Week 19, done! One more for Second Quarter 🐼😊
Staff Meeting: Reminder that our January Staff Meeting will be this Tuesday, January 21 @ 3:30. The agenda items are - Staff Awards, PBIS professional development, SIOP, IST Updates, FCAE, Ms. Ceglowski, Fire Marshall Updates, and Boosterthon Vote.
Teacher Workdays: Friendly reminder that you need to enter your workshop absences in Frontline if you are at a workshop on the workdays. If you are not working, please enter Annual Leave. Please make sure you fob in on the workdays too.
Staff Update: Please join me in welcoming Ms. Gwen Ashburn as our new 3rd grade teacher! Gwen has previously worked at Brunson Elementary, as a Dual Language teacher, and most recently at the NC Public Virtual Academy. She also speaks Spanish fluently :) Ms. Ashburn's first day with us will be on February 13. We are so excited to have a new member of our Panda family!
Cafeteria Management & Visit from Cash ES: Please continue to review the cafeteria expectations with your students (lunch line procedures, zero voice volume during music, etc.) It is imperative that each class is following the same expectations. The PBIS team from Cash will be visiting PGE on Wednesday, January 22nd to see how we use music in the cafeteria during lunch. We want to make a good impression. Thanks!
PBIS Event: Our next PBIS event will be this Wednesday, January 22 during Specials with Master Posey. All students will participate in a Taekwondo session with Master Posey, and then the students that paid their Paw Bucks will break their board. All Specialists will help monitor in the gym.
Boosterthon Fun Run: Please note in the calendar below that the Boosterthon Fun Run has been moved to Friday, February 21. We will not have any Boosterthon pep rallies on February 19, which is an Early Release Day.
Fire Marshall: Mrs. Gardner is still working to correct things reported from the Fire Marshal. We are almost there!!
PGE Talent Show: Mark your calendars for Friday, March 27th @ 6:30. Daytime show @ 1:15. We will use ER day lunch schedule. More details to come.
February 6 PD Update: February 6 after-school we will have a training for our 3rd-5th teachers on I-Ready @ 3:30 in the media center (please make sure your MOY diagnostic is completed by then). We will also have a training for our 1st & 2nd grade teachers on Heggerty. Shannon Thompson will conduct this training and it will also start @ 3:30. Location for the Heggerty training is TBD.
Discretionary Funds: Don't forget about your discretionary funds for instructional materials that was allotted at the beginning of the year. Your discretionary funds need to be spent by the end of February. Send items to me, or Ms. Gardner, for approval and then complete a prior purchase approval form for Pam (yellow sheet). If you need to know how much is left in your grade level/individual account, please email Pam.
Mobile HR: Human Resources will have a representative onsite at Piney Grove on January 22 from 12:45 - 3:45 to answer any HR related questions (pay, benefits, retirement, etc.). They will be located in room 126 for anyone that would like to speak with them.
Conferences: As discussed at our last staff meeting, please begin scheduling mid-year parent conferences for each of your students. These conferences should be a mid-year check-in to discuss each student's progress (academic, behavior, etc.). I encourage you to schedule them in 15-20 minute increments, unless you feel you need more time with the parents. If a parent can not come in for the conference please attempt to schedule a phone conference with them. Once you have your schedule set please share with Ms. Landreth so she can expect the parent visitors. We will be following up with everyone on how the conferences are going in PLTs. Feel free to use all or some of the teacher workday on January 24 for your conferences. The deadline for K-2 conferences is Friday, January 31. The deadline for 3-5 conferences is Friday, February 14 (we should have all 2nd quarter testing results in at this point for 3-5 to be able to share with parents).
Staff Spotlight: Huge shout out to Ashley Owens for organizing and managing such a smooth testing week! Thank you to everyone that helped administer tests and pull-out groups this past week. Awesome job!
Lesson Plans: Friendly reminder that Lesson Plans should be posted to the PowerSchool Wiki the first day of each week by 8:00am.
IF Updates
Math Night: Math Night will be held at the Food Lion (near Panera) will be held on March 12th. Mark your calendar! We hope that many teachers will be able to attend to interact with our families as they complete the math activities.
