Hey Panda Family,
April Staff Meeting: Reminder that our April staff meeting has been moved to 3:30 this Wednesday, April 21 so it doesn't conflict with afterschool tutoring. Please use the staff meeting link on the PGE Canvas page to access the meeting.
Teacher Choice Form (K-5 Teachers Only): Please complete the following form to let me know your desired grade level for the 2021-2022 school year: Teacher Choice Form 2021-2022. The form should be completed by Friday, April 23.
- Please continue to refer any students who are not engaged in learning.
- A lot of information has been made available regarding summer school options There are a ton of programs Here is a link to a page with all the options. https://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Page/119726
- I see a lot of materials waiting out front waiting to be picked up. Please let me know if you need assistance with this after verifying that the parent cannot get to the school.
- Behavior concerns are on the rise as the students get more comfortable in the building. It's also Spring Fever time! So, be kind to yourself and reach out if you need help. Hang in there!
- Check out the link below for some Spring Survival Tips...
- https://www.weareteachers.com/self-care-teacher-tricks-for-spring/
- Finally, the district has just asked us to complete another Panorama Survey. This is the survey where we learn about our school's climate. We are just now delving into the data from the Winter survey in SIT and I am so excited to share what we have learned! It is not typical to complete another survey this soon but as they say, "unprecedented times" Thanks for hanging in there with me and knocking this out. Here are the details:
- Please tell your students about the upcoming incentives
April Incentive - April 29 and 30th
- Kickball with Elkins/Gardner (3-5) - Cost $40
- Number of students participating from grade level due to Gardner by April 26
- K-2 Paw Store Schedule
- All students will participate
- Paw bucks will be spent on extra activities and snacks
- More details to come soon
Retirement Education Alert (from district): Discover how the NC 401(k), 457 and 403(b) plans can help you achieve retirement readiness. Click Here To Register For The Webinar with Human Resources!
Retirement Readiness Workshop Flyer
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 11:30am – 12:00 noon
- Newsela: Great News!!! The district has purchased a subscription to Newsela! This a great resource for highly engaging, nonfiction articles with leveled text in Social Studies, ELA, and Science. You will be able to access and create assignments in Canvas. ITFs were trained in our meeting on Friday. If you want to learn more about this resource, let me know. I will plan a more formal training before we get started with the 2021-22 school year.
Canva for Education: Did you know that Canva premium features are free with Canva for Education? Canva is a design tool to engage, collaborate, and promote creativity in the classroom. The cool thing about Canva for Education is that they are partnering up with Canvas to integrate an external app that jives with each other. To register for a Canva for Education account, click on the following link: https://www.canva.com/education/. Again, if you have any questions about this resource, let me know. To learn more about Canva for Education, watch the following tutorial: Canva for Education: Tutorial for Teachers.
DLC Credits: If you need DLC (Technology Credits) or just want to add them to your CEUs to have them on record, you can register for the workshop in the PD system: Location: Piney Grove Elementary Title: DLC Integration 2020-21 (Piney Grove Elementary), Date: 02/24/2021. Remember, you must be on the school network to register for workshops in the PD system. Should you have any questions, please let me know. Just in case you need the document again, here is a link to the form you need to submit to me so that I can enter your credits into the PD system for you: DLC Credit Record Sheet. Please submit your DLC Credit Record Sheet to me via the following Google Form by May 14th, 2021, so that I have ample time to enter them in the PD system. Submit Your DLC Credit Record Sheet Here.
Remote Students Returning to In-Person: We have decided not to wait until 4th quarter to communicate to all remote parents that their child can return to in-person learning. Please send the following message to your fully-remote students via Dojo (you can let them know it is from Mr. Elkins):
Hey Pandas! Effective immediately, your child may return to full in-person learning if you so choose. Any remote students that want to immediately return to in-person learning will need to be a car rider, use a morning/afternoon daycare van, or go to Imprints. If your child needs bus transportation, please contact the front office to get it arranged before your child plans to return to in-person learning (bus transportation is only available for residential students). If your child will be a car rider, please ask your teacher for a pink car rider sign. Students returning to in-person learning are committing to all 4 days of in-person learning each week. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the front office at 336-703-4122.
- Mr. Elkins
If parents decide to send their child back for in-person learning please let Ms. True know who the student is and when they will begin in-person learning.
Student Attendance: For students to be counted present on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays they must attend in-person if they are an in-person student or they must attend remotely if they are a remote student. Students should not be counted present for work completion only on M/T/Th/F if they did not attend class. They may be counted present for work completion on Flex Wednesdays.
Morning Arrival: This is just a friendly reminder that all staff need to enter through the front entrance of the building first & complete the temperature check and screening before reporting to your room. Thank you for your help with this.
April 26-May 14: iReady 4-5 Reading and K-5 Math testing window
May 3-14: iReady K-3 Reading testing window
May 6th: no after school tutoring (please notify families) so we can have PD from 3:30-4:30
May 12 EOG Training (K-1 is 8:30, 2, Specialist, other certified staff is 12, 3-5, EC is 2:00)
May 17: iReady “Pop to the Top” incentive
May 21: all computers that are needed for testing will be borrowed from K-2 classrooms for testing and will not be returned until testing is close to completion (I’m hoping you will have them back on June 2)
May 24 to June 8: K-2 Math EOY assessment window
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