Weekly Update 4.30.17-5.6.17

JA in a Day Schedule:

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Professional Development Day-May 12th:

The PD committee is working to develop an AWESOME plan for our day.  Please be sure to make your lunch choice by clicking here:  Lunch order

GOTR Liaison

With Sheri moving to Kennerly, we will need someone to step up to take on the Girls on the Run school liaison.  You don’t have to be at practices but we need someone to be the contact person for Concord.  Please let me know if you are willing to take this on.

MYON Update:

It looks like students are getting in and taking advantage of this awesome program!  Please let me know if you need any help with getting your classes logged in.  In June, we will need to make some decisions about if it will be purchased for next year decision based on teacher and student feedback.

We now have access to myON News, a great current events component that you and your kids may love.  Each article has three different levels.  You can use it in guided reading for short texts on current events.  Use the directions below to get going with myON News.

• “myON News”-powered by News-o-Matic “Powering Students to be Informed Citizens”
• 5 daily news articles, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year (written for students and reviewed by a child psychologist)
• Articles Published in three Lexile levels + Spanish-automated through myON
• Recorded audio offered in English and Spanish
• Aligned books to current news articles       
• Current events with topics ranging from US news, animals, international, sports, wacky stories and more!
• CLICK HERE for more information about myON News!

Fidget Spinner Update:

We are banning these effective immediately.  Please feel free to collect and return at the end of the day or send them to the office.  

Scholastic Reading Club Classroom Library Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win: http://www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership/

• Awesome end of the year blog post with ideas.
• Make brochures for next year's class.
• Make class yearbooks.
• A Class Video-Check it out from Mrs. Cooksey’s room
• Create and vote on end of the year awards for each student.
• Top 10 lists.....Top 10 things Mrs. -------- likes her students to do, Top 10 books read this year, Top 10 learning apps, etc.
• 26 end of the year ideas
• Students could create ABC books to survive "___th grade" for next year's students.
• Plan NOT to make these 8 mistakes teachers make at the end of the year

Thank you to everyone for giving your best effort on the MAP test, changing schedules, and altering your everyday routines so that our test takers could focus on the test.  We greatly appreciate your efforts.  We so appreciate all that you do everyday for our school and would like to show our thanks during teacher appreciation week.  As a reminder, here is what we have planned.  We hope that these tokens of appreciation in some way show how grateful we are to have such a wonderful staff.

We want you to know how much we appreciate all that you do so here is your official invitation to an #awesome week!

Monday, May 1: Snack Attack: Sneak by the lounge from a Pretzel Boy delivery.

Tuesday, May 2: Breakfast in the Lounge: Coffee and Bagels in the morning

Wednesday, May 3: Workout Wednesday: Enjoy the day in the comfort of your workout clothes.

Thursday, May 4th: Check your mailbox for a special “coupon.”

Friday, May 5th: Cinco de Mayo Nacho Celebration in the lounge.

Off Campus Lunch

We will be covering your classes and/or providing time for you to enjoy lunch with your team.  We are giving you the gift of time-pick where you want to go for lunch and head off campus for lunch.  Please let us know if you have any questions, and be sure to return promptly at your scheduled time.  

	Date	Plan for Lunch
Kindergarten	Monday 5.1	Off Campus Lunch: 11:00-12:20
4th	Monday 5.1	Off Campus Lunch: 11:30-1:10
Reading, Math, and SSD teachers	Any	No Coverage Needed
2nd	Monday 5.1	Off Campus Lunch: 11:00-12:20
1st	Tuesday 5.2	Off Campus Lunch: 11:15-12:35
5th	Wednesday 5.3	Off Campus Lunch: 11:25-12:45
3rd	Wednesday 5.3	Off Campus Lunch: 12:15-1:35
PEGS	Wednesday 5.3	Off Campus Lunch: 10:45-12:05
Block Specialists	Friday 5.5	Off Campus Lunch: 11:30-12:50

A special thanks to Drew Hrach for putting together all of the comfortable seating in the library.

In addition, thank you to Drew Hrach for creating our Lego wall and to Leigh Niemann for the darling sign.  Enjoy this new addition!

