Scoop for the Week 9.8.17

Staff Meeting @ 7:30 in the library: Please bring your book study book and be prepared to talk about Chapter 1.  Grandpa Ippolito will be providing bagels for everyone.  Here is a link to the agenda.

PGP Reminders: Please sign up for a time to meet with Liz and I in regards to your PGP.  Also if you have not begun your plan for SLOs, that is a great topic to discuss in your PLC this week.

Early Dismissal Wednesday: Put this at the top of your parent emails.  Parents should put any changes in dismissal plans in the PikMyKid app.  Dismissal is at 1:40.  AM Kindergarten is dismissed at 10:50 and PM Kindergarten begins at 11:30.  

See schedule for the day here. Please watch your email for the location of your District wide PD.

Buddy Teams: We will meet for our first buddy assembly and activity on Wednesday.  We will begin calling right after Flyervision to come to the gym.  We will call buddy classes at the same time so you can sit together in the gym.  Please read this document for the activity to do when you return to one of your buddy classrooms.  We are hoping the t-shirts will be ready but will keep you posted.

Learning Labs: We have moved the learning labs for all grades K-5 Thursday, September 21st. Topics we will be covering are MYON and “STEMifying” the classroom.

Staff Lounge: Just a little reminder to please clean up after yourselves in the lounge.  It is appreciated!

Laptop Carts: Just a friendly reminder as your class is finished with the laptop cart, please pass it on to the teacher who is next on the Google calendar.  Please remember to plug it in between each use.

From Ronni Zagora:  The district will be conducting a book study of Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management for teachers, counselors, and administrators who are interested in learning more about restorative practices and how to apply them in your classroom and school. The district will provide the book, and three after-school meetings will take place throughout the fall semester for discussion and shared learning. Please notify Ronni Zagora (vzagora@lindberghschools.ws) if you would like to participate.

Grant's Farm Night-NOW FREE PARKING FOR TEACHERS

We are so excited to announce that teachers and their families will be able to park for FREE at our first ever Grant's Farm Night on September 27th from 5-9.  There will be a DJ and glow sticks for kids in the courtyard, and food/beverages available for purchase.  There will also be free adult beverage samples available for those 21 and older.  I would like to encourage EVERYONE to sign up here for this event.  It is such a fun time and a fun way to mingle with Concord friends and families.  You will need to sign up no later than September 20th.  

iPad Apps: If there are apps you'd like the district to purchase for your classroom iPads, please email Tara Sparks and Mariano Marin to make the request.  They'll work together to review the resource and approve those apps in a timely manner in order to support student learning.  Please note that there is a limited supply of money allocated for these purchases, so only request those that will be integral to your instruction.

Green & Gold Spirit Day: Lindbergh homecoming is next weekend with the parade on Thursday evening.  To commemorate this event, we will have a green & gold spirit day on Thursday.

Learning walk: Dr. Sparks will be here on Monday afternoon for a learning walk.

MYON Update: Just wanted to keep everyone in the loop on MYON usage.  I know many of you shared the details on how to log on with parents.  This is a great tool for students to use at home as well.

Angie will be at a leadership meeting on Wednesday morning.  

Monday, Sept. 11	D.O.C. Meeting	7:00 pm	Helen Fitzgerald’s
Tuesday, Sept. 12	Staff Meeting	7:45-8:30	Creation Station
Wednesday, Sept. 13	Buddy Day Early Release	9:00 a.m. 1:40 pm	GYM
Tuesday, Sept. 19	Instructional Leadership Committee Meeting (PD)	8:00 am	Creation Station
Tuesday, Sept. 19	PTG General Meeting Party Planning	7:00 – 9:00 pm 6:15 pm	Library
Wednesday, Sept. 20	RTI	8:00 am	Creation Station
Thursday, Sept. 21	K-5 Learning Lab	8:55 -  2:30	Creation Station
Friday, Sept. 22	NO SCHOOL	ALL DAY

9.6.17 Wickedly Wonderful Wednesday

Empowering students through the heart, mind, and body:

Students are taking a mindful minute break before returning to the carpet for story.

Teacher conferring with a small group of students during Writer’s Workshop is a great opportunity that allows the teacher to meet with more students during the writing time.

After the writing mini-lesson, doing quick check-ins with students to have them share how they are applying the mini-lesson to their drafts is a great strategy to help your writers get started writing.

Having the students write their “One Word” on their name tags is great daily reminder of what to strive towards each day!

Students are LOVING their new supply carts in the art room.  These kiddos are highly engaged in designing their projects with paint and crayons.

Leader portraits!  Using the leader language everywhere is so important.

These 1st graders were enjoying movement and motion as they scrambled to get to the hula hoop when the music ended in PE class.

Flexible seating allows students to choose how they learn best.

