Week 32 & Week 5 Online. Although the news from the State was disappointing on Friday, it is what is best to help us fight this pandemic and keep everyone safe. It is our goal to make the rest of the year personal and impactful for our students and families. We have ideas for virtual award ceremonies, virtual field day, and much more. We will keep you posted! Keep smiling, keep loving, and keep working hard. So proud of everyone! 🐼
Staff Meeting: We will have a virtual Staff Meeting this Friday, May 1 @ 2:00.
School Closure: In response to Governor Cooper's announcement on Friday that schools will be closed for in-person instruction for the remainder of the year - we will be making a plan and following the school district's guidance in next steps (returning student's personal items, completing end of the year tasks, preparing rooms for summer cleaning, etc.)
Updates from our Staff Meeting last week:
- Your grade level/department SIT representative will be reaching out to you to work on Action Steps that will help us prepare for next school year (Math Fact Fluency levels, Grade Level at a Glance, Vertical Alignment Slides, Vocabulary/SIOP Strategies, etc.)
- The State is voting this week on procedures for handling teacher evaluations and completing PDPs. More information to come when it is released.
- There have been some cuts and changes to certain positions. These are decisions that have been made by the district. I will be having conversations this week with staff members that are impacted by these decisions.
- We will begin to have conversations with staff members regarding grade level changes for next year. There will also be some movement of physical classrooms. All of these decisions are based on what is best for our students.
Updates from District Office:
- Here is an updated list of online Professional Development sessions that you can participate in being offered by the school district. See the list here - Offerings
- Grading Update from the State - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tep75RTXtaU9wStLSMlIDJp8VoF3sIJ6
- Final grades for K-5 will be a narrative report card only.
- See the template below: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19JQ5gRfvPZFF4d9DIpcyXwuwp7IrdudY
- More direction will come from district in the upcoming weeks
Priority Standards: The district wants all grade levels to focus solely on "Priority Standards" for 4th Quarter eLearning. These standards have been selected by the district as the most important standards for instruction as we prepare students for their next grade. Here is a list of the "Priority Standards" for each grade level in this document.
Morning Announcement Links:
Monday (4/27): https://youtu.be/EbjWPfIzZJM
Tuesday (4/28): https://youtu.be/14ZAO2SkDm8
Wednesday (4/29): https://youtu.be/ytpDVKXPyX4
Thursday (4/30): https://youtu.be/ARmB5Yddt6I
Friday (5/1): https://youtu.be/IZJyeoe5p-4
Work From Home Logs: Please complete and turn in your Work From Home logs to Ms. Willis by the end of the day on Monday.
Field Trips 2020-2021: As we look ahead to next school year, start talking to your team about field trips. Reach out to organizations to get dates and then let Ms. Gardner know so she can request buses. Remember, October is a popular month and dates get blocked quickly. Reach out to Ms. Gardner if you have questions.
Daily Assignments: As discussed, please make sure your PSL page Elearning assignments are broken down into daily requirements (Monday do..., Tuesday do..., etc.).
FLEX Fridays: Reminder, there will be “FLEX” Friday each week. During the remainder of this school closure, students will only be assigned academic work Mondays-Thursdays, allowing Fridays to be used as a flexible day to engage in fun, leisure, building/strengthening social-emotional connections, and catching up on previously assigned work and/or connecting with teachers for additional support. See the eLearning Instructional Guidance document for FLEX Friday resource to attach to your PSL page.
Morning Announcement Links:
Monday (4/27): https://youtu.be/EbjWPfIzZJM
Tuesday (4/28): https://youtu.be/14ZAO2SkDm8
Wednesday (4/29): https://youtu.be/ytpDVKXPyX4
Thursday (4/30): https://youtu.be/ARmB5Yddt6I
Friday (5/1): https://youtu.be/IZJyeoe5p-4
Work From Home Logs: Please complete and turn in your Work From Home logs to Ms. Willis by the end of the day on Monday.
Field Trips 2020-2021: As we look ahead to next school year, start talking to your team about field trips. Reach out to organizations to get dates and then let Ms. Gardner know so she can request buses. Remember, October is a popular month and dates get blocked quickly. Reach out to Ms. Gardner if you have questions.
Daily Assignments: As discussed, please make sure your PSL page Elearning assignments are broken down into daily requirements (Monday do..., Tuesday do..., etc.).
FLEX Fridays: Reminder, there will be “FLEX” Friday each week. During the remainder of this school closure, students will only be assigned academic work Mondays-Thursdays, allowing Fridays to be used as a flexible day to engage in fun, leisure, building/strengthening social-emotional connections, and catching up on previously assigned work and/or connecting with teachers for additional support. See the eLearning Instructional Guidance document for FLEX Friday resource to attach to your PSL page.
Staff Spotlight: Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for helping our report cards get completed, stuffed, and delivered on time!
Thank you to all our support staff for finding lots of creative ways to support our students - virtual field trips, recording interventions, tutoring Imprints students, recording read alouds, and so much more!
We are so proud of everyone!
Teacher Tuesday Spotlight: If you have not been in the spotlight, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ZsPnzqoJEVZQ6pDJ8 and email or text Mrs. Jones the photo you'd like her to use with your post at your convenience. All staff are eligible and this is making a nice collection on Facebook that will all be stored in an album.
Thank you to all our support staff for finding lots of creative ways to support our students - virtual field trips, recording interventions, tutoring Imprints students, recording read alouds, and so much more!
We are so proud of everyone!
Teacher Tuesday Spotlight: If you have not been in the spotlight, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ZsPnzqoJEVZQ6pDJ8 and email or text Mrs. Jones the photo you'd like her to use with your post at your convenience. All staff are eligible and this is making a nice collection on Facebook that will all be stored in an album.
IF Updates
PLTs: We will be in touch in the coming week about our next PLT meetings and the agenda for those meetings.
Upcoming Dates:
May 1 - Virtual Staff Meeting @ 2:00 on MS Teams
Some good tunes below to help us through this. Keep smiling, laughing, and spreading joy 😊
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