MAY

This Week
Monday

Tuesday
* K Field Day

Wednesday
* 7:45 Staff Meeting in the Gold Mine room
* Field Day
* Ballpark Lunch

Thursday
* Legend Graduation

Friday
* K Graduation
* 5th Grade to Park
* 5th Grade Video and Clap Out
* End-of-the-Year Party

Reminders
* If you are moving your classroom during the teacher workday please mark all of your boxes with your last name and the room number that you are moving to.  Furnature should not be moved from classrooms.  Filing cabinets are the only piece of furnature that can be swapped.

* All visitors must have a badge while in the building. If you see visitors in the school without a badge, please remind them to check in at the office.

* Please wear your red Gold Rush t-shirt on Wednesday.

* Our end of the year staff celebration will be Wednesday morning at 7:45 in the Gold Mine room. All staff are welcome.

* If you have parent volunteers looking for something to do, they can always shelve books in the book room!

* If your class is having extra recess, please get a walkie-talkie and an orange vest from the office.  Please make sure there is an adult supervising the field.

* Release EPRs by noon on Tuesday, May 28th.

* Yearbooks will be distributed on Thursday. Please hand these out Thursday afternoon. Yearbooks will be available to purchase on Friday morning at 7:45 for $20 each.

* Please help us celebrate a great year and our amazing staff! All are invited to the Brewery Bar in Lone Tree Friday, May 24th at 4:00. Social Committee will provide appetizers.

Field Day - Kindergarten

* Tuesday, May 21st -  8:45 - 10:30 

No morning specials for kindergarten but there will be afternoon specials for full day at their regular time. 

*There will be no official art, music, and PE for Kindergarten on May 22nd.  

Field Day - 1st - 5th

* Wednesday, May 22nd 

* 8:45 - 11:45 - Grades 3 (Wright, Robart, Sheppard, Holmes), 4th, & 5th

* 12:45 - 3:15 - Grades 3 (Russell), 1st & 2nd

In case of inclement weather, stations will be moved indoors. Please do not plan on using the Gold Mine room, library, or cafeteria on this day.

Congratulations
Rebecca Johnson, our kitchen manager, will be retiring Wednesday after working in the District for 10 years.  We wish her the best of luck!


End of Year Materials

* End of Year Check Out

* Blue Folder Check List

* Link to Back Up Files

* EPR Guidelines - Release May 28 @ 12:00 PM

* 2019-2020 Master Schedule

Happy Birthday
Ayantu Geriba - May 20th
Betsy Zankey - May 21st
Ashley Hagerty - May 22nd
Elizabeth Meuli - May 22nd
Michelle Wright - May 27th
Barbara Kilburn - June 2nd
Meghan Hoff - June 3rd
Sarah Wilson - June 4th
Karen Warner - June 17th
Angel Zayaz - June 18th
Kerry Dazzio - June 25th
Kathryn Kramer - July 1st
Libby Bergner - July 24th
Jenn Poli - July 27th
Diane Brown - July 30th
Sherry Dowling - August 5th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Gail Golish for taking two classes during staff development!
* Thank you for all of the thought you put into class placement!
* Thank you Shelbi Westra, Jenn Poli, Kylee Lautenbach, and Jamie Marchese for allowing teachers to observe you!
* Thank you Jenn Poli and Ashley Hagerty for allowing us to video tape you!
* Thank you Megan Wallace for teaching Kindergarten!
* Thank you Christi Dismang, Christy Schwalick, and Elizabeth Meuli for printing 5 million labels!!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Evans/Timm

MAY

This Week
Monday
* 9:30 Kindie Egg Drop
* 12:30 Kindie Egg Drop
* 2:00 FireDrill

Tuesday

Wednesday
* SD: Class Placement - One Last Look
* Certified Staff - Acknowledge Your CITE Eval in InspirED

Thursday


Friday
* Golden Ticket Theater - Mary Poppins (see below)
* Turn in Student Devices by 8:10 AM (see locations below)
* Libby out

Reminders
* If you have not completed your READ plans, please do so by Monday.

* Student & Teacher Devices
Please turn in all student devices by 8:10 AM on Friday. IPad carts should be taken to the RtI room.  Laptop and chrome book carts will go to the library.   

Old Teacher laptops, SMART Board lap tops and Promethean laptops will be turned in to Megan by 9:00 AM the teacher workday.

