Week of 4/4 - 4/8

Hey Panda Family,

Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break. It is crazy to think we only have eight weeks left of school - how fast it has flown by! Let's push each other hard, and support each other to our fullest, this last quarter as we work to take advantage of every minute with this group of students. Most importantly though, take advantage of the time to build and nurture your relationships with your students. The more they feel loved and cared for, the harder they will work to succeed! Thanks for all you do! 🐼

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:

Staff Meeting: This Tuesday, April 19 we will have our monthly staff meeting @ 3:30 in the media center. Here is the agenda:

• Good News
• Testing Updates
• Miscellaneous Items
• SEL 101

MTSS Planning & Review: This week there will be no PLTs. In place of PLTs, all K-5 teachers will meet with Ms. Balint on Thursday, April 21 during their planning time to review, update, and discuss all MTSS plans for your students. This will take place in the PLT room. Please bring any necessary data with you. 

Classroom Libraries: I have some exciting news! We were told at our last principal's meeting that in preparation for next school year, all PreK - 5th grade classes in the entire district will be outfitted with close to 300 grade level books for a classroom library makeover. All classes will get books, storage tubs, and other goodies to ensure students have an extensive selection of reading materials to choose from in their classroom. These books are supposed to come in over the summer. I am super excited about this addition as we enhance our current classroom libraries! When I get more specifics I will share them. 

Classified Staff Preference Form: As we plan for next school year, if all Classified Staff could please complete the following form to share their job preferences. Here is the survey for Classified Staff - Classified Staff Preference Form 2022-2023

Mental Health Trainings: This is just a friendly reminder to make sure you complete the state required Mental Health Trainings by May 31, 2022. You should be receiving emails from Vector Training with updates on what you still need to complete. 

May Drills: Fire and community lockdown.  

• Please review community lockdown procedures with your students before May 2nd. 

Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out a Morning Announcements update before Tuesday. 

Shoutout: Shoutout to the Wellness Committee for the fun step challenge competition! Congratulations to all our winners :) 

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 11 - April 18 - Spring Break

April 19 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30

April 19 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30

April 21 - Leslie @ AP Meeting 8:00 - 12:00

April 21 - MTSS Meetings with Ms. Balint during planning (K-5 teachers)

April 22 - Earth Day

April 22 - Leslie @ IF Meeting

April 26 - SCC & Wellness Committees @ 3:30

April 27 - Kindergarten Screening

May 2 - iReady EOY Reading window opens

May 3 - 5th Grade Cap & Gown photos with Lifetouch

May 3 - PBIS & MTAC @ 3:30

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