August / September 2016

August/September

This Week
Tuesday - 7:30  Tech committee in the Gold Mine room
Wednesday - SD: Data analysis and goal setting
Thursday - Jenny admin meeting
Friday - Mandatory training due for all staff

Reminders
• All mandatory district trainings are due by September 2nd. See below for more information.
• When your grade level goes on field trips, there needs to be one person per bus who is CPR trained. You can sign up for classes through InspirED. If a class is full, add your name to the waitlist and they might add a new section.
• Click here for a step-by-step guide to get your class set up in PearsonRealize. This will be updated to address common issues as they arise. Thanks Naomi!
• Click here for our Istation administration norms. These are also linked at the bottom of your data sheets. Thanks Kristi!
• Our Safety & Response staff meeting will be September 7th at 7:30 in the Gold Mine room. Our Lockdown drill will be at 10:35 on this day.
• It was decided by the Leadership team to eliminate flair for the Digger Dash. Teachers can choose a color that their class will wear. Please get together with your team to agree on who will wear what color. Parents are not to be asked for any donations.
• Parent/teacher conferences will be Tuesday, September 27th and Wednesday, October 5th.

Mandatory Trainings
All employees are required to complete four mandatory trainings this year: 

• Respect at Work
• Standard Response Protocol
• Run, Hide, Fight
• Child Abuse and Neglect

All trainings are to be completed by September 2nd. Click here for more information on how to register and complete these trainings. If you need help, please see Kristi or Libby.

Opportunities
• If you are interested in participating in a math book study of Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler, please let Allison Hawk know by August 31st. This group will meet September 15th, October 27th, and November 10th. We will buy the book for anyone who commits to participating in this study.
• If you are interested in submitting a classroom innovation grant, please see Jenny. First quarter requests are due by September 30th, to be awarded by October 30th; Second Quarter requests are due by December 15th to be awarded by January 30th; Third Quarter requests are due by March 30th to be awarded by April 30th; Fourth Quarter requests are due by May 15th to be awarded by June 15th. Click here for the Elementary Education Classroom Innovation Request form.

Full Day Planning
5th grade - September 1st
4th grade - September 2nd
1st grade - September 6th
Kindie - September 7th
2nd grade - September 8th
3rd grade - September 9th

Happy Birthday
Rochelle Evans - September 3rd
Janis Panico - September 3rd
Megan Fleet - September 4th

Go For the Gold
• Thank you Naomi Meredith and Jessalyn Russell for helping teachers set up class rosters and creating a step-by-step guide!
• Thank you Leadership Team for your thoughtful contributions this week!
• Thank you to the team who provided the awesome lunch on Friday!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements:  Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Holtzer/Lewis

This Week
Monday - Wear your favorite jersey
9:00-4:00 Vision/Hearing
Tuesday - Wear crazy socks
7:30 Leadership Team meeting in the Gold Mine room
8:00 - Math roster support in Naomi Meredith's room
9:00-4:00 Vision/Hearing
1:00-3:00 District walk-throughs
Wednesday - Twin Day
SD: Triangulating data
Thursday - Dress as your favorite superhero
8:00 - Math roster support in Naomi Meredith's room
Friday - GRE spirit wear

Reminders
• For staff development this week, we will be triangulating data. Please come with this doc filled out with your students' data.
• If you need help loading your class roster into Pearsonrealize, there will be sessions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:00 in Naomi's room.
• Danelle and Ted will be doing walk-throughs on Tuesday from 1:00-3:00. If anyone is doing their digital citizenship lessons during this time, please let Jenny know.
• There will be an employee Town Hall meeting at Legend on August 31st at 6:00. You are also welcome to join the Town Hall meetings for the public:
             Tuesday, August 23rd, 6:30, Chaparral High School
             Thursday, August 25th, 6:30, Castle View High School
• CogAT testing will take place at GRE on September 12, 13, and 14.  3rd graders will test at 9:00, and 5th graders will test at 11:30.  This should avoid any interference with technology rotations.  Students at grades 1, 2, and 4 can be tested on a referral (from either teacher or parent) basis.  I will schedule those times once numbers for testing are finalized.  Please see Kristi if you have any questions.

Digital Citizenship Week
Monday - Relationships & Communication
Tuesday - Digital Footprint & Reputation
Wednesday - Creative Credit & Copyright
Thursday - Internet Safety
Friday - Privacy & Security

Opportunities
• If anyone in primary (K-3) would like a student teacher, please let Jenny know.
• If anyone is interested in partnering with PTO to collect pictures for the yearbook, let Libby know. There will be a stipend for this position.
• If anyone is interested in Math Olympiad, please let Kristi know. 