* To date, about 65% of teachers have completed their Workday task to upload transcripts. This task is critical to the fidelity of our work on the development of a new compensation structure for Licensed staff. If you have not done so already please upload your transcripts.


End of Year Materials

* End of Year Check Out

* Blue Folder Check List

* Link to Back Up Files

* EPR Guidelines - Release May 28 @ 12:00 PM

* 2019-2020 Master Schedule

* End of the year party will be on Friday, May 24th at 4:00 at the Brewery Bar in Lone Tree. More information to follow.

Golden Ticket Theater
Golden Ticket will be performing 2 shows on Friday, May 17th. Karen Petty will hold her morning classes in the music room and her afternoon classes in the Gold Mine room after the show ends.  Karen Warner will be outside (in the cafeteria if the weather is bad). P.E. classes will meet in the cafeteria. Kindergarten specials will remain the same.

1:00 Grades K, 1, 2 - Specials teachers will supervise the students that would have been in their classes during that time (1st grade until 1:50).  Teachers will return to supervise when their specials would have ended and the specials teachers will supervise the next group (2nd grade) until the show ends, then take them to specials. 

2:00 Grades - 3, 4, 5

New Adventures
Mari Pooley will be staying home with her new baby.
Katie Timm is moving back home.

We welcome our new SSN teacher, Casey Anderson.  Casey's contact information is listed below.  I know she would appreciate being welcomed by our staff!  Please feel free to reach out to her.

Casey Anderson

931-510-5461

jcanderson21@hotmail.com

Happy Birthday
Fernando Arguello - May 18th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Jenny Brown, Karen Warner and Kerry Dazzio for attending the Strategic Plan meeting!
* Thank you Jamie Marchese, Hays Padrnos, Jillianne Mancini, and Betsy Zankey for a great Kindergarten Round-Up!
* Thank you Jenny Brown and Karen Warner for setting up chairs! Thank you Karen Petty for the sound!
* Thank you Karen Warner for the awesome basketball shootout! Thank you to our amazing staff who can shoot!

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

May 2019

This Week

Monday
*8:30-1:00  Jenny meeting

Tuesday


Wednesday
* SD: Update and write new READ plans

Thursday
* Jenny Admin Meeting
* 4:30 - 5:30 SAC
* 6:00 - 7:00 Kindie Round Up

Friday
* 9:30 Kindie Egg Drop
* 12:30 Kindie Egg Drop


Reminders
* Please make sure you have shared your EPRs with teachers who work with your students (Tammy Simpson, Jamie Marchese, Justin Brakefield, Krista Hardin, Tammy Simpson, Katie Timm, Kristi Barta) and Kerry Dazzio, Karen Warner and Karen Petty.

* Please acknowledge your summative evaluation by Monday.

* You will release your EPRs by noon on May 28th.

* Next Friday, Girls on the Run are having a pajama fund raiser for the Dumb Friends League. Students will bring in change and be able to wear their pajamas. Please put the change in a zip-lock baggie and send it to the office.

* The District Strategic Plan Meeting is Monday from 4:30-6:30 @ Cimarron. Jenny would greatly appreciate it if anyone would be able to join her.

* Please actively supervise your students during extra recess.

Leadership Team Highlights

* Click here for next year's master schedule.

* The leadership team traded out work days and professional development days for 2019-2020.  Please see the revised calendar for certified staff.




July
July 22- Optional Recertification for Math Training @ GRE - Grades K-5
July 23 - District Science Training Grades 3-5
July 24 - District Science Training Grades 3-5
July 25 - New Teacher Meeting

August 
August 1- All Certified Teachers Report Back - Welcome Back 9-9:30 (Date Traded from Dec 20)
August 2 - GRE Professional Development
August 5 - Work Day
August 6 -AM Meet Your Teacher / PM Work Day
August 7 - First Day of School

September
September 20 - 8:30-10:30 District Professional Development / PM GRE Professional Development

November 
November 11 - AM GRE Professional Development / PM Workday (PM Traded for AM August 6)

December
December 20 - Teachers Do Not Report (Traded to August 1)

January 
January 6 - AM GRE Professional Development (Traded PM February 14)

February 
February 14 - AM GRE Professional Development / PM Workday

April
April 16 - District Professional Development

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

Go For the Gold
* A huge thank you to Karen Warner for taking double classes!
* Thank you Christy Schwalick for covering the crosswalk!

