Week of November 30


November 29th, 2015

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What is coming up? The Calendar

November 30 (M)

3:00-4:00, Site Council Meeting (Conference Room)

December 1 (Tu)

8:30-9:30, Cafecito- Topic with Parents, Winter and Mental Health with Pedro Pacheco from NAMI. (Alicia will contact all families via Autodialer.)

2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting -Please come on time.

Agenda:

  • Connections
  • Revisiting Group Agreements on Dual Language (Teachers, please bring your revised frameworks for 15-16)
  • Staff Handbook Review

December 2 (W)

12:45-1:30, Viaje Musicale Assembly

1:45-2:45, PBIS Meeting, All Classified Attend + PBIS Teacher Members
1:45-2:45, PLC Teacher Collaboration Time (Library)
2:45-3:45, Joel to STAMP Assessment Meeting. (Ed Center)

December 3 (Th)

2:45-3:45, Mod Squad (Reckers’ Classroom)
6:00-8:00,Viaje Musicale (Gym)

December 4 (F)

12:00-1:00, Joel at Superboundary Meeting (Howard)

6:00-8:00, Viaje Musicale (Gym)
December 6 (Sunday) -Robotics Competition in Philomath

Good luck Aline and team!

December 7 (M)

2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principal’s Meeting (Ed Center)

December 8 (Tu)

2:45-4:45, PLT Meeting – Focus on Dual Language Instruction
6:00-8:00, Spaghetti and Safety – A Parent Group Meeting- A Parent Traffic Safety and Information Night- A community event focused on safety.

December 9 (W)
1:45-2:45, PLC Wednesday Collaboration Time

December 10 (Th)
Regular Day

December 11 (F)
6:00-8:00, Noche de Peliculas

December 14 (M)

Regular Day

December 15 (Tu)

8:00-11:00, Superintendent Balderas visiting our school and observing classrooms.

December 16 (W)

1:45-2:45, PLC Planning Time with Grade Level Teams

8:45-11:00, Salmon Release Field Trip, 4th and 1st grade buddies activity.

December 17 (Th)

2:45-3:45, Mod Squad Meeting

December 18 (F)

8:00-9:00, Joel at Principal PLC breakfast in Springfield

1:50-2:30, Winter Break Recognition Assembly??? Premios de Virtudes ?? (Tentative)

January 4 (M)

District Furlough day- No work/no pay day (all employees)

January 5 (T)

(5.5 hours)AIMS4S3 Training for Licensed Staff (Classified Staff do normal duties)

Prep time for teachers in the PM.

January 6 (W)

1:45-2:45, PBIS Meeting (Learning Center, All classified attend including the office.)

January 7 (Th)

Equity Team Meeting- All attend who have interest. CFEE and Taking It Up Trained staff are also highly encouraged to attend. (Library)

January 8 (F)

Regular Day

What is happening?

Espaguetis y Seguridad: Please share this message with your families:

Spaghetti and Safety Parent Night

Tuesday, December 8 2015, 6:00-8:00

Come join us for a night of FREE dinner and learning about how to safely get to and from school in the car, walking or biking. The City of Eugene and 4J will share a safety plan for pickup and drop off. All El Camino del Río families are invited!

Also: we looking for volunteers who want to join the Kid’s Crossing Committee. Volunteers are needed to assist children/adults in safely crossing high traffic areas, and directing flow of pick-up lines.

Please contact David Adee at adee_d@4j.lane.edu or

BethAny Freimuth via phone or text 541.543.4229

With any questions or to join the Kid’s Crossing Committee.

• Youth Tobacco Elimination Grant Opportunity – See the attached grant opportunity for your students get involved with the Youth Tobacco Elimination Project. The project goals are to raise awareness about the threat tobacco use poses to youth, advocate to improve tobacco related policies in our community, and make student voices heard. Grant recipients will be awarded up to $750 to conduct activism and advocacy projects against tobacco use in their communities.

• Roofing Seasonal Workers Needed – Dan Temple at Facilities asked principals to forward information regarding his looking to fill a position on his seasonal roofing crew. The crew works during winter break, spring break, and summer vacation and he’s hoping to find a 4J employee who is interested in joining the crew for all three breaks. He said it’s worked well in the past for EAs, campus supervisors, custodians, bus drivers, and other 9 and 10 month employees. If you’re interested, the posting is going up Wednesday and will be posted as a General Laborer (internal only) for one week (this week).

• Parent Communication Coming Soon: State School Report Cards & State Testing Information – In mid-December, the district will send information to families about state testing, the new state opt-out form, and state report cards for schools. This is a state-mandated parent notification. See Kerry Delf’s email she sent to secretaries and principals if you’d like more details. If you’d like to review the materials before they’re sent to families, they are available here:

State school report cards – Under District Selection, find the drop-down menu and select Eugene SD 4J. You’ll see the district card first, then the school cards. The report cards are available in English and Spanish.

State testing notice and opt-out form – These materials also are available in multiple languages.

• NCLB rewrite bill is in the works – Here’s the latest from congress on federal education changes. States — not the federal government — would be charged with identifying failing schools under a draft revision of No Child Left Behind. The bill, which has agreement from a bipartisan panel of congressional negotiators, would maintain testing in third through eighth grades and at least once in high school. Test results would be required to be reported by income, race and special need. See this article from NPR for more details.

• Oregon Department of Education Survey – Teachers, if you haven’t filed it out already, please complete the two question SurveyMonkey that 4J sent out to collect information for ODE. See Cydney Vandercar’s email for more information about the survey, but the two questions are “What is the first language or native language spoken in your home in early childhood?” and your 4J email.

• United Way Pledge Forms Due Friday The United Way of Lane County pledge drive kicked two weeks ago and forms are due to the envelope in my mailbox by this Friday. Please consider donating a small amount this year. You can even donate directly to your own school, grade level or classroom through EEF on the form, which may be a good thing to do since the “Educator Expenses Tax Deduction” was eliminated two years ago and donations through the United Way and EEF are still tax deductible.

• Oregon Poetry Association(OPA) Student Publication Opportunity:

Teachers are invited to encourage your students who are writing daily in multiple genres per CC guidelines to revise and select their best poem for publication consideration in the OPA student poetry journal, “Cascadia”. Submission details available at the OPA website. Forty poems will be selected statewide for publication in “Cascadia” in four age divisions K through high school. Published poets and teachers will select the poems to be published, poets who appreciate thoughtful, vivid and playful student poems. Please send your best poem by Feb 8, 2016. Please contact Steve Jones at srjones24407@gmail.com with any
questions.

• State English Learners Alliance Conference is coming to Eugene again.

  • March 9-11, 2016
  • Hilton Hotel, Eugene, Oregon

Speakers include:

  • Samuel Ortiz, Professor of Psychology, St. John’s University, New York
  • Deborah Short, Director, Academic Language Research & Training
  • Rosa Molina, Executive Director, Association of Two-Way & Dual Language Education
  • Kathryn Lindholm Leary, Professor of Child and Adolescent Development, San Jose State University

Call for Proposals – Deadline December 18, 2015

Conference Information and Registration ($179.00)

Oregon English Learners Statewide Strategic Plan: 2013-2016

First Friday- Communities of Color Network
Friday, December 4

That is all for the week. Have a great week with your students and make it count for them.

Saludos cordiales,

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