I got to take Kaila back to Corvallis for her second term at OSU–bittersweet for sure! And now I’m an empty nester again which is pretty amazing, too!

A few notes to get you going:
1) The YouthTruth Survey is back again this year. The district is once again reaching out to all families and staff members in the district to complete this very important survey in the new year. Survey results give us valuable feedback about our school and are very useful in helping us refine and improve how we do things. Here’s the link to do the short, but very helpful survey:YouthTruth 24. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY, it is very helpful to get the feedback! The survey is open until Friday, January 26. Thanks for participating!

2) SIW this week is Educator Network. We’ll be here at school, let’s use Ray’s room. 1:30pm

3) Math Screener Sub coverage–I tried to honor your preferences and for the most part I was able to given the scheduling constraints. If you want to change times reach out to another teacher (who may or may not be able to change). Brad will be covering.

	Tues, Jan 9	Thurs, Jan 11	Thurs, Jan 18	Fri, Jan 19
AM	Frans	Amanda	Brian	Ray
Afternoon	Lindsey	XXX	XXX	Sara

4) Here a link to the Meeting Schedule for the remainder of the year:
Meetings 23-24. Scroll down to page 2 for Jan-June.

5) Cafe and Bread and Jam Dates:

Cafe Amity 
Jan 17: Kindergarten
Jan 31: Grade 5
Feb 14: Grade 4
Mar 6: Grade 3
Mar 20: Grade 2
Apr 24: Grade 1
May 15: Kindergarten
Jun 5: Grade 5 (their final Cafe!)

Bread & Jam
Jan 12
Jan 26
Feb 9
Feb 23
Mar 15
Apr 5
Apr 19
May 10
May 31

Upcoming
January 12: Bread and Jam
January 15: No School, Martin Luther King Day
January 17: Cafe Amity hosted by Kindergarten
January 24: DIBELS
January 25: Student Success Meetings
January 26: Bread and Jam
January 31: Cafe Amity hosted by Grade 5
February 2: No School, Teacher Work Day
February 8: Camp Amity!
February 28: Variety Show

Here’s to a great week!
Andy