General Updates
- Bottle Caps: This year, during the 2nd quarter Go Green club, students will be creating art installations out of bottle caps. If you have washed bottle caps or lids to containers that you could contribute, please drop them off in the blue bucket by Mrs. Ware’s box. Thanks!
- Composting at Lunch: Review composting expectations with students-food waste, cardboard, milk cartons can be composted. Plastic bags and trays, condiment packets, and plastic ware cannot. Please consider supervising or having a student supervise the class as students throw away items after lunch. Any plastic contamination creates a major headache for our composting company and there has been a rise in contamination in the last several weeks. Thanks in advance!
- Socktober: Ms. O’Brien’s class talked about Hurricane Matthew this week. Her students wanted to do something to help the people suffering from the flooding. They have decided to take action by collecting socks during the month of October. Please put all donations (new adult or children’s socks) in the boxes outside Ms. O’Brien’s room or in the office.
- Dismissal to electives: Bells are set to signal departure times from classrooms. When students are dismissed after the bells ring, there is a loss of teaching time and supervision of transitions is compromised. Please plan for this and have students packed up and ready to dismiss to electives prior to the bell ringing. The bells ring at the following times (also listed under the schedule link in the playbook): 10:38, 11:18, 11:58, 12:28, 1:08, 1:48 (2-3), 1:53 (k-1), 2:33, 3:13.
- From Gardner Webb University:
Information Meetings for prospective students - Athens Drive High School
1420 Athens Drive, Raleigh
Tuesday, 11/1/2016 at 6:30 PM or 7:30 PM
- OR -
Jordan High School
6806 Garrett Road, Durham
Wednesday, 11/2/2016 at 4:30 PM or 5:30 PM
To RSVP visit our Information Meeting Page. For more details or please call (800) 956-8481 or email mbrija@graduateprogram.org.
IRT/Literacy Updates
- REPEAT FROM LAST WEEK ~ License Renewal: If you are in a renewal year, please click HERE. **Wiley’s Licensure Administrator is: Letitia Howard, 919-533-7194, LRHoward@wcpss.net. You may contact her with any questions regarding your renewal.
- Q2 Grading Grids & Big Ideas:
Magnet Updates
Repeat from Last Week:
- MAGNET FAIR - Saturday, November 5th - ACTION NEEDED
- Please remember to sign up for the Magnet Fair on Saturday, November 5th. Please discuss with your team and sign up HERE. (I need all language teachers and at least one member from each grade level (if possible more from K).) Also, please consider helping with Setting up on Friday after school if you are unable to make it on Saturday. THANK YOU!
- Language Teachers, Elective Teachers, and Classroom Teachers: If you have any sample student work that fits our magnet theme please plan on saving it and sharing it with me to use during the magnet fair. THANK YOU!
Media & Technology
- FROM MRS. CHRISTIANSEN: There is a paper organizer/bin in the media center next to the printers. At the end of each day, any papers that are not collected from the printer will be placed in the bin and, after 1 week, the unclaimed papers will be recycled.
- Lynn & Chris will be coming to grade-level planning meetings as often as possible. Please share your planning documents with them! chahner@wcpss.net and vchristiansen@wcpss.net
- CONTEST: The 4Cs come to life when teams plan together. Add coffee or chocolate and you get the 5Cs at Wiley :) Get out of your classrooms and come plan in the media center once a week. The first complete team** to tweet the following, #5Cs@Wiley, will win coffee or chocolate for their planning. **Each team member must tweet individually.
PTA Updates
Repeat from Last Week:
- If we were given $20,000 to spend on something that would benefit ALL students or make an impact on ALL teachers. What would you suggest? Please take a moment with your team or on your own to share all ideas that come to mind. Please use THIS form.
- Teacher Grant Applications will be ready soon. Start thinking about Professional Development or other things for which you might want to consider writing a grant.
Important Dates
Happy Birthday: Sharon Abel (10/14), Kari Brown (10/17)
This Week
*Global Read Aloud continues
Monday (10/17)
Tuesday (10/18)
Wednesday (10/19)
- Intervention Team mtg
Thursday (10/20)
- SIP mtg (every 3rd Thursday) @ 7:45am in Smith’s room
- K & 1st grade teachers & TAs and office staff meeting in Lounge - re: timesheets & evaluation
- Band Concert @ 7:00pm
Friday (10/21)
- Early Release
- Cultural Arts performance for all grades - The Beast, African Dancing - *NO ELECTIVES/LANGUAGE CLASSES - LANGUAGE/ELECTIVES teachers available to supervise during performances: K-2 @ 9:30am and 3-5 @ 10:45am
- UN Council mtg @ 12:25pm
- Staff Social @ Dos Taquitos at 4:30pm
Looking Ahead:
- End of 1st quarter - Oct. 28
- Staff Meeting - Nov 3 (TAs should plan to join us at 8:30am for presentation from retirement benefits representative)
- Wiley/Broughton Pep Rally … for Friday night’s football game - Nov. 3 in afternoon - more details coming
- Wiley/Broughton Community Night @ Broughton Football Game - Nov. 4
- Magnet Fair - Nov 5
- Report Cards go home - Monday, Nov 7
- 2-hr delay, election day - Tuesday, Nov 8
- Holiday - Friday, Nov. 11