Concord Elementary Night at the Cardinals Baseball Game-We still have a few tickets left!  Don't miss this fun night to end the year!

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 @ 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. LA Dodgers

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Angie Out: Tuesday @9:30 for LEAP Medieval Fair

Monday, May 1st	Last day of LEAP for 5th Grade
Tuesday, May 2nd	JA in Day Grades 3-5, Pegs Teacher Appreciation Day 4th Grade Medieval Fair Last day of LEAP for 4th and Kindergarten
Wednesday, May 3rd	JA in Day Grades K-2 5th Grade All District Strings Rehearsal 9:15 a.m.
Thursday, May 4th	Learning Labs - Class placements in your PLC rooms 4th Grade All District Strings Rehearsal 9:15 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 4th grade Strings Concert 7:30 p.m. 5th grade Strings Concert
Friday, May 5th	Principal and PE teacher Swap for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade block 9:45 a.m. Kdg. Grandparents’ Day 1:45 p.m. Kdg. Grandparents’ Day All staff park at Farmer’s Club
May 7-12th	5th grade Space Camp
Monday, May 8th	Buy One Get One Scholastic Book Fair Internet Safety/Safe Touch all week
Tuesday, May 9th	7:45 a.m. Staff Meeting Buy One Get One Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, May 10th	School Nurse’s Day: Be sure to thank our wonderful nurse Kaitlyn Kelsch. 1:30 5th grade Author Visit: John Anderson
Thursday, May 11th	DOC Mother’s Day Pizza Luncheon
Friday, May 12th	No School/PD Day 8:00 a.m. All District Staff Recognition
Monday, May 15th	9:00 a.m. Volunteer Tea
Tuesday, May 16th	1:00 p.m. 5th Grade Fly Over Day 6:30 p.m. Incoming Kindergarten Parent Information Night
Wednesday, May 17th	Kindergarten to Grant’s Farm 4th Grade to Daniel Boone House Last day of LEAP for 3rd grade
Thursday, May 18th	10:30 a.m. 5th Grade Recognition and DARE Celebration All staff park at Farmer’s Club Last day of LEAP for 1st and 2nd grade
Friday, May 19th	Fun Day All staff park at Farmer’s Club
Monday, May 22nd	Fun Day Make Up Day
Tuesday, May 23rd	2:00 p.m. Read A Thon
Wednesday, May 24th	5th Grade Party
Thursday, May 25th	2:00 p.m. Kindergarten - 4th Grade Year End Parties All staff park at Farmer’s Club
Friday, May 26th	9:00 a.m. Recognition Assembly 11:50 a.m. Dismissal ½ Day School/ ½ Day Records Day Grades Due by May 29th @midnight

Weekly Update 4.23.17-4.29.17

Fly Up Day Update:

The vote is in-we will not be having fly up day this year.  Instead, we will offer tours the morning of May 16th for any students who are joining our school from other schools.  I will individually notify you if we need your help with this.  

Flyer Family Update: We will not meet again in family teams for this year.  At the end of the year assembly, we will have an opportunity to say goodbye for the summer.   We will also be discussing the pros and cons of family teams vs. buddies at our May faculty meeting.

Reading Celebration: We will have a school wide Read-A-Thon to celebrate reaching our Reading Minutes on Tuesday, May 23rd from 2-3.  More details will be forthcoming.

End of Year Dates:  While there are other items on the calendar, I just want to make sure everyone has all of the most important items with the correct dates and times.

Wednesday, April 26th	Administrative Professional Day
Friday, April 28th	6:00 p.m. Mappy Hour @ Modern Brewery
Monday, May 1st	Last day of LEAP for 5th Grade
Tuesday, May 2nd	JA in Day Grades 3-5, Pegs Teacher Appreciation Day 4th Grade Medieval Fair Last day of LEAP for 4th and Kindergarten
Wednesday, May 3rd	JA in Day Grades K-2 5th Grade All District Strings Rehearsal 9:15 a.m.
Thursday, May 4th	Learning Labs - Class placements: Cards will be placed in your mailbox with instructions early next week so we can easily put our classes together for 2017-18 school year. 4th Grade All District Strings Rehearsal 9:15 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 4th grade Strings Concert 7:30 p.m. 5th grade Strings Concert
Friday, May 5th	9:45 a.m. Kdg. Grandparents’ Day 1:45 p.m. Kdg. Grandparents’ Day All staff park at Farmer’s Club
May 7-12th	5th grade Space Camp
Monday, May 8th	Buy One Get One Scholastic Book Fair Internet Safety/Safe Touch all week
Tuesday, May 9th	7:45 a.m. Staff Meeting Buy One Get One Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, May 10th	School Nurse’s Day: Be sure to thank our wonderful nurse Kaitlyn Kelsch. 1:30 5th grade Author Visit: John Anderson
Thursday, May 11th	DOC Mother’s Day Pizza Luncheon
Friday, May 12th	No School/PD Day 8:00 a.m. All District Staff Recognition
Monday, May 15th	9:00 a.m. Volunteer Tea
Tuesday, May 16th	1:00 p.m. 5th Grade Fly Over Day 6:30 p.m. Incoming Kindergarten Parent Information Night
Wednesday, May 17th	Kindergarten to Grant’s Farm 4th Grade to Daniel Boone House Last day of LEAP for 3rd grade
Thursday, May 18th	10:30 a.m. 5th Grade Recognition and DARE Celebration All staff park at Farmer’s Club Last day of LEAP for 1st and 2nd grade
Friday, May 19th	Fun Day All staff park at Farmer’s Club
Monday, May 22nd	Fun Day Make Up Day
Tuesday, May 23rd	2:00 p.m. Read A Thon
Wednesday, May 24th	5th Grade Party
Thursday, May 25th	2:00 p.m. Kindergarten - 4th Grade Year End Parties All staff park at Farmer’s Club
Friday, May 26th	9:00 a.m. Recognition Assembly 11:50 a.m. Dismissal ½ Day School/ ½ Day Records Day Grades Due by May 29th @midnight

2017-18 Staffing News:

Congratulations to Jennifer Syrett!  She will be teaching LEAP with middle schoolers at Sperreng next year.  Given our lower numbers in 2nd grade, we will not be replacing her position which will result in Concord having 4 sections of 2nd grade instead of 5.

Have you had a chance to get on myON yet?  If not, I encourage you to explore it with your students.  Students who are already on have been raving about the kinds of books on it and love it already.  If you need more information about how to get on and how to use it with students, please spend some time at this week's PLC looking into it.  

In the meantime, here are some resources you might find helpful:

Resources:

• Student Logins
• Username:  2-digit graduation year + first name + last name (26donjohnson)
• K-2 Password:  read
• 3-5 Password:  flyers2017

• Getting Started Guide for Families
• Family Login Flyer
• The username and password are fillable.

• Educator Resources
• www.prodev.myon.com
• Username:  lindberghschools
• Password:  myon

• Demo student accounts (3rd grade level)
• Username: demo+school name (demokennerly)
• Password: flyers2017

• How to download student roster with usernames

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Missouri 1 Million Strong Challenge:

The Missouri Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance would like to challenge all of the Missouri youth to develop their physical literacy and be physically active 60 minutes per day. This challenge is set for May 1-7, which coincides with National Physical Education and Sport Week. If you would like to take the challenge click here for an activity log. At the end of the week, bring your log to your PE teacher. Keep Missouri youth strong by taking the MISSOURI 1 MILLION STRONG CHALLENGE!

Parent Session for Safe Touch and Internet Safety:

We will hold a parent viewing session next Thursday, April 27th in the library from 6:00-7:00.   Our parents will be able to view the video and handouts for each grade level.  We will have three sessions.  The video is ten minutes.

6:00-6:20      K-1 grade

6:20-6:40      2-3 grade

6:40-7:00      4-5 grade

Velina Critchlow, Concord School Counselor and a representative from Jewish Family and Children's Services will be hosting the event.  If you need more information please call your school counselor.

Angie Out:

Tuesday, April 25th: Admin Professional Luncheon 11:00 a.m.

Friday, April 28th: Principal Meeting at Moore at 2:00 p.m.