December

This Week:

Tuesday:

* 9:30-10:30 Parent coffee around EPRs in the Gold Mine room

Wednesday:

* Staff Development: Winter Cheer in the conference room (optional)

* 5:00-6:00 SAC meeting at Legend high school

Patti at GRE

Thursday:

* Staff party - See info below

Friday:

* Teacher work day

Reminders

• EPRs need to be released by 4:00 Friday afternoon. Specials' teachers need to have their portion of the EPR completed before you release them. Libby will let you know when they are finished.

• Libby will send a step-by-step guide on how to release EPRs later this week.

• Mid- year self evaluations need to be completed before January 15^th. We will provide a rotating sub to cover your class to complete mid year conferences by January 31st. You will be able to sign up for your time after break.

• Please enter reading scores into IC AND into the document we created this fall by December 18^th.

• If you did not work the day before fall break, please plan on working on December 18^th.

• Please let the office know when your class is having their winter party. Please try to keep them to an hour and the remainder of the day as normal as possible.

Staff Party

Our annual GRE Holiday Party will be held at the home of Libby's parents in Castle Pines on Thursday, December 17, from 4:30 until we're done!!  The address is 62 Indigo Way, Castle Rock, 80108.  If you need detailed directions, let Libby know.

Your social committee dues will provide food.  Please bring your own drinks.  We hope EVERYONE will be able to attend and celebrate the holiday season.  ALL are welcome!!

Happy Birthday

Lara Castro – December 17^th

Amy Fugier – December 17^th

Patrick Rademacher – December 24^th

Go For the Gold

• Thank you Anita Rudman, Kristi Barta, and Jamie Marchese for organizing and attending Kindergarten registration!
• Thank you Karen Petty for a wonderful choir concert!

If you have anyone you would like to recognize in the Barker, please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Simpson/Braden                   Friday Treats: No treats!

Morning Announcements:  Dalcerri

Morning Supervision: M. Lewis, Meier, Castro, Evans, Poli, Lautenbach

EPR Resources:

* GRE EPR Expectations for regarding, parent information, scoring guidelines.

* Step-by-Step Quick Start Guides

Elementary Progress Report (EPR)

•   Creating the EPR - Teacher-View

•   Rostering the EPR - Teacher-View

• Sharing the EPR - Teacher-View

Barker

December 7 - 11

 

December

This Week:

Monday - Friday: Hour of Code -  Click here for the schedule

Tuesday:

* 9:30-10:30 Parent coffee around EPRs in the lower conference room

* 2:15 Fire Drill

* Patti at GRE

Wednesday:

* Staff Development: OYO or EPR support

Thursday:

* 8:00 Libby admin meeting

Friday:

* 3:15 Choir dress rehearsal for grades 3, 4, and 5 in the gym

* 7:00-8:00 Winter Choir Concert

* Patti at GRE

Reminders

• Please enter reading scores into IC AND into the document we created this fall by December 18^th.

• Grades 3, 4, and 5, you are invited to a dress rehearsal for choir on Friday, December 11^th at 3:15 in the gym.

• Teachers in grades 3, 4, and 5, please give Libby the names of your students who need accommodations if you have not done so already. Please document these accommodations on the spreadsheet. 

• If you did not work the day before fall break, please plan on working on December 18^th.

• Staff development will be on your own this week to work on EPRs. However, if you have students who need differentiated outcomes/content we have created a schedule for you to collaborate with SPED/SSN. Click here for the schedule.

• Please let the office know when your class is having their winter party. Please try to keep them to an hour and the remainder of the day as normal as possible.

• Mark your calendars! Our staff holiday party will be on Thursday, December 17 at Libby's parents' house. More information to come!

Opportunity for students

* Challenger Learning Center of Colorado is sponsoring a contest around Inspiring the next generation. Please click here for more details.

* Defined STEM is a K-12 online resource with performance tasks, literacy tasks, constructed responses and real world videos. Performance Tasks follow the GRASP model and contain a Big Idea, Essential Questions and Learning Outcomes.

Kevin Clancy, a Defined STEM representative, is visiting to support and answer any questions. Access to Defined STEM is available for free to anyone interested. If you are interested in learning more we will be hosting an event on Dec. 15 from 4:30 - 5:30 at the West support Center in the Mt. Evans room.  Libby will be attending this support session. If you are interested in attending, please let her know.

If you would like to review Defined Stem and it's components go to www.definedstem.com

Happy Birthday

Allison Hawk – December 12^th

Go For the Gold

• Thank you Megan Fleet for providing extra planning time for teachers!!

If you have anyone you would like to recognize in the Barker, please let Libby know.

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Petty/Golish               Friday Treats: Specials

Morning Announcements:  Hawk

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

EPR Resources:

* GRE EPR Expectations for regarding, parent information, scoring guidelines.

* Step-by-Step Quick Start Guides

Elementary Progress Report (EPR)

•   Creating the EPR - Teacher-View

•   Rostering the EPR - Teacher-View

• Sharing the EPR - Teacher-View