Monday, February 18, 2013





Quote
"There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; only a child who hasn't found the right book."                                                                            - Frank Sarafini

Weekly Blast
Monday, February 18th          No School!

Tuesday, February19th
8:00-11:00                              PK12 Admin Mtg. – Jenny Brown

Wednesday, February 20th      Staff Development Topic: Assessment
7:00                                      Specials 2nd Grade Night

Thursday, February 21st
8:00-8:50                               Staff Mtg. – Technology Sessions
7:00-8:00                               Math Parent Night @ Library

Friday, February 22nd
9:00-11:30                              Jenny & Patty Visit Classrooms

Reminders:
•  Please turn in your January accommodation sheet to Libby. Please don’t forget to document accommodations for TCAP thru February.

Mark Your Calendar:
•  February 28 - We are going to have two assemblies.  
      * 9:30  Grades K-2  “The Amazing Food Detective”
      * 10:45 Grades 3-5  “Choose Your Life”
•  February 28 & March 7 – Parent teacher conferences.

Go For the GOLD!
•  Thank you Corissa, Kayla, and Ashley for helping with our math night! 
•  Thank you Corissa, Meghan S., and Lori for sharing your students’ work at       our PLC day!
•  Thank you Karen for leading “Alley Cat!”  So fun!
•  Thank you everyone for a great PLC day!
•  Thank you third grade teachers for smooth TCAP sessions.
Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets
Lounge Duty:  Martino/McMillan
Friday Treats:  SPED and SPED EAs
Morning Announcements & Recycling: Jones
Morning Supervision:  Rossi, McMillan, Hayes, Jones, Dalcerri, Conrad
Don’t forget your orange vest!

Sunday, February 10, 2013


Quote:
"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many get through to you."   -Mortimer J. Adler

Weekly Blast:

Monday, February 11th
8:00-11:00                       Read Act Mtg. – Jenny Brown
Tuesday, February12th
8:00                              PAC meeting @ Gold Mine Rm
10:15-11:35                       Third grade TCAP Reading session 1

Wednesday, February 13th
10:15-11:35                       Third grade TCAP Reading session 2
                                    Staff Development Topic: Data review

Thursday, February 14th   Happy Valentine’s Day!

Friday, February 15th   PLC day with Stephanie Harvey!
9:00-3:00                       * Remember to bring a reading assessment (formal or informal) that show students who are at grade level, above or below for certain concept.  
                                         
               
Opportunities
•  If anyone would like to join Andrea as our co-leader for the health and wellness program, please let her know.

Reminders:
•  Please remind students to…
·      Walk quietly in the hallway, especially during TCAP.
·      Follow the rules from lunch recess at all recesses (i.e. no twisting on swings, jumping off equipment or walls, climbing on top of the monkey bars etc).
• Please turn in your January accommodation sheet to Libby. Document accommodations through February.

Mark Your Calendar:
•  February 28 Assemblies:
       9:30         Grades K-2 - “Amazing Food Detective”
       10:45        Grades 3-5 - “Choose Your Life”
•  February 21st @ 9:00AM – Staff Meeting
•  February 28 & March 7 – Parent Teacher Conferences

Go For the GOLD!
•  Thank you Pam Jones for all of the copying you did last week! 
•  Thank you Margie Ellis for organizing third grade TCAP!
•  Thank you Mary Beth for coming in on your day off to participate in our collaboration 
   day? Thank you all for giving your time to collaborate with your colleagues!
•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets
Lounge Duty:  Aldridge/Billings
Friday:  No treats
Morning Announcements & Recycling: Dalcerri
Morning Supervision:  Brownley, Woolums, Martino, Hawk, Holtzer
Don’t forget your orange vest!

Sunday, February 3, 2013


Quote:

             “The process of reading is not a half sleep, but in highest sense, an exercise, a          
                 struggle: that the reader is to do something for him or herself, must be on the alert,
                 indeed the poem, argument, history, metaphysical essay-the text furnishing the
                 hints, the clue, the start, the framework."                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                          -Walt Whitman

                 Weekly Blast!
Monday, February 4th
9:30-11:30                       Change Agent - Jenny & Kristi

Tuesday, February 5th    Collaboration day with SPED @ Gold Mine Rm
6:30-7:30                       PTO meeting @ Gold Mine Rm
1:00-3:00                        Elementary Principal Meeting - Jenny

Wednesday, February 6th Staff Development Topic: Midyear reflection in Halogen
                                    * Bring your computer

Thursday, February 7th   Collaboration day with SPED@ Gold Mine Rm
8:00-4:00                       Middle School Hiring Committee - Jenny
7:00-8:00                       State of Gold Rush Parent Meeting @ Gold Mine

Friday, February 8th

Reminders:
•  February 4th – February 8th:  Please block out your schedules for conferences through the online scheduler.  The window for parents opens on February 13th.
•  February 12th and 13th from 10:15-11:35 -3rd grade Reading TCAP
·      Click here to view the 2013 TCAP schedule
·      Turn in your December accommodation sheet to Libby.
·      Don’t forget to document February TCAP accommodations
•  February 28 - We are going to have two assemblies. 
·      9:30 Grades K-2 “Amazing Food Detective”
·      10:45Grades 3-5 will see the performance “Choose Your Life”
•  February 28 and March 7 – Parent Teacher Conferences.


Go For the GOLD!
• Thank you Karen O’Day, Kerry Dazzio, and Jessica Alvey for stepping up and helping with 
   morning duties!  You Rock!
•  Thank you Lara Castro for helping with the Spelling Bee.
•  Thank you Anita for doing your new job as Registrar as well as being the health assistant 
    while we are hiring!
•  Thank you to all of our aides, Jenny, Kristi, and Libby for making vertical staff 
    development possible.
Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets
Lounge Duty:  Lacy/Marchese
Friday Treats:  Specials
Morning Announcements & Recycling: Fleet
Morning Supervision:  Steckler, Hoff, Murray-Close, Simpson, Fleet, Kramer
Don’t forget your orange vest!

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