If we had no winter, the spring
would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet
March 31
to April 4 SPRING BREAK
Mon 3/31 sleep in, enjoy relaxing
Tues 4/1 3:30 Staff Meeting (April fool’s
Day)
Wed 4/2 Rest, relax and read…
Thurs 4/3 Go on a hike,
Fri 4/4 Long bike ride…
April 7 to
April 11
Mon 4/7 Principal Directed
AVID Meeting
Tues 4/8 Student
of the Month Luncheon
PBIS Meeting
AVID Meeting
Wed 4/9 Viking Support Center 1/2
Glad Trainers in the
Building
Thurs 4/10
Fri 4/11 PTA
Spinning Dance
Phone
Calls home
If a student is
calling home from class for any reason (except illness as they would be sent to
the nurse’s office to be assessed), please ask them to make sure to leave a
message. Many times, parent’s call back
wanting to know why they got a call and we don’t know. Please have this conversation with your
students.
Intercom
Many times there are
students, staff, parents and/or community members in the office when the
intercom is being used. Please keep that
in mind when using it to contact the office.
That being said, please remind your students that when the office calls
using the intercom, it is difficult to hear when students begin calling the
teachers name. We will use the phone to
contact you if we are unable to reach you with the intercom due to the noise
level.
EDLINE
Account Activation COMPETITION
Our school currently
has about 9% of our students/parents activated with an EDLINE account. In order to improve this number, we would
like to have a friendly competition during the month of April. So, please send home the pink activation
forms for each student (NOTE, THEY GO TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PER LABEL) so they
can take home for parent to activate.
Please advertise in your newsletters, get students excited about it and
have some fun. The winning classroom is determined by the class with the
highest percentage of ACTIVATED EDLINE Accounts by April 30th. Winning class receives “Donuts with Ms.
Stewart”! (Notices will be put in your box on Monday, April 7th)
Donation
We had a few rolls
of magnetic strip (cut to the size you want) donated and is on the workroom
table for your use. Help yourself!
Staff
Lounge
A friendly reminder
to please ALWAYS clean the microwave and wash your dishes/utensils after
using. They don’t wash themselves!
LAPTOP
REPLACEMENT
Information
Technology will be offering an optional choice to teachers – we have designated
the HP ProBook 450 as the standard issue laptop, but we are offering an HP
EliteBook 840 as an option. It is lighter, a little smaller but does not have
an internal CD/DVD drive or 10-key numeric key pad.
So that teachers can
make an informed selection, they will be placing one of both laptop models at
every school along with some small signs that will explain the key differences
and inform them how they can make their choice. (Note: if they want the
standard laptop, they don’t have to do anything, but if they want the optional
model, they MUST
fill out an online form – link provided on the signage). These laptops will be
on display in the office after spring break. Any staff member that wants the
optional model must fill
out the form by April 17th so that we can order the next shipment of
computers.
Inventory
Heads up!!!
All teacher
materials, including Journeys and social studies teacher books and manuals,
leveled reader bins, Number Corner bins, Bridges boxes, Read Well boxes, and
CMP teacher manuals need to be laid out as above please. We do not need Bridges teacher manuals or
Read Well teacher manuals laid out since the barcodes are on the boxes, (unless
you have been sent these manuals separately and they are barcoded
individually).
Please ensure that
you have all of the above requested materials out and not tucked away in
cupboards, boxes, folders, etc.
All materials need
to be laid out by 3:30 on April 22, 2014.
Your time and effort spent preparing your classroom/school for this
inventory process is very much appreciated.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
