The Buzzness

THE BUZZNESS 

CALENDAR

           29 - 31 2nd Grade CogAT Testing  

           30 Teaching Assistant Meeting 10:00am Cafeteria

           30 Miller School Students 1:00-2:00pm

           30 5th Grade Parent Night at Henley 6:30pm

31 Report Card Corrections due

31 SPED/RTI Team Mtg. 2:45pm

                  

       1         Teachers Letters of Intent due

           1 Portal Opens 3:00pm

           4 Golden Apple Nominations Due

           4 SpEd Teaching Assistant Meeting 2:45pm Location TBA

5 SpEd Department meeting 11:30am Tentative more info soon

           6 Team Leaders Meeting 2:45

7 K/4th RTI/SPED mtg; Art/Music mtg. 2:50pm

8 Hive Jive 6:30 pm

SCHOOL-WIDE MORNING MEETINGS

We have landed on the 2 dates for the schoolwide morning

meetings to take place on February 19, 3-5 and 20, K-2 ; 8:00-8:25ish.

More details will be flushed out by next week’s Buzzness : )

The general format looks like:

-Student leaders from each grade level presenting (you can start

think about how you will select 2 or 3 to present your gradelevel

share).

-A motivational morning message presented by 5th and 2nd grade

Reps.

-Each grade level does their share.

-Activity voting on the new student leadership name.

LEARNWALKING WITH ADMIN WATCHLIST GOAL TEMPLATES

The admin team will really get going with learnwalking classrooms

to check on the progress of our admin watchlist students. Admin will

Do their best to get in and observe the specific goals and strategies

Listed for those students. If the learnwalk takes place outside of that

Time, we will still document their general engagement the activity at

Hand. You will receive a copy of the notes in your box, letting you

Know our findings. Just like learnwalks of the past, this is

Documenting and the performance and activity of the student, to

Help inform instruction.

The Buzzness

15   Fire Drill 10:15 am

16 Miller School Students 1:00-2:00pm

16 Henley visits Brownsville 5th Graders Location 1:15

17 Spelling Bee 9:00am Library

17 1st/3rd RTI/SPED mtg; PE/Guidance Mtg. 2:45pm

18   End of 2nd Quarter.  Portal Closes at 11:30am.  ½ Day School-based PD Day

18 Math Vertical Meeting 1:00-2:00pm; Scheduling Team Meeting 2:00-2:30

21 Holiday-No School

22   Teacher Workday - No School for Students

22 Winter Literacy Profile, SNAP and ACAMB data entry due in Illuminate

24   8:20 Lockdown Drill

24 2nd/5th RTI/SPED mtg; Library/Gifted Mtg. 2:45pm

25    Report Cards (robust) to Admin.

25    5th field trip to Paramount 9:45am - 12:15pm 25          

25 4th field trip to Paramount 11:30am - 2:00pm

Half Day Lunch Schedule

Lunch

All classes will eat in their classrooms on Friday. Please get bag lunch orders
to Gwen by Wednesday the 16th.

Here’s the schedule for getting lunch from the cafeteria. Admin will walkie each

Team Leader when the cafe is clear:

10:30 – K

10:35 – 4th Grade

10:40 – 1st Grade

10:45 – 3rd Grade

10:50 -  2nd Grade

10:55 – 5th Grade - 5th grade goes to the first section of specials and stays

10 minutes longer (until 10:55). They will go pick up lunches if necessary on

their way back to homerooms from specials. No second half of 5th grade

specials and no 2nd grade specials that day.

Teams coordinate all other schedules and transitions.

CogAT Testing

The CogAT test will occur over three days:  Tuesday January 29th,

Wednesday January 30th, and Thursday January 31st.  The test will

occur in 2nd grade classrooms from 8:30-9:00 on the three testing days.

Revised “Robust” Report Card Comments Suggestions

Here is the updated link for Report Card Comment Suggestions.

Administrative Performance Surveys

Bee on the lookout for emails containing surveys for your School

Administrative Team.

Your participation is appreciated.

Hap-Bee New Year, Everyone!

What a nice vacation. The time away has been restful and well needed.

The Admin Team is looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. The

workday is a perfect transition to get ready after so many days away.

Here are a few things we have been thinking about.

Math

Math Investigations 3 and how we will use it to make the necessary gain

for our students' academic progress in math is a major part of our school

improvement plan this year. We will propose a meeting date for Friday

January 18, 1pm. Our Math Vertical Team members are:

Anne Whitlock, Erica McLaughlin, Kristen Hunter, Victoria Chernauskas,

Nancy Fiddner, Karen Morris and Analisa Herring.

TPA

Bee sure to use tomorrow to spend time updating your TPA Talent Ed forms

for the mid-year. Brandi, Ashley and I will take some time tomorrow to provide

feedback to the teachers we are working with.

SBIT/RTI

Our Admin and Intervention Team, Christa, and Kristi, will spend some time looking

at all our cases tomorrow.  Some of the time will be used to design targets for the

next semester review in February where we will take a closer look at our watchlist

students and the strategies we use that are effective. We also made tentative

adjustments to the Sped/RTI/Grade level Meeting schedule to fit in with the

objective of semester review and incorporate Specials Teachers in the process.

Since we have not received feedback, we will notify Team Leaders once it is

finalized on the BIG Calendar.

Calendar

There is so much going on in January that we are including the entire calendar

for the month. Sped/RTI/Grade level meetings will be finalized tomorrow.

Jan          2          School Based PD Workday - No Students

               3 Students first day back from Winter Break

2-30 PALS Midyear Assessment window

8 PTO meeting 6:30 pm

               9 Team Leaders Meeting (adjusted) 2:45 pm

               10 4th Performance 1pm & 6pm -  ABF (Azimi, Fiddner, Sullivan)

10 K/4th RTI SPED mtg; Art/Music Meeting Proposed

  15         Fire Drill 10:15 am

               16 Miller School Students 1:00-2:00pm

               16 Henley visits Brownsville 5th Graders Location 1:15

               17 Spelling Bee

17 1st/3rd RTI/SPED mtg; PE/Guidance Mtg. 2:45Proposed

               18         End of 2nd Quarter.  Portal Closes at 3:00pm.  ½ Day School-based PD

18 Math Vertical Meeting 1:00-2:00pm;proposed

                            Scheduling Team Meeting 2:00-2:30Proposed

               21 Holiday-No School

22        Teacher Workday - No School for Students

               22 Winter Literacy Profile, SNAP and ACAMB data entry due in Illuminate

               23-Feb1 2nd Grade Cogat - Tentative Date

24           8:20 Lockdown Drill

24 2nd/5th RTI/SPED mtg; Library/Gifted Mtg. 2:45Proposed

25        Report Cards (robust) to Admin.

25          5th field trip to Paramount 9:45am - 12:15pm

25          4th field trip to Paramount 11:30am - 2:00pm - Pending

28          SpEd Teaching Assistant Meeting 2:45pm Location TBA

               30 Teaching Assistant Meeting 10am Cafeteria

               30 Miller School Students 1:00-2:00pm

               30 5th Grade Parent Night at Henley 6:30pm

31 Report Card Corrections due

31 SPED/RTI Team Mtg. 2:45Proposed