August 2018

This Week
Monday

Tuesday
* 7:30 Leadership team meeting in the Gold Mine room

Wednesday
* SD: Prepare for Back-to-School night
* 5:45-7:15 Back-to-School night

Thursday

Friday

Reminders
* Please make sure your lunch tubs are clearly marked.

* If you need to take either an initial or refresher CPI course, click here for the calendar of course offerings.

Revised Supervision schedule

Second recess norms
Please review the recess norms used during lunch time.  These norms should be implemented during second recess as well.

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.

I-Ready
Login Cards
You are able to print your I Ready log in cards now.  Students' log in is their birthdate (not their lunch number).  Here is a recap on how to access them:

1) access the site using login.iready.com or the GRE webiste
2) click the management tab on the top and select classes


3) Under the manage tab on the top left of the screen select either your reading or math class
4) Under actions of the top right of the screen select login cards

Student Powerpoint
You can also access the student presentation from your main screen (see below).  It will download via powerpoint.  You need to click the slideshow at the bottom of your window.






Testing Logistics 
Student Log In

• Students can access the log in page using our GRE website
• An I READY app has been installed on ipads and chrome books
• An I READY bookmark has been installed on laptops 
• * Install the upadate on all ipads 2 days before testing
• Approximate Time
• 45 minutes Grades 2-5
• 20-30 Grades K & 1
• Schedule at least 2 sessions for Reading and Math (4 total)
• End point is clear & brain breaks are built in
• Show video introductions for students
• Administration
• Grades 1-5: August 20 - 29  READING & MATH
• 1 session of math first
• Can Use Assessment Day for MATH Only
• K: September 17 - 28
• Watch for Red Flags & Restart - You can only restart reading during the testing sessions

Opportunities
* If you are interested in serving on any of our committees, please fill out this Google Form. Committees include social media committee, data team, tech, RtI, teacher rep for SAC. 

Mandatory Trainings

All DCSD staff are required to complete 6 online mandatory trainings. Please register for the trainings using your DCSD district username and password. If you do not know your single sign on, please contact IT Support at 303-387-0001. All 6 mandatory trainings segments are built into 1 online session.

Search InspirED for the Online Mandatory Training specific to your school or district department using the picture link (sample image below) located in the right navigation pane.

Please scroll to find your site location.*If you work at multiple locations, select the location where you will be evaluated. The 2018-2019 Mandatory Trainings will be open for completion starting July 1, 2018 and are to be completed by September 7, 2018.

Happy Birthday
Bree Roon - August 16th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Anita and Megan Fleet for helping prepare for Legend Feeder kick off!
* Thank you Karen Petty for our opening flag ceremony!
* Thank you Christy Schwalick, Amy Fugier and Katie Timm for facilitating opening aide meetings.
* Thank you Anita Rudman for setting up Tears & Cheers!
* Thank you Tobey for setting up the flag ceremony and having our building ready for kids!
* Thank you everyone for a fabulous start to our school year!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Dalcerri
Lounge Duty: Broecker/Dalcerri

Welcome Back!

August 2018

First Week Back for Staff 

Helpful Links

2018 - 2019 Conventional Calendar

2018 - 2019 Master School Schedule

2018-2019  Special Rotation Schedule

2018-2019 Alternating PE/Music Schedule

Monday, August 6th - Meet Your Teacher

We believe that it is essential for students to have the opportunity to meet their teacher and visit their classroom prior to the first day of school.  Families are welcome to visit their classroom on Monday, August 6, and drop off school supplies.  

We want to ensure that families are able to spend time with the teacher in a small group setting so we ask that you sign up for one of the times shown below by clicking here for our online scheduler.  The online scheduler will be available July 18th through July 31st and the password is digger.  The sign up is first come first serve, so please sign up as soon as possible if you have a preferred time or wish to align siblings’ times.  If you ordered school supplies through the PTO they will be delivered to your child’s classroom.  Click here for a map of teachers’ classrooms.

Meet Your Teacher Times on Monday, August 6th

8:45-9:15

9:15-9:45

9:45-10:15

Wednesday, July 18th Class Placement

We know that your child is eager to know who his/her classroom teacher will be.  Starting at 8:00 a.m. July 18th you can click here to access parent portal.  You will be able to view your child’s teacher by selecting your student and clicking on the schedule tab.  You can look forward to receiving a welcome letter from your child’s teacher via email by the end of the month.

Monday, August 6th - Meet Your Teacher

We believe that it is essential for students to have the opportunity to meet their teacher and visit their classroom prior to the first day of school.  Families are welcome to visit their classroom on Monday, August 6, and drop off school supplies.  