Staff Development Times:
7:45-8:20     Kindergarten
9:20-9:55     5th Grade
10:40-11:15 4th Grade
11:20-11:55 3rd Grade
12:00-12:35 Specials (during lunch)
1:20-1:55     2nd Grade
2:00-2:35     1st Grade

Go For the Gold
• Thank you everyone for successful assessment days!
• Thank you teachers for a great Back to School Night!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Rayens
Lounge Duty: Anderson/Kramer

August 2016 

This Week
Monday
9:15 - Fire Drill
Wednesday - SD: OYO - prep for Back to School Night
2:30 - 4th & 5th grade band assembly in the gym
6:00-7:00 - Back to School Night
Thursday - Assessment Day
2:30-3:30 Articulation
4:30-5:30 - SAC
Friday - Assessment Day

Reminders
• If you need to leave during the school day, please get approval from Jenny or Libby. If you leave during your lunch/specials, please sign out in the office.
* Below is the articulation schedule for Thursday.  Come ready to ask the previous teacher about specific students and ready to share your experiences.

• There will be an assembly for 4th & 5th grades on Wednesday at 2:30 in the gym to promote students' interest in band.
• We will have a staff meeting on September 7th at 7:30 in the Gold Mine room. This will be our live mandatory training. We will have a lockdown practice on this day at 9:00.
• If you need help loading your roster into Pearsonrealize.com, optional morning sessions will be offered from 8:00-8:20 on August 23rd and 25th.
• Please verify your information in Workday. Click here for the information that was sent from the district.
• Even though we are starting school earlier this year, field trip buses are not guaranteed if they fall into the extended day category. Field trips should be scheduled between 9:30AM and 2:15PM. Please click here for additional information.
• You will see an envelope in your mailbox for social committee dues. Use the envelope to make your payment. Make checks payable to GRE Social Committee and return to Janis. Click on this link for more information. Thanks!
• This year there will only be one day for pickup and delivery of mail from the warehouse.
• Click here for our norms.
• Click here for recess norms.

Mandatory Trainings
All employees are required to complete four mandatory trainings this year: 

• Respect at Work
• Standard Response Protocol
• Run, Hide, Fight
• Child Abuse and Neglect

All trainings are to be completed by September 2nd. Click here for more information on how to register and complete these trainings. If you need help, please see Kristi or Libby.

Happy Birthday
Becky Woolums - August 19th

Go For the Gold
• Thank you everyone for a fantastic first week of school!
• Thank you Karen Petty for all of your help with the flag ceremony!
• Thank you Stephanie Brown and Jamie Marchese for loading all of the Istation icons onto the iPads!
• Thank you Kerry Dazzio, Karen Petty, and Karen Warner for your help with the Going For the Gold assemblies!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Dalcerri
Lounge Duty: Russell/Shepperd

August 2016

This week
Monday: 8:30 Flag ceremony
10:00 - First grade lunch/recess practice (Rossi, Martino, Zankey)
10:15 - First grade lunch/recess practice (McMillan, Robart)
Tuesday: 8:20 - Rolling Start begins
Wednesday: SD: OYO - prep for assessment day
Friday: Go For the Gold Assemblies During Specials Time (E person attends grade level time.)

Reminders
• Please meet your class outside at 8:10 at your cone on Monday, August 8th.
• Please turn in completed Student Directory forms and Emergency Dismissal forms to the office by Wednesday.
• Please give Libby your highlighted class list of those students who are still missing either form by Wednesday.
• If you are interested in serving on our RtI committee, please let Stephanie Brown know by Friday.
• An updated Assessment Day schedule will be in your box on Monday. Please send the reminder email on Monday to parents who have not yet signed up for a time.

Go For the Gold Assembly Schedule
Our annual Go For the Gold Assembly will be Friday, August 12th during regular specials time. The 'E' teacher will bring students during the regular grade level time.

8:40 - AM Kindergarten
9:20 - 5th
10:40 - 4th
11:20 - 3rd
1:20 - 2nd
2:00 - 1st
2:40 - Full Day and PM Kindergarten

Happy Birthday
Sherry Dowling - August 5th

Go For the Gold
• Thank you for a great week last week! We appreciate your willingness to take risks and be open to new learning!
• Thank you Leadership Team and Tech committee for helping plan our first week back!
• Thank you Megan Fleet for all of the time you put in this summer to implement 1:1 tech!
• Thank you Allison Hawk, Ashley Dalcerri, Jeannette Shepherd, Naomi Meredith, Megan Fleet, Stephanie Brown, and Rebecca McMillan for presenting last week!
• Thank you Kristi Barta for planning our awesome lunch!
• Thank you Anita and Janis for all you have done this summer to get ready for the new year!