January 23 RC Day updates: Here is the most up to date list of the PD opportunities for January 23. Please get together with your grade level and send me ONE LIST for your grade level of who is attending which PD that day. Please make sure that we cover as many subject areas as possible.
i-Ready: The Mid-Year is set to begin on January 20th and runs through February 14th. However, we have scheduled our next training for 2/6/2020, which means that we need to have all assessments completed by 2/5/2020. We will be posting on our new iReady bulletin this week for the week of 1/13 to 1/17!
SSP reminder: As we move into third quarter, please make sure your SSP data and contacts are up to date. If you are ready to end the plan, great! If you are ready to move on to a new skill, fantastic! If you need to move to IST, please let me know when you would like to meet. We will find a time that is convenient and discuss what changes need to be made.
Letterland Parade: Kindergarten will be holding their annual Letterland parade on January 22nd at 9:00. Mark your calendars so that you can see the cuteness! We invite all staff members to join the kindergarten teachers dressing like Letterland characters. If you need help brainstorming a character, I am happy to help!
Interventionists Schedules: Our interventionist should be rolling with their regular schedules this week! If you have students who should be seen and are not, please let me know. I hope that I preserved the time of all students when making the new schedules, but if I didn’t, just let me know and I will take care of it. They are all doing a great job and we are lucky to have them!
Upcoming Dates:
January 20 - MLK day (no school)
January 21 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
January 22 - Kindergarten Letterland Parade @ 9:00
January 22 - Master Posey PBIS event (during Specials)
January 22 - Mobile HR @ PGE from 12:45 - 3:45
January 22 - Kindergarten Letterland Parade @ 9:00
January 22 - Master Posey PBIS event (during Specials)
January 22 - Mobile HR @ PGE from 12:45 - 3:45
January 22 - End of 2nd Quarter
January 23 - Workday (reserved for central office)
January 24 - Workday (conference day - reserved for schools)
January 27 - Jerry Yale @ PGE
January 28 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting 8:00 - 3:00
January 28 - SCC & Media Committees @ 3:30
January 29 - Class Pictures
January 30 - Gardner @ AP Meeting 8:00 - 11:00, Elkins @ Principal's Meeting 12:00 - 3:00
January 29 - Class Pictures
January 30 - Gardner @ AP Meeting 8:00 - 11:00, Elkins @ Principal's Meeting 12:00 - 3:00
January 31 - Reports cards due to Ms. True
January 31 - K-2 Parent Conferences completed by this date
February 3 - Midyear PDPs due
February 4 - Science EOQ Check-In
February 3 - Midyear PDPs due
February 4 - Science EOQ Check-In
February 4 - Jerry Yale @ PGE
February 4 - PBIS & Wellness @ 3:30
February 6 - Iready Training @ 3:30 (3-5 grades only), Heggerty Training @ 3:30 (1st & 2nd only)
February 7 - Testing Team meeting @ 7:30
February 7 - Testing Team meeting @ 7:30
February 7 - Report cards go home
February 10 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30
February 11 - Boosterthon Assemblies (3-5 @ 1:30, K-2 @ 2:10)
February 11 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
February 12 - 19 - Boosterthon Pep Rallies during Specials
February 12 - Jerry Yale @ PGE
February 13 - Mary Starling @ 10:00 (5th grade only)
February 13 - FCAE Meeting @ 3:30
February 14 - 3-5 Parent Conferences completed by this date
February 18 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting 8:00 - 3:00
February 18 - SIT @ 3:30
February 18 - SIT @ 3:30
February 19 - Early Release Day
February 20 - Kindergarten Registration Day from 10:00 - 6:30
February 21 - Boosterthon Fun Run (times TBD)
February 21 - Baby Shower for Ms. Jones @ 3:30
February 21 - Boosterthon Fun Run (times TBD)
February 21 - Baby Shower for Ms. Jones @ 3:30
This past week I got a very thoughtful note just when I needed a pick me up! I challenge you this week to pick one person (student or staff member) to write them a nice, encouraging note to let them know you are thinking about them. I hope you will join me in this challenge!
I love this idea! (I remember when we wrote positive and encouraging notes on sticky pad notes, and left them on their mailboxes. I think we will ALL will be needing those personal pick me up’s - especially during this time of the year! Maybe we could try that again too?????). 🤷♀️
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