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

April/May

This Week
Monday
* Libby Summative Reflections
* Administer iReady diagnostic

Tuesday
* Steinher/Graham to Castlewood Canyon
* Administer iReady diagnostic

Wednesday
* Hoff/Anderson to Castlewood Canyon
* SD: Placement

Thursday
* Jenny admin meeting

Friday
* 3rd Grade Science Day at Cimarron

Reminders
* K-4 teachers, please administer iReady Reading diagnostic Monday or Tuesday. Only 5th graders on a READ Plan need to complete this and they do not need to do Math. Please administer Math by Friday. Please look at your results and be ready to update plans by May 8th. We will also write new READ plans for anyone who falls below the cut score:

* Please acknowledge your Summative Evaluation by April 30th.

* Please make sure all DRA/F & P data is entered in IC in two places.

* All licensed staff must upload all transcripts into Workday. You must upload all college and university transcripts for your highest degree earned and any credits after that degree. This task must be completed by May 1st.

Strategic Plan
Douglas County School District staff members are encouraged to attend an upcoming meeting to learn more about how staff input is being incorporated into the creation of DCSD’s new strategic plan. Attendees will learn about the strategic plan themes that have been generated from staff and community feedback, so far, and have the opportunity to provide input into the Strategic Plan Framework.

Parker

Monday, May 6 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Legend High School

22219 Hilltop Road, Parker

Staff Development Schedule for the Remainder of the Year

* May 1: Placement

* May 8: Write new READ goals and new plans if needed

* May 15: Placement & EPRs

* May 22: Staff meeting @ 7:30 - End of Year Celebration - All staff are welcome to attend

Please welcome our new building engineer Josh Jaeger. His first day will be Thursday, May 2nd. 

Happy Birthday

Stacie Martino - May 2nd

Kim Cohn - May 2nd

Mel Berry - May 5th

Go For the Gold

* Thank you Karen Petty for an entertaining talent show!
* Thank you Karen Warner, Kerry Dazzio, Shelbi Westra and Kathryn Kramer for helping set up for the talent show!

* Thank you Fat Friday team for the delicious taco bar!
* Thank you Mel, Megan and Justin for administering CMAS make-ups!
* Thank you Leadership team for your time and input!

Golden Nuggets

Morning Announcements: Hagerty

Lounge Duty: Dazzio/Warner

Congratulations to Carly Roberts on the birth of her baby girl Frankie Todd Roberts!

April

This Week
Monday
* Jenny Summative Reflections
* 10:45 - 12:15 CMAS 5th Grade Science (4th & 5th will switch lunch times)
* 1:30 - 3:15 CMAS 5th Grade Science

Tuesday
* 7:30 Leadership Team Meeting in the Gold Mine Room
* Libby Summative Reflections
* 1:00 Jenny admin meeting

Wednesday
SD: CITE 6 & Placement

Thursday
* Jenny Summative Reflections

Friday
* 9:00 - 10:00 Talent Show for Red & Gold
* 10:10 - 11:10 Talent Show for Black & White
* Fat Friday - Cinco de Mayo taco bar!

Reminders
* In staff development this week, we will enter CITE 6 data. Please come with your data ready to input. We will also look at placement. Please take a look at your placement grid as we made a few changes.

* K - 4th grade teachers, please administer the iReady Reading diagnostic April 29th or 30th, and Math by May 3rd. 5th grade teachers only need to administer Reading for students on READ plans. 5th graders do not need to take the Math assessment. 

* Summative reflections begin this week. Please take a look at your EOY board prior to our conversation. It will be updated by the Friday before your meeting. 

Talent Show
The talent show is this Friday, April 26th. Half day and full day kindergarteners are welcome. All performers will need to be at both dress rehearsals. There will be two shows:

9:00 - 10:00 - Kdg A, Kdg B, 5A, 5B, 4A, 4B, 3A, 3B, 3E, 2A, 2B, 1A, 1B
10:15 - 11:15  - FD K 1 & 2, 5C, 5D, 4C, 4D, 3C, 3D, 2C, 2D, 1C, 1D

3rd - 5th grade teachers, specials teachers will supervise your classes during the show during your planning time. Kindergarten will have normal specials in the morning. PM specials' times will stay the same.

