Allan's Announcements

By Allan 　https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/chinn/?p=9568

Hi All,

Hope you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend!

Eighteen items of note for this week:

• Staff Needed for Outdoor School – We are looking for additional classified and licensed staff interested in helping at this year’s 5th grade Outdoor School happening April 22, 23, & 24. Extended contract is available for both classified and licensed staff. Subs will be provided to cover for staff here at school while you’re at camp. Outdoor School is overnight this year, but the hours you work are flexible. We can use help during the day, we can use help by people simply be on-site in evenings 6:00 until morning, as well as people who’d like to stay at camp overnight and help all three days. Kids are going to Sky Camp, which is a pretty cool spot that I’ve attended in the past when I was principal at Corridor. Let me know if any staff are interested and/or willing to help out with this fun activity.

• PTO Meeting Notes – Linked here is the February PTO Slide Show, but here are a couple items of note:

• Dickie Jo’s & Dickie Yo’s Fundraiser WED & THURS – Please remind kids about the PTO Dinner Out Fundraiser this Wednesday & Thursday at Dickie Jo’s and Dickie Yo’s by Valley River Center. Bring a printed or digital copy of the Fundraiser Flyer and let kids know that the flyer also includes a FREE desert!

• Readathon Feb. 28 – Mar. 16 – It’s shorter this year, but will operate similarly to last year. There will be weekly drawings for participating students. There will also be individual prizes.

• Budget Updates – Popcorn income is at $847.69 and expenses are at $263.67. The PTO is at $750 income for restaurant fundraisers!

• REPEAT: Classified Self Evaluations Due Feb. 28th – Classified Staff Self Evaluations are due by February 28th. They now need to be completed online using TalentEd. Your login is your full email (username@4j.lane.edu) and your password is your regular email password. Let me know if you need any help or have any questions.

• REPEAT: Fun Friday! – Superhero Day, FRIDAY – This Friday is a Fun Friday and it’s Superhero Day! Remind you students and get them pumped and also get your outfit planned so you can join in on the fun.

 

• REPEAT: Roadrunner Awards Assembly, FRIDAY – This Friday is the February Roadrunner Awards Assembly. The planned mid-show entertainment will be a special Roadrunner Award for Bruce the Gardner. See Mellissa’s email for details and the linked Assembly Map.

• Friday Early Release PD – This Friday’s Early Release PD is designated as a PLC work session session and the following week we’ll have our PLC team meetings with roving subs, so this Friday bring your math “things” and come prepared for your team to continue to dig into LearnZillion and math instruction.

• REPEAT: Student Care Team Referrals Due FRIDAY – The Student Care Team is next week, so referrals to the team are due this Friday. Try to get a signature on the 4J Release Form (English & Spanish).

• February Fire Drill, 2/25 – We’ll plan on holding our February fire drill Tuesday, February 25th at 1:15. If it’s raining, we’ll try again the next day at the same time.

• PLC Meetings Next Week – Not this week, but next week is our next PLC meetings with roving subs, so please plan accordingly.

WEDNESDAY
Kinder 11:10-12:10
3rd Grade 12:20-1:20
5th Grade 1:30-2:30

THURSDAY
2nd 8:10-9:10
1st 9:30-10:30
4th 10:55-11:55

• Storytelling Assembly, 2/28 – Not this week, but Friday next week will be the Lane Arts Storytelling Assemblies with Noah McLain Philpot, who was one of our Artists in Residence last year. The first assembly for K-2 is 8:10-8:45 and the grade 3-5 assembly is 8:55-9:30. Linked here is the Assembly Map & Directions.

• Love Food Not Waste Program – Howard is one of six elementary schools who haven’t yet started the new cafeteria food waste collection, but we’ll be starting program the week of March 30-April 3. This will involve a school wide in class viewing of the Love Food Not Waste video followed by 3-5 days of student cafeteria training led by 4J staff and trained community volunteers. Schools will be get more information later, but I wanted staff to be aware this is coming. See the linked email for additional information.

• March Meetings Flip-Flop – To adjust for OSAS trainings, I’m flip flopping the March Staff Meeting and Marth PBIS Meeting, so the PBIS Meeting will be Tuesday, March 17th and the Staff Meeting will follow spring break on March 31st, which is when we’ll hold part one of our annual OSAS Training. Part two of the OSAS training will be held during the Early Release PD that same week on Friday, March 3rd.

• Native Families Event, Wednesday – Late notice on this, but principals were emailed on Friday about an outreach effort to Native Families for this event. An important component at the event will be the “Listening Circles” for Native students and adults to talk about their experiences with schools, and education. Linked here is an Event Flyer.

• Staffing Timeline for 2020-2021 – HR will distribute staffing to principals this Wednesday. If you’re interested, linked here is the Staffing Timeline for 2020-2021 for both classified and licensed staffing processes. This includes dates for when staffing plans are due, temporary hire staff notifications, displacement timelines, Job Expo dates, and other staffing minutia.

• Simple Ways to Encourage Kindness in Students of All Ages – With Random Acts of Kindness Day this Monday, here are five easy ways to promote kindness across all age groups. See this Edutopia Article for five simple ways to bring both planned and totally random gestures of decency to your classroom this week and well beyond.

• Culturally Responsive Schools – In U.S. school culture, some researchers find a hidden curriculum of white, middle-class values rather than classrooms receptive to all learners. What happens when educators reframe cultural differences as strengths that they intentionally embed in all aspects of learning? This issue of ASCD Express features a host of articles that include strategies for applying culturally responsive approaches to curriculum and instruction, classroom management and discipline, and school leadership.

• Oscar-winning animated short film, Hair Love – From Matthew A. Cherry, this short film tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.

• Schedule of Upcoming Events – See the Google Calendar for future events, but here are the events for the next two weeks:

February 17 (M)
No School – Presidents Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day

February 18 (T)
9:15-11:30, Allan to Elem. Principals’ Meeting – Gaston Covering (Ed Center)
2:45-3:30, Staff Meeting (Charissa’s Room, RM17)

February 19 (W)
2020-2021 Staffing Allocations Released
Newsletter Articles Due
11:00-9:00, PTO Dickie Jo’s & Dickie Yo’s Fundraiser – Bring a Flyer!

February 20 (H)
11:00-9:00, PTO Dickie Jo’s & Dickie Yo’s Fundraiser – Bring a Flyer!

February 21 (F)
Popcorn Friday!
Fun Friday! – Superhero Day
8:15-8:40, K-5 Roadrunner Assembly & Tail Feather Reward
1:30-2:30, Allan to IEP Meeting (Conference Room)
2:30-3:30, Early Release PD – OSAS/PLC (Library)

February 24 (M)
Regular Day

February 25 (T)
1:15, Fire Drill
2:45-3:30, IPBS Meeting (Mellissa’s Room, RM26)

February 26 (W)
Ash Wednesday (avoid scheduling schoolwide events)
Title 1 Progress Monitoring Day – No Groups
11:10-2:30, PLC Meetings (Conference Room)

Kinder 11:10-12:10
3rd Grade 12:20-1:20
5th Grade 1:30-2:30

2:45-3:30, Care Team Meeting (Conference Room)
4:00-8:00, District First Aid Class (Library)

February 27 (H)
8:10-8:55, BSU Meeting (STEAM Room)
8:10-11:55, PLC Meetings (Conference Room)

2nd Grade 8:10-9:10
1st Grade 9:30-10:30
4th Grade 10:55-11:55

2:45-3:30, TLT Meeting/Training (Angela’s Room, RM24)
2:45-3:45, Allan to IEP Meeting (Conference Room)

February 28 (F)
PTO Read-A-Thon Begins
8:10-8:45, Storytelling Assembly, K-2 (Gym)
8:55-9:30, Storytelling Assembly, 3-5 (Gym)
10:30-12:30, February Birthday Lunches With the Principal (Community Room & Library)
12:00-1:00, Human Growth & Development Parent Preview (Community Room)
2:30-3:30, Early Release PD – Building Based PD (Library)

February 29 (SA)
10:00-1:00, UO Eugene Math Festival (MacArthur Court)

See you Tuesday!

Allan