Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Vince Lombardi

September 22 to September 26

Mon 9/22 

Tues 9/23 3:30 SRC Meeting          

Wed 9/24  8:15 Viking Support Center Meeting ¾

                     1:00 to 4:00 Benefits Depot ESC

                     3:30 CSIP Meeting

                     6:30 PHS HIV/Sexual Health Preview

Thurs 9/25       8:00 SOM Names/Reasons due

Fri 9/26          

 September 29 to October 3

Mon 9/29  Benefits Depot 4:00 – 7:00

Tues 9/30 3:30 SRC Meeting          

Wed 10/01       8:15 Viking Support Center Meeting 5/6

                     6:30 PTA General Membership Meeting

Thurs 10/02    

Fri 10/03        

GLAD Information

MAKE IT & TAKE IT EVENT!

We are fully stocked and ready for you!

What: Make and take GLAD strategies back to your classroom!

Where: GLAD Professional Development & Support Center

(located at Firgrove P33)

When: September 25th from 3:15-5:15

Who: All GLAD Enthusiasts

Your PSD trainers will be on hand!

Student of the Month

It’s that time again to submit your name/reason for your student of the month.  For our new teachers, we celebrate by sending home a letter from Ms. Stewart inviting parents to bring a special lunch on a specific date to celebrate their student’s accomplishment.  Typically, it’s the first Tuesday of the month and held in the gym.  Please provide a few names and the reasons they are being recognized to Barb by Thursday, 9/25, 8:00 AM so the letter can go home that same day.  Pictures are taken of the student soon after and displayed in the foyer. Certificates placed in your box to sign. On the day of the luncheon, guests eat in the gym with their student.  Students are presented a certificate and a pencil.  Teachers are encouraged to stop in for a few minutes. Leadership helps us with gathering students and signing in our guests.

K-6 Science Curriculum Implementation

Click on the above hyperlink to get more information…for those of you reading this, you’ll have to click on it when you are at your desk…this issue will be sent via email, too.

Do you want to learn how to navigate PerformancePLUS? 

Class Specifics:

·       PerformancePLUS 101 (Class #5803)

·       Date: Tuesday, September 30th

·       Time: 4-7pm

·       Location: GLAD Lab at Firgrove Elementary (P-33)

·       Class Description: We will be covering the basics of PerformancePLUS, including how to access individual student data and how to create/share reports.  It is a great training for any teacher, but the ones that might find it extremely valuable are CSIP/Leadership Team members, Title, SPED, ELL, or anybody tech or data savvy. 3 clock hours are available.  Sign up on the Professional Development Website.  Space is limited!

Skills update, training available!

Were you interested in learning more about any of the following software applications or how use of these applications can impact Core Skills (Cornell Notes, Organization Strategies, Familiarity with Questioning Strategies, Collaboration Skills) for your school or students in your classroom?

·         Interactive Projectors (Student engagement in lessons, Organization of lessons)

·         SMART Boards and SMART Notebook software (Student engagement in lessons, Organizations of lessons)

·         Microsoft OneNote (Organization of your lessons, notes, RTI meetings, information sharing)

·         Microsoft Lync (Electronic collaboration between teachers, administrators, central office directors, others)

·         Teacher Access Center (TAC Drop-in labs designed to meet your electronic gradebook needs for Standards-Based Grading)

·         Edline (Website training to improve communication to parents and students)

·         Ongoing eSchoolPLUS trainings and support

All trainings and opportunities will be listed on our calendar within the Technology Services Edline page.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Eric Hoffer

September 15 to September 19

Mon 9/15  3:45 AVID

Tues 9/16 8:15 Safety Meeting

                     3:30 SRC Meeting rm. 12

                     KG DIBELS Begins

Wed 9/17  8:15 Viking Support Center Meeting 1/2

Benefits Depot (ESC 10:00 to 2:00)

KG DIBELS

Thurs 9/18       PTA Read-A-Thon Fundraiser begins

                     KG DIBELS

Fri 9/19

September 22 to September 26

Mon 9/22 

Tues 9/23 3:30 SRC Meeting          

Wed 9/24  8:15 Viking Support Center Meeting ¾

                     1:00 to 4:00 Benefits Depot ESC

                     3:30 CSIP Meeting

                     6:30 PHS HIV/Sexual Health Preview

Thurs 9/25      

Fri 9/26

2nd Annual Puyallup Festival of Books

Sammy Keyes Goodbye Party with author Wendelin Van Draanen, Saturday, October 4th , 7 pm, Liberty Theater, 116 W. Main, Puyallup

The Puyallup Public Library and Puyallup School District are excited to partner on the 2nd Annual Puyallup Festival of Books. On Saturday, October 4th, we will welcome author Wendelin Van Draanen as we celebrate the conclusion of her Sammy Keyes mystery series, with the publication of Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye, the 18th and final book in the series.

