Author: Andy Slavin

Hey Fine Folks,
I hope you enjoyed the weekend. If my counting is correct (and not that I’m counting!) we have 33 days of school left…

A big congratulations to Amanda and Karima who are being honored with the Excellence in Education award this year–very well deserved!

A few notes to get you rolling:
1) Child Abuse Prevention lessons are supposed to be completed by Wednesday (end of April). Please be sure they are completed no later than Friday, and email me when you have completed the lessons. Thanks!

2) Regarding volunteers for field trips. With the ability to sometimes leave early on field trips due to the bus arriving early, let’s be REALLY clear with parents about what time you need them ready to go. You could say something to the effect of “The bus is scheduled for 9:30am, however some times it arrives early and we are able to leave earlier. So, please arrive no later than 9am in case we can leave early.”

3) When’s the last time you checked UKG? If it’s been a while please do so ASAP. There are some mini observations that have not been signed off on. Please be sure you are checking UKG regularly. Also, I’ll be finishing up mini observations in the next week or two and then moving on to Teacher Self Reflections–more info soon.

4) A few calendar dates to explain:
May 1: Summit Theater group is bringing their production of Don’t Let Pigeon Drive The Bus. We’ll start at 8:30am

May 13: Children’s Museum of Central Oregon will be here with a bevy of hands on science. Classes will rotate through, schedule coming in the near future.

May 23: Summit High Jazz Choir will drop in to share their craft. 11:45am (we’ll need to switch up Kinder Enrichment for that day).

Also, just an FYI, Ian will be doing some singing with K-2 and Grade 4 in the month of May during Enrichment. We’re hoping he’ll bring some singing to Community Time as well.

5) Just FYI-due to the upcoming auction we have moved Teacher Appreciation Week to the week of May 19 so you can be fully appreciated with no distractions!

6) On Monday I plan to join both Grade 3 and Grade 4 for a little while out at Suttle Lake. Brad will be here from 10:30-2:30pm to help out.

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

April/May
*Again, apologies for the wonky formatting! I’m working on it, but no luck so far.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
28 G4 Suttle Lake	29 G4 Suttle Lake	30 Cafe Amity, K hosts G4 Suttle Lake Ed Network follow up	May 1 Summit Theater @ Amity-8:30am (1 hr) Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus	2 Bread and Jam
5	6	7 Cafe Amity, Gr 5	8	9 10-Auction!
12 DIBELS	13 Children’s Museum @ Amity 8-11	14	15 K/3 Alice in Wonderland @Summit	16 G4 Alice in Wonderland @Summit G1 to Benham Falls Bread and Jam
19	20	21 Cafe Amity, Gr 4	22	23 Jazz Choir @Amity 11:45am
26 No School	27	28 Grade 5 Coast Trip	29 Grade 5 Coast Trip	30 Grade 5 Coast Trip

A Very Happy Monday All!
I hope Conversations went very well and that you enjoyed the very we’ll deserved long weekend. We’re headed into the last part of the year, always a busy and exciting time!

A few notes to get you rolling:
1) If you were not able to meet with a family or two (or three, four?) for a Conversation, please reach out one last time to try and set up a time to meet. Also, anything I need to know coming out of Conversations?

2) A few field trips this week:
*Tuesday-Grade 4 heads to Knott Landfill
*Friday-Grade 2 heads to Fall River

3) District ICCL on Tuesday–Brian, Sara, and I will be leaving school around 2:30pm for this.

4) SIW this week is Educator Network–we’ll do this together at Amity. This will be an introduction to our new math curriculum. The online presentation will be from 1:55-3:15pm, which will include a Q and A from 3-3:15.

5) Fire drill on Thursday at 10:35

6) Our DIBELS date has changed–it will now be on May 12

7) Just a reminder that Child Abuse Prevention lessons need to be completed by the end of the month. Please let me know once you are done as I have to report back to the district. Thanks!

