What?! A Full week of school?!

I hope you all have survived this full week of school! A lot of great work is being done by your elected leaders in the School Improvement Team/Leadership Team. I want to thank all of them for their hard work and dedication.

There are two main indicators that we are focusing on for this year.

• Parent Engagement
• Aligning units of instruction to the standards

We have had a great start in unpacking standards last year,  and had an introduction to some of the changes in the standards this year. Continue to focus on those verbs and what they are asking of students.

As we use these to drive our work, think about the students in your class who struggle.

• What accommodations are they using to access curriculum? 
• How are you planning with them in mind? 

• Remember that, in most cases,  their work with special education teacher is only a small part of their day. How are you connecting them to your classroom the rest of the day as they access their grade level curriculum? 

• What scaffolds are you able to put in place to help ward off possible misconceptions or stumbling blocks for them?  

• We are so very fortunate to have the skills and talents we do across this entire staff. Please utilize that or share your expertise with someone else. The Hurricane days have robbed us of our September and October Early Releases necessitating some additional meeting days in October.  I sincerely appreciate your patience and flexibility with that. However, some of the richest professional development can come in the form of conversations and planning with your colleagues in your PLTS or across grade levels. Please know that Steve and I are also available to help you troubleshoot particular students or to find strategies that might work in a lesson.

Hall of Fame: 

Thank you for coming out and helping to scoop ice cream at a very successful Ice Cream Social last Friday. I know it makes for a long day, but you did it with smiling faces and the kids and parents love seeing you there!

Thank you to Ms. D'Amico for organizing an effort to support a school hit hard by Hurricane Florence. (more info to come on that soon).

Thank you to all of you for your patience and hard work as we continue to serve students and families. 

Thanks to Coach G and all of our wonderful substitute teachers for holding things together in the gym! We will be glad to welcome our new PE teacher, Mr. Michael Hosterman on Monday, October 8th! He comes to us from Baucom Elementary School.

Congratulations to Caitlin McKee, who became Caitlin Wilson last weekend! Because a school can never have too many Wilsons! 😄

Ms. Perez and Ms. Hampton taking their jobs as scoopers very seriously!

Ms. Gehrett and Ms. Layman helping to scoop ice cream.

 

Boosterthon having more fun than anyone!

Mr. and Mrs. Henderson helping out scooping ice cream social.

Katherine made this nice sign that now sits right next to the substitute teacher sign in. You might want to leave a similar reminder at the top of your plans. 

Ms. Zimmerman's class uses what they have learned about volume to create a city and calculate its volume. It even has a Target!

Reminders:

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If you are due to be observed in the first round and have not done so, please sign up for a time for your pre, observation, and post on the Observation Google Calendar. 

• Please remember that the Book Fair begins on October 8th and will run through October 22nd.
• October 10th is Family Night at the Book Fair. This is the time to have conferences and a great thing to add to your weather make- up time. 

• Also make sure your beginning of the year PDPs are complete. If you need assistance, please ask Steve or myself and we can help you navigate the system.

• Note Interims will be going home October 5th. They will include Home Connect letters. Please let us know if you will not be able to complete mClass by Wednesday of next week.