Sunday, September 24, 2017

Every Moment

If there's one thing I'm consistently reminded of as an educator, is that every moment matters.  Every single moment.

That's why so often you hear the phrases like "teach bell to bell" or "pay attention to the details" or things like that.  We are only given a limited amount of time with each other and it's so important that we take advantage of every moment. Especially when we are a school, with students, who have many gains to make!

This week I challenge you to find ways to take advantage of more "moments", and then celebrate those accomplishments!  Little moments can very quickly add up to big events!

Week at a Glance

Monday - MAP Testing Continues for 3rd-5th
Fire Drill
Literacy Team Meeting - 3:45pm - Library
Tuesday - MAP Testing Continues for 3rd-5th
Lock Down Drill
Book Discussion - Prek/1st/3rd/5th (pg 44-87) - 3:45pm - Library
Wednesday - MAP Testing Concludes for 3rd-5th
See You At the Pole - 7:00am
Science and Math Vertical - 3:30pm (Math in TP Room, Science in Library)
Thursday - Delic on Campus
Girl Scout Presentation - 7:40am - Gym
Community Outreach Meeting - 3:45pm - Library
Girl Scout Presentation - 6pm - Gym
Friday - Nesloney Out at mandatory Region Training
House Games
Kona Ice after Lunch

Progress Reports

Progress Report input closes TONIGHT at 11:59pm.  So please make sure you have grades in as we will start pulling progress reports Monday, to go out Tuesday.

MAP Testing

Thank you EVERYONE for all your hard work with getting our kids Istation, F&P, and MAP tested! Our MAP testing will conclude on Wednesday.

We need all F&P scores placed into Eduphoria by Tuesday morning.

Meetings

We will begin some of our committee meetings this week!  Even if you are not on a particular committee, you can join any of the meetings :-)

Delic on Campus

Delic will be on campus to meet with all teams on Thursday.  Please bring your respective data and be ready to talk kids and what we're doing to meet all needs. Let's keep it all moving in the right direction!

Fire/Lock Down Drill

We will have a Fire Drill Monday and Lock Down on Tuesday. Please review with your students all procedures. If you're confused or not sure please get with Jennifer Short.

Book Discussion

This week our PreK, 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade teachers will be meeting to discuss our book, pages 44-87.

Nesloney Out

I will be out on Friday for a mandatory T-TESS training for the new Student Learning Objectives.  I am hoping I will be able to leave the training at lunch to be back in time for House Games.  If not, Kevin Bradford will be our games host! We'll start bringing kids down at 2:00pm since it's our first games, but we'll send specific information out later this week!

Kona Ice

Kona Ice will be back on campus on Friday!  It will happen after your lunch time.

TP Time

This week's TP Time will focus on Lead4Ward and TEKS Resource.

Car Rider (MORNING) Assignments

These assignments are ONLY for those who have TP that morning. Not the entire team.

Monday - 1st Grade
Tuesday - 4th Grade
Wednesday - 1st Grade
Thursday - 4th Grade

Friday

On Friday 5th grade will stay at 7:35am for their Camp Time (due to House Games).  So 5th Grade team will need to serve morning duty that morning.

Blogs/Articles


Positively Positive by our own Sue Ambrus



In Closing....

Every day we're given a choice.  We can allow our circumstances to define our attitude or we can "leave it in the car" and bring the best to our kiddos.  We have to remember that we were hired to educate these kiddos and bring our best despite things going on in our own lives.  It's tough and often we wish we could take a little break, but that's why it is soooo important to lean on each other in times of need.  TOGETHER we can do this!



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