8) Bread and Jam on Friday

Lastly, a few of us will be attending Stacey’s Celebration of Life on Friday at 2pm. The plan is to have an end of day recess from 1:45-2pm which will free up the group that is headed to the celebration. We can talk more about this later in the week.

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
31	1	2 SIW/Staff Mtg	3	4 Bread and Jam
7	8 Teacher Collaboration Time	9 Cafe Amity, Grade 1 SIW-TWD	10 G3 Train Your Brain	11 G5 Deschutes River 12 Wendy Bday
14	15 Conversation	16 Conversation	17 Conversation	18 No School
21	22 G4 Knott Landfill	23 SIW-Ed Network	24 Fire Drill, 10:35am	25 G2 Fall River Bread and Jam
28 G4 Suttle Lake	29 G4 Suttle Lake	30 Cafe Amity, K hosts G4 Suttle Lake Ed Network follow up

Greetings Team!
I hope you enjoyed the wonderful weather this weekend! Not a lot to share this week as it’s a short one. Highlight for the week is Conversations, it’s always good to connect with families! And Friday is all yours, enjoy the long weekend!

Notes to get you rolling:
1) Short staff meeting at 7:20am M0nday

2) If you haven’t already shared the link to your Conversations sign up with me and Patti, please do so before the end of the day Monday. Also, please take a quick look at your sign-ups and be sure to reach out to any family that has yet to sign up.

3) I will be leaving around 2:30pm on Tuesday to get to an admin meeting at Ponderosa.

4) I will be away from school Wednesday and Thursday but can be reached by phone or text.

Here’s to a great week!
Andy

April

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
31	1	2 SIW/Staff Mtg	3	4 Bread and Jam
7	8 Teacher Collaboration Time	9 Cafe Amity, Grade 1 SIW-TWD	10 G3 Train Your Brain	11 G5 Deschutes River 12 Wendy Bday
14	15 Conversation	16 Conversation	17 Conversation	18 No School
21	22 G4 Knott Landfill	23 SIW-Ed Network	24 Fire Drill, 10:35am	25 G2 Fall River Bread and Jam
28 G4 Suttle Lake	29 G4 Suttle Lake	30 Cafe Amity, K hosts G4 Suttle Lake Ed Network follow up

Hey All,
I hope the weekend was great-gotta love the Spring weather on Saturday! A very Happy Birthday to Wendy this week (Saturday, April 12)!

A few notes to get you rolling:
1) Teacher Collaboration Time on Tuesday, 2:30-3:15pm.

2) Cafe Amity on Wednesday, Grade 1 hosts.

3) SIW this week is a Teacher Work Day–enjoy the time!

4) Grade 3 will be using the gym on Thursday from 8:15-9:15 for the Train Your Brain presentation.

5) Amity Eats on Thursday at Pastini’s. Notice went out to families but a reminder in your weekly note would be appreciated.

6) Grade 5 heads to Benham Falls (east side) for some outdoor education on Friday.

7) Please send a link for your Conversations sign up to me and Patti. Thanks!

8) I will be arriving late to school twice this week as I have 2 admin meetings in the early AM–Tuesday and Friday. This is rare, and to have 2 in the same week is extremely rare! Text or call if something comes up.

Here’s to a great week!

April

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
31	1	2 SIW/Staff Mtg	3	4 Bread and Jam
7	8 Teacher Collaboration Time	9 Cafe Amity, Grade 1 SIW-TWD	10 G3 Train Your Brain	11 G5 Deschutes River 12 Wendy Bday
14	15 Conversation	16 Conversation	17 Conversation	18 No School
21	22 G4 Knott Landfill	23 SIW-Ed Network	24 Fire Drill, 10:35am	25 G2 Fall River Bread and Jam
28 G4 Suttle Lake	29 G4 Suttle Lake	30 Cafe Amity, K hosts G4 Suttle Lake Ed Network follow up

School-wide Theme: Collaboration (through April)

Welcome back!
I hope you had an amazing break and I’m excited to hear about your adventures (near and far). My dad’s memorial was earlier today and it was really amazing to connect with family and friends and celebrate my dad! Michelle and I are still in LA and driving back to Bend starting tomorrow-I won’t arrive back in town until Tuesday. So, I’ll catch up with you on Wednesday! In the meantime, Brad will be here to help out.

