Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain.  An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.

~Harold B. Melchart

Week of April 30 – May 4

30 – Mon – 8:00 CARE 5th and 6th Grade

                     Light continental breakfast from PTA

1 – Tue –    May Day!!!

2 - Wed –    Staff Luncheon in Staff Lunchroom (Staff Appreciation PTA)

                     1:30 Principal Professional Development

3 - Thur –   8:00 Art Meeting

                   1:30 Principal/Professional Development (Library)

4 – Fri –      Student of the Month Luncheon

Week of May 7 – May 11

7 – Mon –

8 – Tue –   

9 - Wed –    Placement Meetings (3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and KG)

                     Collaboration and Teaming

10 - Thurs – 3:30 Staff Meeting Library – (Refreshments Darcy/Melissa)

11 – Fri –     Muffins for Moms

MSP Schedule

Grade	Subjects including the number of testing days
3	Reading (May 8),  Mathematics (April 27)
4	Mathematics (May 1), Writing (May 7 & 8),Reading (April 27) - Mrs. Zuehlsdorff, Reading ONLINE ** (May 4) - Mrs. Hamilton Reading ONLINE ** (May 11) - Mrs. Core
5	Reading ONLINE ** (May 3) - Mrs. Barrett Reading ONLINE **(May 14) - Mr. Core Reading BOOKLET (May 4) - Mrs. Zuehlsdorff Mathematics (May 10), Science (May 7)
6	Reading ONLINE** (April 30/May 1),  Mathematics (May 10) - Mrs. Paul Reading ONLINE** (May 3),  Mathematics (May 10) - Mrs. Barrett Reading BOOKLET (May 4),  Mathematics (May 10)  BOOKLET  - Mrs. Zuehlsdorff

Staff Appreciation Week FYI…

Spinning PTA combines all the staff (counselor/nurse/teachers/para/office) and celebrates them during the week of 4/30 – 5/4.  Stop by the Staff Workroom daily for a surprise…

Viking Store

The hours for the Viking Store are as follows:

8:30 to 8:45

11:30 to 1:00

3:16 to 3:30

Kindergarten students should be sent in a group at the end of their session.

Computer Lab

Our technician from ITC said that when playing video clips (not games) on the computers in the lab and they seem to lock up, it’s due to the memory in the computers.  If you hit pause for 15 -30 seconds, the computer will then play fine.

What's happening this week...

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.  ~Vernon Howard

Week of April 23 – April 27

23 – Mon – 12:00 Pizza with the principal

24 – Tue –  DIBELS Testing Rm 2

25 - Wed – Individual Planning
                    12:30 Staff Luncheon

26 - Thur – 8:00 Safety Meeting

                     Take your child to work day

                     3:30 CSIP Meeting

27 – Fri –    MSP Begins for 3^rd and 4^th graders

                     1:00 to 3:00 PTA Walk-a-Thon

Week of April 30 – May 4

30 – Mon –

1 – Tue –    May Day!!!

2 - Wed –    Staff Luncheon in Staff Lunchroom (Staff Appreciation PTA)

3 - Thur –   8:00 Art Meeting

                     1:30 Principal/Professional Development (Library)

4 – Fri –      Student of the Month Luncheon

Take your child to work day

To date, we have received 1completed form in the office.  Please send them to the office as soon as you receive them.  Please remember to mark students absent if they do not come to school that day.

Student of the Month names/reasons

It’s that time again; please submit names and reasons no later than Wednesday, April 25 so we can send letters home on Friday, April 27.

Staff Lounge

Please continue to clean up after yourselves, dishes, utensils, and last but certainly not least, cleaning of the microwave and counters if you make a mess.

Staff Appreciation Week

FYI…Spinning PTA combines all the staff (counselor/nurse/teachers/para/office) and celebrates them during the week of 4/30 – 5/4.

New Recess Schedule

We have received positive feedback regarding the new recess schedule.  Thanks to everyone for being supportive of this change.  The updated bell/lunch/recess schedule is on the Y drive under faculty in the staff handbook file.

Opportunity

Are you looking to make a difference in the life of a child?

            Our Indian Education Program is looking for building advocates.  Certificated or classified, we know that your partnership can help our students be the best they can be! 

            Our program is federally funded with some much targeted objectives.  While each of these is focused on academics, threaded throughout is the importance of having a culturally competent approach to each and every interaction.  This begins with relationships, hence we are asking you to be that relationship builder – someone our students can connect with at school; thereby creating a “safe place” for them to come to if they need assistance.  Your role then is to convey these needs to our Specialists Laura and Michelle (contact information is available at the bottom of this letter) who will then follow up with additional resources when appropriate and family connections.         

