DECEMBER
This Week
Monday
* 7:45 EPR help session in the Gold Mine room
Tuesday
* Leadership team meeting in the Gold Mine room
* 2nd grade plan day
Wednesday
* SD - EPR collaboration in the Gold Mine room
Thursday
* 1st grade plan day
* 12:00 Jenny admin meeting
5:00-7:00 Kindergarten orientation
Friday
* 9:00-10:00 Choir dress rehearsal - Grades 3-5 only
* 4:00 Holiday party
* 7:00 Choir performance
Reminders
EPRs
* Click here for expectations for comments and basic navigation strategies. All students should receive a personal comment and comments when they are not meeting standards. Please remember that report cards should not be a surprise.
* Kristi will host a help session will be held on Monday, December 11 at 7:45 in the Gold Mine room
* Report cards need to be shared with specials, sped, Kristi, Jamie, and Stephanie Brown.
* Report cards should be completed and submitted by the end of the day on Thursday, December 21st.
Istation
* Administer to all students 12/4-12/15 for the middle of the year window.
Safety
* All teachers must walk their students out of the building at the end of the day due to safety issues. Please be at the front of your line or work with the teacher next door to have one person cover the front of the line and the other the back of the line.
Holidays
* Please let the office know when you are having your holiday party by clicking here.
* Our staff party is Friday, December 15th at 4:00 at Stacie Martino's house. Her address is 16793 Firebrick Dr. Parker, 80134. Dinner will be provided. Please bring your own drinks.
Misc.
* Staff development will be in the Gold Mine room this week to collaborate with SPED around EPRs.
* Teachers grades 3-5, please continue to track students' accommodations.
Opportunity
An award has been established in honor of Nancy Intagliata, a former teacher at Cougar Run Elementary. She died from cancer in February 2016 and her family would like to honor her legacy and her values by paying it forward to Douglas County educators and staff whose lives have been impacted by a cancer diagnosis.
This award is a $2000 cash gift to any employee of any Douglas County elementary school. The applicant need only complete a simple application with a short statement describing how he or she has been personally impacted by cancer. This impact can include a personal fight with cancer or a loved one’s fight with cancer. The award money can be used in whatever way the recipient sees fit.
Applications are due March 1, 2018, and the award(s) will be announced on May 1, 2018.
Details and application can be found at www.alegacyfornancy.org
Please welcome Katie Houseman, our new RtI assistant.
Happy Birthday
Allison Hawk - December 12th
Krista Hardin - December 16th
Amy Fugier - December 17th
This week in 5th grade students analyzed and interpreted weather patterns using multiple data points. Each student created a Google Form that allowed input of weather data points including the date, mean temperature in degrees, barometer in pounds per square inch (psi), humidity in percentages, dew point in degrees, wind direction, wind speed in miles per hour (mph), visibility in miles (m), and a brief description of the weather. After collecting historical weather data for specific cities for ten days, students met with other budding meteorologists with cities in the same region. These region groups identified trends and connections based on the weather data. To show region weather trends in a different way, students used an interactive weather map to label temperature fronts, air pressure, and precipitation.
*Conferring with Readers and Writers
*Strategies That Work
* The Next Steps in Guided Reading
Go For the Gold
* Congratulation to Ashley Dalcerri on her engagement!!
* Congratulations Allison Hawk for completing you admin program!
* Congratulations Karen Petty for selling your house!
* Thank you Gail Golish for supplying more flatware in the lounge!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Dalcerri
Lounge Duty: Brakefield/Braden
