Hey Panda Family,
19 days left for this school year! A mother is not defined by the number of children you have, but how she takes care of those around her. A mother is someone who sacrifices her personal well-being to better her family (or classroom). A mother is patient, forgiving, understanding, and humble. A mother is a mom, aunt, grandmother, godmother, teacher, and caretaker. Thank you to all of you for taking care of our children and the love you show them each day. Happy Mother's Day! 💚
Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:
New Updates
Field Day (from Ms. Fox): Field Day is next Friday, May 17. Please mark your calendar! If you would, please share the following date and times with your class families. See below. Thanks!
Field Day - May 17th
Kindergarten-2nd 8:45-10:45
3rd-5th grade 11:45-1:45
iReady Reading Results: I am so proud of all of you and your students hard work this year in Reading! Our school iReady growth finished at 145% and all classes are over the 100% mark! This is amazing! I am so proud of you. Let's give a shoutout to the Top 5 classes in K-2 iReady Reading Growth & the Top 5 classes in 3-5 iReady Reading Growth:
K-2nd
Musten - 167%
Wise - 159%
Rempe - 150%
Rinfrette - 148%
Cox - 145%
3rd - 5th
Vaden - 212%
Brookshire - 200%
Tall - 187%
Gant - 186%
Barnes - 186%
iReady Math Diagnostic: Next week all classes will complete the Math iReady Diagnostic. The last day for all iReady testing is May 17. After your diagnostics are complete, iReady weekly lessons are no longer required.
PLTs: All grade levels will have PLTs next week. We will be reviewing and closing out Tier 2 MTSS plans. Please bring your computer and necessary data.
Graduation Walk: In order to accommodate both Atkins HS and East Forsyth HS we are having two graduation walks this year. One on May 15 @ 9:30 and the other on May 23 @ 9:30. On these days we will get on the announcements and play the graduation music while the high school graduates walk the halls. Please join us on these days and times by lining your students in the halls to celebrate these graduates!
Ms. Hayes Memorial: Margaret Hayes worked at Piney Grove for many years as our PE teacher. She even helped groom and mentor the wonderful Ms. Fox 😊 Ms. Hayes lost her battle with cancer a few years ago and the PGE Retirees raised money for a simple memorial in her honor. Ms. Hayes loved to hike, so we have a plaque to present in her honor at the nature trail (by the picnic shelter). We are going to unveil this plaque next Friday, May 17 @ 7:45 out by the nature trail. I know it is early, and I know it is Field Day. We wanted Ms. Hayes' husband and daughter to attend and this is the only date we were able to make it work. The presentation shouldn't last more than 10 minutes for anyone who would like to join us. You will have plenty of time to make it back to your class by 8:05. I want to give a huge shoutout to Ms. Brookshire for being the school lead on this project. She has done a tremendous job making this all come to fruition.
PBIS Updates: Please see the PBIS updates listed below.
- We have canceled "Anything but a backpack" due to testing on June 3rd
- Paw Store - June 4 and 5. See the schedule here - Paw Store Schedule.
Send All Car Riders: Please do us a favor and remind your students to go straight to car riders when we make the announcement to "send all car riders". Thank you for your help with this and your help with making sure they leave when this announcement is made each day.
Progress Reports: This is just a friendly reminder to please stay up to date on entering your grades for 4th Quarter. As things get busy, this task can easily get put to the side. Please make sure this doesn't happen so you don't find yourself having to enter a ton of grades at the end of the quarter.
Greensboro Science Center: Please see the Teacher Appreciation flier below from the Greensboro Science Center.
Bridal Shower for Ms. Lovell: We hope you can join us to celebrate Ms. Lovell's wedding engagement on May 15! See the graphic below for full details. Kirsten and Jordan are registered on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/wedding/share/CallieJordan
Updates from Previous Week
EOY Testing Dates: Just for your reference, here is a list of all the end-of-year testing dates. Please make sure these are marked on your calendar.
May 6 - 10 - Complete iReady Reading Diagnostic
May 7 - 24 - Complete Mclass (K - 4th)
May 13 - 17 - Complete iReady Math Diagnostic
May 24 - June 7 - Complete K-2 Math Assessment (K - 2nd)
May 29 - Reading EOG (3rd - 5th)
May 31 - Math EOG (3rd - 5th)
June 3 - Science EOG (5th only)
June 3 - Read to Achieve (3rd only)
MTSS Updates: Please see the information below about closing out the school year with MTSS plans.
- MTSS Tier 2- Gardner and Ceglowski will meet with grade levels the week of May 13-17 to review plans, decide if the plan needs to continue next year, and close out the plan.
- MTSS Tier 3- Each grade level, except kindergarten, will have 2 days during planning where teachers with MTSS TIER 3 plans will meet with us to review plans, decide if the plan needs to continue next year, and close out the plan.
- If we can get through all the plans on the first session, then you do not need to come to the 2nd session. 🙂
- If you are responsible for progress monitoring, please make sure your plans have updated data before we meet.
- May 21st- Come to the PLT room during your planning time.
- May 22 is the day we will review TIER 3 plans with parents that need an interpreter. I shared a calendar invite with the times and coverage before spring break. (only applies to certain teachers)
- May 23rd- All grade levels EXCEPT kindergarten come to the PLT room during the planning time.
Doris Day (from the Office Staff): May 17th, in addition to being Field Day, is also Mrs. Murray's 80th birthday! Coming up with something to do for her on that day is the last thing you want to do, so it would be nice to have your individual kids or your whole class together think of something to do for her to show her how much we love her and appreciate ALL that she does for us each and every day. Thank you in advance for your help!
Campus Cleanup Documents (from Ms. Peickert): Thank you for your grade level help with keeping our campus clean. Please see the links below to review the campus cleanup map and help guide. Thank you!
Substitute List: We have updated the preferred substitute list. Here is the updated list - PGE Preferred Sub List
Blocked Days: We will need all hands on deck for testing from May 28 - June 7. Please understand I will not be approving any leave for these days. Please refrain from scheduling any appointments or personal days during this time frame. If you become ill during this time we will definitely work around this, but we want to avoid any preplanned absences during testing. Thanks for understanding.
IEP Minutes Document: Updated document includes suggested verbs and phrases from the training we had in November.
- Please delete verbs and suggested phrases from the document at the end of the meeting.
- Here is a link to the document: IEP Minutes Template
Employee Leave for Beginning of 24-25: If any employee is going to be absent on some of the teacher workdays from August 1 - 9 I need to know before you leave for Spring Break. Thank you to those who have already informed me. Here is a link to the 24-25 calendars - WS/FCS 24-25 Calendars
Upcoming Dates:
May 13 - 17 - Complete iReady Math Diagnostic
May 13 - 16 - MTSS Tier 2 Reviews - During PLTs
May 13 - PTA meeting @ 6:30
May 14 - Gardner off campus - Equity Leadership
May 14 - 5th grade Cap and Gown pics
May 14 - SIT @ 3:30
May 14 - Spirit Night - Culvers - 5:00-9:00
May 15 - Graduation walk @ 9:30
May 15 - Proctor training @ 11:00 - Rinfrette's room
May 15 - Lovell Bridal Shower @ 3:30
May 16 - Last day for Interventions - Pierce
May 16 - Last day for Guffey groups
May 17 - Field Day
May 21 - MTSS Tier 3 Review- all grades during planning - PLT room
May 21 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
May 23 - Graduation walk @ 9:30
May 23 - MTSS Tier 3 Review- Grades 4, 1, 2, 3, 5- planning- PLT room
May 23 - Last day for interventions - Edwards
May 23 - Last day for ELP groups- Hardin & Christopher
May 24 - Mclass window closes
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