January

This Week
Monday
* Jenny - mid year reflections

Tuesday
* 7:30 Leadership team meeting
* Libby - mid year reflections
* Jenny admin meeting 1:00-3:30

Wednesday
* Jenny - mid year reflections
* SD: K & 5th grade - Data
          1st - 4th - Team time
* 2:00 Fire Drill - see below for more info

Thursday
* 3rd grade plan day
* MoY self-eval due

Friday
* iReady progress monitor
* Sock Hop

Reminders
* If you have students who qualify for a READ plan, we will write them on January 7th at 7:30. We will add 13 points to their growth monitor score and if they are still below, we will put them on a plan.

* Mid year reflections will be on Monday and Wednesday for Jenny and Tuesday for Libby. Please take a peek at your MoY Summative Eval prior to your meeting.

* For our fire drill on Wednesday, please bring your students to the back playground where we used to evacuate if the field is still covered in snow or is wet. We will let you know during morning announcements Wednesday morning. 

* KINDNESS WEEK:

• When: February 11th -  February 14th
• Purpose: Spread the culture of kindness at GRE
• This year we will be participating in three activities:
• Legend Wish Week Change Challenge
• Change brought in will support Legend’s Wish Week recipient
• Change will be collected by classroom teachers Monday, February 11th-Thursday, February 14th using baggies provided by Student Council
• Student Council will collect change each afternoon and total each classroom’s donations
• The class who donates the most change throughout the week will earn a Pizza Party
• GRE Spirit Days
• Monday: Team Kindness (Sports Day)
• Tuesday: Kindness Comes in all Colors (Rainbow Day)
• Wednesday: Kindness is Our Superpower (Superhero Day)
• Thursday: Kindness is the Gold Rush Way! (GRE and Legend Day)
• Cram the Cruiser (click here for the flyer)
• Food donations will be collected in the atrium
• All donations will be used to fill backpacks for kids in Parker
• The backpacks are filled with enough food to get kids through the weekends when they do not have access to nutritious meals from school.

Go For the Gold

* Thank you Fat Friday team for the amazing Super Bowl spread!
* Thank you Megan Wallace, Kristi Barta and Mackenzie Villani for covering classrooms!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hagerty
Lounge Duty: Brown/Marchese

January

This Week
Monday
* No School!

Tuesday
* Jenny mid-year reflections

Wednesday
* SD: Analyze reading data

Thursday
* 4th grade plan day

Friday
* Libby mid-year reflections
* Fat Friday - Super Bowl Fun!

Reminders
* Please make sure all current READ plans are updated by Wednesday. If you need help with this email Libby.

* Students in grades K - 3 who fell below the cut score for MoY who are NOT currently on a READ plan need to be given the growth monitor to determine if they qualify for a plan. Click here for the students who will need to take the growth monitor. Students in red automatically qualify for a plan and do not need to complete the growth monitor. They scored below on the Fall and Winter diagnostic.

* Please update your Reading Data sheets by Wednesday. Please move students into their updated buckets:

Winter Reading Benchmarks

	Red	Yellow	Green	Blue
Kindergarten	A/1	2-	2+ - 6	Above 8
1st Grade	Below 6	6 - 8	10/12	20
2nd Grade	Below 18	18	20 - 24	28
3rd Grade	Below 30	30	34/38 or P	40 or R
4th Grade	Below P	P	Q/R	Above R
5th Grade	Below R	R	S/T	U

Happy Birthday
Stephanie Braden - January 25th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Jenny Brown, Kristi Barta and Jamie Marchese for your help with the Spelling Bee!
* Thank you Karen Petty and Karen Warner for letting us use your space! Thank you Karen Petty for setting up the sound!
* Thank you Tobey for setting up for the Spelling Bee!
* Thank you Christy Schwalick for repairing the laminating machine!
* Thank you Angel Zayas for shoveling!
* Thank you Karen Petty for an incredible MLK assembly!
* Thank you Tobey for the breakfast burritos! They were delicious!
* Thank you Tassia Hegyi and Michelle Wright for being willing to be video taped and sharing your expertise!
* Thank you everyone for an incredible PLC day. We are so lucky to work with such a professional, fun staff!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Leuschner/Lautenbach

January

This Week
Monday
* 2:00 Spelling Bee in the gym for grades 3-5

Tuesday

Wednesday
* SD: Reading data and update READ plans

Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting
* 2:00 MLK Assembly
* 4:30-5:30 SAC meeting

Friday
* PLC Day

Reminders
* During staff development this week we will look at Reading data and update READ plans. Please make sure your yellow data sheets are updated. Click here for the document. Click here for instructions on how to update READ plans. 

* Please remind your students to enter and exit the MLK Assembly silently. The seating chart will be in your box.

* Our PLC day is on Friday. Please come with a Lucy artifact that has worked well for you. Intermediate teachers, please bring your Pathways book. We will begin at 8:30 in the gym. Click here for the agenda. Wear comfy clothes!

* Please make sure your blog is updated.

* MoY self evaluation is due in InspirED by January 31st.

Happy Birthday
Catherine Graham - January 20th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Jessalyn, Jamie and Stephanie for participating on the GT identification team this week!
* Thank you Jamie, Angel, Anita and Jenny for the Interact field trip!
* Thank you Christy Schwalick for updating the EA schedule and everyone who has filled in to cover duties!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Broecker/Hagerty