A few notes to kick off this last part of the year:
1) Correction to something I shared prior to the break regarding Conversations. Apparently the adjustment that was made in the Fall had something to do with Halloween being on Thursday night and the need to finish meetings before trick or treat time. We will be back to the old schedule of Conversations on Wednesday afternoon (or all day if you choose), and all day into the evening on Thursday. No school Friday. Apologies for getting out ahead of direction from the district team. Note: You are welcome to start Conversations Tuesday afternoon if you so choose.

Additionally, please be sure to share information about Conversations and your sign up link with families by the end of this week. We always have families darting out early so let’s try and catch them before they finalize their plans!

2) A little housekeeping:
*Please be sure your doors are locked when you are not in your room during break times.
*If you have kiddos in your room (any time) please remember that they should not be alone. As I have encouraged many times, touch base with a neighbor (or me!) to keep an eye on your kiddos while you are away from the classroom. Bottom line is we shouldn’t be leaving students alone in classrooms at any time.
*Let’s do a little better in terms of cleaning up the kitchen on a daily basis-lots of dishes being left in the sink.

3) SIW this week will be an SIW/Staff meeting combo. 1:00pm in Brian’s room. Add items to the agenda: SIW link

4) Same Buddies until April 11, then we start with new Buddies until the end of the school year: April 14-June 6: K/1st; 2nd/4th; 3rd/5th

5) I’ll be leaving right after school on Thursday to help out at the annual job fair in Redmond.

6) Bread and Jam on Friday

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

April
Apologies, for the life of me I can’t figure out why the numbering and formatting turn out wonky!

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
31	1	2 SIW/Staff Mtg	3	4 Bread and Jam
7	8 Teacher Collaboration Time	9 Cafe Amity, Grade 1 SIW-TWD	10 G3 Train Your Brain	11 G5 Deschutes River 12 Wendy Bday
14	15 Conversation	16 Conversation	17 Conversation	18 No School
21	22 G4 Knott Landfill	23 SIW-Ed Network	24 Fire Drill, 10:35am	25 G2 Fall River Bread and Jam
28 G4 Suttle Lake	29 G4 Suttle Lake	30 Cafe Amity, K hosts G4 Suttle Lake Ed Network follow up

School-side Theme: Collaboration

Greetings!
Happy St Patrick’s Day! I hope you all had a wonderful, wet weekend. We’re on the glorious slide into Spring Break…

A big Happy Birthday to Brian on Tuesday!

A few notes to get you going:
1) Big thanks for responding to the request to tighten up our morning attendance routine–much appreciated!

2) Fire Drill on Tuesday at 10:35am

3) Cafe Amity on Wednesday, hosted by Grade 2.

4) SIW this week is a follow up to the ED Network day last week, enjoy the time.

5) Please regularly check your UKG account and make sure you are taking care of to-do items.

6) Future item for after break–we will fold the April 1 Staff Meeting into our April 2 SIW, so no staff meeting on April 1.

Here’s to a great week ahead, and Spring Break to follow!

March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 El Sancho lunch	4 Staff Appreciation bfst, 7am Staff Meeting, 2:30	5 Cafe Amity, Gr 3 Classified lunch SIW-TWD Info Night, 5-6pm	6 Matilda, K/1/4	7 Matilda 2/3/5
10	11	12 SIW- Ed Network	13 Virtual mtg w/Dr Cook, 3:05pm	14 Bread and Jam
17	18 Fire Drill, 10:35am	19 Cafe Amity, Gr 2 G4 to Reptile Zone, 9:30am SIW-Ed Network follow up	20	21
24 SPRING BREAK!	25 SPRING BREAK!	26 SPRING BREAK!	27 SPRING BREAK!	28 SPRING BREAK!
31	Ap 1	Ap 2 SIW/Staff mtg	Ap 3

Hey all,
Just a quick note this week. I am sad to report that my dad passed away on Friday night, but happy to report that he passed peacefully. I will be in LA through Tuesday and Brad will be at school to help out. Thanks for all the love and support over the last few months, I am beyond grateful!

