Author Archives: Ryan Kelling

6th Graders at Miller Elementary I am so incredibly delighted to be sharing news about our first field trip of the year, as our 6th graders went across the street to visit the first graders at Miller Elementary on Thursday, … Continue reading →

Taking Attendance  Attendance must be taken each period in a prompt fashion. That is a stand-alone sentence, but I’m going to expand on it anyway. Taking attendance is not only legally required, but it also is a HUGE help to … Continue reading →

More Vandalism Anne-Marie shared an email this week detailing the latest TikTok destructive trend, wherein students use the elastic band of disposable masks to saw through our vinyl chairs. Please, be aware that this trend is happening here at school … Continue reading →

Share Your Shout-Outs The best part of conferences for me was hearing how happy our students are with their teachers. Every conference I participated in included a student of a parent sharing how much they liked the teacher with whom … Continue reading →

After-Hours Paid PD A reminder that we are offering up to four hours of paid (curriculum rate) time for those teams who want to plan together outside of school hours. In order to help ensure that not only is this … Continue reading →

Paid PD Opportunity After hearing from many of you that time to plan with your team is in shorter supply than substitutes who would be needed to allow such time within the school day, our ICCL team asked if we … Continue reading →

Thursday’s Secure Event I again want to say thank you for the way you molded exterior calm and adherence to guidelines during Thursday’s Secure event. I’ve received a lot of parent emails about the incident and some of them were … Continue reading →

Thank You I want to start by thanking all of you for the amazing work you do each day. I hear time and time again from our students how much they are enjoying their days at Pacific Crest and that … Continue reading →

Upcoming Curriculum Night In lieu of our typical in-person Curriculum Night, we will be hosting a WebEx Curriculum Night event on Wednesday the 22nd from 6:30 – 7:30. We will review some basic Pacific Crest information, go through the class … Continue reading →

Week 1 is in the Books! What an amazing first week! It felt so good to be in classrooms hearing student voices and seeing the amazing ways you all worked to engage with our students as they kicked off their … Continue reading →