Monday August 25th, 2014

Duties for the week:

     AM Bus: Lindquist
                  Terrell
                  Bloxham/Dickinson
     PM Bus: Sweet
                  Bloxham/Dickinson
                  Fullmer
     Lounge: Long

Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   August 25th, 2014- Monday- First Day of School. Breakfast at 8am and Bell rings at 8:40

   August 26th, 2014- Tuesday- PRC classified meeting 8:00 in library

   August 26th, 2014- Tuesday- classified staff meeting Title 1/ESL/Resource- 8:30 in library

   August 27th, 2014- Wednesday- Eval Team

   August 29th, 2014- Friday- No School

   September 1st, 2014- Monday- No School


Please remember that we park across the street at the church, or on the side by the gym. The front parking is for families and visitors. We also have students in the PRC and preschool that need those front spaces. This also helps with the lack of parking on Wirsching for the preschool.

Bus Routes are on the schedules tab, so you can access anytime. We also have copies of the routes on the table by the office if you have families that ask for one. 

Let us know in the office if students need school supplies or a backpack. 

Please remember to update your contact information in the office.

Subfinder should have your start and end time entered.

Thank you for bringing money to the office from student fees. There should be no money in your classroom.

The technology policy form, and the google apps for education form, can both be placed on my desk as you get them signed.

Here is a reminder of the book reading schedule for the first week. I'm excited to come visit all the classrooms!

Book Reading

Have an awesome first day of school! We will probably have students enrolling Monday morning, so patience and smiling faces is the plan as we welcome families.

                                 
                                                                              source: passionforsavings.com

Friday August 22nd, 2014

Despite the weather, we had an excellent open house. Please make sure to thank PTA for the fry truck and their help making the fries.

Please remember that Hub International will be in the library at 10:30 to discuss benefits.

Greeting people is an important part of the Leader in Me program, and it is also an important real life skill. Our students will be using this all through school, college, and future careers. This is a great video to share with students.

Greeting Video

As you are assisting students with their data notebooks, this is a great visual for the goal setting.

Thursday August 21st, 2014

Jenny our 21st Century coordinator will be at CSI next week for the welcome day community fair. We are looking for college students that could assist with after school activities, lunch buddies, and homework/tutoring assistance during lunch. Here is a snapshot of the event:

Welcome Event

Here is the post on our school website about naming the new schools. This link would be great to post on your class blogs, or if you have an email distribution list for your classroom.

Name The New Schools

Duty Schedule is ready to print and it is on the schedules tab.

Preschool classified staff, we will be meeting at 8:30 in the library. 

Here is the sharpen the saw video of staff pictures that was shared at the staff retreat.

Staff Video

We had two pictures after the video was made:

Open House is 5-6:30.

                                                 

Wednesday August 20th, 2014

We have had two great days of training for the new reading curriculum and assessment. The first day of school of quickly approaching!

Everybody, all staff members, will start Wednesday morning at Roper. Classified will attend in the afternoon for more training, and certified will have a staff retreat at Harrison that starts at 1pm.

We have mostly women in the building, and several young children amongst our staff. This is a great video:

Women in the Workplace

Tuesday August 19th, 2014

As school will be starting soon, we will again have 30 food bags going home every Friday. Please let me know if you know of a student/family that could use the assistance. With Open House and meeting families, you might hear and learn about a family in need. Here is a powerpoint with an overview of the program. Some slides might not apply directly to you, but there are several that give a nice overview of the program.

Backpack Program

Here are a few more bathroom pictures.

Monday August 18th, 2014

As you are starting back to school, please check in with Linda. She has our annual form to double check your address, phone number, birthday, and other important information.

The Fry Truck will be at Open House on the 21st! There is no cost, and there is fry sauce!

Please continue to email a picture from your summer, sharpening the saw. I am putting together a staff video. This includes all staff, not just certified.

Under schedules, the ones that are ready for you to print are: bell schedule, block schedule, and master schedule. We are still finalizing the duty schedule, intervention schedule, master staff list, bus routes, and phone extensions- so please don't print those yet.

Here is a recap of the activities, trainings, and meetings for the week:

August 18th-19th- Reading and Assessment Training for Certified Staff- Plan on starting at 8:30 am.

August 18th and 19th- Kindergarten Open House 5-7 pm. They often come to the big Open House, but this is a special one where they are able to come in a smaller group and learn more about kindergarten and their classroom. PTA has welcome goodie bags for every student to help welcome them to our school. We will also have the office open for k-5 registration until 7pm both days.

August 20th, 2014- Opening Program 8:30 am, at Roper.

August 20th, 2014- 12:30 PM is classified training at Roper. This is for every classified staff member.

August 20th, 2014- Staff Retreat for certified. We will be in the library and plan on starting at 1pm.

August 21st, 2014- Preschool classified staff meeting- We will start at 8:30 am.

August 21st, 2014- Teacher workday in your own classroom

August 21st, 2014- Open House 5:00-6:30- Class lists are posted at Open House.

August 22nd, 2014- Teacher workday in your own classroom


Thank you to everybody who have assisted in some way this past week to help brighten up our school. It is very inviting and goes right with the Leader in Me Program. From the staff room being cleaned, to bathrooms painted, hallways, and other projects. We've heard great comments from other Leader in Me schools about a reduction in bathroom behavior incidents when the bathrooms have been more inviting and have a sense of ownership, so we're hoping for the same at Harrison.

Here are just a few pictures of the hard work from teachers, Jen our PTA mom, and Anne's husband. Thank you!

Saturday August 9th, 2014

The next two weeks are going to be very busy. Here are a few items to put on your calendar, but are subject to change. The calendar tab on the staff blog has a staff calendar, same as last year. This is a great resource during the school year.

Please continue to email a picture from your summer, sharpening the saw. I am putting together a staff video. This includes all staff, not just certified. I love the pictures I have received so far.

The welcome letter to families will be going in the mail, and it is on the school website. Here is the letter for you to read as well.

Welcome Letter

August 11th, 2014- School Office Opens- This will be in Room #15 right by the office. Linda is all set up in that room, with even a copier machine. When summer school ends, Linda will be back in the front office. Please help families feel welcomed as you see them registering and visiting our school.

August 13th, 2014- Last Day of summer school. You should be able to get into your classrooms on Thursday the 14th. Please let me know if we need to replace, fix, or find anything.

August 15th, 2014- New teacher orientation.

August 16th, 2014- School Beautification Project- With the Leader in Me program, we will be meeting to paint and complete other projects around the school. 

August 18th-19th- Reading and Assessment Training for Certified Staff- Plan on starting at 8:30 am. I have emailed the buildings for each grade level, but please email if you have questions. We have only received second and fourth grade reading materials, but we will let you know as soon as we receive the rest.

August 20th, 2014- Opening Program 8:30 am, at Roper.

August 20th, 2014- 12:30 PM is classified training at Roper. This is for every classified staff member.

August 20th, 2014- Staff Retreat for certified. We will be in the library and plan on starting at 1pm. Agenda includes an assortment of housekeeping items, IRI data, update on all of our grants, Leader in Me update, teacher evaluation form and cover sheet, classroom management and discipline review, and a few other items that may be added if time allows. Please bring your iPad or paper/pen to take notes. We have some teachers sharing and contributing, so it should be a great collaborative retreat to get us excited and ready for the upcoming school year.

August 21st, 2014- Preschool classified staff meeting- I will be going over housekeeping items, and Linda has a few refreshers as well. We will start at 8:30 am, and plan on about 45 minutes or so. All preschool staff who are on contract, but not certified, this is for you. We miss meeting with you because the staff retreat is for certified on the 20th, and my goal this year is to check in with you once a quarter.

August 21st, 2014- Teacher workday in your own classroom

August 21st, 2014- Open House 5:00-6:30- Class lists are posted at Open House.

August 22nd, 2014- Teacher workday in your own classroom

August 25th, 2014- First Day of School. Breakfast at 8am and bell rings at 8:40. Free lunch for all students this year. Cold lunch students still pay for milk. Students need to take the whole meal for it to be free. Adults still pay for breakfast and lunch.

August 26th, 2014- All classified staff meeting- This is not for preschool, because we meet on the 21st. This is for classified staff from areas such as resource, ESL, and Title 1. Goal is to meet once a quarter with you. Plan on starting at 8:30, for about 45 minutes or so. I have a few items, and Linda as well.

Please sign up for a time that I can read and visit with your class during the first days of school. You get 20 minutes, and I take your class. This includes all 6 rooms at the preschool and the prc classroom.

Sign Up Sheet

Please email me if you have any questions.