March 24

Shout-Outs & Celebrations

(Consider sharing your shout-out!)

• Sharing congratulations with Leila on the recent birth of her sweet grandbaby, Penelope Kate (Penny)!
• Welcome home, Jutta!!
• Talent Show Crew … Carolyn, Challie, Judy, Katie, Denya, Stacey, Kathy B, Eman, Abby … y’all were fantastic!!!  Thank you for sharing your energetic spirits with our Wiley community!  

General Updates

~Yearbook Teachers - Previously I asked you to hold onto yearbook orders as they came in until the deadline on April 22nd. New Plan: Each Friday, until April 22,  please turn in what you've collected that week to Carol in the office. If you forget and then remember on Monday, no worries.

Thank you - Carol

~4:15 Fitness!!! Do you struggle with dragging yourself to the gym after a long day at work? A group of staff members has developed a solution to that issue. We are gathering at 4:15 pm in Ms. Sullivan’s room for a different fitness focus each Monday! Think zumba, jamaican dancing, belly dancing, kickboxing, interval training...the ceiling is the roof (j/k)! ALL ability levels are welcome. See you on Monday!

~  DPI Profession Development: Mark your calendars! Our spring session of facilitated online courses will open for registration on Monday, March 20. Below is the list of instructor–facilitated online courses being offered by Educator Effectiveness. Our facilitated courses provide the opportunity to interact with peers and an instructor along with high-quality professional development. They combine the flexibility of working from anywhere at any time, and the benefits of working with a cohort of peers. All courses will start Monday, April 3. Go to DPI's Online Professional Development website for more detailed information about courses.  Building and Sustaining Professional Development (6 weeks, 1.0 CEU)  Connecting with our 21st Century Learners (5 weeks, 1.0 CEU)  Digital Literacies in the K-12 Classroom (7 weeks, 1.5 CEUs)  Effective Digital Strategies for Teaching and Learning in the K-12 Classroom: A PD MOOClet (6 weeks, 2.0 CEUs)  Introduction to Data Literacy (5 weeks, 1.0 CEU)  Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects, Part 1 (5 weeks, 0.5 CEU)  Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects, Part 2 (7 weeks, 1.0 CEU)  North Carolina Teacher Standards and Evaluation Process (6 weeks, 2.0 CEUs)  Responsibilities of the 21st-Century Educator (7 weeks, 1.0 CEU)  Seize the Data Part 1 (7 weeks, 2.0 CEUs)  Universal Design for Learning 1: UDL in the Everyday Classroom (6 weeks, 1.5 CEUs)  Universal Design for Learning 2: UDL in the Everyday Classroom (5 weeks, 1.0 CEU)

~(Repeat) PROCTORS NEEDED: End of Grade (EOG) - Please add this blurb to your next newsletter. Our End of Grade (EOG) testing dates have been set.  We will be testing May 30 to June 2. Please mark these dates on your calendar and please save the date! If you are a K-5 Wiley family, please keep reading! We need volunteer test proctors. While proctoring is certainly not an exciting job, it’s essential to providing all students with a positive testing environment. The more volunteer proctors we have, the more teaching assistants we can leave in our K-2 classrooms. Also, by having K-2 families proctor, this will  provide you with insight into the world of EOGs. As a Wiley family, we look forward to another opportunity to pull together to support our students, staff and school!

Please contact our Testing Coordinators with any questions:

Kristin Brownell (kbrownell@wcpss.net)

Eman Ziada Brandt (eziada-brandt@wcpss.net)

IRT/Literacy Updates

• Report Cards: Report Cards go home on April 17th.
• (Repeat)March Vertical Team Meetings: We will meet on Friday, March 31st during the times below. Topic of conversation will be follow-up from February planning day meetings, particularly around writing & reading.

4/5 - 10:45-11:45
2/3 - 12:40-1:40
K/1 - 2:00-3:00

• NEW! eSchools:
• If you have taken any WCPSS workshops or courses this school year, go in and complete your EVALUATIONS. Credits will not be added to your transcript without completion of your initial evaluations.
• If you have courses that were offered outside of WCPSS and would like credit, please see me with your certificates and/or evidence of participation.
• (Repeat)License Renewal: If you are in a renewal year or a Beginning Teacher, 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.

• (Repeat)Quarter 4 Grading Grids: Click HERE to access the Q4 grading grids. Please make a copy of the grid(s) you need and add them to your drive. Please don’t edit the grids shared in this folder. Thank you!

Magnet Updates

• (Repeat) WALK FOR WATER EVENT - Wiley is joining forces with Broughton High School to be a part of their Walk for Water Event that will take place on April 29. The flyers are going home in Monday Folders.  Here are the links for for the flyer and further instructions.  
• (Repeat) PLEASE NOTE: The Picture It got moved from March/April to April/May timeline but registering later in March.  - MONTHLY GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES: FOR March and April you have the choice of doing one of these 2 opportunities for both March and April-
• The Day the Crayons Quit Project -- Due March 31

1. To begin, you will read "The Day The Crayons Quit" or watch the video.
2. Then you will brainstorm with your students about what other classrooms items might wish to quit -- and why.
3. Next, choose a way to represent these stories with the other participating classrooms. Perhaps you might wish to make a imovie or a google slideshow. Your students might wish to illustrate their own stories and create a book using the app Book Creator. Your class might wish to write a reader's theatre and create a podcast. There is no "you need to do it this way" for your class to showcase their stories. Come up with the plan and tool that works best for your class.....and run with it.
4. Please have your stories posted -- or shared to Jennifer - by March 31, 2017.
5. Check out the link for more information.

• Picture It 2017 -- April-May

Celebrating our 5th year with Picture It, students around the world will be collaborating to create one unique piece of artwork in the form of a quilt. Registration opens mid to end of March 2017 more information will be posted soon. Click here for more information and/or to sign up.

Media & Technology

• Classroom Book Wishlist - Do you have any books that you need for small group instruction?  Please fill out this form and let Lynn know.
• SAVE THE DATE! - We will be celebrating School Library Month with a fun party for teachers on April 21 during your planning time.  More information and a formal invitation will be coming soon.

PBIS UPDATES

Monday Meeting activity: http://www.learningstationmusic.com/blog/2014/06/21/yoga-kids-childrens-yoga-brain-breaks/

PBIS club: Club members will be doing Friday announcements. Please see Judy Williams if you would like to submit an announcement.

PBIS reminders:

·         Please continue to be at your duty location when the bell rings. The duties are posted in the Playbook.

·          Continue to pass out Globetrotters. Extra Globetrotters, Wiley Winner forms and certificates can be found in the lounge.

·          Wiley Winners: Please place the pink flowers on the tree or in Laura O'Brien's mailbox.

·         Safety on the playground is so important. Please supervise all areas.

·         Students should be supervised when they are cleaning the tables in the lunchroom.

·         The expectation while waiting for carpool and walkers is silence so students can hear their names. If you are on duty in these areas please help students remember this expectation.

PBIS new learning: Click here for an article about building relationships:

http://www.yoga4classrooms.com/yoga-4-classrooms-blog/scientific-evidence-for-yoga-and-mindfulness-in-schools-how-and-why-does-it-work

Important Dates

Happy Birthday - Leigh Ann Foxx (3/29)

This Week

Monday, 3/27:

Tuesday, 3/28: Staff Meeting for Boosterthon information @ 8:15 - Smith’s classroom;  Boosterthon Pep Rallies - K,1,5 @ 1:20 and 2,3,4 @ 2:35; Chorus Concert @ 6pm

Wednesday, 3/29:  Crisis Team Meeting @ 8am in Lockamy’s/Bickelhaupt’s classroom

Thursday, 3/30:  Staff Social @ Kings Bowling

Friday, 3/31: Make-up Day; BT mtg @ 7:45am in Mr. Hewitt’s classroom; vertical team meetings

Upcoming Dates:

Fun Run - April 7 (9:30am - 2/3rd +O’B/Kurtz; 10:40am - 4/5th; 12:00pm- K/1st)

Spring Break - April 10-14

Report Cards go home - April 17

International Carnival - May 11, evening event - attendance by certified staff is expected

Mandatory Workday - May 12 - Learning Cohort Celebrations @ 10:30am

UN Council Meetings - April 21, May 11 (note date change), June 8 @ 3:00*pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE)