Week of 5/2 - 5/6

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

45 minute of water games

• 3 stations

• 12-13 min/station

• Specialists + Lloyd, Bowman, Jenkins run stations (teachers rotate with their classes)

• One teacher per grade level may need to stay with students who don’t pay to attend

• Schedule:

  11:00-11:45- K/2

  12:00-12:45- 1/5

  1:30 - 2:15 -3/4

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.  

https://forms.gle/FcQC8qJihbcLUBm36

 

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 17 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30 (Ms. Keller's Baby Sprinkle) Ms. Keller Baby Sprinkle

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

PGES 2021-2022 Master Staff Calendar

Week of 4/25 - 4/29

Hey Panda Family,

Happy Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week to all! "It takes a big heart to raise little minds" 💚 We look forward to celebrating you this week! Thank you for the love, dedication, time, and effort you put forth each day to grow our students. We hope you have an amazing week filled with praise and goodies 😊

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:

Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week: See the flier below for some of the treats that are coming your way this week from the Office Staff and PTA! You have raised the bar! Your week will start off with Chick-fil-A breakfast tomorrow morning! 

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

iReady Reading Diagnostic: All K-5 students will take the iReady Reading 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! 

Hiding iReady Diagnostic: The school district will open both the iReady Reading & Math Diagnostics this week. We suggest that you hide the diagnostics until you are ready for your students to take them. Here is a video to show you how to do this - https://youtu.be/sjfnRtBFExQ

Progress Reports: 4th Quarter progress reports need to go home for K-2 and be updated in PowerSchool for 3-5 by this Friday, May 6. 

5th Grade Science Check-In (May 4): The updated plan is linked here - Science Check-In- May 4.  Please reach out to Mrs. Gardner with any questions.

May Drills: Community Lockdown and Fire Drill will be done at 8:25 on Monday, May 2. We want to go ahead and get them complete before all testing begins this month. 

LETRS Credit: In order to get full credit for LETRS you must register in Kickup for each individual self-paced unit. Look for "Self-Paced Courses". See screenshot below. Shoutout to Ms. Bowman and Ms. Gant for this information!

 

Media Center Updates (from Ms. Epperley): Here are your updates for the week! 

• 3-5:  Bring Chromebooks to Media
• Student Media Advisory Committee meeting Friday, May 6; 8am
• Book Fair May 9-13; Family Night May 13; 5-7pm

Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the morning announcement links for this week. 

Shoutout: Shoutout to our Kindergarten Instructional Assistants who taught and managed all the kindergarten students by themselves during Kindergarten Screening this past week! Y'all make an amazing team and you are always willing to do what is best for our school and your students. Thank you! 

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

PTA Allowances: Please make sure you take advantage of the PTA allowance that is given to each classroom staff member. In going over the budget report at the last PTA meeting, the majority of the money in this budget line is still waiting to be spent. If you would like to know how much money you still have available to spend on your classroom please email Christina Hurley, PTA Treasurer. Here is her email -  christina_l_hurley@yahoo.com 

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 2-6 - TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK 💚

May 2-6 - iReady EOY Reading Diagnostic completed this week

May 2 - Community Lockdown & Fire Drill @ 8:25

May 3 - 5th Grade Cap & Gown photos with Lifetouch

May 3 - PBIS & MTAC @ 3:30

May 4 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting

May 4 - Mclass EOY Window Opens

May 4 - 5th Grade Science Check-In

May 6 - Progress reports go home

May 6 - Mr. Younts @ ITF Meeting

May 9-13 - iReady EOY Math Diagnostic completed this week

May 9-13 - Bookfair

May 9 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30

May 10 - SIT @ 3:30

May 12 - Gardner @ IF Meeting

May 13 - PTA Movie Night

May 17 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30 (Ms. Keller's Baby Sprinkle) Ms. Keller Baby Sprinkle

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

PGES 2021-2022 Master Staff Calendar

Week of 4/18 - 4/22

Hey Panda Family,

I hope you had a wonderful week back with your students! Ms. Ceglowski shared the picture statement below with me this week, and it is so true. We all still have time to make a lasting influence on this group of students. Make every minute count. Thanks for all you do! 🐼

Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:

Janet Sherrill: Over Spring Break, Ms. Sherrill had a unfortunate misstep and broke her ankle in multiple places. She had successful surgery this week to repair the damage. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she recovers. 

Testing Information: Here is a link to the Testing Information presentation from this past week'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: A concern was brought to us from SCC about having grade levels sign up for time slots on a first come first serve. We will talk through this concern with SCC this week and come up with a solution on the best approach to assigning time slots. We will have an update in next week's Weekly Wrap. Thank you for your patience. 

SEL Presentation: Here are links to the SEL presentations from this week's staff meeting.

Four Quadrants of Self Preservation

SEL Self-Management for the End of the Year

Ms. Keller Baby Sprinkle: Please join us in celebrating Ms. Keller and baby Karsyn Mae on Tuesday, May 17 @ 3:30 in the Media Center. Please click on the following presentation to see full details and links to her registries - Ms. Keller Baby Sprinkle 

PLTs: We will have regularly scheduled PLTs this week. 

LETRS: May 3^rd at 4:00 - open registration in KickUp for the June training sessions. 

PBIS Face Painting (from PBIS): We're looking forward to our next event on Friday, April 29! We have parent volunteers who will be coming to classrooms to get students to paint their faces (which they'll do in the hallway near your classroom). We apologize for this disruption but hope it will be minimal. Here is the schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-8ciLwSsc38I4P9T62o0eBnWf4iI6e2OmIoJ9EXKCbQ/edit?usp=sharing

Keep in mind that all times are approximate. We will encourage volunteers to pull students from one class at a time, but scheduled them in blocks.

On Monday, please send the following message to the parents of your students who will be participating in the face painting event on Friday: Your child has chosen to participate in our PBIS face painting event this Friday, April 29. A parent volunteer will paint a simple design on one or both of your child’s cheeks. If you DO NOT want your child to participate, please respond to this message to let me know. Thank you. If a parent declines permission then refund that student's Paw Bucks. (You do not need to communicate the name, just don't send them to get their face painted that day.) Thanks!

PTA Allowances: Please make sure you take advantage of the PTA allowance that is given to each classroom staff member. In going over the budget report at the last PTA meeting, the majority of the money in this budget line is still waiting to be spent. If you would like to know how much money you still have available to spend on your classroom please email Christina Hurley, PTA Treasurer. Here is her email -  christina_l_hurley@yahoo.com 

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.)

WS/FCS Employees as Volunteers: Going forward, all current employees of WS/FCS do not need to submit a Volunteer Application to serve as a volunteer. All the employee needs to do is have their WS/FCS badge visible when volunteering. 

Media Center Updates (from Ms. Epperley): Here are your updates for the week! 

• Wednesday Media classes will be in the classroom due to Kindergarten registration in the library.
• First Grade will need Chromebooks for media next week.
• 3-5 classes will need Chromebooks for media next week.
• Book Fair May 9-13; Family Night May 13

Classified Staff Preference Form: As we plan for next school year, if all Classified Staff could please complete the following form to share their job preferences. Here is the survey for Classified Staff - Classified Staff Preference Form 2022-2023

May Drills: Fire and community lockdown. Please review community lockdown procedures with your students before May 2nd. 

Morning Announcements: Ms. Ceglowski will email out the morning announcement links for this week. 

Shoutout: Thank you to Ms. Adams, all students, and all teachers that participated in Earth Day activities and the clean up of our campus! 🌎

Items From Previous Weeks

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

Field Trip Fund: Please see below for information regarding field trip funds that have been provided to each school from the district. 

• We have an ESSER Field Trips allocation available this school year and next to support learning recovery efforts.  We have roughly $10,000 to spend between this year and next year.  
  
• Each grade level has about $1,600 to spend.  
• Certain field trips have already been approved by the district for these funds (see Gardner for specifics on if your field trip would meet requirements)

Please remember that on and off campus field trips must: 

• be standards aligned that either build background knowledge and/or allow students to participate in culminating learning experiences, 
• meet federal requirements of reasonable and necessary, and 
• include all students (no exclusions for behavior, missing assignments, etc.)  
• When you want to use this specific pot of money, please indicate it on your request. 

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:

April 26 - SCC & Wellness Committees @ 3:30

April 27 - Kindergarten Screening

April 27 - Administrative Professionals Day (thank you Ms. Landreth, Ms. True, & Ms. Owens)

April 29 - PBIS Face Painting

May 2-6 - TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK 💚

May 2-6 - iReady EOY Reading Diagnostic completed this week

May 3 - 5th Grade Cap & Gown photos with Lifetouch

May 3 - PBIS & MTAC @ 3:30

May 4 - Elkins @ Principal's Meeting

May 4 - Mclass EOY Window Opens

May 4 - 5th Grade Science Check-In

May 6 - Progress reports go home

May 9-13 - iReady EOY Math Diagnostic completed this week

May 9-13 - Bookfair

May 9 - PTA Meeting @ 6:30

May 10 - SIT @ 3:30

May 12 - Gardner @ IF Meeting

May 13 - PTA Movie Night

May 17 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30

May 19 - Leslie @ AP Meeting (8:00 - 12:00)

May 19 - Spring Musical Dress Rehearsal (time TBD)

May 19 - Spring Musical Concert @ 6:00

May 20 - Field Day

PGES 2021-2022 Master Staff Calendar