We want to ensure that families are able to spend time with the teacher in a small group setting so we ask that you sign up for one of the times shown below by clicking here for our online scheduler.  The online scheduler will be available July 18th through July 31st and the password is digger.  The sign up is first come first serve, so please sign up as soon as possible if you have a preferred time or wish to align siblings’ times.  If you ordered school supplies through the PTO they will be delivered to your child’s classroom.  Click here for a map of teachers’ classrooms.

Meet Your Teacher Times on Monday, August 6th

8:45-9:15

9:15-9:45

9:45-10:15

Thursday, August 9th -  First Full Day of School

The first full day of school for students in grades K-5 is Thursday, August 9th.  Students will meet their teachers on the front blacktop on the first day of school for an opening flag ceremony that begins at 8:30 AM.  Click here for a map of your classroom location for our opening ceremony.  All teachers will also have a sign with their name on it.

Friday, August 10th - Rolling Start to the School Day Begins

On the second day of school students will enter the building through the front door on their own between 8:20 AM-8:30AM and walk directly to their classrooms.  Teachers and older students will be available to assist younger students. Our rolling start ensures a smooth start to the day. Parents of preschool students will need to walk their children into the building using the west entrance and sign their child in.  School will be in session from 8:30AM-3:30PM next year.

Click here for the 2018 - 2019 Conventional Calendar

Click here for information regarding the Rolling Start to the School Day

Click here for general drop off and pick up procedures.

Wednesday, August 15th – Back to School Night for Parents Only

Classroom teachers will provide parents with an overview of the school year on Wednesday, August 15th, during the following two Back to School Night sessions: 6:05-6:35 PM & 6:40-7:10 PM.  The principal will share school celebrations and upcoming goals for the year in the gym from 5:45-6:00 PM.  We hope you will join us for these informative sessions.

Thursday, August 28th – 1 Assessment Hour

In an attempt to gain more targeted information regarding your child’s academic strengths and needs each child will come to school for one hour only on August 28th to complete reading and math assessments.  The assessments administered allow educators to alter their instruction to meet your child’s individual needs and learning style.

Click here for the online conference scheduler between July 18th – July 31st to select an assessment time for your child.  The password is digger.  Because we value the information we obtain on these days, it is mandatory that all children complete their assessments on August 28th.  Please bring your child to the front vestibule and teachers will escort him/her to his/her testing location.  Students will conclude their assessment hour in the gym where your child take his/her school picture.  Our Before and After School Enrichment program (B.A.S.E.) will be available on August 28th.  Please contact B.A.S.E. as soon as possible as spaces are limited.

We also released a new website!  Our website address will remain and you will be rerouted.  We hope you enjoy our new platform!  

2018 Beginning of the Year Schedule

Monday, August 6: Meet Your Teacher

Parents show their child how to walk to his/her new classroom.

Thursday, August 9: First Day of School

Students meet their teachers on the front blacktop for an opening flag ceremony by 8:30 AM. See map below for your location.

Teachers show students how to walk to their classroom.

Friday, August 10: Second Day of School

Students walk to their classrooms between 8:20 AM - 8:30 AM.

Parents say good-bye outside of the building.

Tuesday, August 28: Assessment Hour

Students take classroom assessments for one hour.

Students take their picture at the end of their assessment hour.

Bell Schedule

8:20 AM First Bell

Students can enter the building.

Crosswalk supervision begins.

Students should not arrive to school prior to this bell.

8:30 AM Start of the School Day

8:35 Tardy Bell

Flag Ceremony

Reminders

* There are books in the lounge - first come first serve. Happy shopping!

* Please submit your clean receipt, up to $100 to the PTO box by the end of August. 

Mandatory Trainings

All DCSD staff are required to complete 6 online mandatory trainings. Please register for the trainings using your DCSD district username and password. If you do not know your single sign on, please contact IT Support at 303-387-0001. All 6 mandatory trainings segments are built into 1 online session.

Search InspirED for the Online Mandatory Training specific to your school or district department using the picture link (sample image below) located in the right navigation pane.

Please scroll to find your site location.*If you work at multiple locations, select the location where you will be evaluated. The 2018-2019 Mandatory Trainings will be open for completion starting July 1, 2018 and are to be completed by September 7, 2018.

Golden Nuggets

Morning Announcements: Dalcerri

Lounge Duty: Office staff

May

This Week
Monday
* 5th Grade Outdoor Ed - Lautenbach & Rayens

Tuesday
* 5th Grade Outdoor Ed -  Hawk, Dalcerri, & Broecker
* 8:40 - 11:00 Kindergarten Field Day

Wednesday
* 7:30 - End of the year staff meeting in the Gold Mine room
* Field Day - See below for more info

Thursday
* Legend Graduation

Friday
* K Graduation
* 5th Grade to Tallman park & video
* 3:15 Clap out
* 4:15 End of the year celebration at Brewery Bar in Lone Tree.