Every student who comes to the party will receive a pair of shoelaces with the titles of all of the Sammy Keyes books printed on them. We will have catering with food prominently mentioned in the Sammy Keyes books, including God-like Macaroni and Cheese with Salsa. The program will include an interview with Wendelin by Walter, the Giant Storyteller.

For more information contact the Puyallup Public Library or visit the Spinning Library Services page on the Spinning website.

Reminder about IXL!

·       We continue to have IXL available to all of our K-6 students this year.

·       If you are a new teacher that needs an account please email Cynthia Russell with your school name in the email. She will set up your account for you.

·       If you have changed schools please let Cynthia know which school you have moved to and she will update your teacher account, you DO NOT need to create a new account.

·       All new students to the district will need to be added into IXL by the teacher. ONLY students new to the district. Please make sure to use the students district ID numbers as the IXL ID number to ensure we do not have duplicates.

·       If a student has moved schools within the district and you need them changed to your school please send Cynthia their student ID#, name and the new school they are at.

More EDLINE Suggestions

Taken from How to Market Your School: A Guide to Marketing, Communication, and Public Relations for School Administrators

by Johanna Lockhart pages 141-142

E-mail messages face the same obstacles as other communication pieces. They have to compete for the time, attention, and interest of the receiver. Use these suggestions to make the school's e-mail messages reader friendly.

Include graphics (sparingly). A picture may be worth a thousand words, but not if it takes too long to display or overwhelms the message. Graphics can be invaluable in an e-mail. Most e-mail systems now have the ability to read messages in an HTML format. Make sure that the graphic is relevant to the message or the school. Also check the layout between graphics and text in the message by sending a version to yourself.

Keep your message short. While e-mail is becoming a larger part of people's daily business and personal lives, they still do not expect the body of the text to contain the same amount of information that might be sent via fax or mail. It is better to create a large document in another format and attach it. As an attachment it is more likely to be read than a multi-page e-mail.

Link to the school website. Encourage users to click on a link that will take them to the school website where you have the space and ability to present them with more information. This also allows the school to track the number of users that come to the website from a link in e-mails.

Test the message before broadcasting it. To confirm that the format of any e-mail the school is planning to send to a broad audience looks acceptable, and to ensure that the e-mail will not get trapped by spam filters, test it by sending it to members of the team.

Help to get the word out to parents…

Parents or guardians of elementary students in grades four through six and of junior high students in grades seven through nine are invited to preview the school district’s approved sexual health and HIV/AIDS curriculum.

The elementary preview for grades four through six will be held between 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in the Puyallup High Commons.

The junior high preview for grades seven through nine will be held between 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in the Puyallup High Commons, 105 Seventh St. S.W. in Puyallup.

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

Questions or concerns may be addressed by attending this parent information meeting, contacting the child’s teacher, or contacting Rick Wells, director of athletics, health, and fitness, at (253) 841-8785.

 

 

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Benjamin Franklin

September 8 to September 12

Mon 9/8          Welcome KG students!!!

                     3:30 Staff Meeting

Tues 9/9         8:00 PBIS Meeting

Wed 9/10  8:15 Viking Support Meeting Reading Room

9:30 Emergency Drill Day

10:00 HIB Day (see note below)

                     Early Dismissal 12:01 No lunch FAIR DAY

Thurs 9/11       3:45 PTA Board Meeting

Fri 9/12           10:30 PHS Orchestra assembly

September 15 to September 19

Mon 9/15  3:45 AVID

Tues 9/16 8:15 Safety Meeting

                     3:30 SRC Meeting rm. 12

Wed 9/17  8:15 Viking Support Center Meeting 1/2

Benefits Depot (ESC 10:00 to 2:00)

Thurs 9/18       PTA Read-A-Thon Fundraiser begins

Fri 9/19

HIB Assembly

This assembly is to review the Harassment, Bullying and Intimidation information with students grades K-2.  Upon completion, an announcement will be made so we can begin the remaining grades.

DIBELS

Happening all week (9/8 – 9/12) for grades 1 – 6 and then the following week (9/16 – 9/18) for KG.  You should have already received your schedule as specific dates and times were emailed to you. 

Wellness

The following fall Wellness Is Now (WIN) class offerings are available to Puyallup School District employees and families:

WIN Step and Sculpt

Location: Fruitland Elementary

Class meets: Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00pm-5:00pm (step and toning with hand weights)

Details: This class will incorporate cardio and circuit training with weights

Cost: $4 drop-in, or $3 per class punch card

Class begins: 9/15/14
Instructor: Michele Roan

Zumba Fitness

Location: Karshner Elementary gym

Class meets: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:30pm-5:30pm

Cost: $4 per class or $30 for 10 classes. First class is free!

