{"id":687,"date":"2020-10-18T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/monday-am-teacher-notes\/?p=687"},"modified":"2020-10-18T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:50:33","slug":"amity-news-october-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/monday-am-teacher-notes\/2020\/10\/18\/amity-news-october-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Notes, October 19 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good Morning Team!
Wow, what a beautiful weekend we had–I hope you got out and enjoyed it! I absolutely love this time of year, such a beautiful transition time between the warm summer days and the magical snowy winter. I embrace the change!

A huge, heartfelt thank you for the gifts and very kind words on Friday in honor of Boss’s Day. It feels great to be appreciated, and I sincerely hope that you know I am always here to support you, collaborate with you, and work to make our work as rewarding as possible. I hold you all near and dear and want only the best for us as a community of educators!

A few notes to get you going:<\/strong>
1) The on-line Amity Clothing Store<\/strong> is open for business! This is a limited time event, so act quickly–the store is open from now until Nov 1. Here is the link: https:\/\/amity2020.itemorder.com\/sale<\/a>. The turnaround\/distribution time is a week or two after November 1. Get your gear on!

2) If you haven’t already, please share your current schedule with me, as well as invite me as a co-teacher on your Seesaw and Google Classroom.<\/strong> Please do this no later than Wednesday of this week. Thank you!

3) From an email I sent you last week: Sometime in the next week please take a\u00a0 few minutes to record a short\u00a0 (1 minute-ish)\u00a0video\u00a0of yourself and upload it into this folder:\u00a0Staff Intro\u00a0Videos<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ll compile the\u00a0videos with an intro and get it ready to send out.<\/em> Please get this done this week–should include who you are and one thing you do to take care of yourself.

4) Tentative material pick-up dates<\/strong>: October 30 (come in costume), November 13, and December 4. We’ll confirm each of these pick-ups on the Monday of those weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) I’m working on a virtual Scholastic Book Fair<\/strong>. These book fairs help us buy lots of books each year and puts books in the hands of our kiddos. I’ll get back to you soon with details–hoping to launch it next week, just in time for the holidays.

6) Based on my calculations we missed the metrics again last week. It looks like our first possible return date is now November 16. I’ll confirm this and let you know.

7) Please remember to take attendance by 10am each day (for previous 24 hour period). Still have questions? Check in with Patti.

8) The district is pushing out a new on-line library called myON. Have a quick look to see what it’s about and consider attending one of the informational Webex meetings:
https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2020\/10\/16\/myon-digital-library-for-k-5-students\/<\/a>

I shared this on Facebook last week and wanted to share it with you:
Though we are living through some difficult and challenging times, it doesn’t mean we have to lose our sense of humanity and the love we hold for each other. As I was looking through photos last week I found this gem of a photo (below) from last Spring when some families shared their love and appreciation for their teachers drive-by style. This is a great time to remember the mantra shared by Ms. Amanda: May I Be Peaceful, May I Be Kind, May I Show My Love Well. Peaceful, Kind, Love. These things can get us through difficult times if we stay true to them, and now more than ever we need to stay true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcoming:<\/strong>
October 28-30<\/strong>: These are school days, NO Conferences<\/strong>
October 30<\/strong>: Packet Pick-up, 1-3pm (tentative, to be confirmed next week). Come in costume!
November 1<\/strong>: Deadline to order from Amity Store
November 3:<\/strong> Election Day, don’t forget to get your ballots in on time!
November 11<\/strong>: Veteran’s Day, NO SCHOOL<\/strong>
November 13<\/strong>: Packet Pick-up, 1-3pm (tentative, to be confirmed closer to the date)
November 23-27:<\/strong> Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL<\/strong>

Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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