Last Barker of the Year!

June 2015

Calendar

Monday – Progress report due by 4 PM

                  First grade field trip

Tuesday – Training in lab to reimage computers @ 8:15

                   Kindie Field Day @ 9:30-11:15

Wednesday – Training in lab to reimage computers @ 8:15

             Please hand out yearbooks today!

Thursday – Kindie graduation @ 9:15

                     5^th grade picnic

                     5^th grade clap out @ 3:40 (more info will be in your box this week)

         End of the year party at Brewery Bar III @ 4:30

Friday – Teacher work day

              

Reminders

• Please see instructions for distributing yearbooks below.  They must go home on Wednesday (not before) so parents know if they still want to get one on the last day of school.

• Contracts for teachers and other licensed staff will go out between 5/18/15 and 5/20/15.  Teachers, you will have 30 calendars days from the date of receipt to electronically sign your contract or the district may post your position.

• Good news! The reimage process was made much easier.  Classroom teachers - must attend one session on either June 2 or June 3 @ 8:15 in the technology lab, but you will have your computer ready for next year after 30 minutes.  Please bring your charged teacher computer to complete this process.  Megan will reimage student computers in your classroom so you no longer have to drop class computers off on the teacher work day.

• Our end of the year party will be June 4^th at the Brewery Bar III by Park Meadows. We have the patio reserved starting at 4:30. You won’t want to miss it!!!

• Please have your students wipe down their Thursday folders and return all of them to the boxes in the production room. Please leave the name tags and put them in their current grade level.

• Please remember to turn in your DRA scores to Kristi.

Yearbook Distribution

* All yearbooks must be distributed on Wednesday, June 3, 2015

* There is a sticker inside of each book that was generated from the spreadsheet of yearbook purchases. It has the student’s name, teacher and grade. If there isn’t a yearbook with a sticker for a student, the student did not order one.

* If there is more than one sticker for an individual student, they ordered more than one so give the yearbooks to them. Don’t send it back to the office.

* If the sticker does not have a teacher’s name on it, they are either preschool or they no longer attend Gold Rush. You can bring those to the office.

* A limited number of extra yearbooks will be sold Thursday morning, June 4, in the office on a first come, first serve basis beginning at 8:00AM. Checks only ($20). Parents must be present to purchase.

Go For the Gold

• Thank you Karen Warner for another great field day!

• Thank you Jeannette Shepperd for the awesome garden. It looks amazing!

• Thank you all teachers for completing end of year progress reports! We know this is a lot of work!

Happy Birthday

Julie Buckley – June 7^th

Megan Isberg – June 12^th

Karen Warner – June 17^th

Deborah Murray-Close – June 22^nd

Victoria Bartony – June 24^th

Kerry Dazzio – June 25^th

Meghan Steckler – June 29^th

Kathryn Kramer – July 1^st

Elizabeth Farrar – July 8^th

Abbey Lewis – July 19^th

Libby Bergner – July 24^th

Bev Holtzer – July 26^th

Jenn Poli – July 27^th

MaryBeth Wilson – July 27^th

Diane Brown - July 30^th

Annelise Lawrence – August 4^th

Sherry Dowling – August 5^th

Corissa Nelson – August 7^th

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty: Simpson/Braden       Friday Treats:  No treats

Morning Announcements: Rayens

Morning Supervision: M. Lewis, Pearne, Castro, Evans, Gray, Lautenbach

May / June 2015

Calendar

Monday – No school!

Tuesday – 5^th grade: Outdoor Ed 

Wednesday – Staff meeting: 8:20 @ Gold Mine room

Thursday – Field Day - Grades 1-5 (See Schedule Below)

Friday –Legend Graduation 

              

Reminders

• If your CITE 6 data is not entered into InspirED by Wednesday, please plan on attending staff development for a work session.

• Certified Staff: Contracts will be sent out this week.  You will have 30 calendars days from the date of receipt to electronically sign your contract or the district will post your position.  If you need help determining your raise for next year based on the matrix please see Jenny or Libby.

• Good news! The reimage process was made much easier.  All you need to do is attend one session on either June 2 or June 3 @ 8:15 in the technology lab and you will have your computer ready to go for next year after 30 minutes.  Please bring your charged teacher computer to complete this process.  Megan will reimage student computers in your classroom so you no longer have to drop class computers off on the teacher work day.

• Our end of the year party will be June 4^th at the Brewery Bar III by Park Meadows. We have the patio reserved starting at 4:30. You won’t want to miss it!!!

• Field Day Schedule - Rain or Shine (Hopefully Shine!)

Grades 4, 5, Cieply & Meredith @ 9:15 to 12:15.   

Grades 1, 2 Sheppard, Castro & Nolan @1:00 to 3:45 

June 2nd All Kindie @ 9:30 to 11:15  

• Click here for end of the year tips from IT.

• If you are scheduling a recess outside of your normal time, please let Jenny or Libby know.

• Please have your students wipe down their Thursday folders and return all of them to the boxes in the production room. Please leave the name tags and put them in their current grade level.

• Please remember to turn in your DRA scores to Kristi.

• The window for Progress Reports is open now through June 1^st.

Go For the Gold

• Thank you Leadership team for your time and thoughtful insight! See notes below.

• Thank you Misti Wilson, Kathryn Kramer, and Abbey Lewis, Lara Castro, and Naomi Meredith for interviewing candidates!

• Welcome back Meghan Steckler!

Happy Birthday

Shelly Williams – June 1^st

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty: Warner/Petty                        Friday Treats:  Specials

Morning Announcements: Dalcerri

Morning Supervision: Shepperd, Marchese, Meredith, Braden, Kramer, Dalcerri

 Leadership Team Notes

Staff Development Meetings - Change for 2015- 2016
* The leadership team decided we would meet as vertical learning teams the first and third Wednesday of every month.  These meetings will be held at 8:00-8:55.  Grade level teams will not meet during the day when vertical team meetings are scheduled. The second and fourth Wednesday of every month will continue to be job embedded staff development.  Grade level teams will continue to meet during the day on these days.

* The purpose of vertical teams is for teachers to connect personally and professionally with teachers across grade levels and departments.  There will be a clear purpose for each meeting (i.e. sharing ideas for performance based assessments, sharing student artifacts such as summative writing samples and electronic responses to reading, defining WCOs across grades, sharing how 21st century skills and 4c assessments are being implemented etc.).

Assessment Days
* All students K-5 will complete Istation reading and the DRA in their classroom during their one hour session with the teacher.
* Students in grades 2-5 will complete Istation math in the computer lab prior to the assessment day.
* Parents will still drop students students at the front lobby at the start of their testing hour.
* Teachers will receive initial training on how to administer Istation reading during our first week back.


Change in Leadership / L & L Teams
* In lieu of L & L teams, the District will fund teachers to serve on the school leadership team.  The role of the teacher representative is to support the implementation of school and district goals.  Teachers will be asked to meet twice a month to help plan professional development that aligns to school and district goals.  Teacher reps will also need to attend the summer leadership academy, which will be held on July 27 & 28 from 8-4 at Castle View HS.  
  
* Jenny is able to fund one teacher representative per grade level / department.  Please let her know if you are interested by June 1st.  If more than one teacher is interested per grade level/department, preference will be given to teachers who demonstrate enthusiasm for school and district goals and the ability to lead professional development.

First Week Back - Tentative PD Schedule

Tuesday August 4 Welcome Back All Staff	Wednesday August 5	Thursday August 6	Friday August 7
9:00-10:00 Welcome Back Activities Theme: Connections	9:00-9:30 Connect with Vertical Learning Team Personal Connections	9:00-9:30 Connect with Vertical Learning Team Personal Connections & Professional: Share your idea for Stage 1	9:00-10:00 Time in Your Classrooms
Time in Classrooms	9:30-10:30 Purpose of WCO Vertical Discussion of what WCOs look like	9:30-10:30 Why? What is a performance Based Assessment (different model - GRASP)? Examples What can we learn from others	10:00-10:25 10:30-10:55 11:00-11:25 11:30-11:55 12:00-12:25 Meet Your Teacher
Time in Classrooms	10:30-10:45 Break	10:30-10:45 Break	12:30 Staff Lunch @ Hacienda
Time in Classrooms	10:45-11:30 Grade Level Teams Revise Year Long Planning Document	10:45-12:00 Create a Performance Based Assessment and Complete Stage 2 for your new Unit
Lunch	11:30-1:00 Lunch	12:00-1:15 Lunch
Time in Classrooms	1:00-1:45 Work Through A Performance Based Assessment How does this link to WCO? What skills do students need to complete the task?	1:15-2:00 Assessment Schedule, Istation What’s needed for DRA	1:30-4:00 Time in Your Classroom
	1:45-2:00 Break	2:00-4:00 Time in Classrooms
	2:00-3:30 Time to Plan Complete Stage 1 for new  Trimester 1 content based unit

May / June 2015

Calendar

Monday –  Kindie Egg Drop - 9:30 and 1:30

Tuesday – Kindergarten Collaborative scoring

Wednesday – No staff development: Time to work on progress reports

Thursday – Leadership meeting: 8:00 Gold Mine room

Friday – First grade field trip: Denver Botanic Gardens

              

Reminders

• Please remember to turn in your DRA scores to Kristi.

• Please set a grade level time with Kristi to enter your CITE 6 data into InspirED if you haven't 

  already.

• The book collection deadline has been extended to May 22^nd.

• The window for Progress Reports is open now through June 1^st.

• Please give Christy Schwalick enough notice to complete all end of the year projects.

Library

• Last week of Library is May 18^th – 22^nd (no checking out)

• Library closed for inventory May 25^th – May 29^th.

Go For the Gold

• Thank you Lara Castro, Naomi Meredith, Jamie Marchese, Stephanie Brown, and Becky Woolums for being on the interview committee. Thank you to Amanda Emmons, Cindy Bell, Carolyn Alvey, and Christy Schwalick for covering classes!

• Thank you everyone for your time and effort putting together class lists!

Happy Birthday

Ashley Dalcerri – May 22^nd

Elizabeth Meuli – May 22^nd

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty: Fleet/Dazzio               Friday Treats:  Fifth/Childcare

Morning Announcements: Dalcerri

Morning Supervision: Rossi, McMillan, Nolan, Isberg/Nelson, A. Lewis, Rayens