Hey Panda Family,
Happy Mother's Day to all! Each day you take on the motherly role of nurturing, teaching, disciplining, and guiding our children. We celebrate you today and we thank you for the loving relationships you have with your students 💚 Thank you for all you do!
Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:
iReady Reading Growth: With only a handful of students left that need to finish the iReady Reading diagnostic, we are so pumped to announce our growth - 142% Reading growth as a school! You and your students are absolutely amazing! We are so proud and I am so happy for how prepared our students are to be more successful readers. You are giving them a skill that they will use forever!
iReady Math Diagnostic: All K-5 students will take the iReady Math Diagnostic this week. Like we discussed in PLTs, please make sure you are a cheerleader for your students and they are ready to do their best! Don't burn them out with extra practice, but instead get them in a good frame of mind to excel!
iReady & Mclass Scores: You are allowed to share all iReady and Mclass results with your student's parents after their child has completed the assessment.
Mclass Invalidations: If you need to report an Mclass testing invalidation, please send it to Leslie and me. In the email, state what happened and who the student was. We have to send all invalidations to district office for review. Thank you!
PLTs: We will have PLTs this week. We will be completing your EOG test training.
EOG Test Training: All staff members will be trained as test administrators and proctors this week. K-5 teachers will be trained during PLT's. All other staff members should find a time to attend PLTs or the alternate sessions. The other sessions will be at 2:20 and 3:30 on Tuesday, May 10. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Gardner.
Substitutes & Emergency Sub Plans: We are at the time of the year when it is very difficult to find subs at a moments notice. We will continue to do our best to help you find coverage when an emergency arises, but please know there is currently limited substitute availability. On that note, it is imperative that each teacher has at least one day of emergency sub plans at the ready at all times. If you don't have emergency sub plans prepared, please work to get plans together just in case you have to be out. Thank you!
PBIS Updates: Here are updates from PBIS and info regarding our next PBIS activity.
- Water Event - June 8, 2022
- 100 Paw Bucks, due by May 25
- Enter names on spreadsheet
- No regular specials
Staff Dinner - June 6 (from SCC): We will be having our Staff End of Year Celebration/Dinner on Monday, June 6th at 6:00pm. The event will be held at Gypsy Road Brewing Company. Kickback Catering will be catering the event. **Gypsy Road will be closed to the public, so it will only be the Piney Grove staff and spouses/significant others there.** Spouses/Significant others are welcome. Their cost will be $15.00. Please give your SCC Rep. or Ms. Mabe their money by Thursday, May 19th. This is an adult ONLY event.
Please complete the form if you are planning to attend by Friday, May 13th. Ms. Mabe must give a head count to Kickback Catering that afternoon.
Media Center Updates (from Ms. Epperley): Here are your updates for the week!
Spring Bookfair May 9-13; Family Night/Movie Night May 13 from 5-7pm
Please send us names of any students who cannot buy books at the book fair and need to "win gift certificates".
Student Library Book Turn in Day: May 25
Library Services Staff survey
Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the morning announcement links for this week.
Shoutout: From Ms. True (and everybody for that matter!) - Several teachers have shared with me their results on iReady and how well their kids are doing.
I would like to remind the teachers that in addition to all their hard work this year, 327 students have been affected by Covid resulting in 1860 days of absences from classroom learning so far this school year.
I am amazed every day by each of you. I'm SO proud!
Items From Previous Weeks
Testing Information: Here is a link to the Testing Information presentation from this past month's staff meeting. Reach out to Ms. Gardner if you have any questions regarding testing. PGE Testing Information 2021-2022
Grade Level Awards Celebrations Dates/Times: The SCC representatives worked together to determine when each grade level's award celebrations would be. All celebrations will occur in the gym. Here is the schedule:
Thursday, June 2 @ 10:00 - 1st Grade
Thursday, June 2 @ 11:30 - Kindergarten
Monday, June 6 @ 8:30 - 4th Grade
Monday, June 6 @ 10:00 - 2nd Grade
Monday, June 6 @ 11:30 - 3rd Grade
Tuesday, June 7 @ 10:00 - 5th Grade
End-of-Year PDP/Summative Conferences (Certified Staff): Beginning this week you will be able to sign up for a day/time to meet so we can review your end-of-year PDP as well as your summative evaluation. You should have your PDP completed and all artifacts uploaded before the meeting. The sign-up sheet will be outside Mr. Elkins' and Ms. Gardner's door. Please sign up with the admin that observes you. (Side note: We understand that some of you still have observations that need to be complete, we are just getting these meetings scheduled. Also, Ms. Gardner would like to have her meetings complete by May 13 so they don't interfere with EOG testing.)
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
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:
May 9-13 - iReady EOY Math Diagnostic completed this week
May 9-13 - Bookfair
May 9 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30
May 10 - EOG Test Training @ 2:20 & 3:30 (PLT Room)
May 10 - SIT @ 3:30
May 12 - Gardner @ IF Meeting
May 13 - PTA Movie Night
May 17 - Election Day (in Media Center - we are a voting site)
May 19 - Leslie @ AP Meeting (8:00 - 12:00)
May 19 - Spring Musical Dress Rehearsal @ 9:00
May 19 - Spring Musical Concert @ 6:00
May 20 - Field Day
May 25 - Mclass/Dibels EOY window closes
May 26 - ELA EOG Grades 3-5
May 26 - K-2 Math EOY Assessment window opens
May 30 - No School (Memorial Day)
May 31 - Mental Health Training Videos must be complete by this date
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