November 12 (from district): The Board of Education approved to modify the 2021-2022 academic calendar. We will not have school on Friday, November 12th. It will be a day for students and staff to take care of themselves. Staff and students should focus on their mental health by showing kindness, community, and connection. All employees will receive additional information regarding November 12th soon.
Report Cards: Report cards will go home on Friday, November 5.
iReady Checks: iReady checks are underway! I have checked your student's lesson completion progress for the last three weeks and I am excited to say that we are doing a great job 😊 Prioritize time in your schedule for iReady and have your students work towards classroom incentives. Growth is the key!
Flu Shots Rescheduled: Kernersville Pharmacy will be coming to Piney Grove On Monday, November 1 from 7:00-9:00am to give flu shots free of charge to any staff member.
Posting Student Work: We have seen some awesome student work posted in the hallways with "We can" statements (see pics below of a few examples - sorry I couldn't share all of them)! Make sure to show off the amazing work your students are doing! This would be a great task for a parent volunteer :)
LETRS Stipend (from district): Elementary principals, PreK -5th classroom teachers, EC resource teachers, and ESL teachers are well underway with LETRS Unit One! Please carefully review the LETRS Stipend Clarification Guidance document then share with your LETRS participants. WS/FCS LETRS Stipend Clarification Guidance
Field Trips: All field trips for this school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 21. There are fewer activity bus drivers. Dates are filling up fast. Reach out to Mrs. Gardner if you have questions.
November Drill: We only have the fire drill this month. It will be held by Friday, November 19.
Media Special: Mr. Younts and Mrs. Epperley are teaming up in the month of November for some exciting STEM lessons!
- K-3 will be learning about coding a robotic mouse
- 4-5 will be researching weather and creating Wevideo weather reports using the green screen. (No chrome books needed this week)
Parent Volunteers: Parents, or family members, are allowed to help you in the classroom or on field trips. Parents must be approved as a volunteer though to help in any capacity with your class. If a parent needs to register as a volunteer they can do so here -
WSFCS Volunteers. Please see Ms. Landreth if you have any questions or need assistance.
Book Drive: Do you have new or gently used books for K-5 students? We are partnering with Charlotte Football Club Youth Academy to build home libraries for children in need in our community. Donation box is located at the front of Piney Grove!
Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the links for the Morning Announcements.
Staff Spotlight: We had six teachers win Kernersville Chamber of Commerce grants for their classrooms! Congratulations to Ms. Rinfrette, Ms. Harman, Ms. Jones, Ms. Lindley, Ms. Sweeney, and Ms. Pereda! Way to go!!
IF Updates
iReady Incentive For The Year: I am excited to start planning ALL of our iReady incentives for the year. 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 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!
Technology Updates
📅 Upcoming ITF Meeting: I will be at my monthly ITF Meeting this Friday, November 5th from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm.
📢 Request to Visit Classrooms: For my ITF meeting next Friday, it has been requested that each of us share some examples of cooperative learning activities. If you are doing any cooperative learning/group activities the week, please let me know the day and time so that I can come in and see the awesome things that students are experiencing in your class.
Items from Previous Weeks
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
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.
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