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 7^th)

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.