This is our first year with this type of support, so we are starting off with some simple goals:

·         March:           

-          Meet and greet each of the students on your list. 

-          Connect weekly with each of your students with either a “hello” or “how are you?” 

-          Introduce yourself to your student’s teacher(s).

·         April:

-          Connect weekly with each of your students. 

-          Coordinate one group meeting with your students and an Indian Education Specialist.  The purpose of this meeting will be to have all your students become familiar with each other and know that they are not the only ones.  We can supply some simple treats. 

·         May:

-          Connect weekly with each of your students. 

-          Complete inventory (to be mailed in April) for each student. 

-          Provide any input to counselor/administrator about 2012/2013 class placement as appropriate.

·         June:

-          Connect weekly with each of your students.

-          Have final group meeting with all students.  Simple treats will be provided.

Thank you again for your partnership with our program.  In the coming days you will be contact by the Specialists to provide you with your student list. 

With much appreciation for all you do for our students.

Amy D. Eveskcige                               Michelle Marcoe                                               Laura Goodall

841-8796                                               840-8852                                                           840-8852

eveskcad@puyallup.k12.wa.us             MarcoMA@puyallup.k12.wa.us                       GoodaLL@puyallup.k12.wa.us            

What is happening this week...

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

~ Robert Brault

Week of April 16 – April 20

16 – Mon – KG DIBELS

                     3:30 SRC

17 – Tue –  KG DIBELS continued

18 - Wed – Collaboration and Teaming/Special Services Job-Alike

                    1:30 Elementary Secretary’s Meeting

19 - Thur – 3:30 Staff Meeting

20 – Fri –   

Week of April 23 – April 27

23 – Mon – Pizza with the principal

                     3:30 SRC

24 – Tue –  DIBELS Testing Rm 2

25 - Wed – Individual Planning

26 - Thur – 8:00 Safety Meeting

                     Take your child to work day

                     3:30 CSIP Meeting

27 – Fri –    MSP Begins for 3^rd and 4^th graders

                     1:00 to 3:00 PTA Walk-a-Thon

Fundraiser

PTA Walk-a-Thon fundraiser packets will go home in Thursday folders this week. The Walk-a-thon will be on Friday, April 27 from 1:00 to 3:00.  Classroom sign-up is on the clipboard on the workroom counter and available right away.  Jolie Moxley, coordinator for this event would like to come by on Friday during lunch to get your students excited about this event.

Head Lice

We have had numerous cases of head lice reported in the last two weeks. Please make sure that you are sending letters home that the nurse puts in your box.  In addition, it’s very important to remember:

Common ways head lice are spread include:

• Coming into direct contact with an already infested person.  In schools, it is common for children to transfer head lice during recess, while riding on the school bus, or during classroom activities where they sit in close groups together. 
• Sharing infested items such as hats, scarves, coats, hair accessories, hair brushes, or stuffed animals.
• Sitting or lying on a bed, couch, pillow or carpet that that been infested with head lice.

Prevention in classroom

• Do a deep thorough vacuum of carpets, fabric furniture like sofas etc. and wash cushion covers.
• Some fabric items may be damaged by washing at high temperatures so try sealing in air tight plastic bags for at least two weeks. This should be enough time for nits to hatch and adult lice to die which they must if they are unable to feed.

Tardy slips/Attendance

We are out of our reusable lunch tickets and low on our reusable tardy slips.  Please remember to send them back to the office on a regular basis.

Please make sure to mark any student that is not present when the tardy bell rings as absent.  If they arrive without a tardy slip and you have marked them absent, send them to the office for a tardy slip.  If they arrive with a tardy slip and you forgot to mark them absent, mark them absent.  We adjust each student that is tardy in the system with notes regarding their tardies.  This is a very useful tool as the year progresses and becomes part of their record. Teachers must mark each student daily. If you mark a student absent in error, please change it immediately in TAC to present. The automatic school messenger will call their house.

Take your child to work day

Forms need to be turned in to the office as soon as you receive them.  Please remember to mark students absent if they do not come to school that day.

Staff Lounge

Our forks have returned, unfortunately, they have been caught lying in the sink waiting for someone else to wash them, along with some dirty dishes.  Please clean up after yourselves.  We haven’t gone 2 days without dirty dishes left in the sink for some time…we can do this, together!