Hey Panda Family,
Baby Panda! (from Ms. Keller): Hey Panda Family! I couldn't wait to share the news with my school people that our family is expecting a new baby, June 2022! ❤️
Jessica Moore: For the last 3 years, Ms. Moore has been a wonderful 1-on-1 assistant for one of our Pandas. The child she was assisting has moved, so Ms. Moore will be taking a new job doing similar work at Sherwood Forest Elementary. We will miss Ms. Moore so very much, but we know she will do great work at her new school. Thank you for all you have done for our Pandas!
Jayne Grubbs: Ms. Grubbs will be out through February 21. She wanted me to let everyone know that she has greatly appreciated your kind messages and positive thoughts while she has been away.
iReady Diagnostics: Please make sure all your students complete both diagnostic tests by the end of this week, February 4.
Staff Perfect Attendance 2nd Quarter: Congratulations to these staff members who had perfect attendance for 2nd Quarter! This is an amazing accomplishment during these challenging times. A special prize will be coming your way soon to celebrate your perfect attendance! Here are the staff members who had perfect attendance in 2nd Quarter:
- Make-up testing will take place Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
- Students with accommodation of small group will come out of the regular classroom for make-up testing.
- All other students will take the test in their regular homeroom.
ACCESS Testing (ESL students): January 24 and end around March 3rd.
- An updated plan for the week will be sent out Monday via email.
- Next Event: Feb. 11 Panda Chef during your specials. Please add your students to the spreadsheet by February 3. (linked to Panda Chef).
- As we did with the Glow Stick party, grade level teams will help supervise the event.
- We will utilize the cafeteria for the event
- Those classes that eat in the cafeteria on Fridays should choose a different day of the week to eat in the cafeteria.
Mid-Year PDP Conferences: The sign-up for Mid-Year PDP meetings is hanging up outside mine and Leslie's office. Please sign up with me if I do your evaluations & please sign up with Leslie if she does yours. Conferences must be completed before 2/18/2022. Make sure your Mid-Year PDP is updated before we meet. This includes your progress to date on your goals, as well as any artifacts that you want to upload that show evidence towards completion.
Morning Announcements: We will have old school intercom announcements this week. We plan to get back to student led announcements soon :)
Shoutout: From Ms. Gardner - Thank you for all the well wishes and positive thoughts while I was out last week. I am feeling much better and ready to return to my Panda Family. Shout out to Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Pereda for a smooth first week of ACCESS testing!
Technology Updates
IF Updates
Need assistance while I am out? Contact one of these wonderful folks:
ELA- Kathryn Kear kakear@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Math- Adrienne Egerton abegerton@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Early Learning- Anna Crisp amcrisp@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
MTSS- Robyn Varga rmvarga@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
PLT- Mollie Jenkins mbjenkins@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
AIG/CogAt/ITBS school-based questions- Teresa Sweeney tsweeney@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Items from Previous Weeks
Mid-Year Parent Conferences: Just like we have done in year's past, we would like all PreK - 5th grade teachers to complete Mid-Year Parent conferences with all of your families. The primary focus of this conference should be to review MOY results, discuss behavior concerns/successes, and to set a positive tone with each family for the remainder of the school year (make sure to always start each conference with something positive and end with something positive). These conferences should be brief and most will last 10-15 minutes. You may schedule them in-person, over the phone, or through Zoom (your choice). Please have these conferences completed no later than Friday, February 25. When you have completed all of your Mid-Year conferences please complete this Google form to let us know - Mid-Year Parent Conferences Completed. Thanks!
ELA Updates (from district): Please share these ELA updates with teachers.
- If your MOY benchmark window is showing incorrect on your device, please encourage your educators to sync their devices when logging in to mCLASS Assessment. MOY windows have been updated in the mCLASS system but these will not show as updated on teacher devices until a sync has occurred.
- It is important to ensure teachers select MOY as the time of year.
- Invalidations for MOY- please see attached document outlining these changes. DPI and Amplify have changed the process for MOY so that once the district approves the teacher can do the invalidation herself. This will definitely be a more effective process than BOY.
- MOY window opens January 10th running thru February 1st.
- Please review the following slides before administering MOY https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QHyNcEI2KGvaO2BNQOroorKOnn_I4QY9uJhKSCjBZmI/edit?usp=sharing
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