Reminders
* Please enter reading scores in IC in TWO places -
1) The specific book they read and the date
2) The highest independent level at the drop down for the grade level.

* We are in need of books for our new 1st grade class. If you have any books you would like to donate we will take them!

Technology ReImage - Important Dates 
All devices need to be re-image and inventoried.  Please see the dates and events below.

* May 22 @ 7:30-8:10 Back Up Files - In the Lab. This is the only time Megan will be available.
If you do not back up your files you will lose personal pictures, music and files

* May 23 @ 9:00 AM - 5th Grade - Turn in Student Labtops to the lab
* May 24 @ 8:00 AM - All teacher ipads, iPad carts to the RTI room & 4th Grade Labtops to the lab
* May 25 Reimage window: 8:00-11:00
* May 29 Reimage windows: 8:00-10:00 or 10:00-12:00

Kindie-2nd Grade Tech End of Year Guidelines

Chromebook Tech End of Year Guidelines

Laptop Tech End of Year Guidelines

EPR
* EPRs are due on Tuesday, May 29th at noon.

BLUE FOLDER
* Please include the following documents in the blue folder for the end of the year: ALP, 504, Last DRA, RtI Paperwork, READ Plan. Click here for direction on how to print READ plans. 

* Click here for a funny from our second favorite principal on class placement!

Clothing Drive
Robin will be hosting a clothing exchange in the OT room this week. You can deliver any clothing you no longer want and grab something new! Her students will organize and prepare the clothing to exchange.

Field Day
Tuesday, May 22 
8:40-11:00 - Kindergarten

Stations are run by selected students from Raynes and Lautenbach.

Wednesday May 23 

8:45 - 11:45 - 4th, 5th, McMillan, Russell, and Shepperd

12:45 - 3:15 - 1st, 2nd, and Meredith

Afternoon stations are run by selected students from Hawk, Dalcerri, and Broecker.

Lunches will remain the same with the following exceptions: 

* Meredith's class will go to lunch from 11:40 to 12:20

* 20 selected 5th graders will go from 11:40-12:20.

Karen will be supervising their recess time and using the time to prepare 5th grade volunteers for afternoon work.

Happy Birthday
Elizabeth Zankey - May 21st
Elizabeth Meuli - May 22nd
Ashley Dalcerri - May 22nd
Shelly Williams - June 1st
Barbara Kilburn - June 2nd
Sarah Wilson - June 4th
Karen Warner - June 17th
Angel Zayaz - June 18th
Victoria Bartony - June 24th
Kerry Dazzio - June 25th
Kathryn Kramer - July 1st
Libby Bergner - July 24th
Bev Holtzer - July 26th
Jenn Poli - July 27th
Diane Brown - July 30th
Sherry Dowling - August 5th

Go For the Gold
* Welcome back Betsy Zankey!
* Thank you Karen Petty for being flexible and having Music in the Gold Mine room.
* Thank you Karen Warner for allowing GTT to use the gym!
* Thank you Leadership team for your time and contributions!
* Thank you Jessalyn Russell and Ashley Dalcerri for helping with interviews!
* Thank you Fat Friday team for the amazing lunch!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Dalcerri
Lounge Duty: Evans/Carmack

Hang on! We're almost there!

MAY

This Week
Monday
* Kindie field trip - Padrnos/Zankey/Holmes

Tuesday
* 7:30 - Back up files help session in the tech lab
* 7:45 - Math Olympiad award ceremony in the gym
* 9:15-2:00 Graham/Woolums/Steinher to Castlewood Canyon
* Kindie field trip - Brown/Marchese/Rossi

Wednesday
* SD: Placement

Thursday
* 7:30 - Leadership team meeting in the Gold Mine room
* 4:30 SAC meeting

Friday
* Aladin Performance
1:00-2:00 - 1st, 2nd, Meredith, Russell, Rossi
2:15-3:15 - 4th, 5th, Shepperd, McMillan, Padrnos, Zankey
* Fat Friday - Celebrate summer picnic

Reminders:
* All Music classes will be held in the Gold Mine room all week.

Technology Extra Plan Time Schedule

End of the Year Party
Our end of year celebration will be at the Brewery Bar in Lone Tree at 4:15

Technology ReImage - Important Dates 
All devices need to be re-image and inventoried.  Please see the dates and events below.

