“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.” – Bill Gates

Week of Oct. 1 - 5

1 - Mon -    Due date for Sunshine money. (See Mrs. Utti if you owe)
2 - Tues -   Individual Picture Day (please see sign-up in front office)

3 - Wed -    Individual Planning

4 - Thu –

5 - Fri -       9:00 – 5^th Grade Level Data Review Meeting

Student of the Month Luncheon

Week of Oct. 8 -12

8 - Mon -   

9 - Tues -   8:00 Art Meeting

9:45 Marge Salmon Math Relays (5^th/6^th) Sparks Stadium

10 - Wed - Evaluation and Conference

11 - Thu -   3:30 CSIP Library

12 - Fri -     In-service Day No School

Picture Day

Please be ready when our volunteer comes to get your class at your arranged time.  Remind students that they need to bring picture money with them, but all students will be photographed.

Survey

Please note a survey from the Puyallup School District 2012-2013 Impact Aid Survey will need to be sent home on Monday, Oct. 1. It is to go home with each student on Monday.  They will be delivered to your classroom on Monday. Thanks for your support.

AR Lab

We have a volunteer that has agreed to come in before school on Monday, Wed, and Fridays to open the AR lab beginning Monday, Oct. 1.  Please make sure your students are aware.

FYI…

Teacher	College
Strobel, Melissa	Pacific Lutheran University
Meachem, Troy	Washington State University
Holland, Darcy	Western Washington University
Fox, Tianna	Central Washington University
DiRoberts, Michael	University of Hartford/Hartford School of Music
Swenson, Cherie	Portland State University
Barrett, Jill	University of the Pacific
Paul, Donna	University of Oregon
Wells, Kerri	Central Washington University
Hamilton, Lynn	Washington State University
Core, Becky	Universityof Wyoming
Clarendon, Kelly	Univeristy of Puget Sound
Core, Jason	University of Washington
Zuehlsdorff, Kathy	Gonzaga University
Patterson, Tina	University of Washington
Cummings, Alyssa	University of Washington
Clerget, Sara	University of Washington

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.   Tom Bodett

Week of Sept. 24 - 28

24 - Mon - 1:01 Safety Assembly – Office Ketter presents
25 - Tues - 8:00 Art Meeting

6:00 – 7:30 Curriculum Night

26 - Wed - Individual Planning
                   6:30 – 8:00 PHS Commons

Fall Sexual Health Curriculum Preview nights for parents (4-6 gr)

27 - Thu -   8:00 PBIS Meeting
28 - Fri -     7:45 Medicaid Match Training – Music Room

9:00 – 1st Grade Level Data Review Meeting

                   12:30 - 2nd Grade Level Data Review Meeting

PTA Movie Night (The Lorax) 6:30 – 8:00

Week of Oct. 1 - 5

1 - Mon -   
2 - Tues -   Individual Picture Day (please see sign-up in front office)

3 - Wed -   
4 - Thu -              

5 - Fri -       9:00 – 5^th Grade Level Data Review Meeting

Student of the Month Luncheon

Cross Walks are for staff, too.  We have had complaints from parents that in the morning they have observed staff members crossing the street and not using the crosswalk.  Please remember to set the example by always crossing at the cross walk.

Attendance – We are working hard to hold parents accountable to having their students to school on time.  Please do the same by marking students absent when they are not in the room when the tardy bell rings.  If they come in to the room after the bell and you have not done attendance, tardy students must be marked tardy (if they have a yellow slip from the office, they should have been marked).  This is really important for audit purposes that our office staff is not inputting the attendance, only updating what has already been input.

Sunshine funds are due by October 1^st.  Please see Dawn Utti with your money.  Full-time $20, Part-time/work at other schools $10.

Parent volunteers – Please make sure that you notify Barb for any Volunteer needs you may have.  The first primary and the first intermediate teacher to contact Bart to request a parent volunteer will be awarded a Viking Victory prize from Mrs. King.

”Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”    Mahatma Gandhi

Week of Sept. 17 - 21

17 - Mon – 3:30 Staff Meeting (Library)
18 - Tues -
19 - Wed – Good News Club starts, check email for list of students

20 - Thu – 8:15 Safety Meeting

3:30 CSIP Meeting

21 - Fri - 

Week of Sept. 24 - 28

24 - Mon -
25 - Tues - 6:00 – 7:30 Curriculum Night

26 - Wed - 6:30 – 8:00 PHS Commons (*FYI)

Fall Sexual Health Curriculum Preview nights for parents (4-6 gr)

27 - Thu -   8:00 PBIS Meeting
28 - Fri -     9:00 – 1st Grade Level Data Review Meeting

                   12:30 - 2nd Grade Level Data Review Meeting

PTA Movie Night (The Lorax) 6:30 – 8:00

Viking Store – It has reopened and the hours are posted as:

8:30 – 8:45

11:30 – 1:00 (during student’s lunch/recess)

3:16 – 3:30

KG students may be sent at the end of their session.

You’re invited! 

What?   Title 1 Program Open House

Where?  Spinning Elementary School, Room 9

When?    September 25th from 6:00-7:25pm

Who?    All parents of Title 1 students

*Please come join us to hear about our program, ask questions, receive info about how you can help your child improve in school, and enjoy dessert. We are in room 9 this year.  We’d love to have a chance to meet you! 

Sessions:

6:00-6:10 Staff introduction in the Multi-Purpose Room

6:15-6:35 Session 1

6:40-7:00 Session 2

7:05-7:25 Session 3

Lunch Count

Please remember that we call in a lunch count every morning based on what your students select in the morning.  With cost cuts, we receive what we order with very little variance.  It is very important that your student get the lunch they requested.  Students changing their mind in line cause the older students to not get what they have ordered.  Your help with this would be greatly appreciated. 

Fair day, we ordered 156 lunches and that is what they sent, we were short by almost 20 lunches and we didn’t have any late students.

Fall Sexual Health Curriculum Preview nights for parents (4-6 gr)

·        The elementary preview for grades four through six will be held between 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 in the Puyallup High Commons, 105 Seventh St. S.W. in Puyallup.

Parents wishing to exclude their child from the state-required sexual health and HIV/AIDS curriculum must preview this curriculum and sign an exclusion form.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins

Week of Sept. 10 - 14

10 - Mon - DIBELS Testing
11 - Tues - DIBELS Testing
                    2:50 PTA Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly (MPR)
12 - Wed - Fair Day 12:01 Realease Lunch will be served * adjust your WED lunch schedule
                    20 minutes earlier 
13 - Thu - DIBELS Testing
14 - Fri - 

Reminder that September 14 is the final day to submit your benefits changes for this school year.  There is some information posted on the staff room board regarding the rates.  Benefit Depots are still happening, and the last one is on 9/14 at ESC starting at 1:30.

Schedules, rosters, and other stuff can be found on the Y drive, SPI, Faculty, Staff Handbook, 2012-2013 Schedules.  Hope you find this helpful.

Timesheets – New this year, for timesheets submitted, I will send you an electronic copy via email for your records.

Spinning Activity Calendar – Everyone has access to view the Spinning Activity Calendar.  From Microsoft Outlook, click on calendar, in menu, click on open calendar, from address book, Spinning Activity Calendar, and it should appear.

First day packet contents...Please remember that we would like forms returned to the office in alpha order.  The blue field trip forms and the yellow/pink copies of the Emergency Dismissal and Compact are kept by teacher.

Welcome back to a brand new year!!!