Welcome back Anna!

3 notes of importance:
1) We’ll be sending classified staff to lunch on Wednesday.

Cover for…	10:45-11:05 (in gym) Silent lunch	11:05-11:30
Patti	Haley	Office: Ray
Karima	Lindsey	Playground: Sara
Diane	Lauren	Playground: Frans
Tom	Amanda	Clean up gym: Haley/Andy

2) SIW this week is Educator Network–we’ll do this together at Amity

3) Virtual meeting with Dr Cook on Thursday at 3:05. Would be nice to do this together.

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 El Sancho lunch	4 Staff Appreciation bfst, 7am Staff Meeting, 2:30	5 Cafe Amity, Gr 3 Classified lunch SIW-TWD Info Night, 5-6pm	6 Matilda, K/1/4	7 Matilda 2/3/5
10	11	12 SIW- Ed Network	13 Virtual mtg w/Dr Cook, 3:05pm	14 Bread and Jam
17	18	19 Cafe Amity, Gr 2 SIW-Ed Network follow up	20	21
24 SPRING BREAK!	25 SPRING BREAK!	26 SPRING BREAK!	27 SPRING BREAK!	28 SPRING BREAK!
31

It’s March-Wowza! I hope you had a great weekend! Spring Break is just around the corner…

A few notes to get you rolling:
1) El Sancho lunch today, Monday! A big thank you from FOA for all our efforts on the Variety Show.

2) Staff appreciation breakfast on Tuesday morning hosted by district folks–7am.

3) Staff Meeting on Tuesday at 2:30. Agenda here.

3) Classified lunch on Wednesday. Sign up to help out on the Staff Meeting agenda linked above.

4) SIW this week is a Teacher work day.

5) Lottery info night on Wednesday, 5-6pm. We’ll discuss at the Staff Meeting.

Here’s to another great, busy week ahead!
Andy

March (yes, I am aware that the calendar looks wonky, I can’t figure out why!)

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 El Sancho lunch	4 Staff Appreciation bfst, 7am Staff Meeting, 2:30	5 Cafe Amity, Gr 3 Classified lunch SIW-TWD Info Night, 5-6pm	6 Matilda, K/1/4	7 Matilda 2/3/5
10	11	12 SIW- Ed Network	13 Virtual mtg w/Dr Cook, 3:05pm	14 Bread and Jam
17	18	19 Cafe Amity, Gr 2 SIW-Ed Network follow up	20	21
24 SPRING BREAK!	25 SPRING BREAK!	26 SPRING BREAK!	27 SPRING BREAK!	28 SPRING BREAK!
31

Greetings all!
I hope you enjoyed the plentiful rain this weekend, always a good time to hunker down and get stuff done around the house! It’s a big week ahead–it’s show time!

A few notes to get you going:
1) Dress rehearsal Monday starting at 8:15am, and hoping to be done by lunch time. Please have kiddos bring chairs to sit in, we’ll break for Choice Time. A few other notes related to the Variety Show:
-On Tuesday we’ll meet with any groups or individuals that may need a little extra practice
-We’ll drop off props at Caldera at 3pm on Wednesday, use the rest of Wednesday as you see fit
-Call time for us on Wednesday is 5pm, doors open at 5:30pm, show at 6pm sharp
-On Thursday AM we’ll do our annual Wheel of Talent after Community Time

2) Collaboration will be our new theme for March/April. I’ve purchased some new books that I’ll put on the tables in the staff room.

