August 2017

Click here for the staff / professional development the calendar for the year. 
We have several morning meetings this year due to our book study and these days are listed through December.

THIS WEEK:

Monday

Tuesday

* 7:45 Tech office hours

* 9:00 Fire Drill

Wednesday

Back to School Night
5:45-6:00 Parent informational in gym
6:05-6:35 First session
6:40-7:10 Second session

Thursday

* Assessment Day
* Cross Grade Level Articulation (See Schedule Below)

Friday

* Assessment Day

REMINDERS:

* Mandatory Trainings 

Click here for information regarding mandatory trainings that are required for all staff members.  The following trainings are due by September 8th:

• Respect at Work
• Standard Response Protocol
• Run, Hide, Fight
• Child Abuse and Neglect Mandatory Training
• Privacy Act Compliance

* Assessment Day Info

Click here for the assessment day schedule.  Please review your assignment and the getting ready and day of logistics shown below.  See Libby, Jenny, Kristi or your team leader if you have questions.

Get Ready

·   Get enough DRA/F&P student response sheets for the entire day.

·  See Kristi if you need additional copies of F & P books.

·   Read with your kids and look at articulation data to determine an approximate starting level.

·   Plan to read with your kid for the full 20 minutes. Complete a reading interest inventory if you finish early.

·  Plan to have students with you the full assessment hour.

·  Be ready to start right at 9:00 AM.

·   RELAX! Enjoy the time with your kids! Remember no lesson plans!

Day Of Logistics

·   Assessments will be administered in individual classrooms.

·   Greeters will deliver 3 students to your classroom every hour and help them log onto I Station.

·   Highlight on your class list students that did not finish any of the assessments so you can complete them at a later date.

·   Pause I Station when you are ready for them to start their DRA/F&P assessment

·   Students will be escorted back to the gym by one of the greeters where they will meet their parents and take the picture.

·   Take your picture (7:30-8:15 or at lunch)

* Articulation Meetings on August 17

Please come prepared to share information regarding students that you had the previous year.  Please also bring your questions for your incoming students.

Times	Meeting Level Meetings & Locations
2:30-3:00	K - 1 @ Library 2 - 3 @ Library 4 - 5 @ Gold Mine Room Sped, RtI, ESL, ALP @ Gold Mine Room
3:00-3:30	1 - 2 @ Library 3 - 4 @ Gold Mine Room Sped, RtI, ESL, ALP @ Gold Mine Room

* Back to School Night

Jenny will kick off Back to School night from 5:45-6:00 in the gym.  She will share school celebrations, upcoming goals and tips for helping at home. The first teacher session will be from 6:05-6:35 PM & the second session from 6:40-7:10. Please plan on sharing the following with parents during your sessions:  

* Talk about what our school values, what they mean to you and how they will be seen in your   classroom.

 “Foster Growth by Challenging Critical Thinkers to Take Risks, Honor Differences & Care for Others”

* Changes in location for Instructional Materials

The following materials were moved this summer:

• Construction paper is now located in the downstairs paper room right at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second grade hallway
• Extra math manipulatives are housed in the book room on the shelves
• Random science materials (balances, safety goggles, microscopes, etc) are now upstairs in the store room between Jenn Poli's class and Justin Brakefield's room
• The old science closet (in first grade hallway) was cleaned out over the summer and you can now walk in!  Science kits are housed in that room.

Please ensure that you are doing your part to keep these materials organized.  If you use something, follow our norms of putting it back in the correct place.

* Solar Eclipse
There is a solar eclipse on Monday, August 21st. We are working on getting protective glasses so students are able to observe the eclipse safely. Viewing the eclipse without proper safety glasses can cause significant eye damage. Please know that we will have indoor recess on the 21st as a safety precaution, but Jenny, Libby and Kristi hope to take out grade levels with the protective eye glasses between 10:30-1:15. We will send you an email with more information on Monday. Click here for instructional materials/activities from NASA.

Digital Citizenship Week Schedule: All copies have been delivered by Christy S. Please email Megan Fleet with any questions.

Technology CoTeaching Schedule: This document includes the dates for grade level plan days, the assigned grade level weeks, and if you scroll down you will see the assigned teacher times within each grade level week.

iStation Update: When opening iStation for the first time, it will prompt you to enter a domain name. Please type in gold rush and select our school from the dropdown screen. You only have to do this one time.
iPads: Megan completed this step on all iPads.
Laptops: iStation is an icon on the dock, students can click the icon one time and then type in gold rush for the domain name and select our school from the dropdown prior to testing for the first time.
Chromebooks: Once students login to their chromebook, they will click on the apps button on the bottom left hand side, and they will find iStation in their list of apps. Then they can type in gold rush and select our school from the dropdown screen.

WELCOME TO GRE!

     
   Sarah Sommers - PM Full Day Kindie EA                 


 
Molly Trent - SSN EA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:

Becky Woolums - August 19th

GO FOR THE GOLD:

• Thank you Libby Bergner, Karen Petty and Toby for helping with the Flag Ceremony!

• Thank you Toby and Christy Schwalick for all of your help getting ready for the start of our school year!

• Thank you Karen Warner for being flexible with your space for our Go For the GOLD assemblies!
• Thank you everyone for a fantastic first week of school!

GOLDEN NUGGETS:

Morning Announcements: Dalcerri

Lounge Duty: Poli/Westra