Good Morning All!
Well, we made it to Winter Break–congrats! This is always such a milestone during the school year, an opportunity to reflect on all the great things that have happened so far this year, acknowledge the challenges faced and overcome, and the growth that has occurred. Make sure to enjoy some good connection time with your classes this week–so much for which to be grateful!
A few notes to get you going…
1) We have a Staff Meeting scheduled for Tuesday–this meeting will only be about 15-20 minutes as I have to get to another meeting by 3pm.
2) SIW this week is a Teacher Work Day-enjoy the time!
3) On Thursday at Community Time we have invited representatives from the 3 non-profits that we raised money for to join us for a presentation of the checks. Jammie Jam raised over $9000, so each organization will receive just over $3000! Our little school…AMAZING!!!
4) Bread and Jam on Friday
5) A few notes for when we return in the new year:
*Bree Beal will be working with Kinder, Grade 1, and Grade 2 during Enrichment for 3 Tuesdays in January
*Matthew Gwinnup will be working with Grades 3-5 during Enrichment during January and February with an eye towards performances at the Variety Show. Grades 3-5 will get to work with Bree later in the year.
*We’ll talk about the lead up to the Variety Show at our January 7 SIW.
SIWs for January:
7th-Amy Yillik returns to continue our work focussing on neurodiversity, and we’ll have time to chat about the Variety Show
14th-Teacher Work Day
21st-Educator Network
28th-Teacher Work Day
Coming up in the new year:
*New Buddies-K/3, 1/2, 4/5
*New school wide theme: Integrity and Responsibility
*Hallway bulletin board-Frans
Save the dates:
*January 8-Amity Eats at Pastini
*February 25-Variety Show
*May 2-Auction
Upcoming
December 19: Bread and Jam
January 8: Amity Eats at Pastini
January 19: No School
January 20: DIBELS
January 27: Teacher Collaboration Time
January 30: No students, work day