Week of May 6, 2019
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week,
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, which is a week to give explicit thanks to teachers. Yes, all our staff support our kids each and every day. And, teachers, this is YOUR WEEK! You have a special gift to recognize each and every child and help them grow. Our teachers are extraordinary in their dedication to students and their abilities to reach students. Your approach to the whole child is noticed by all of us. We can see your actions making such a huge difference in our students’ lives. You all are the best, and I’m so happy and proud to be part of our fantastic team that supports our teachers each and every day!
The Parent Group is working to recognize ALL El Camino teachers, this week, so look for goodies in the Staff Room! Also, please check your mailboxes for kind things each day to celebrate your work as teachers.
Here are a few items of note for the week:
• 2019-2020 Consumables Order: Please Complete by May 17 – Teachers were sent an email regarding consumable order for next year for Being a Writer, Journeys, LearnZillion, and FOSS Science. All orders must be completed by the end of next week. Here’s a direct link to the Google Spreadsheet.
• Grade Book Training & Report Card Marks – Brooke emailed principals and asked us to share the following information:
Dear Teachers,
For those interested, the district will have some additional Elementary GradeBook training for the second semester grading period, please be on the lookout for an email from Tammy Christensen with specifics about dates and times.
Besides, we have some clarification of the report card marks, we want to make sure staff are clear about the percentages and marks 1-4. The 1-4 marks are not rubricked scores.
This image shows the percent ranges the Elementary Report Card Sub-Committee assigned to each mark. Note the percent range necessary to earn each mark on the report card.
Please direct your questions tosis@4j.lane.edu.
Thanks
Brooke
• Courage Kids Summer Camp Sign Up – Courageous Kids offers a free 4 day/3 night camp for youth grades 1st-12th who have experienced the death of a loved one. Space is limited so register quickly. See the linked flyer for details about this year’s camp and please share with any students or families who you think would benefit.
•Transitions Intent to enroll: This week you will receive a letter to send home to parents about intending to stay at El Camino next year. We will use this as a guide to help balance classes in all grades. It may also give is strong evidence to shift FTE to lower grades if we find that there is significant attrition in upper grades. I will have the letter ready on Monday afternoon.
Calendar of events for May and early June:
May 6 (M)
Teacher Appreciation Week
PLC time with Reid
May 7 (Tu)
Office Meeting
PLC Time with Reid
3:15-4:00, Staff Meeting (A210)
Agenda:
- Celebrations of success
- Peer Leadership
- Planning 19-20 and End of Year Activities for 19′
May 8 (W)
OEA Teacher Walkout- No School
May 9 (Th)
Regular Day
May 10 (F)
2:00-3:00, Technology Learning Led by Teachers including Apple Classroom and Dreambox
3:00-4:00, Teacher Prep Time
May 13 (M)
Newsletter Check-in
May 14 (Tu)
4:45-5:45, Site Council
6:00-7:15, Parent Group
May 15 (W)
3:15-5:00, PLT ESSA Goals Planning
Viaje Musicale Setup
May 16 (Th)
The gym is not available after school.
Viaje musical setup
May 17 (F)
2:00-3:00, Data Team Meeting on Spanish Core
6:00-8:00, Viaje Musical (Gym)
May 20 (M)
EasyCBM testing begins
Newsletter Check-in
May 21 (Tu)
3:15-4:00, Staff Meeting PBIS (A210)
May 22 (W)
3:15-4:00, PLT (Conference Room)
May 23 (Th)
3:15-4:00, Equity Meeting (A200)
May 24 (F)
2:15-3:00, Math PLC (A210)
3:00-4:00, Teacher Prep
May 27 (M)
No School – Memorial Day
May 28 (Tu)
Newsletter Check-in
Joel at the Elementary Principal Meeting until 12:15
May 29 (W)
4th and 5th Grade Field Trip to OMSI (All Day)
3:15-4:00, PLT
May 30 (Th)
Regular Day
May 31 (F)
2:00-4:00, Teacher Double Prep Time
June 3 (M)
2:15, Fire Drill
June 4 (Tu)
Site Council (Meet new principal?)
No parent group
June 5 (W)
3:15-4:00, PLT
June 6 (Th)
3:15-4:00, Final GOTG
June 7 (F)
Easy CBM Benchmarking ends
June 10 (M)
All Data Data Team Meeting
June 11 (Tu)
8:30-12:30, Field Day and School Wide BBQ
June 12 (W)
3:15-4:00, PLT
June 13 (Th)
Regular Day
June 14 (F)
Regular Day
June 17 (M)
Regular Day
June 18 (Tu)
Promotion 5th-grade Breakfast (Tentative)
Last Day of School
Have a good week everyone! You’ve got this! Have a fantastic week with your students! Make every moment count.
Joel
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