Sunday, October 24, 2021

Week of 10/18 - 10/22

Hey Panda Family,


We made it through 1st Quarter! It was a fun day to end the quarter with ice pops, glow sticks, and pirates 😊 Our students have made tremendous growth through the first nine weeks, and it all started with each of you! 

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:


RS Workday: Monday, October 25 is an RS Workday (Reserved for Schools). You may work from home or school on this workday. The building will be open during it's normal hours. 



Report Cards: Friday, October 22 was 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. 


SIP Goals Vote: Please review the School Improvement Plan goals and vote on their approval. All staff (classified and certified) should vote. The goals and voting survey can be found here - SIP Goal Vote


PBIS Updates & Lunch Schedule: See below for PBIS updates and the cafeteria lunch schedule.
  • Please take time next week to review universal PBIS expectations for playground, cafeteria, etc.  
  • Review your classroom expectations.  Practice. Correct. 
  • Lunch schedule - 2021-2022 Cafeteria Schedule
  • Lunch video - PBIS Lunch Video
  • The students had a great time at the Glow Stick Dance! 
  • November incentive is Paw Store

iReady Class Incentives: A great and easy way to motivate your students to pass their iReady lessons is with classroom incentives. iReady calculates your class lesson completion percentage for each week for both Reading and Math. The goal is 80% or higher for lesson completion. See the awesome class iReady sticker chart that one staff member is using with her students. This is one of many incentive ideas that I know are happening around the building. Students are working towards extra recess, treats donated by room parents, electronic free time, and so much more! Some classes are even doing individual student incentives too for lessons passed. There are so many creative ways you can approach motivating your students to achieve in iReady!  



I See, I Think, I Wonder: Here is a link to Ms. Pereda's presentation with the great engagement strategy - I See, I Think, I Wonder


Testing: Many thanks to everyone for pitching in to get testing completed.  Below are the dates for Quarters 2 and 3. 

2nd quarter Check-ins (January 10th-20th)
  • January 12th- 5th grade Science
  • January 13th- ELA (3rd, 4th, 5th)
  • January 14th- Math (3rd, 4th, 5th)
  • January 18th- 20th- make up testing 
3rd quarter Check-ins (March 15-24)  
  • March 16th- ELA (3rd, 4th, 5th)
  • March 17th- 5th grade Science- LIFE SCIENCE
  • March 18th- Math (3rd, 4th, 5th)

Playground: Let's all work together to help keep our playground clean. Please remind your students to help put equipment back in the shed, not to put dirt on the picnic tables, and to bring in jackets/clothing items. Thank you! 


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. 


Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the links for the Morning Announcements. 


Staff Spotlight: Shoutout to Ms. Howell, Ms. Owens, Ms. True, and Mr. Jose for their immediate help and response in attending to a staff member in need this past week! Thank you for your quick action! 



IF Updates  


iReady School-Wide Incentives For The Year: I am excited to start planning ALL of our School-Wide iReady incentives for the year for MOY & EOY growth.  I have a few ideas that I would LOVE to get input on before we move forward.  So, if you are interested in helping to plan out the big iReady incentives for the year, please come to a meeting on Wednesday, Nov 3 @ 3:40 in my room.  I hope to see lots of you there! 



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.




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. 



Upcoming Dates:
  
October 25 - RS Workday (No School)
October 26 - Kernersville Pharmacy Flu Shots for staff (7:00 - 9:00am)
October 26 - SCC & Wellness Committees @ 3:30
October 27 - Report Cards due to Ms. True
October 28 - Kindergarten field trip (will not be here for specials)
November 2 - Picture Makeups
November 2 - 50th day of school (Kindergarten sock hop in gym @ 10:30)
November 2 - PBIS & MTAC Committees @ 3:30
November 3 - Elkins @ Principal Meeting
November 4 - No staff PD after school
November 5 - Report Cards go home
November 8 - PTA meeting @ 6:30
November 9 - 3rd grade field trip
November 9 - SIT @ 3:30
November 9 - PTA Spirit Night (Bill's Pizza Oak Ridge) 
November 11 - Veteran's Day (No School)
November 12 - 5th grade field trip
November 12 - Gardner off campus 




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