Staff Meeting: This Tuesday, October 19 we will have our Staff Meeting @ 3:30. Here is the agenda:
- Staff Picture (wear your new staff shirt)
- Horace Mann presentation
- I see, I think, I wonder - Ms. Pereda
- Cafeteria lunch seating - PBIS
- Morning Meeting PD - Kindergarten
- SIT Goals
- Instructional Round Data
Report Cards: Friday, October 22 is the end of 1st Quarter. Report Cards are due to Ms. True by Wednesday, October 27. Elkins, Gardner, and Grubbs will review and sign report cards. Report cards will go home on Friday, November 5.
Open Enrollment (from district): The NC State Health Plan 2022 Open Enrollment period runs through Friday, October 29, 2021 and WS/FCS Human Resources wants to keep you in the know.
Active members and employees preparing for Open Enrollment can find information on medical plan benefit options and locate valuable resources in preparation for 2022 Open Enrollment at the NC SHP website. Visit https://www.shpnc.org/2022-open-enrollment-information-active-members to learn more.
Flu Shots: Kernersville Pharmacy will be coming to Piney Grove On Tuesday, October 26 from 7:00-9:00am to give flu shots free of charge to any staff member.
Remote Learning Days (from district): For the 21-22 School Year, the state is allowing districts to include up to five Remote Learning Days which can be used for possible closures due to inclement weather or an emergency. To prepare for a possible remote day, please encourage your teachers to create an asynchronous Remote Learning Playlist in Canvas (3-12) or prepare extended learning packets (K-2). (EC will deliver synchronous instruction according to IEPs.)
Completion & submission of assignments when students return to class will be used for attendance. The 1R code will be used to indicate a Remote Learning Day.
ELA Check-in: The 4th-5th grade ELA Test plan for Monday has been updated. 4th grade will begin after specials. 5th grade will begin at 8:30. Please review. Contact Mrs. Gardner if you have questions.
Make-up testing plans will be shared after Monday's testing session.
October Drills: On Wednesday, October 20th we will have our earthquake, tornado, and fire drills one after another. We will begin mid-morning.
Morning Announcements: We are going to do one more week of old school Morning Announcements next week! Mr. Elkins will do Morning Announcements over the intercom beginning at 8:20. They will last between 3-5 minutes.
Staff Spotlight: From Mr. Elkins & Ms. Gardner - Shoutout to Ms. Medley who joined us in the dunking booth on Saturday! You were a trooper!
From Ms. Epperley - Thank you for coming out to support the book fair...it was the best one ever! We sold over $16,000 and will be able to buy several books for the classrooms and the library. The pumpkin palooza was a big hit at the fall festival. The votes are in and the top winners are:
Sloan: Scooby-Doo
Vaden: The One and Only Ivan
Rempe: Fly Guy
Musten: Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Tie for 5th place: Tomlinson and Ashburn
IF Updates
NEW and (hopefully) IMPROVED MTSS Meeting Sign Up: I have tried to get along with the Sign Up Genius, but I can’t find a way to make it work for what we need. NOW, we will use this Google Doc to sign up for MTSS meetings. Make sure you are logged into your WSFCS google account to view this doc. As always, I welcome feedback on how to make this process run more smoothly.
Technology Updates
Technology Updates (from Mr. Younts):
📄 End of Quarter Grades Quick Reference Document (QRD)
- As you finalize your grades in PowerTeacher Pro for 1st quarter, here is a QRD to assist you depending on your respective grade level:
- As always, if you run into any issues along the way, please let me know!
- Teachers, check this site out! There are so many free templates! Where THERE'S A WILLS, there's a way!
🧮 🧪 Resource for Math (and maybe Science, too)
- Here is a template for putting fractions in Google Slides. Feel free to use as needed.
Items from Previous Weeks
LETRS Support: In an effort to provide certified teachers some time during their work hours to complete their LETRS coursework, we are going to creatively utilize Ms. Lloyd. All certified teachers that have to complete LETRS may sign up for one 1/2 day on Ms. Lloyd's schedule to work on their LETRS coursework. This is how it will work:
- Pull up Ms. Lloyd's schedule here - Ms. Lloyd's Schedule
- Pick one 1/2 day that is available between now and Winter Break
- Write your name and LETRS in the box - i.e. "Cox LETRS"
- Ms. Lloyd will cover your class for the 1/2 day that you sign up
- On your day, you will stay on campus and find a quiet space to work on your LETRS coursework
- Teacher workroom, Teacher lounge, etc.
- If a Covid situation occurs and Ms. Lloyd must cancel, you will be able to pick another date and time
- This is optional, and is not required
We plan to see how this goes between now and Winter Break. If it goes smoothly, then we will consider offering it again for the spring semester. We hope this helps some!
iReady Lesson Checks: We will start iReady checks in the coming weeks. We will be checking for 3 main components each week:
- Number of students that did not pass at least one lesson
- Class average % of lessons passed
- Average number of lessons passed per student
K-2 students should spend 30 minutes in both Reading and Math each week.
3-5 students should spend 45 minutes in both Reading and Math each week.
Testing Updates: Training for NC Check-Ins will be held soon. We will do this during PLT's. All students in 3-5 will complete the online tutorial prior to testing. Here are important testing dates coming up.
- 4th grade R2A - October 14th (select students)
- 5th grade Science Check-in - October 14th
- 3rd- 5th math Check-In - October 15th
- 4th and 5th ELA Check-In - October 18th
- Make up testing - October 19th-22nd