Staff Development Schedule for the Remainder of the Year
* April 24: Input CITE 6 data and Placement
* May 1: Placement
* May 8: Write New Read Goals and New Plans if Needed
* May 15: Placement & EPRs
* May 22: Staff Meeting @ 7:30 - End of the Year Celebration - All Staff are Welcome to Attend

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Karen Petty for our Earth Day sing-along!
* Thank you Megan Fleet & Justin Brakefield for going to Outdoor Ed!
* Thank you Mel and Megan for all of your help with CMAS make-ups!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Broecker
Lounge Duty: Westra/Fleet

Congratulations Jamie Marchese for winning the Light & Heart award for mentoring! Thank you Jenny Brown and Megan Wallace for your work with our Interact club!

APRIL

This Week
Monday
* 8:40 - 9:50 CMAS - 4th Grade Math
* 9:00 - 10:20 CMAS - 3rd Grade Math
* 10:45 - 12:15 CMAS - 5th Grade Math
* Outdoor Ed - Lautenbach & Leuschner

Tuesday
* 9:00 - 10:20 CMAS - 3rd Grade Math
* 10:45 - 12:15 CMAS - 5th Grade Math
* Outdoor Ed - Hagerty & Broecker

Wednesday
* 10:45 - 12:15 CMAS - 5th Grade Science
* 1:30 - 3:15 CMAS - 5th Grade Science (4th & 5th grades will switch lunch times today)
* SD: Placement
* 4:40 - 6:30 Feeder SAC Meeting

Thursday
* 10:45 - 12:15 CMAS - 5th Grade Science
* 2:00 Earth Day Assembly grades 1 - 5

Friday
No School!

Reminders
* Please have your class lists updated by Tuesday at 9:00. Please make sure students are color coordinated and DRA/F & P info is included. Continue to look at the parent information as it updated daily.

* Please enter the parking lot through the entrance, not the exit.

* Thank you for a great first week of CMAS. Please make sure your devices are charged each day.

* If you would like to contribute books for our new moms, the baskets will be behind Anita's desk through next week.

* The seating chart for our Earth Day assembly will be in your box next week.

* We look forward to our end of year reflections! Please take a look at your EOY board prior to our conversation. It will be updated by the Friday before your meeting.

Staff Development Schedule for the Remainder of the Year
* April 24: Input CITE 6 Data *Please Bring Your Data
* May 1: Placement
* May 8: Write New READ Plans *Please Bring Your Data
* May 15: Placement/EPRs
* May 22: Staff Meeting @ 7:30 - End of the Year Celebration - All Staff are Welcome to Attend

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Megan Fleet and Kristi Barta for covering a class and administering CMAS!
* Thank you Social Committee for the amazing baby shower!
* Thank you Cindy Bell for covering crosswalk and being flexible every day!
* Thank you Megan Fleet for your help with CMAS make-ups!

Thank you Social Committee for helping us celebrate our mamas!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Lautenbach
Lounge Duty: Kramer/Poli

Congratulations to Michelle Anderson on her son's wedding!
Congratulations to our Apple award representatives, Bree Roon and Christy Dismang!

April 2019

This Week
Monday
8:45-10:30 CMAS - 3rd Grade ELA
10:45-12:30 CMAS - 5th Grade ELA
1:15-3:00 CMAS - 4th Grade ELA

Tuesday
* 7:30 Lab Cohort in the Gold Mine room
8:45-10:30 CMAS - 3rd Grade ELA
10:45-12:30 CMAS - 5th Grade ELA
1:15-3:00 CMAS - 4th Grade ELA

Wednesday
Staff Development - Revise Year Long Plans
8:45-10:30 CMAS - 3rd Grade ELA
10:45-12:30 CMAS - 5th Grade ELA
1:15-3:00 CMAS - 4th Grade ELA

Thursday
8:45-10:30 CMAS - 3rd Grade Math
10:45-12:30 CMAS - 5th Grade Math
1:15-3:00 CMAS - 4th Grade Math
* Jenny admin meeting

Friday
8:45-10:30 CMAS - 3rd Grade Math
10:45-12:30 CMAS - 5th Grade ELA
1:15-3:00 CMAS - 4th Grade Math


Reminders
* Please sign up for your summative if you have not done so already.

* Please check workday.  Human Resources is asking that you upload ALL of your transcripts, including your work in Douglas County, degrees and endorsements.  This is needed for compensation discussion that is currently happening in our District.

* Please make sure your blog is updated for April.

CMAS 
* Please see the CMAS schedule above.
* Please remind your students to be quiet when walking in the halls.


Staff Development
* Below are practices that support students with dyslexic traits.



* Link to dyslexia resource from the University of Michigan.

Staff Development Schedule for the Remainder of the Year
* April 10: Revise Year Long Plans
* April 17: Placement
* April 24: Input CITE 6 Data * Please Bring Your Data
* May 1: Placement
* May 8: Write New READ Goals * Please Bring Your Data
* May 15: Placement/EPR
 * May 22 - Staff Meeting @ 7:30 - End of Year Celebration - All Staff Are Welcome to Attend


2020 State Science Standards 
2020 CO Science Standards show significant content shifts at the elementary level.  Click here for an overview.  Please email Jenny if you are interested in attending a PAID District summer training to learn more.  We are able to send one representative at each grade level. See more information below.

July 23 - 25 Summer Science Workshop  at Cresthill Middle School @ 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

• July 23  - Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
• July 24 -  3rd, 4th, 5th

Staff Joining GRE in 2019-2020
We have already hired incredible staff for next year who are eager to join our team! Below are their names and contact information.  I encourage your to reach out to them and welcome them.  I know that they would all appreciate hearing from you!



We are in the process of hiring a kindergarten teacher.  That teacher may teach PM kindie or full day.  If we receive funding from the state for full day kindergarten, this teacher will teach full day.

Placement Process
Below if our placement process that was communicated to our parent via my weekly push out.  Please make sure that all parents send input to me via an email.  This allows us to track feedback throughout the summer.

Creating balanced classes that meet the needs of all students is a difficult endeavor.  This process involves hours of thoughtful dialogue between classroom teachers, administrators and other staff members. We know that creating a strong learning environment is essential to students’ success and we therefore take this responsibility seriously. Please be assured that we take each child into consideration. Please see our process below.

·   Teachers identify the social and academic needs of each student.  They refer to existing data and record pertinent information to assist them in their decision-making.

·     Teachers meet as grade level teams to form class lists that are balanced.  Balanced classrooms meet each student’s academic, social and emotional needs.  Teachers consider each child’s personality, academic strengths, needs and friendships. Learning specialists, the specials team and administration also collaborate with classroom teachers to provide feedback.

·     Each grade level team submits a draft of class lists.  I review final lists to ensure all parent input has been considered. Classroom teachers approve any changes I suggest given parent feedback to ensure classes remain balanced. 

·   Class lists are finalized in mid July to reflect the addition of students joining Gold Rush in the summer.

This process is consistent across grades K-4. Our 5th grade team collaborates with the teachers at Cimarron Middle School to ensure students’ success in 6^th grade.

We strongly believe that this detailed and collaborative process creates learning environments that benefit all students. Please remember that our ultimate goal is to create classes that promote the success of each child.  Please also know that your child is placed in a classroom for specific reasons and that our process benefits all students.  Because of the input and thought given by teachers, parents and administrators, we are reluctant to make changes once this process is complete. It may be hard to believe, but moving one child can disrupt the balance of an entire classroom. 

We do value parent input and welcome any insight you wish to share about your child’s strengths, needs and learning style.  We will take into consideration all pertinent information that you share with me on or before Friday, April 26th.  While we welcome your input, we cannot honor specific teacher requests.  Please put your thoughts in writing and address them to me (Jenny Brown).  I will accept either a letter or email (jjbrown@dcsdk12.org).

I cannot express enough how important it is that your thoughts are in writing.  As you can imagine, I receive a great deal of parent input and verbal information is difficult to track.  I also prefer that you direct this communication to me, as I am ultimately responsible for reviewing final class lists in July when teachers may not be available.

Happy Birthday
Mandy Miller - April 8th
Pam Ditus - April 9th

Go For the Gold
* Thank you Karen Petty and Kerry Dazzio for presenting at the Board meeting!
* Thank you team leaders for your input and feedback for next year!
* Thank you Kerry Dazzio for your work with the district art show!

Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Leuschner
Lounge Duty: Wright/Kaufman