Monthly Archives: May 2009

June 1, 2009

Hi Everyone, It’s our last full week of classes and if you’re counting there are only eleven and a half day’s left. Four items of note for this week: • Eugene Public Library Summer Reading Program – Please tell your students about the free Summer Reading programs at Eugene Public Library. Each student who signs […]

May 26, 2009

Hi All, I hope everyone had a refreshing three-day weekend and you are rejuvenated and ready for the remaining 16 student days for the school year. Just two items of note for this week: • Year End Checklist – I may be jumping the gun a bit, but attached (year-end-checklist.doc) is the year end checklist […]

May 18, 2009

Hi All, I hope you all got out and were able to enjoy the sun this weekend. I’m sitting in the sun as I type this. Three items of note for this week: • Free Art Supplies – M.E.C.C.A., the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, is a nonprofit organization in Eugene and is now […]

May 11, 2009

Hello All, Three items of note for this week: • District Spring Testing – Details were in last week’s announcements, but remember that classroom teachers need to complete district Spring testing by May 29th. Teachers grades 2-5 are in charge of giving the two online Math Tests (Calculations and Applications) and the Reading Tests (Comprehension […]

May 4, 2009

Hello Everyone, This week is Teacher Appreciation Week for 2009 and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank ALL staff for your hard work and contributions to both of our wonderful schools. It’s truly your work, attitudes, and efforts with all of our students and families that make our schools’ the special places they […]

“What Teachers Make” by Taylor Mali

Be warned, there is some naughty and offensive language in this video, but in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, here is a video I love by slam poetry performer, Taylor Mali, on “What Teachers Make”. What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali