Week of 2/3 - 2/7

Hey Panda Family,

Tornado blew right on through during Week 22! 🌪 Thanks for all you did to help make it through a whirlwind kind of week! 

Staff Meeting: We have a staff meeting this Tuesday, February 11 @ 3:30. The agenda consists of Boosterthon Information, Staff Awards, Confidentiality Reminders, and SECU tax information.

Tutoring Meeting: Immediately following the staff meeting on Tuesday we will have a brief Tutoring Meeting to discuss the implementation plan. This meeting is only for those individuals that expressed an interest in tutoring back in January. Those individuals are - Corlett, Finley, Brookshire, Medley, Barneycastle, Trujillo, Pizzino, Fox, McCracken, Flynn, & Adams.

Boosterthon Kickoff (February 11): Dress in your best Western Attire on Tuesday to help kick-off and support our Boosterthon campaign. 

i-Ready Training: The 3rd-5th grade i-Ready training has been rescheduled for this Thursday @ 3:30 in the media center. Please bring your i-Ready Teacher Success Guide and Teacher Learner’s Notebook as well as a charged laptop to our after school session. 

Retention: Any considerations for retention need to be shared with me and Ms. Gardner by March 27. A student must have at least a Supplemental Support Plan (SSP) to even be considered for retention. 

Arts Council: Help support the Arts Council by donating! Click on the following link - https://5934.thankyou4caring.org/WSFCS

Talent Show Audition Slips: Talent Show audition slips are in your box for those students who applied. It has the student name and their audition date/time. Please send home. 

Free Character Education Resources: www.NEDteachers.com

Love the Bus: This week is bus driver appreciation week.  Please consider having your students make general cards or write letters for our bus drivers.  Turn them into the office by the end of the day on Tuesday, February 11th.

Conferences: Great job to all our K-2 teachers for completing your conferences. If you still have a few left to do, that's okay! I appreciate everyone's hard work to take the time to meet with your families. The deadline for 3-5 conferences is this Friday, February 14. 

Read Across America Bingo: RAA Week will be coming up in March. I wanted to let you know that we will be playing RAA Bingo again over the announcements that week and the winning class will get a donut party. All of the books for the Bingo game will come from my Friday night read alouds on the school Facebook page. So, feel free to watch them with your class during read aloud time if you want a competitive advantage :) 

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.   

Staff Spotlight: We were super proud how all our students and staff handled the Tornado drill on Thursday! I know it was a little hectic at times, but everyone worked together like a true family. You were patient, flexible, and willing to do whatever it took to make sure our kiddos were taken care of. Thank you!!!

Teacher Tuesday Spotlight: Our school Facebook page is highlighting a teacher each week! Our spotlight this past week was Ms. Christopher. Check it out! 

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

Atlas books: Please discuss as a grade level what you would like to do with your grade level’s Atlas books (orange box we previously used for TRC).  We can make groups of books for Guided Reading, or we can let you put them in your class library.  Please let me know what you decide!

iReady: Don’t forget to finish up those last few students in iReady before 2/13 (this Wednesday).  I am excited to learn more from our trainer on Thursday at 3:30!

Heggerty with 1^st and 2^nd: See my email on 2/6 for more information about your rescheduled times.

Promethean trainer at PGE: We are very lucky to have a Promethean trainer coming to Piney Grove on February 26.  Mark your calendar!  Each grade level will meet with the trainer during their planning time.  Please send me any specific things you would like to learn about during this session.  I have discussed other topics with the trainer, but if you have specific topics, I would love to request them.

Upcoming Dates:

February 10 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30

February 11 - Boosterthon Assemblies (3-5 @ 1:30, K-2 @ 2:10)

February 11 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30, Tutoring Meeting @ 4:30

February 12 - 19 - Boosterthon Pep Rallies during Specials

February 12 - Jerry Yale @ PGE

February 13 - Mary Starling @ 10:00 (5th grade only)
February 13 - Iready Training @ 3:30 (3rd - 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 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 24 - Baby Shower for Ms. Berrier @ 3:30
February 25 - Testing Team Meeting @ 7:30
February 25 - SCC & Media Committee @ 3:30
February 26 - Promethean Board Training (during grade level planning)
February 28 - Grade Level Discretionary Funds need to be spent by this date
March 3 - PBIS & Wellness Committee @ 3:30
March 5 - Touch Math PD @ 3:30 (Kinder - 5th grade)

Had some close guesses for the Superbowl score, but unfortunately no winners. Thanks everyone for playing! Hope everyone has a Happy Valentines Week 💕