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Friday Spirit Assembly Map & Directions – Attached and linked here is the Assembly Map & Directions for tomorrow‘s Spirit Assembly at 8:15 in the gym. Please plan to arrive early so we can start
Additional Staffing for 1st Grade – Downtown has given Holt an additional 1st grade teacher to support our high needs group. I’ve submitted job posting, which should go up next week and means we’ll hopefully hire someone the following week, who if HR acts quickly, could start the week of Oct. 17th. We’ll make some adjustments to the PE, Music, and Library schedules, which shouldn’t change anyone’s current schedule.
I’m thinking the new class will go into C-4, where the Dynamos currently teach. The Dynamos will move into Whitney’s SPED teaching space (the old Calming Room) and Whitney & Abby will teach out of the other two SPED classroom classrooms. I’m open to other ideas, but this is the best I can come up with.
We’re also getting an additional 3-hour of EA time to support the new 1st grade classroom. I’ve added 2.5 hours to Ashton, which she will start on Monday. We’re still working on where to add the other 30 minutes.
Library Schedule Next Week – Next week we start our new library schedule. Classes will have library checkout every week.The highlighted times (your current library times) will be your library time every week. Every other week, classes will have 2 library session, one for checkout and for Library Learning. Classes are assigned either Week 1 or Week 2 for the double library sessions.
The updated library schedule is on the 22-23 Master Schedule, attached, and also below. Let me know if you spot any mistakes, need to make any changes, or have any questions.
Shared Goals Meeting Rescheduled to 10/5 – A critical IEP meeting came up that I need to attend tomorrow, so I’ve pushed the Optional Building SMART Goals Meeting to Wednesday next week. However, I already drafted a few SEL Related SMART Goals to get the conversation going. My thinking is to make goals for things we’re already doing, such as teaching Second Step Bully Prevention lessons, holding morning meetings, and such. Feel free to use these now or wait until they get tweaked and likely improved after staff input next week.