Hey Panda Family,
Perfect Attendance: Congratulations to these staff members who had perfect attendance for 1st Quarter! Awesome job! We have a prize for each of you 😊 Please stop by Ms. Owens' office this week to get your prize. *Hopefully I didn't leave anyone off that was deserving. If I missed anyone please let me know.*
Dec 13 - Wacky Tacky Day
Dec 14 - Beach Day **NO BATHING SUITS
Dec 15 - Superhero Day
Dec 16 - Winter Cookie/Treat Day
Dec 17 - Panda Pride Day
Dec 20 - Book Character Day
Dec 21 - Pajama Day
Bowling Schedule (December 17)
Bowling Virtual Permission Slip - ENGLISH
Bowling Virtual Permission Slip - SPANISH
Lions Club Eye Exam: On Tuesday, December 21 starting at 8:35 a.m., the Lions Club will conduct eye exams with grades PK EC, 1st, 3rd, and 5th. Schedule is linked above.
Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the links for the Morning Announcements.
Staff Spotlight: From Ms. Lindley - I want to give a shout out to Angela. She has taken out the trash in the pod more times than I can count but this week. I believe she has done it every single day. She has also mopped the floors at least once a week for the past month. She goes above and beyond to make sure our room is clean for our students. I just want her to know she is appreciated!
From Ms. Secrest - Shoutout to Ms. Ceglowski for helping covering my classes while I was out! And thank you to the teachers I serve for their patience and understanding.
Instructional Technology Updates
- Crash Course in PHONICS: Reading Reminders for K-2
- Lights, Camera, Action: Paper Slides
- Design Thinking
- PowerTeacher TechNote: Viewing Activity on Parent/Guardian & Student Portal Access
- Christmas Trivia
- Monday, December 13th: Piney Grove (morning), Sedge Garden (afternoon)
- Tuesday, December 14th: Piney Grove (morning), Sedge Garden (afternoon)
- Wednesday, December 15th: Sedge Garden (all day)
- Thursday, December 16th: Sedge Garden (all day)
- Friday, December 17th: Piney Grove (all day) to assist with PBIS bowling trips
IF Updates
MOY testing dates:
mClass/DIBELS January 10-February 1
iReady MOY
K-5 Reading January 10-February 1
K-5 Math January 24-February 4
K-2 Math MOY (DPI) January 10-20
(All testing dates are available on the district testing calendar.)
Need assistance while I am out? Contact one of these wonderful folks:
ELA- Kathy Wilheit kwilheit@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
Items from Previous Weeks
Morning Arrival Adjustments: Starting January 5th, students will stay in the gym until the 8:05 bell, and students will eat breakfast in the cafeteria. We are returning to how we handled arrival before Covid. The first few days will take some time to retrain our students, but we hope this will help alleviate the excess trash in the halls during morning arrival while also giving you back some planning time at the beginning of the day. Please see Master schedule (linked) for adjustments to AM duties.
LETRS Support: In an effort to provide certified teachers some time during their work hours to complete their LETRS coursework, we are going to creatively utilize Ms. Lloyd. All certified teachers that have to complete LETRS may sign up for one 1/2 day on Ms. Lloyd's schedule to work on their LETRS 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 Winter Break
- Write your name and LETRS in the box - i.e. "Cox LETRS"
- 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 LETRS coursework
- Teacher workroom, Teacher lounge, etc.
- If a Covid situation occurs and Ms. Lloyd must cancel, you will be able to pick another date and time
- This is optional, and is not required
We plan to see how this goes between now and Winter Break. If it goes smoothly, then we will consider offering it again for the spring semester. We hope this helps some!
Field Trips: All field trips for this school year must be submitted by Tuesday, December 21. There are fewer activity bus drivers. Dates are filling up fast. Reach out to Mrs. Gardner if you have questions.