* May 15 @ 7:30-8:10 Back Up Files - In the Lab
* May 22 @ 7:30-8:10 Back Up Files - In the Lab
If you do not back up your files you will lose personal pictures, music and files

* May 23 @ 9:00 AM - 5th Grade - Turn in Student Labtops to the lab
* May 24 @ 8:00 AM - All teacher ipads, iPad carts to the RTI room & 4th Grade Labtops to the lab
* May 25 Reimage window: 8:00-11:00
* May 29 Reimage windows: 8:00-10:00 or 10:00-12:00

Kindie-2nd Grade Tech End of Year Guidelines

Chromebook Tech End of Year Guidelines

Laptop Tech End of Year Guidelines

EPR
* Share EPRs with sped, specials, RtI/ESL if you have not done so yet. 
* EPRs are due on Tuesday, May 29th at noon.

BLUE FOLDER
* Please include the following documents in the blue folder for the end of the year: ALP, 504, Last DRA, RtI Paperwork, READ Plan. Click here for direction on how to print READ plans. 

OTHER
* Please make sure all DRA/F&P data is entered into IC. 

* The Benefits Open Enrollment window opened on Friday, May 4th, and will be open through Thursday, May 31st. This is your opportunity to designate your health insurance options. Your benefit choices will be available in your Workday Inbox on May 4, 2018. 

Field Day
Tuesday, May 22 
8:40-11:00 - Kindergarten

Stations are run by selected students from Raynes and Lautenbach.

Wednesday May 23 

8:45 - 11:45 - 4th, 5th, McMillan, Russell, and Shepperd

12:45 - 3:15 - 1st, 2nd, and Meredith

Afternoon stations are run by selected students from Hawk, Dalcerri, and Broecker.

Lunches will remain the same with the following exceptions: 

* Meredith's class will go to lunch from 11:40 to 12:20

* 20 selected 5th graders will go from 11:40-12:20.

Karen will be supervising their recess time and using the time to prepare 5th grade volunteers for afternoon work.

* We are going to have a kids' clothing exchange the last week of school. Start gathering all your outgrown clothing and walk away with new clothes for your kids! Location TBD. 

Happy Birthday
Fernando Arguello - May 18th
Ayantu Geriba - May 20

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Kindergarten team for a great, well organized Kindergarten orientation!
* Thank you Karen Petty for all of the work you put into the choir performance!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hawk
Lounge Duty: Brakefield/Braden

May 2018

This Week - HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION!
Monday
* READ Act Meetings
* Lunch provide by PTO

Tuesday
* 7:30-8:15 Drop In EPR Refresher in the Gold Mine room
* READ Act Meetings

Wednesday
* Staff Development - Class Placement @ Sped Conference Room - Placement
* 11:40-11:55 - Orchestra concert for 3rd and 4th grades

Thursday
* Jenny - Admin Meeting
* 6:00 pm - K Round Up
* Megan will be meeting with all teachers to overview end of year technology guidelines. See schedule HERE. 

Friday
* Teacher Appreciation Lunch
* During your lunch, stop by the Gold Mine room for some pampering!

Reminders
CITE
* Please approve your summative evaluation in InspirED between May 4 - May 10

READ Plans
* We will have a roving sub to cover your class to update READ plans on Monday & Tuesday. Click here for the schedule. 

EPR
* Share EPRs with sped, specials, RtI/ESL by the end of the day on Tuesday, May 8th. 
* EPRs are due on Tuesday, May 29th at noon.

BLUE FOLDER
* Please include the following documents in the blue folder for the end of the year: ALP, 504, Last DRA, RtI Paperwork, Letter to the New Teacher, Blue Artic Sheets, Read Plans and Placement Cards.

PLACEMENT
* We will continue the placement process this week in the sped conference room.

CONCERT
* All 4th & 5th graders who are in orchestra will be performing in the concert on Wednesday. Please have them go to the gym at 11:30. This concert is for all 3rd and 4th graders.

Tech Extra Plan Schedule

OTHER
* Student behavior always increases at the end of the year.  Please keep classroom practices and procedures as consistent as possible to support this!

* All computers will need to be reimaged at the end of the year. Help sessions will be offered on May 15th and May 22nd at 7:30 in the tech lab if you need support backing up your files. A reimagining schedule will be shared with you next week. 

* Please make sure all DRA/F&P data is entered into IC. 

* The Benefits Open Enrollment window opened on Friday, May 4th, and will be open through Thursday, May 31st. This is your opportunity to designate your health insurance options. Your benefit choices will be available in your Workday Inbox on May 4, 2018. 

* This will be the last week for Library. Please do not send students down the last two weeks of school.

Happy Birthday
Ashley Peterson - May 8th
Beth Marafiote - May 10th
Lisa Nejedlo - May 11th 

Go For the Gold
* Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you for the amazing work you do with children every day! Your time and dedication are noticed and greatly appreciated!
* Thank you car loop and crosswalk peeps for weathering the storm last Thursday!
* Thank you to all of our wonderful nutrition services staff! 
* Thank you teachers for a great beginning to creating class lists!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Petty/Simpson