Monday October 16th, 2017

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   October 16th-19th, 2017- Student Led Conferences all week

   October 17th, 2017- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting/MTSS

   October 17th, 2017- Tuesday- Box Tops due- Please send to the office for student leaders

   October 17th-18th, 2017- Tuesday and Wednesday- Student Lighthouse interviews

   October 18th, 2017- Wednesday- No School for Kindergarten

   October 18th, 2017- Wednesday- 5th Grade Arts on Tour at CSI- Walking- PM

   October 18th, 2017- Wednesday- Teacher Dinner of Pizza

   October 19th-20th, 2017- Thursday and Friday- No School for all students


Next Week:

   October 23rd-27th, 2017- Monday-Friday- Red Ribbon Week- Led by Fun Committee

        Office will make copies of flier to send home, and back side will have no school day reminders:

                                                  Themes for each day

       October 23rd, 2017- Monday- Grade Level teaming for 1st-5th


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:

   Parker- Habit 1: Be Proactive

next week: Kelly- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind


A big thank you to Middlekauff for dropping off donuts on Friday for teachers. The donuts were gone within five minutes:

Thank You


There is no after school program this week, just the before school program.


We have several pictures from this past week. Students practiced academic skills, learned about self-affirmation, service leaders, robotics, dance, Family of the Month, Staff Oscars, family involvement with fifth grade's Great Cardboard Challenge, mismatch day staff picture, and Sharpen the Paw. So many kind students learning and growing:

Pictures This Week


Here are four tips from a school like ours, that has had success as it has turned its school around. We include all four tips, especially number two. Our students are so lucky to benefit from the assistance that our blocks/specials teachers. Every staff member at our school is involved with students and their learning, both academic learning and social-emotional skills:

Four Tips From a High Poverty School


We are constantly striving to ensure that students are reading, both at grade level and for enjoyment. It can be hard at times to find the hook for the student who is struggling with reading, but once students find text they like, their skills take off:

Five Ways to Intentionally Support Student Independence


When it comes to discipline, we strive to use Restorative Practices. Here is an overview with five steps:

The Five Steps of Restorative Practices



Here is a great thought as we start the week: