Week of May 7, 2018
Dear Shining Stars,
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Many times I include all staff members in this recognition. However, this year, I would like to fully recognize TEACHERS for the amazing work they do. THIS IS YOUR WEEK. The National Education Association describes National Teacher Day “as a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives.” Our teachers play a critical role in educating and shaping our children: the future leaders of our country. They are kind, patient, hard-working, dedicated and understanding professionals that mold our children’s lives in a positive direction. We entrust our children with the teachers, and they affect their lives on a daily basis. El Camino del Río is a special place for students and families. Teachers, you help us build that community right in your classrooms. Your creativity, ingenuity, bilingualism, humor, patience, and vision make our school tick. All of us support you day in and day out with different methods. Yes, we all care deeply about the kids, but you are the magic that helps us produce bilingual, bi-literate, and open minded young people. Thank you for being such a marvelous and talented teaching staff to work with!
Here are some items of note:
• Master Schedule Recess/Lunch Survey – The Proposed Standard School Schedule requires 60 minutes daily for lunch & recesses and 50 minutes on early release days. I’d like staff feedback on how you’d like to implement this. Send me an email if you have ideas on how to use this time. This will also be a staff meeting topic later this month.
• Last Day for POs & Reimbursements – The last day MariCarmen can create POs or do credit card purchases from student body funds is May 15th. General funds can be used up to June 15. All employee reimbursement requests are due by May 15. If you miss the deadline, hold on to your receipts and we can reimburse in the fall.
• K-12 Comprehensive Human Sexuality Workgroup – Downtown is seeking teachers, counselors, EAs, admin, parents, students, and community partners for a workgroup to adopt a comprehensive K-12 human sexuality program. This is in response the a new ODE requirement. See this link for additional information. Let me know by the end of the week if any of you are interested in serving on this committee and I can forward your name.
• EEF Grants, Last Chance – On Tuesday, Site Council will approve the priority order for EEF grants. If the grant isn’t sent to me by 3:45, I can’t submit it for priority and it will not be send to the EEF email for submission.
• Planning the RFZ Dedication and completing language – I need a small team to help complete the RFZ language and plan our dedication assembly. Please come to the equity meeting this week if you want to be a part of this important event.
• Technology working hard on the AMX system– Aaron Boykin has come to help us work out many bugs in the projector, audio system, and PA system. He has found several errors and is working through it systematically. Some improvements will be immediate. Others will take more time and will not be noticeable until the end of the year. We will go through a new training with the system in September so everyone can use the system with full functionality and operate a system the way it is supposed to work.
• Please send out your Spring Conference Meeting Link- Make sure you are active to get parents signed up for conferences. Here is the set of links as a reminder. Our goal is to get strong attendance at this set of conferences. Spring conferences are a rare opportunity to help families see how much students have grown in their learning. It also helps us uphold our strong sense of community at the school. Be sure to personally invite parents if they do not respond to initial requests.
Here are some upcoming events at Our School
May 7 (M)
Teacher Appreciation Week
8:30 – Joel giving a tour.
11:45- Courageous Kids
May 8 (T)
Teacher Appreciation Day
8:15-11:15, Joel to Elem. Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
9:15-10:15 AM- Kelly Web Leaders visit our school.
3:00-5:00- Kelly admin and staff visit with 5th grade team.
5:00-6:00, Site Council- Parent Engagement Session
6:00-7:15, Parent Group Session
May 9 (W)
3/4/5 Math OAKS
8:00-8:20, Walk & Roll to School Day- Walking School Bus from the Pharmacy on River Road
8:15-8:40, Reunion Comunitaria
8:45-10:45, 5th grade goes to Kelly MS
2:00-2:45, PBIS Meeting, All Classified Attend
4:00-5:15, Joel to Report Card Committee Meeting
May 10 (H)
9:45-2:00, 1st Grade Interviews
3:00-4:00, Equity Meeting
May 11 (F)
3:00-3:30, PLT Meeting
May 14 (M)
Business Commute Challenge
11:55-12:20, Courageous Kids
3:00-4:00, IEP Meeting
4:00-5:30, Joel to K-12 Admin Meeting
May 15 (T)
2:00-4:15, Duncan Tonatuih Visit, 3rd Grade Flores Workshop + BEST Workshop with K-2
6:00-7:00, Joel in OABE Meeting via Skype
May 16 (W)
8:15-8:35, Reunion Comunitaria
5th Grade Field Trip to OMSI
May 17 (Th)
5th Grade Field Trip to OMSI
3:00-3:45, GOTG
May 18 (F)
3:00-3:30, PLT
Thanks everyone and have a great week. Make sure you thank a teacher this week. They really deserve it!
Saludos cordiales,
Joel
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