3) Save the date–March 13 at 3:05pm, virtual meeting with superintendent Steve Cook. Here are the details: Superintendent Steven Cook will address issues related to K-12 funding in Oregon and what’s going on at the federal level, and answer your questions during two back-to-back virtual meetings with District staff on Thursday, March 13. Everyone is invited to join us for one of these 30-minute virtual meetings: The first will be 3:05 to 3:35 p.m., accommodating staff in our elementary schools. The second will be 3:50 to 4:20 p.m. to align with secondary schedules. The intent is to provide you a quick update on state and federal actions pertinent to our work, and how we can remain focused on teaching students in our communities and serving their needs. The second half of each meeting will be set aside for staff to ask Dr. Cook questions. We will solicit written questions during the meeting and answer as many as time permits.

Here’s to an amazing week ahead!
Andy

February

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5 DIBELS	6 Camp Amity, Variety Show launch	7 Bread and Jam
10	11 ICCL Dist-cancelled	12 Cafe Amity, Grade 4 Student Success Mtg SIW/Staff Mtg	13 Gr4/5 to BSS	14 Kinder to BSS
17 No School	18 Gr 3 to BSS	19 SIW-Teacher Work Day	20 Gr 1/2 to BSS	21 Bread and Jam
24 Dress Rehearsal 8:15am	25	26 Variety Show! Drop props at 3pm	27 Wheel of Talent in AM	28

Upcoming
March 3-7: Classified Employee Week
March 4: Staff Appreciation Breakfast, 7am
March 5: Cafe Amity, Grade 3 hosts
March 5: Lottery Info Night
March 6: Matilda at Mountain View, Kinder and Grades 1 and 4
March 7: Matilda at Mountain View, Grdes 2, 3, and 5
March 13: Virtual meeting with Steve Cook, 3:05pm
March 19: Cafe Amity, Grade 2 hosts
March 24-28: Spring Break
May 10: Auction

School-Wide Theme: Kindness

Hello All,
I hope you enjoyed the long weekend, it seems to have arrived at just the right moment! I got out for a night ski on Friday and it was incredible–the night sky was brilliant and I could see Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. I love being out on the trails at night! After the ski I went to Winterfest to see a Tom Petty tribute band–over the top fun! I hope you did something fun over the weekend, too.

A few notes to get you rolling:
1) New Buddies start this week: K/2, 1/5, 3/4. This round of Buddies goes until Spring Break.

2) SIW this week is a Teacher Work Day-enjoy the time! I’ll leave that day at 2:30pm to get to an admin meeting.

3) Bend Science Station this week: Grade 3 on Tuesday, Grades 1 and 2 on Thursday.

4) Variety Show rehearsals this week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Let’s have rehearsal on Wednesday at 12 like we did last Wednesday–it worked very nicely.

5) Bread and Jam on Friday

6) Lastly, I’ll be doing some mini observations in the next 2 weeks and meeting up with you individually after school to do the follow up. Business as usual, I just need to document visits. If there is something in particular you’d like for me to observe, please let me know!

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy

February (see future March dates below)

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5 DIBELS	6 Camp Amity, Variety Show launch	7 Bread and Jam
10	11 ICCL Dist-cancelled	12 Cafe Amity, Grade 4 Student Success Mtg SIW/Staff Mtg	13 Gr4/5 to BSS	14 Kinder to BSS
17 No School	18 Gr 3 to BSS	19 SIW-Teacher Work Day	20 Gr 1/2 to BSS	21 Bread and Jam
24 Dress Rehearsal	25	26 Variety Show!	27	28

Upcoming
March 3-7: Classified Employee Week
March 4: Staff Appreciation Breakfast, 7am
March 5: Cafe Amity, Grade 3 hosts
March 5: Lottery Info Night
March 6: Matilda at Mountain View, Kinder and Grades 1 and 4
March 7: Matilda at Mountain View, Grdes 2, 3, and 5
March 19: Cafe Amity, Grade 2 hosts
March 24-28: Spring Break
May 10: Auction