Sunday, February 13, 2022

Week of 2/7 - 2/11

Hey Panda Family,


We have made it through 100 days (and 101 days) of school! Whew 🙌 This is no small feat! This week was full of fun activities: Panda Chef challenge, celebrating iReady growth in PLTs, a Superbowl party tailgate in the parking lot, and so much more. I love our school, and the passion that you put into making learning fun for your students is so evident! Thank you for all you do!  

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:


Staff Meeting: On Tuesday, February 15 @ 3:30 we will have our monthly staff meeting in the Media Center. Here is the agenda:

  • Positive News & Staff Awards
  • Mr. Richard - new interim day porter
  • Putt-Putt Field Trip
  • SEL 101 - district presenter
  • Boosterthon
  • Bell Schedule 2022-2023
  • Instructional Rounds
  • Miscellaneous 


Valentine's Day Breakfast: Our amazing PTA will be serving breakfast for the staff this Monday, February 14 in honor of Valentine's Day. Come hungry! 




Putt-Putt Permission Slip: Please send home the electronic permission slip for the iReady Putt-Putt field trip. Dates and times for your grade level are highlighted in the permission slip. If your students will be on the field trip during your lunch time please have them pack a lunch to take. The directions for the electronic permission slip are below. 


Here are directions to make a copy so you can monitor if your families have signed the permission form:


1. Open this link: Putt-Putt Permission Slip (Make a Copy)2. Click the three vertical dots in the upper right corner.3. Click Make a copy, then click OK.4. Click Send.5. Click the hyperlink symbol (oval with line inside).6. Copy the link.7. Send via Dojo only to the parents of your students who qualified.*You will need to monitor that these students' families digitally sign the permission slip. You can do this by opening the Google Form, then choosing Responses at the top.*



MTSS Survey (K-5 teachers): If you didn't complete the MTSS survey this week in PLTs, please make sure you do so. If you have any students that are overall red on their MOY diagnostics they should be receiving EC or MTSS support. If you have any students that are overall red and are not receiving either of these supports Ms. Balint can help you! Here is the survey to complete - MTSS Check-In Survey 



Instructional Rounds: Instructional Rounds will begin this week for 3rd Quarter. We will review for all staff in this week's staff meeting. Our initial focus is to have a healthy balance of the students we are calling on during whole group and small group lessons. Here is the checklist we will be using - Who are we calling on? 



Wooden Loft (from SCC): We have tables reserved for us on Thursday, February 24 at the Wooden Loft in Kernersville.  If you are interested in joining in on the fun, please follow the instructions below to sign up and choose your project. Please reach out to Ms. Mathis if you have any questions. 

 Here’s what to do...👉🏼go to www.thewoodenloft.com
👉🏼go to PROJECTS👉🏼look under the different categories (choose from planks, framed, oversized or tabletop)👉🏼pick out the project you want to do (each sign has its own name)👉🏼then go to CALENDAR and choose the Kernersville location👉🏼click on the Feb 24th workshop Piney Grove Gals👉🏼 this is where you will register👉🏼there is a scroll down menu to pick your project and just fill in the required info from there
👉🏼Please register by Feb 22nd



Recycle Bins: Please remind your students to only put rinsed cans or bottles in the recycling bins by the water fountains. Thank you! 



Countdown to Kindergarten: This Thursday, February 17 will be the kickoff day for Kindergarten Registration for the 2022-2023 school year! If you see visiting families please make sure to welcome them 😊 We would also like everyone to wear their favorite PGE shirt this Thursday too. Thanks! 



Panorama Survey (from Ms. Ceglowski): Thank you so much for taking the Panorama Survey!  We are at 71.8%!!  The survey was extended 3 days to Wednesday, February 16th at 11 PM.  We have 20 staff who still haven't taken the survey.  I do not know who you are but I sure would love for you to take the survey!  Just search your email for Panorama Education Team and it will pop up.  If it doesn't, shoot me an email I'll get you squared away.  

We had 103 parents and counting complete the survey which meets and slightly exceeds district expectations.  I love reading the feedback from parents!  If you think you can get a few more to take it, please do!  Also, if you are a teacher/staff parent, we need you to take both surveys!  The survey is offered in both English and Spanish.


CARES: Please continue to refer any students who are not engaged in learning for any reason to the CARES team by emailing jceglowski@wsfcs.k12.nc.us


Media Center Updates (from Ms. Epperley): Please see the Media Center updates below.

PGE Winter Reading Olympics Feb 7-Mar 7
K-5 students will be working to win the gold for their class! K-2 have a form to fill out and turn in for the class with the most minutes.  3-5 students will fill out a google form for the most pages read.  There will be Gold, Silver, Bronze, Platinum and Honorable Mention Awards given to each class.  Gold medal winners will receive a special Freezer Pop Day!
K-2 Chromebook Take Home Program: The district is asking us to send home a form offering students their Chromebook for daily take home.  They would keep the charger at home.  They are required to return the form, but they may opt out of the take home program. We will start with second grade next week,  followed by first and lastly, Kindergarten. Depending on how many want to take them home, we may need to reorganize the charging stations.  If you know students have access to devices at home, feel free to encourage parents to opt out of sending the device home.  
Battle of the Books
4-5 students participating in Battle of the Books will be practicing on Wed and Fri mornings from 7:50-8:20am in the media center, starting Feb 9 through Mar 2.
3-5 students need Chromebooks for media this week.
Check out the new Staff Book Club shelf in the laminating workroom:
Take and Trade Book Club! Just fill out the bookmark to review any books you read or leave😍



February drills: We will only have a fire drill this month. 
Fire Marshal: We had our 2nd inspection from the fire marshal on 2/9/2022.  We are happy to report we had no violations.  

ACCESS Testing: Jan. 24 through Mar. 3

  • Testing will continue with schedules being sent via email. 
  • Our goal is to finish testing this week. 

LETRS Session March 4: 
  • 24 trainers in the AM and 24 trainers in the PM 
  • Sign up for the March 4th session will open on Tuesday, February 15th.  
  • Currently, we do not know what time the link will open.


Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the student video announcement links. 



Shoutout: From Ms. Ceglowski - Thank you all so much for the love during School Counselor Week last week.  You guys really know how to make a girl feel special!  



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


Valentines in the classroom: Students may exchange valentines cards and treats with their classmates this year. Please just remind parents of any allergies in your class and that all items must be store bought. 



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!



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. 



Upcoming Dates:
  
February 15 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
February 15 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30
February 16 - Sound Walls PD @ 3:30 (1st & 2nd grades only)
February 17 - Gardner @ AP Meeting 8:30 - 11:30
February 17 - Countdown to Kindergarten
February 18 - Putt-Putt (K-2nd)
February 22 - Bus Driver Appreciation Day
February 22 - SCC & Wellness Committees meet @ 3:30
February 25 - Mid-Year Parent Conferences need to be completed
February 25 - Putt-Putt (3rd-5th)
March 1 - Boosterthon Begins
March 2 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting
March 3 - Gardner @ IF Meeting
March 3 - Progress Reports go home
March 4 - No School (Teacher Workday)


Happy Valentine's Day! 💚



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