Golden Nuggets
Lounge Duty:  Castro/Meredith
Morning Announcements: Hawk                              

August 2016

Welcome Back!!



August 2016

May/June

This Week:

Monday

* No School

Tuesday

* 8:00 - Staff meeting in the Gold Mine room

* 8:00 - Dalcerri/Rayens to Outdoor Ed

Wednesday

* Send yearbooks home

Thursday

* 11:00 - 5th grade to Tallman Park

* 3:45 - Clap out for 5th graders

* 4:30-? End of year staff party at the Brewery Bar III in Lone Tree.

Friday

* Teacher Work Day

* 3:00 - Release EPRs

Reminders
• Our end of the year staff meeting will be Tuesday, May 31st at 8:00 in the Gold Mine room. Breakfast will be served!
• Our clap out will be Thursday at 3:45. Libby will come around and tell you where your class will be for this event.
• Please put your end of year checklist in Kristi's box by the end of the workday on Friday.
• Please approve your contract in Workday.
• Release your EPRs between 3:00-3:20 on Friday. 

• Our End of the Year party will be at the Brewery Bar III in Lone Tree. Appetizers will be provided. We hope to see everyone there!
• Click here for next year's revised schedule. Specials and lunch times have been pushed back five minutes.

Spring EPRs
* In your end of year communication to parents, please include the following regarding spring EPRs: 

SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRESS REPORT

We are celebrating students’ growth through Elementary School Progress Reports (EPRs).  EPRs will be released to parents on Monday, June 6^th, at midnight through Parent Portal.  You will be able to access your child's EPR on this date by following the directions below.

·          Go to the Gold Rush Website - gre.dcsdk12.org

·          Then to Parent Resources

·          Then to EPR.  Use your Parent Portal credentials to log in.

·          Then click "view Elementary Progress report" under your student's picture

Click here for additional information in the school blog.

Backing Up Computers
All teachers need to back up their computers before they are re-imaged. All teachers need to attend a session on either May 31st during the day or on June 1st before school (see details below). Please bring an external hard drive if you want to back up personal pictures and music. Otherwise, it will be lost. Please refer to Jenny's email on May 26th.

Tuesday, May 31st
Megan will come to the following rooms during grade level plan times to help teachers back up their files for re-imaging.

9:15-9:55     Wilson
9:55-10:35   Hawk
10:35-11:15 Kramer
12:15-12:55 Brown
1:15-1:55     Graham
1:55-2:35     Castro
2:35-3:15     Martino
3:15-3:55     Meredith

June 1: 8:15-8:55 in the tech lab.

Installing new hard drives

·      Thursday (4PM @ Lab)

o   Drop off your teacher computer

o   All bookmarks, photos and music must be backed up or they will be lost

·      Friday (9-3)

o   Install new hard drives & reimage teacher computers

o   Turn all ipads, chrome books, classroom computers, carts, headphones and power cordsto your grade level table in the RtI room

·      Friday (3-4), Monday (9-11), Tuesday (9-11) or August 1 (8-9)

o   Pick up your computer @ lab

o   Create an administrator account

o   Restore your files/bookmarks

Directions for backing up files

Directions for restoring files

Yearbooks

All yearbooks must be distributed on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. There is a sticker inside of each book that was generated from the spreadsheet of yearbook purchases. It has the student’s name, teacher and grade. If there isn’t a yearbook with a sticker for a student, they did not order one.

If there is more than one sticker for an individual student, they ordered more than one so give the yearbooks to them. Don’t send it back to the office. If the sticker does not have a teacher’s name on it, they are either preschool or they no longer attend Gold Rush. You can bring those to the office.

A limited number of extra yearbooks will be sold Thursday morning, June 2 in the office on a first come, first serve basis beginning at 8:00AM. Checks only ($20). Parents must be present to purchase.

Go for the Gold
• Thank you Karen Warner for a fantastic Field Day! You are amazing!
• Thank you Karen Petty, Megan Fleet and Kerry Dazzio for running stations at Field Day!

Happy Birthday
Shelly Williams - June 1st
Shayli Turner - June 3rd
Karen Warner - June 17th
Victoria Bartony - June 24th
Kerry Dazzio - June 25th
Kathryn Kramer - July 1st
Kimberly Peters - July 6th
Abbey Lewis - July 19th
Libby Bergner - July 24th
Bev Holtzer - July 26th
Jen Poli - July 27th
Diane Brown - July 30th
Carolyn Bettner - August 4th
Annelise Lawerence - August 4th
Sherry Dowling - August 5th

Golden Nuggets

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

Morning Announcements: Dalcerri

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