Sunday, April 3, 2022

Week of 3/28 - 4/1

Hey Panda Family,


The countdown to Spring Break is here! 5 more days and then we will all get a much needed vacation to recharge, relax, and recuperate in preparation for the end of the school year. I am so proud of the WHOLE body of work you and your students have produced to this point! "The best view comes after the hardest climb" - Anonymous. 🌄 

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:


Ms. Murray: Please keep Ms. Murray and her husband in your thoughts and prayers. Her husband has been diagnosed with leukemia and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. 


Internet Survey: Have you lost internet connection on your computer at school recently? Is your internet working fine one minute and then goes out? We are trying to get to the bottom of this. Please complete this survey to let us know - Internet Connectivity Survey


LETRS Stipend Update: LETRS training has required many hours for our elementary teachers. We are pleased to share the total stipend amount has been increased from $750 to $1,500 before taxes. The LETRS stipend will be dispersed to those who have successfully completed units in two payments. The first stipend payment will be May 31st. This will be a separate check from the regular paycheck for Units 1-3. Whatever participants have successfully completed for Units 1-3 by April 30th will be submitted toward the first stipend payment. The purpose of making a payment in May for part of the stipend is so teachers will hopefully receive as much as they can without extra taxes. The second stipend payment for Unit 4, as well as any other pending work from Units 1-3 that has been completed, will be submitted in mid-July to be paid on August 31st. 

Successful completion of Units 1-4 LETRS is determined by the following: 

  • Online course work completed for Units 1-4 
  • Unit score average of a minimum of 60% (Please note the state defines success at 80%). 
  • Attends live virtual sessions for each unit (Must be registered in Kick-up with confirmed attendance) 


Should any of the following not be met then the amount of the stipend will be modified to appropriately reflect the missing components. Each unit completion (online and live professional learning) is approximately $375 of the total $1,500 stipend.  See the prorated stipend pay below: 

1 unit- $375.00       

2 units- $750.00     

3 units- $1,125.00 

           4 units- $1,500.00 



LETRS Resources (from Ms. Crisp): See the resources shared below from Anna Crisp. 

Podcast:
-Amplify - Science of Reading 

Rasinski resources:
-Send an email

Dear Dr. Rasinski,

Please add me to your mailing list to receive your Morphology Monday, Word Ladder Wednesday, and Fluency Friday emails.

trasinsk@kent.edu (Tim Rasinski)


LETRS Manual Units 5-8: If you are interested in getting your LETRS Manual Units 5-8 book ahead of time they will be available beginning this week during PLTs. I will distribute them during PLTs and you will sign off that you received it. Units 5-8 are due next school year, but I know some staff have requested to go ahead and get a jump on it. 


EL Summer Program Link (from Ms. Pereda): Please share with your Spanish speaking parents. It was a Facebook live session in Spanish that gave information about WSFCS summer programs. See the link below. 


Student Work in the Hallway: Thank you to everyone for posting student work in the hallways this year with the I Can statements attached! We love for our visitors to see what we are learning. Feel free to constantly update, and if you ever need an extra hand posting work please take advantage of parent volunteers or you can even email me or Leslie and we will be happy to tackle it with you! 


Certified Staff Preference Form: As we plan for next school year, if all Certified Staff could please complete the following form to share their job preferences. We will be sending out a similar survey for Classified Staff in the coming weeks. Here is the survey for Certified Staff - Certified Staff Preference Form 2022-23


Step Challenge: Here are the Step Challenge details from Ms. Fox. We hope everyone will participate! 
  • Starts March 28 (Monday); Ends April 7 (Thursday)
  • You will be logging your own step count each day (Be Honest ðŸ™‚) 
  • Click link to log your steps: STEP CHALLENGE LOG
  • If you need a pedometer or need help downloading a step tracker app on your phone, come see me for help!
  • Prizes for the TOP 5 highest step count at the end of the challenge. Shoutout to PTA for the prize baskets! Prizes will be given out April 9!

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

3-5 Chromebooks for Media this week
Picture Day on Tuesday:  Media in the classroom
April is Poetry Month:  Come check out the poetry section!



Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the morning announcement links for this week. 



Shoutout: From Ms. Adams - Shout out week of 3/28 to Christopher and Olive for picking up litter around the school! Shout out to all of the classes that have helped so far in picking up litter and making things look better around the school!



Items From Previous Weeks


LETRS/Mental Health Trainings Coverage: In an effort to help provide certified staff with some extra time to complete the required district/state trainings we are going to offer Ms. Lloyd's assistance again for the spring semester. All certified teachers that have to complete LETRS/Mental Health Trainings may sign up for one 1/2 day on Ms. Lloyd's schedule to work on their 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 the end of school
  • Write your name and Trainings in the box - i.e. "Cox Trainings"
  • 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 coursework
    • Teacher workroom, Teacher lounge, etc. 
  • If a Covid/Emergency Sub situation occurs and Ms. Lloyd must cancel, you will be able to pick another date and time
  • This is optional, and is not required


Field Trip Fund: Please see below for information regarding field trip funds that have been provided to each school from the district. 

  • We have an ESSER Field Trips allocation available this school year and next to support learning recovery efforts.  We have roughly $10,000 to spend between this year and next year.  
  • Each grade level has about $1,600 to spend.  
  • Certain field trips have already been approved by the district for these funds (see Gardner for specifics on if your field trip would meet requirements)
Please remember that on and off campus field trips must: 
  • be standards aligned that either build background knowledge and/or allow students to participate in culminating learning experiences, 
  • meet federal requirements of reasonable and necessary, and 
  • include all students (no exclusions for behavior, missing assignments, etc.)  
  • When you want to use this specific pot of money, please indicate it on your request. 


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



Upcoming Dates:

April 5 - Spring Pictures with Lifetouch
April 5 - PBIS, SIT, & MTAC Committees @ 3:30
April 6 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting
April 8 - Report Cards go home
April 11 - April 18 - Spring Break
April 19 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
April 19 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30




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