Concord Call: Weekly Update 3.6.16-3.12.16

Fancy Nancy author, Jane O’Connor, will be visiting Concord on March 9th for an assembly for grades 1-3. 1st and 5th grade will switch block for the day. Grades 1-3 should report to the gym at 9:45 a.m.

Visitors This Week:

Members of the PDC will be at Concord between 9:00-10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8th.
Visitors from Hancock will be learning how we incorporate iPads on Friday.

March 7th-11th is National Social Worker Week. Michelle Studer and Jennifer Ulrich

Nominate your colleagues for Teacher of the Year. Nominations due to the office by March 18th. We have phenomenal teachers...PLEASE consider nominating someone!

Spring Conferences:

Please keep in mind the following criteria for requesting conferences:

As you begin to decide who you'd like to request a spring conference with in March, please consider the list below to help with your decisions. Students that fall into one or more of the categories below need to have a conference. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Conferences should be scheduled for the following students...

All students performing below grade level in any subject area
All students receiving a C or below in the intermediate grades or AC in the primary grades
All students who have significant concerns in character development
All students currently on RTI (Tier 2 and above)
Any student who has had a significant drop in a grade(s) during the quarter or year
Any student who has significant effort concerns

Congrats to Anna Martin for being selected by Merck KGaA, in Darmstadt, Germany to receive funding from the “Smarter, Together” in the Classroom, a program to support the future generation of passionately curious scientists. She was able to purchase 2 dash and dot robots, kinex, and other lego/STEM related pieces for her Science centers. Way to go!

Chandra Heinlein OT and Brooke Huffmann SLP won a Lasting Impression Award this week at the SSD Salutes banquet. This is an award given to support staff who make a difference in the lives of their students. There were 9 recipients of this award from across St. Louis County. Be sure to congratulate them!

Check out this article by AJ Juliani titled 7 Lessons we Fail to Teach in School. With our recent discussions about dreaming big, I think this is a great reminder about trying something new.