Hey Panda Family,
Thank you for an amazing first week! In spite of all the uncertainty and angst surrounding our district at this moment, you put on your best smile and best attitude this week to make sure our students had a wonderful first three days of school. I know it may be hard, but just focus on the things you can control: how we support each other, how we take care of our students, and being prepared for each day. Y'all make me so proud! Have a wonderful weekend. 😊
Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:
New Updates
Staff Meeting: Our August Staff Meeting will be next Tuesday, August 19 @ 3:30 in the Media Center. The purpose of this meeting is to finish the few items that we didn't get to in our opening meeting. Please see the staff meeting agenda below:
- Good News & Pandagrams
- Chamber of Commerce Teacher Grant - Bruce Boyer
- Educator's Handbook
- AI Guidelines
- Testing Code of Ethics - Tama Lloyd
- Good of the Order
EC Pullout Groups: All EC pullout groups will begin next week.
ESL Groups: All ESL groups will begin the week of August 25.
Join PTA: If you haven't done so already, please make sure you join PTA to show your support. They do so much for our school. Here is the link to join: Join PTA
Class Schedule: Please make sure your daily class schedule is posted outside your door by next Friday, August 22.
Guidance Lessons (from Ms. Ceglowski): I'm excited to get started visiting classrooms for Guidance Lessons. If you haven't already, please sign up using this link.
MTSS Intervention Groups: Please see the MTSS updates below.
- Mrs. Barnes will pull students next week to gather baseline information. Baseline information will also be used from DIBELS BOY data.
- Mrs. Barnes's schedule will begin August 25. She will serve Tier 3 students and Read-to-Achieve (4th grade) students only.
- More information on MTSS Tier 2 plans to come.
Outdoor Recess: Please remember and adhere to the hot weather guidelines below. If the “feels like” temperature is above 90 degrees, all outdoor school activities are cancelled. This applies to physical education, recess, PTA events, outdoor art classroom, field day, etc. The attached weather chart and the Winston Salem weather station are what we generally use for hot/cold weather play decisions. We will let you know if the weather is too hot or too cold to go outside.
In general, on the attached chart:
- Green requires no precautions.
- Yellow requires appropriate clothing for cold weather, close monitoring of activity, and 30 minute time limits.
- Red is not appropriate for outdoor play/activity at school
Canvas Page: Please make sure you share your Canvas page with me and Leslie. Lesson plans should be posted to Canvas each week. Please make sure your Canvas page is shared with me and Leslie by Friday, August 22.
Good News: Our parents and families are amazing! Through our direct donation drive we have already raised $4,805 to help offset some of the loss of instructional funds from the district!
Previous Updates
Opening Staff Meeting Link: Here is the link to the Opening Staff Meeting slides. Please reference these slides for all beginning of the year information: Opening Staff Meeting 2025
Attendance: All homeroom teachers will take attendance in Infinite Campus and on your paper copy the first 10 days of school. Ms. True will come by and collect your paper copy each day. After the tenth day of school the paper copy will go away.
Announcements: Announcements will be over the intercom during the first week and a half of school. We hope to have video announcements ready beginning August 25.
Say Something Reporting: Here is a link to the Say Something Reporting page. The Say Something Anonymous Reporting System is a platform and safe space for students and concerned adults to provide information about individuals threatening or displaying at-risk behaviors for potential violence or self-harm. Here is the link: Say Something Reporting
PGE Substitute List: Here is the updated list - PGE Substitute List.
District Substitute List: Here is the updated list - District Substitute List
WS/FCS Interpreter Services: If you need a district interpreter, here is the link to request one. REQUEST FOR INTERPRETATION SERVICES LINK
IEP Minutes Document: Teachers will continue to take minutes during IEP meetings.
- 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
Upcoming Dates:
Aug. 19 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
Aug. 20 - Color Days Begin - Gray Day
Aug. 20 - Mclass BOY Opens
Aug. 20 - Gardner @ IF Meeting
Aug. 20 - BOG-3 training @ 1:45 (Gant's room)
Aug. 21 - Green Day
Aug. 21 - Ceglowski off campus
Aug. 22 - Purple Day
Aug. 22 - Please post your schedule outside your door
Aug. 22 - Cumulative Folder check due
Aug. 22 - Ceglowski off campus
Aug. 22 - Fire Drill @ 8:30
Aug. 22 - Owens off campus- PM
Aug. 25 - PLT's begin this week
Aug. 25 - Yellow Day
Aug. 26 - Pink Day
Aug. 26 - BOG 3 - 3rd grade teachers, Landis, Barnes, Gardner
Aug. 27 - Orange Day
Aug. 27 - Lomax's wedding shower @ 3:30- Media center
Aug. 28 - Black Day
Aug. 29 - Red, White, & Blue Day
Aug. 29 - PBIS assembly @ 8:45- we will call classes
Aug. 29- Owens off campus
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