Sunday Scoop 9.3.17-9.9.17

As we complete another wonderful week, I want you to help our students focus on the heart this week.  Watching the news and seeing the devastation in Texas, I believe we can use this tragic situation to help our students see that they can make a difference to make the world a better place.  Liz and I will be meeting with the leadership team and PTG board members on Tuesday to brainstorm on how we can support others in need.

 

PGP Work: Please schedule your initial PGP meeting with your evaluator for the year (listed in the drive). Meetings should occur by Friday, September 29th.  Prior to this meeting you should have completed the Initial PGP Form in TalentEd. You can either click Save and Submit prior or wait until after your meeting to submit. Please bring your laptop to this meeting so we can discuss your PGP goals. For your individual PGP indicator, you can choose from the 13 indicators listed in red on this document. *LTAs and PE Teaching Assistants must select an indicator.*  

For our building PGP indicator, the Professional Development committee met in June and selected indicator 3.2: Curriculum Implementation.  The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development.  The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon student, district, and state standards data. Please reference the hyperlinked document as you are working to complete your building level PGP in TalentEd.

Student T-Shirts: We would like to order t-shirts for our Concord students for our assemblies and buddy day activities.  Please take a moment by the end of the day Wednesday to add t-shirt sizes to this document.  Please mark one of the following:

• YS-youth small
• YM-youth medium
• YL-youth large
• YXL-youth extra large
• AS-adult small
• AM-adult medium
• AL-adult large

Menus for September:

Breakfast Menu

Lunch Menu

Mandatory PD: All staff, classified and certified, are required to complete this training. An email from SafeSchools went out the first week of school. It came from Lindbergh R-VIII School. If you have not received an email with your mandatory PD modules from SafeSchools, please check your spam, promotions, social folders. If you still cannot locate the email, please contact Rachel Slunaker through email at rachelslunaker@lindberghschools.ws. All mandatory PD is required to be completed no later than September 30th.

A Message from Beth Johnston: The news@lindberghschools.ws email address is a great place for you and your staff to send any student or staff accomplishments, awards or recognitions that are not of a timely nature. We check this account periodically and always post these on the website and include them in the monthly Board of Education special recognitions.

Technology Support:  Doug is “OUR” tech dude. If you have any instructional technology needs, please feel free to reach out to him.  

PikMyKid Update: Parents have been creating their accounts over the past week.  This week is our trial for parents to get in and play with the app.  Effective as of Monday, September 11th, we will be using the app for the following:

Attendance Notification: If a student is going to be absent, the parent will use the app to mark the child absent and why.

Dismissal Changes: All dismissal changes will be through the app.  Any change of how a child is going home should be marked in the app.

External Dismissal Arrival: As parents come through the drop off line, they will announce their arrival.  

If you get any emails about the above items, please feel free to kindly reply asking the parents if they have the app and that you are just checking to make sure they are aware of our new procedures.  If anyone needs help, let them know they can call Debbie in the front office or the helpline.    In addition, we are going to put a 2 page document in your mailbox on how to login to the website.  Please take a moment this week to look at site and play around.  Your login is your Lindbergh email and the password will be on the sheet.  Additional information to come your way at the end of the week.  

September 15th, International Dot Day:  

This looks like a fun and inspiring activity to get involved in with your class.  Thanks Becky for sharing this information!

Please share with your families the link to parent teacher conferences.  It can be found here.

Thank you so much for giving up a night with your family.  I know all of the parents really appreciated Curriculum nights.

Bus Driver Day was a success!  Special thanks to Kim, Alysse, Tara and Lisa!

Angie and Liz will be out Thursday from 8:30-11:30 at PD.  Beth Siegfried will be teacher in charge in case of emergencies.

Monday, Sept. 4	NO SCHOOL	ALL DAY
Tuesday, Sept. 5	Leadership Committee Meeting PTG Board Meeting	7:45-8:30 9:00 – 11:00 am	Creation Station Creation Station
Friday, Sept. 8	Movie Night	6:30 – 9:30 pm	Concord Gym
Monday, Sept. 11	D.O.C. Meeting	7:00 pm	Helen Fitzgerald’s
Tuesday, Sept. 12	Staff Meeting	7:45-8:30	Creation Station
Wednesday, Sept. 13	Buddy Day Early Release	9:00 a.m. 1:40 pm	GYM
Thursday, Sept. 14	3-5 Learning Lab	8:30 am - 12:10 pm	Creation Station

Wickedly Wonderful Wednesday 8.30.17

A great way to store dry erase markers for easy access to students.

Students creating their own bugs after listening to the story There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly in the Creation Station room.

Students working together to learn the difference between rhythm and beat.

Utilizing a Kagan placemat to easily find their partner.
Students setting goals before they write independently.

Students decorating their leadership binders.

Students using the design thinking process and STEM carts to create a form of transportation.  They came up with plan for materials, designed their creation, and then carried out the plan.

I Can Statements posted with clear expectations for learning outcomes.

Goal setting, character lessons, and class expectations

Buddy classes meeting to learn more about each other