Monday April 24th, 2017

Duties for the week: 
     
     AM Bus: Anderson
                 Moore
                 Thomason
     PM Bus: Rodriguez
                 Lancaster
                 Schroeder
     Staff Room: 3rd Grade
 
 
  Meetings/Reminders for the week:  

   April 24th, 2017- Monday- Kindergarten Registration Starts

   April 24th, 2017- Monday- Eval Team

   April 25th, 2017- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting

   April 26th, 2017- Wednesday- Staff Meeting

   April 27th, 2017- Thursday- Robotics Expo- PM

   April 28th, 2017- Friday- Principal's lunch with April Student Leaders


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
 
  Moore- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind
      next week for May 1st: Alexander- Habit 3- Put first things first

ISAT/SBAC Schedule:


Tuesday: All 4th completing Math CAT Test- AM
Tuesday: All 3rd completing Math CAT Test- PM

Thursday: All 3rd completing Math Performance Task Test- AM


This week is going to be busy with Kindergarten registration. If you see families in the hallways and lobby, please welcome them. If you walk into the office and the phone is ringing, please pick it up, If you see a student by the office waiting for assistance, please assist them.

The staff meeting this week will have Ms. Kober and Mrs. Rice teaching about mindfulness. Mrs. Rice will also be sharing what stood out to her at the recent Prevention Conference.

It doesn't matter what school students attend. Affluent or high poverty, high school or elementary- homework is always a hot topic. Here are a few thoughts:

Rethinking Homework for Student Success


This is a great post about student voice and advocating:

Through the Eyes of a Child


This is an interview with a school leader, and the topic relates very well to our school. A quote from the interview:

You don’t get to better-performing schools by arresting, suspending and expelling students, but instead you have to create environments that are supportive and nurturing for young people. You have to think about the social and emotional aspects of the work, which involves more than just applying consequences for behavior.

Schools Focus on Being More Trauma Aware


Just a few pictures this week. We had measurement, school board members who visited, and Earth Day:

Pictures This Week


This website has great daily writing prompts, like the following image below that I think we can all relate to, and these would be great for morning meetings:

Daily Writing Prompts

Prompt from the website above, and also a great thought for starting the week that would also be great to share with students: