https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/chinn/?p=12871
Hello Holt Bolts,
We made it! Another year down and I can’t think of another group I’d rather have spent it with!
Nineteen items of note for this week:
• Water Balloon Launch AM Recess, MONDAY – AM Recess Monday we are going to have some wet fun if any of you want to join. Kids will stand behind the kickball backstop while any interested staff can come out to hurl water balloons towards waiting students through the chainlink backstop (I have a few water balloon launchers to add to the fun).
• Field Day, TUESDAY – Field Day is this Tuesday. Grades 3-5 will be 8:45-10:15 and grade K-2 will be 12:00-1:30. See the linked Short-Version Field Day Doc for details, but the main things teachers need to prep for is to divide students into 4 color groups before field day, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. Two related items:
• Missed PE/Music Prep – If teachers want their PE/Music prep time, let me know and we will work to have someone cover your class for a 30-minutes during your field day time.
• Recess Still Happening (Hard Play & Field Closed) – Recesses will still take place during their usual times, but only soft play will be open while Field Day is in progress.
• Kona Ice Fundraiser, TUESDAY @1:30 – Kona Ice will be here TUESDAY at 1:30. Teachers should send bus riders who have money to hard play at 1:30. And remember, all staff get a free shave ice! Just show your badge!
• Team Meetings, CANCELLED – Team Meetings are on the calendar for Wednesday, but since it’s the last week of school, teams do not need to meet or send out minutes unless you have info you think is important to be communicated out.
• Holt Spirit Day – Summertime Tie-Dye Day, THURSDAY – Student Council didn’t set a firm date, but we’re calling the last day of school Summer Tie-Dye Day!
• Last Day Lunch Plan, THURSDAY – Grade levels will come to the cafeteria to pick up a sack lunch on a 5-minute rotating basis. Kids will put lunches in their backpacks to take home (bus riders included).
10:25 – KG
10:30 – 1st
10:35 – 2nd
10:40 – 3rd
10:45 – 4th
11:10 – Early Dismissal
*5th Delivered to classroomsSee the next item why we could use some help from any available staff to deliver lunches to 5th grade classrooms.
• 5th Grade Clap Out, THURSDAY @11:00 – This came up at Site Council, but let’s try a “Clap Out” for this year’s 5th graders on the last day of school at dismissal. The plan will be for classes on Thursday at 10:55 to line the hallways, and starting at 11:00, the 5th grade will parade through our hallowed halls one final time while staff and students clap and cheer them on. See the linked Clap Out Map for the path, which will be D > C > B wing, and when the parade is over, all grade levels can dismiss students.
• Office Assistant Interviews 6/22 @10:30 – I’ve tentatively scheduled interviews for Sharon’s replacement on Thursday, June 22nd, 10:30-12:00. If anyone would like volunteer their time to help with interviews, let me know and I will send you the interview materials.
• Technology Summer Checkout Form – If staff are planning to take home any school technology (laptop, iPad, doc cam, etc.), complete the linked Technology Summer Checkout Form 2023-24.
• iPad Configuration Proposal – Our excellent TSS, Rob, is hoping to create a K-2 and 3-5 iPad configurations, which would make iPad setups easier and would pretty much eliminate the possibility of an iPad having the wrong configuration. Rob crated a Google Sheet listing all the apps what would appear in the two configurations. No one would lose apps you currently use, but you might see some additional apps (6 at most) you don’t currently have. Let me know by the end of the week if you think this should be a staff conversation in the fall. If I don’t hear from anyone, I’ll tell Rob to go ahead with this plan.
• PAHS Updates – Linked here is the PAHS Draft Calendar of Events for next year. I’ve also added these to the Staff Zimbra Calendar. The main dates of note are that they want to have the school carnival and the Holt Bolt both in the spring. They’ll still do the October Costume BINGO Event, which can say is the opportunity for kids to dress up at school if we don’t want to do a Halloween/Dress-Up Day during the school day. Also of note, Kimberly Brown and Amanda Knight are the new Co-Facilitators (both kinder parents, so we’ll get them for a while!), who are looking into making PAHS their own 501(3)c, which I think is a good move. They’re also rebranding PAHS the Holt Parent Group, since they heard from a number of parent they were confused by the name PAHS.
• Summer School Dates – These are also on the Zimbra Staff Calendar, but these are the dates and times summer school will be in session:
KITS: June 27 – August 18, Tuesday – Thursday, 7:30-3:30
SEAL: July 10 – August 15. Monday – Friday, 7:30-3:30
• Leadership Plans for 2023/24 School Year – Principals on Friday were given supporting documents for the New Leadership Plans. I’m not sure if these are final or are still being negotiated, but figured I’d share for anyone interested.
• New Kinderzone Format – I already shared this with the kinder team, but the linked Kindergarten Smart Start Proposal (i.e. the new Kinderzone) was shared with principals, which will go to the school board for input next month.
• Suggested Elementary Content Minutes – Linked here are the 23-24 Elementary Content Minutes and Schedules Guidelines. This has the suggested minutes for each content area, although downtown did acknowledge that the suggested minutes exceed the available minutes in the days, so this is merely information for us to consider.
• 23-24 Elementary PE Info – Linked here is an email that was sent to PE teachers regarding the new PE minutes expectations. I shared this information earlier at a staff meeting, but here it is all in writing.
• Repeats & Reminders – See prior announcements for details, but eight reminders:
Report Cards Sent Home Last Day – Report cards are to go home with students on Thursday.
LICENSED: Goals Reflection Due & Sample Language – Complete your Goals Reflection in TalentEd if you haven’t already . You can use the 2023-2023 SMART Goals Reflection Sample Language if you’d like.
CLASSIFIED: TalentEd Self Reflection Due – Completed the Self Reflection in TalentEd, if you haven’t already.
End of Year Checklist – Linked here is the End of Year Checklist. Turn it in at the office when you are done.
Erin’s Law & Second Step Child Safety Unit – Teach Lesson 6 of the Child Protection Unit if you haven’t already.
End-of-Year Pizza Party Sign-Up – Don’t forget to add your name to the End-of-Year Staff Pizza Party Sign-Up Sheet.
Science: End of Year Wrap-Up – From the June Science Update, see the guidelines for Restocking & Storing Science Kits and the End of Year Science Survey.
End of Year 1 Implementation Survey ELA – Share your thoughts on the ELA Implementation.
• JUST FOR FUN: Mac Emulators Through the Ages – Infinite Mac is a website that takes you on a nostalgic journey through Macintosh software from the years 1984 to 2000. The entire Macintosh experience runs seamlessly in your browser. I’m so old I wrote all my college papers on a typewriter and it was in my masters program I used a Macintosh LC II to write my thesis. I had some serious geek nostalgia visiting this website.
• Schedule of Upcoming Events – See the Holt Staff Calendar for future events, but here are the events of note going into summer:
June 12 (M)
Spring Benchmarking Window Continues
1st Grade Staff Room Duty
PE & Music Both in Gym
8:00, Morning Announcements (Zoom) Pledge Class Sign-Up
3:45-5:15, Allan to Elem Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)June 13 (T)
No PE or Music Classes
8:45-10:15, Field Day, Grades 3-5
12:00-1:30, Field Day, Grades K-2
1:30-3:00, Kona Ice Fundraiser (Hard Play)June 14 (W)
PE & Music Both in Gym
8:30-10:30, KG Walking Field Trip (Country Lane Park)
9:00-11:30, 5th Grade Walking Field Trip (N. Park Church)
2:45-3:30, Grade Level Team MeetingsJune 15 (H)
Last Day for Students – Release Time 11:10
Last Day for Classified Staff
PE & Music Both in Gym
8:30-10:00, 5th Grade Breakfast & Celebration (Cafeteria)
9:00-10:00, Kinder Magic Show (TBD)
Grab-and-Go Lunches
-10:25 – Kinder
-10:30 – 1st
-10:35 – 2nd
-10:40 – 3rd
-10:45 – 4th
10:55, Grades K-4 Line the Hallways
11:00, 5th grade Clap Out
11:10 – Early Dismissal
11:30-12:30, Annual End-of-Year BBQ (Cafeteria)June 16 (F)
Last Day for Licensed Staff
7:30-9:00, Allan to MAPS Board MeetingJune 22 (H)
10:30-12:00, Office Assistant Interviews (Staff Room)June 27 – August 18
KITS at Holt, 7:30-3:30 (TWH)July 10 – August 15
SEAL at Holt, 7:30-3:30 (MTWHF)July 26 (W)
Allan Reports Back (though I’m at SEAL July 10-21)August 14 (M)
Secretaries Report BackAugust 25 (F)
Licensed Staff Report BackAugust 30 (W)
Classified Staff Report Back
Three and a half days to go!
Allan
