Week of September 28


September 27th, 2015

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Our upcoming events and activities:

September 28 (M)

8:05, Joel in late due to family needs.
8:00-2:30, IIPM Data Team Meeting (Room 17)
8:30-2:30, 4th Grade Field Trip- to Leaburg Dam
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)

September 29 (T)

7:45-8:20, Joel at Walk a Thon Meeting at Kelly
8:45-9:30, Cafecito con Padres (Room 10)
2:45-3:45, Site Council (Conference Room)
4:00-5:00, Joel to All Admin Meeting (Ed Center)

September 30 (W)

8:00-8:30,  OAC Construction Meeting at ECDR.
1:00 – 1:30, Walk A Thon Assembly Kick Off

Grade Level Framework Revisions due to Joel via email.

October 1 (H)

5:00 AM-5:00 PM, Joel and Kathy Larson in Portland for the Priority Schools Network Meeting
2:45-3:45, Tech Training Meeting (3rd, 4th, 5th attend)

October 2 (F)

Regular Day

October 5 (M)

Regular Day

October 6 (T)

4th Grade Field Trip- Thistledown Farms (Murphy)
October 7 (W)

10:00-11:00,  Joel with Kevin Boling in Truancy Hearing (Conference Room)
1:30-2:00, Joel meets with Randi Bowers Payne about Traffic
1:45-2:45, PBIS Meeting (All Classified Staff Attend) (Room 8)
1:45-2:45, PLC Collaboration time for all teachers not on PBIS.
6:00- 8:00 PM, Curriculum and Ice Cream Event (Child care provided for young children in library.)  (Ice Cream in Cafeteria at the end of the evening.)

October 8 (H)

9:00-2:00,Walk A Thon all day. Students will be bused to the Kelly track in 1 hour intervals from 9:00-1:15. Parent Group will publish a schedule soon.
2:45-3:45, IPBS Meeting (Room 7)
6:00-8:00, NEHS Latino Advisory Parent Meeting

October 9 (F)

No School, State wide In-service Day
Licensed Staff – Non-Contract Day
Classified Staff – Regular Work Day
5:00-8:00 PM, OALA Social Event at UO. Dr. Gustavo Balderas to speak.  Contact me if you would like to attend. Staff who identify as Latino Hispanic are encouraged to attend. All are welcome.

October 12 (M)

The gym reopens for PE and school wide use.  (400 person capacity)
Dr. Patricia Gándara visits 4J for evening event to speak on bilingual education.

October 13 (T)

Fire Drill and Lock Down Practice (?)
8:00-12:00, Vision Screening  in the Library
8:30-1:00, 4th grade Field Trip to Thistledown Farms
3:00-4:00, PLT Meeting
6:00-7:00, Grupo de Padres

October 14 (W)

10:00, Recess Evacuation Practice to Cafeteria/ Front of School
11:00-1:00, ODE Visit to School and Classrooms
1:45-2:45, Teacher Collaboration Time in the Library (planning and math formative assessments are suggested topics)
6:00-7:00, Talking with Books Kindergarten Group 1

October 15 (H)

9:00 AM, Great American Shakedown- Earthquake Drill
4:00-6:00, CLLAS Latinos in Education Event with Patricia Gandara, Gustavo Balderas, Edward Olivos. (University of Oregon Knight Library)
6:00-7:00, Talking with Books Kindergarten Group 2

October 16 (F)

Room Clear Practice by classroom teachers throughout the day.

 

Some important happenings of the week:

Site Council Meeting Agenda for Tuesday, September 29th (Joel cannot attend due to meeting with Gustavo Balderas)

  1. Title 1 Review and discussion of 2015-2016.
  2. EEF Grant Discussion and prioritization.
  3. Upcoming Visit from ODE, What to expect.

Grade level Framework Revisions due Wednesday, September 30th:  Please prioritize this work this school week.  I want to post and publish these for staff to use. In addition, we are beginning to consider ways ti include SLD in the schedule.  It is vital that we know the specifics of your schedules. Wednesday PLC time could be a great opportunity to review these frameworks. Grade Level Framework Revisions due to Joel via email.

Smart Goals Meetings on October 15 and 16th:

I have ordered an administrator substitute for October 15 and 16 to spend time with teachers to review SMART Goals. I am also going to pre-order a substitute to help you get our of the classroom to meet with me.  I encourage you to log in to Talent Ed and begin to create your goals within Talent Ed.  I will meet with all licensed staff on those days to APPROVE your  pre-written SMART Goals.  Please create them before we meet to make the meeting productive and efficient. If you are not sure where to go on this, call me, text me, or email me this week to get guidance on how to do the goals. Smart goals can be written by grade level (except for your classroom data).  I encourage you to write one literacy goal, one math goal, and one professional goal related to AIMS4S3.

Communicating about district-wide and individual scores – If you have families ask about state test results, you may find the district’s news release and key points helpful. Individual student score reports will be mailed to families of students who participated. Parents can expect to receive them later this month. (They are in process to be mailed out this week, but in case of any delays or complications don’t promise that they’ll be received this week.)

Awesome Achievement | BJ’s Restaurant – Similar to the Papa’s Pizza Achievement Awards, BJ’s Restaurant is offering Awesome Achievement Awards that honor kids’ work with a free meal at BJs. Teachers can order up to 3 packs of 40 awards per year through BJ’s website.

Sanipac Recycle Art Contest – SaniPac is looking for 6 great works of art to put on the side of their trucks to help celebrate and promote recycling in Lane County. They are sponsoring a contest for students in grades K-8. Winners homeroom classes will be awarded a pizza party and $350. The 6 winner and 6 honorable mentions will also receive $50 gift certificates to Maude Kerns Art Center and be featured in the Sanipac 2016 Calendar. See the flyer for details.

These kids were geniuses — they were just too poor for anyone to discover them – Her is an article Erin Gaston shared with the Howard staff  article  about how under identified low income students are for TAG. 4J used to blanket test all 2nd graders, but that program was eliminated due to budget cuts and consequentially TAG identifications have also declined. Jaime Jones, our TAG Coordinator, Karen Ramirez Guttierrez and I want to encourage teachers to let me know if you think any of your students might possibly qualify for TAG. Most students now qualify for TAG off of  new OAKS scores. However, it is very rare to get parent requests for TAG testing. Please do your best to help find which of our students are  hidden 97% ers.

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