Week 36 & Week 9 Online. We are almost at the finish line! 🏁 Y'all have been rockstars navigating this pandemic while providing support for your students. We are so proud of your hard work and we are excited to think about the future where we will be back in the building with our students next year (whatever that looks like 😊)!
Canvas Training: There will be “Get Started In Canvas” sessions offered everyday for the next 3 weeks at 8am, 10am, 12pm and 2pm. These overview sessions will last 2 hours and will give teachers the information they need to get started with virtual training in Canvas and how to export/import their PSL classes into Canvas. There is a signup for teachers in the link with a capacity of 200 in each session. Please make sure you attend at least one of these sessions.
Final Evaluation & PDP Sign off (Certified Staff): Please make sure you sign up for a time slot on the Google form linked below to review your final PDP and sign off on your final evaluation performance.
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Updates from District Office:
- The transfer window is now open for certified teachers. You are only able to transfer if you marked it on your Teacher Intent form. The transfer window is open until June 30.
- The Summer School/Jump Start 2020 applications are now available. Please use this link to visit the web page for details regarding the employment opportunity, and this link to apply.
- Schools may begin working on end of year plans now that we have entered Phase 2. More information to come.
STC Inventory (from Ms. Adams): Grade Chairs, we need your assistance in inventorying the WS/FCS Science Department supported materials. This helps the Science Department order and ship the materials that will be needed for the next school year.
The inventorying process will look very different this year since many classrooms still have materials that were not able to be returned to the Science Lab, and the physical inventory of kits had not started.
Please do the best of your ability to identify how many kits your grade level has and what they used during the year. You may want to meet digitally to discuss.
Grade level inventory sheets will be shared with you to use, fill in, and then send back to Bonnie Adams. Once she has received all of the information from grade chairs, a school inventory will be sent to the Science Department so they can hopefully fill and ship orders to the school by the end of July.
Please complete and return grade level inventories to Bonnie by Friday, June 5th, 2020.
PGE Senior Panda Walk: If you are interested in helping plan the Senior Walk for former PGE students who are graduating from high school, please contact Ashley Pollard.
Priority Standards: The district wants all grade levels to focus solely on "Priority Standards" for 4th Quarter eLearning. These standards have been selected by the district as the most important standards for instruction as we prepare students for their next grade. Here is a list of the "Priority Standards" for each grade level in this document.
Morning Announcement Links:
Monday (5/25): None/Holiday
Tuesday (5/26): https://youtu.be/bB7tiMpoefY
Wednesday (5/27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkh9Ygg8AU
Thursday (5/28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjc1j7AEt8
Friday (5/22): None/eLearning is over
Summer Birthdays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLrSax_k8u0
Daily Assignments: As discussed, please make sure your PSL page Elearning assignments are broken down into daily requirements (Monday do..., Tuesday do..., etc.).
FLEX Fridays: Reminder, there will be “FLEX” Friday each week. During the remainder of this school closure, students will only be assigned academic work Mondays-Thursdays, allowing Fridays to be used as a flexible day to engage in fun, leisure, building/strengthening social-emotional connections, and catching up on previously assigned work and/or connecting with teachers for additional support. See the eLearning Instructional Guidance document for FLEX Friday resource to attach to your PSL page.
Staff Spotlight: This week's shout-out goes to Ms. Rinfrette and Ms. Fox. Ms. Rinfrette had a terrible leak in her classroom ceiling from all the rain this past week. By the time we caught it the water had already destroyed a lot of her read aloud picture books. She handled the news so gracefully and we worked together (with Jose, Leslie, and Pam's help) to salvage the ones that had little damage. I was extremely proud of how she handled this situation. As we worked to get creative to help Ms. Rinfrette replace her damaged books, Ms. Fox graciously donated the remaining money in her PTA allotment so Kendall can buy some new books for her class to replace the ones she lost. This was a true act of kindness and how family helps each other out. I was extremely proud of Ms. Fox in this moment as well. Thank you to you both!
Morning Announcement Links:
Monday (5/25): None/Holiday
Tuesday (5/26): https://youtu.be/bB7tiMpoefY
Wednesday (5/27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmkh9Ygg8AU
Thursday (5/28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjc1j7AEt8
Friday (5/22): None/eLearning is over
Summer Birthdays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLrSax_k8u0
FLEX Fridays: Reminder, there will be “FLEX” Friday each week. During the remainder of this school closure, students will only be assigned academic work Mondays-Thursdays, allowing Fridays to be used as a flexible day to engage in fun, leisure, building/strengthening social-emotional connections, and catching up on previously assigned work and/or connecting with teachers for additional support. See the eLearning Instructional Guidance document for FLEX Friday resource to attach to your PSL page.
Staff Spotlight: This week's shout-out goes to Ms. Rinfrette and Ms. Fox. Ms. Rinfrette had a terrible leak in her classroom ceiling from all the rain this past week. By the time we caught it the water had already destroyed a lot of her read aloud picture books. She handled the news so gracefully and we worked together (with Jose, Leslie, and Pam's help) to salvage the ones that had little damage. I was extremely proud of how she handled this situation. As we worked to get creative to help Ms. Rinfrette replace her damaged books, Ms. Fox graciously donated the remaining money in her PTA allotment so Kendall can buy some new books for her class to replace the ones she lost. This was a true act of kindness and how family helps each other out. I was extremely proud of Ms. Fox in this moment as well. Thank you to you both!
IF Updates
Heggerty materials: All K-2 teachers, please let me know where your Heggerty materials are. Refer to the email Jayne sent for specific directions about how to pack them up.
Upcoming Dates:
May 25 - Memorial Day (no eLearning)
May 28 - Last day to assign eLearning assignments
May 29 - Virtual Awards Day Videos due to Ms. Epperley
June 5 - Last day for students to turn in missing eLearning work
June 5 - Virtual Field Day
June 5 - All Certified & Classified Evaluations must be completed by this date
June 8 - Report cards are due to Ms. True
June 12 - Report cards are mailed home
June 15 - Last day to complete "Preparing to Launch" Canvas training
June 30 - Last day to access your PowerSchool Learning page
July 20-23 - Tentative dates for Math and Reading Textbook training
August 14 - Last day to complete "K12 First Day Ready" Canvas training
August 17 - First day of school for 2020-2021
May 28 - Last day to assign eLearning assignments
May 29 - Virtual Awards Day Videos due to Ms. Epperley
June 5 - Last day for students to turn in missing eLearning work
June 5 - Virtual Field Day
June 5 - All Certified & Classified Evaluations must be completed by this date
June 8 - Report cards are due to Ms. True
June 12 - Report cards are mailed home
June 15 - Last day to complete "Preparing to Launch" Canvas training
June 30 - Last day to access your PowerSchool Learning page
July 20-23 - Tentative dates for Math and Reading Textbook training
August 14 - Last day to complete "K12 First Day Ready" Canvas training
August 17 - First day of school for 2020-2021
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