Quote:

              “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

                                                                                           - Winston Churchill                                                                                 

          

            Weekly Blast!

Monday, March 18^th

11:00                              1st grade Author’s Fair @library

1:30                               Imagination Makers Assembly K-2

2:45                              Imagination Makers Assembly–3-5

Tuesday, March 19^th

8:00                              Staff Meeting Gold Mine Rm.

Wednesday, March 20^th

                                    Staff Development topic:  CITE Rubric

Thursday, March 21^st

Friday, March 22^nd         Teacher Work Dayl!  Happy Spring Break!

March 29^th                 Happy Birthday Gail Golish!

Reminders:

•  Teachers, please complete your self-evaluation in Halogen by April 5^th.

•  Refrain from sending students to the health room unless they are truly ill.

•  Complete a work order if you want Toby to complete a certain task.

•  In order to receive the most money possible for our Energy Incentive Program, please 

   remember to take these steps over spring break to reduce our energy:

       * Make sure all lights are off.

       * Unplug or turn off all power strips for computers.

       * Turn off power strips and/or unplug tech carts, projectors, doc cams.

       * Unplug any unnecessary equipment

       * Empty and unplug all refrigerators that can be unplugged.

       * Leave blinds open.

•  Teachers, please let the office know when your class is in a different location.  You can 

   send a student to the office with a red note.

Go For the GOLD!

•  Thank you Jennifer Billings, Deborah Murray-Close, Corissa Nelson, and Megan Fleet for 

   already completing your ILPs. You Rock!

•  Thank you Karen for being flexible with the gym this week and last!

•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Hayes/Brownley

Friday Treats:  None

Morning Announcements & Recycling: Jones

Morning Supervision: Brownley, Woolums, Martino, Hawk, Holtzer

Don’t forget your orange vest!

Quote:

            “The goal in fluency instruction is not fast reading, although that happens to be a 
                by-product of the instruction, but fluent meaning-filled reading.”

                                                                                     -International Reading Association

                Weekly Blast!

Monday, March 11^th

Tuesday, March 12^th       TCAP testing

8:00-4:00                      Elementary Admin Mtg - Jenny Brown

Wednesday, March 13^th   TCAP testing

                                   Staff Development Topic:  

                                   Assessment Inventory - What matches our reading outcomes? 

Thursday, March 14^th      TCAP testing

8:00                              PAC meeting Gold Mine Rm

5:30-6:30                       SAC meeting Gold Mine Rm

Friday, March 15^th

9:15-3:15                        5^th grade to Young AmeriTowne

4:00-6:00                       Staff Outing to Vines! 

Reminders:

•  If you have not done so already, please sign up for an observation time with either Libby 

   or Janis, depending on your evaluator by Wednesday of this weel

•  We will have a staff meeting on Tuesday, March 19 at 8:00 in the Gold Mine room.

•  Please remember to complete the TELL survey.  If you have lost your code, visit 

   www.tellcolorado.org and click on the “help” button on the green banner and you will be 

   issued a new one. You have until Monday to complete it.

•  TCAP continues this week.  Please remind your students to walk quietly in the halls.  

   Please do not print to the book room as students are testing there.

Go For the GOLD!

•  Thank you teachers for a wonderful second night at conferences!

•  Thank you to our wonderful aides for helping organize and proctor TCAP!

•  Thank you to everyone for being so flexible with schedules during TCAP!

•  Have anyone you want to recognize?  Please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:  Schulte/Woolums

Friday Treats:  First and Second

Morning Announcements & Recycling: Dalcerri

Morning Supervision: Steckler, Hoff, Murray-Close, Simpson, Fleet, Kramer

Don’t forget your orange vest!

Quote: “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” -Elizabeth Edwards Weekly Blast! Monday, March 4th Happy Birthday Lynnette Santistevan! Tuesday, March 5th Happy Birthday Janet Hurley! Wednesday, March 6th No Staff Development - Conferences Thursday, March 7th 4:00-8:00 Parent/Teacher conferences Friday, March 8th Reminders: • Please remember to complete the TELL survey. If you have lost your code, visit www.tellcolorado.org and click on the “help” button on the green banner and you will be issued a new one. • TCAP begins this week. Please remind your students to walk quietly in the halls. TCAP schedules will be in everyone’s box on Monday with times and locations. Please do not print to the book room when students are testing there. • If you have not done so, please fill out your assignment preference survey for next year. Go For the GOLD! • Thank you to everyone for being so flexible with schedules during TCAP! • Thank you Gail and Carolyn for a great book fair! • Thank you Karen for letting us use the gym during the assembly. • Thank you Margie Ellis for all you have done getting ready for TCAP! • Thank you teachers for all of your time and effort preparing for parent/teacher conferences. One more night! • Have anyone you want to recognize? Please let Libby know. Golden Nuggets Lounge Duty: Hoff/Murray-Close Friday Treats: Kindie and Preschool Morning Announcements & Recycling: Fleet Morning Supervision: Aldridge, Billings, Schulte, Evans, Menk, Willis Don’t forget your orange vest!