General Updates
AIG Updates:
- 4th and 5th grade teachers ONLY please add the following blurb to your newsletters the next couple weeks until October 3.
The AIG fall student nomination window is closing soon!
4th and 5th grade student nominations are accepted through October 3.
Please contact an AIG teacher to nominate your student if interested.
Mrs. Foxx- lfoxx@wcpss.net
Mrs. Sollars- msollars@wcpss.net
Mrs. Ziada Brandt- eziada-brandt@wcpss.net
From YMCA:
With the school year cranking up and staff meetings and several Early Release Days just around the corner, I wanted to be sure that I provided you with information about teacher coupons for our YMCA programs to share with your staff!
If a teacher wishes to use a coupon for YMCA child care, they will need the following 3 things:
1. Youth Information Form (YIF) – can be found in YMCA mailbox
· One YIF per child
2. Teacher Coupon – can be found in YMCA mailbox
· One per care session
3. Payment
· Cash or check only (if paying in cash, exact change is appreciated!)
· Cost
i. Before School = $6.95/day
ii. After School = $10.89/day
· Payment should be attached to coupon and presented to Program Director (Adam Ballance) or YMCA Program Leadership Staff (Before School—Danielle Warren; After School—Jordan Diard) at the time of care (or earlier, if possible).
Remember, we must have all 3 of the abovementioned items in order to provide care!
Hand Sanitizer: Our evening cleaning team wishes to let you know that hand sanitizer that falls on the tile/linoleum floor strips the wax. As students “distribute” sanitizer, please try to restrict it to areas with carpet. Less damage is done when it falls on the carpet.
Evening cleaning: Please make note of the evening cleaning schedule and general reminders below.
o Tuesdays – wet mop – chairs up in art room and areas in classroom with tile
o Wednesday & Fridays – vacuum – please put chairs on tables
o Thursday – dry mop
o Daily – place trash cans in hallway at end of day
o Daily – pick up pieces of trash, pencils, etc. from floor
Technology Help Requests: Form for requesting technical assistance is found on the Wiley Playbook on the bottom of the page with Daily Schedules
IRT Updates
- Be sure to complete your Living Organisms Order on the Spreadsheet.
- For those who requested a paper copy, the Teacher Math Alignment Resources (binders) for Quarter 1 have been placed in your mailboxes. I will be ordering for Quarters 2-4 in a few weeks. If you find that you are not using the printed binders on a daily basis, please do not re-order. You can access the resources electronically on CMAPP.
- Need a Gradebook refresher or have questions? Click HERE for support documents and presentations. If you would like video tutorials, click HERE. ***Please note: Assignments should NOT be published (until we are told otherwise). Middle tab (between assignments and standards) – “Publish” UNCHECK/SAVE per assignment. ALL assignments should have the little yellow exclamation point near them.
Magnet Updates
- Electives/Languages START TUESDAY:
- How to Log-In Oasis:- https://oasis.wcpss.net/OASIS/
- Username: wcpss(your employee id number) ex. Wcpss002345
- Password: use your current email password
- If you are new and try the above and cannot get in please let me (Eman) know ASAP.
- Click on SOCR
- Look at your class report and make sure each student:
- Has 2 electives assigned to them. (That may be one language, one elective, or CCR/ELL/Reading and an elective).
- Has at least one quarter of PE assigned to them.
- I will send you your rosters to Print on Monday so you can tell your students where they need to be next Tuesday!
- Dot Day (September 15)
- Don’t forget to remind your students to wear DOTS on Dot Day! Do a special Dot Day activity with your students!
- Discovery Education is doing a live stream with the author from 2:00-2:30 on September 13. Check out what they have and how to sign up for your students to be part of the live stream! (If you register you will have access to watch it on Thursday instead.) http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/monthly-themes/dot-day-2016.cfm?utm_source=Latest_News&utm_medium=Dot_Day_2016&utm_campaign=Usage_Stim
- International Opportunities:
- International Festival: October 14-16 NOW OPEN FOR FIELD TRIPS FRIDAY the 14th starting at 10am. Check out their website for more information. http://www.internationalfocusnc.org/
- Hallway Display for Q1:
- Don’t forget to start setting up your hallway display with a title/description and begin some sort of background for what your Q1 unit might include.
- Things to Think About:
- Possibly setting up display as a grade level vs. as a class.
- Include what will go in hallway and where as part of your planning.
- Selecting different items related to the same theme/unit to display for different students. (Example: Students 1-6 you display their writing, Students 7-12 you display a diagram or picture they made, Students 13-18 you display some math work, etc…) In the end something for every student is in the hall but not the same thing is in the hall over and over.
- Put some sort of border, backing or matting behind each student work.
- Do not hang them in a straight line, try to offset them.
- Include at least one 3D item per grade level.
- Make sure it looks neat (especially if you use butcher paper, make sure it is cut neatly or folded to hide the uneven edge.
- Don’t do it all in one day break it up so you do a part each week until you have it all complete.
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Important Dates
Happy Birthday: StaceySmith - 9/12, Leila Ruedy - 9/17
CUSTODIAL APPRECIATION WEEK - let's show Reggie, Daisy, and Henry some love!
CUSTODIAL APPRECIATION WEEK - let's show Reggie, Daisy, and Henry some love!
This Week:
Monday (9/12):
Tuesday (9/13): Electives begin
Wednesday (9/14): PLTs; Intervention Team Mtg @ 8:00am in Professional Learning Center (lounge)
Thursday (9/15): Ambassadors Mtg @ 7:45am in Smith’s classroom; International Dot Day
Friday (9/16): BT meeting
Looking Ahead:
Staff mtg/Learning Cohort planning session - Thursday, 9/22 @ 7:45am
PTA mtg and Open House – Thursday, 9/29 from 6-7:30pm
Early Release and 1st UN Council Meetings – Friday, 9/30
Fall Pictures – Monday, 10/3
Walk to School Day – Wednesday, 10/5 (more information to come)
Staff Meeting – Thursday, 10/6 @ 7:45am
This Week’s To Do List
- Let Carol know if you have students needing lunch tags
- Continue reviewing expectations & building relationships in classroom
- Walk students to electives and be at “stations” during transitions at the mid-point of your grade level’s elective/language block
- Submit ‘what i want leslie & katie to know’ notecard, if interested
- Turn in green data reflection sheet to Leslie if you did not turn it in on Friday