Class begins: 9/15/14

Instructor: Laura Castano/ Carson

WIN Yoga

Location: Maplewood Elementary Gym and Sunrise Elementary Gym (see details below)

Class Meets: Mondays, 5:15pm-6:15pm (Maplewood Gym), and Wednesdays, 4:15pm-5:15pm (Sunrise Gym)

Details: "HATHA YOGA" is a complete full body work-out, including strength, flexibility, range of motion, balance, and deep relaxation, with stress reduction techniques. No experience necessary. All ages and abilities welcome. Bring a yoga mat and water.

Class Begins: 9/8/14 (Maplewood), and 9/17/14 (Sunrise)

Cost: Drop-in Fee (cash only): Adult $7, Student $5. Discounted full session fee (12 classes): $60.

Instructor: JoEtte Rossi-Luich (253) 537-7604

Coming Soon... POUND

Location: Meeker

Class Meets: Mondays

Contact Stacy Jeffers at Rogers for more information

Share the news!!! Another way to get into the Washington State Fair for FREE:

Puyallup School District students will be able to enter the fair at the red gate on Friday nights after the football game. To meet the criteria, students must show an ASB card or student ID card or wear their school’s “spirit gear.”

See the announcement which will be read at the Friday night football games. Please announce this opportunity to all students at each of the 32 schools.

Changes to Edline

Two changes occurred to Edline class pages.

First, as a response to feedback, the default visibility of class pages will be changed from “Only visible to members of the Class” to “Only visible to members of the School”. This will allow teachers and school staff to view other class pages to better collaborate as a team. If you had opted to change your class page visibility, you will have to do so again after the change is completed.

Also, students were added to teacher class pages. This means that students and parents who have activated their accounts will be able to see teacher class pages unless visibility settings are changed.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Chinese Proverb

September 1 to September 5

Mon 9/1          LABOR DAY!!!

Tues 9/2         Supplemental Day #3

                     4:00 – 6:00 Open House   

                     4:00 – 5:30 PTA hosted BBQ

Wed 9/3          First DAY!!!    

Thurs 9/4 Benefits Depot ESC 4:30 to 8:00     

Fri 9/5           

September 8 to September 12

Mon 9/8          Welcome KG students!!!

                     3:30 Staff Meeting

Tues 9/9         8:00 PBIS Meeting

Wed 9/10       Emergency Drill Day

                     Early Dismissal 12:01 No lunch FAIR DAY

Thurs 9/11       3:45 PTA Board Meeting

Fri 9/12

Welcome Back!!!

Please welcome the following new staff members to our school:

Trish Tibbitts – Nurse

Cathi Gouveia - Psychologist

Ashley Olinger – KG Teacher Rm. 2

Laurie Haakons – Music- Primary Music Rm.

Adriana Gonzalez – 1^st Gr. Teacher Rm. 6

Lacey Long – 1^st Gr. Teacher Rm. 8

Carrie Erickson – LAP Para Rm. 9

Kerri McDonald – LAP Para R. 9

Amy Atkinson – Support Center Teacher Rm. 10

Stephanie Prosser – 3^rd Gr. Teacher Rm. 18

Looking forward to an AMAZING year!

EDLINE Reminder!

Please make sure to update your Edline pages! (The following is excerpts from David Pickles email).

The class information and welcome message is displayed in the upper left corner of your class page. We encourage that you setup new information here to welcome your new students to your class. This is done by logging in to Edline, navigating to each class page for your schedule, hovering on Tools and clicking on Manage Class. On the next page you can add an image or graphic, type in a welcome message, your contact information if you desire and change the visibility of your class page.

You do have the option of copying the class information from a previous year’s class to a current class. When logged in to Edline, hover on My Edline and click on Old Class Materials on the right hand side of the menu. This will bring up a list of all archived classes that you can choose from. Click on the class that you want to copy materials from.

Lots of online help available…classes, too.

PTA BBQ

A hotdog BBQ is being hosted by PTA on Tuesday, Sept. 2 from 4:00 to 5:30.  Classrooms will be open for an “Open House” type of visit from parents and students.  Post cards were mailed on 8/26 so you can make contact with students/parents that are listed in TAC.

REMINDER!!! Professional Development for Science Adoption

Elementary classroom teachers must complete a science implementation professional development class and the last one is on Friday, August 29 at KJH from 8:00 to 4:00. 

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.   Arnold J. Toynbee

June 16 to June 19

Mon 6/16  Individual Planning

                Bridge building in MPR

Tues 6/17 Teacher Laptop Deployment

                Primary practices for 6^th grade ceremony

Wed 6/18  Awards Ceremony (4-6) 9:05

                4:00 Laptop training Library

Thurs 6/19 9:30 Talent Show  

                 Last Day 12:01 Dismissal

Professional Development for Science Adoption

Elementary classroom teachers must sign up for one of the following two science implementation professional development options on the professional development website before they leave for the summer:

All K-6 Elementary Teachers (except Special Education, Title, and Learning Assistance Program [LAP])

August 21(Thurs.)8:00-4:00 OR August 29 (Fri.)8:00-4:00

@ Kalles Junior High 253-841-8729501 7th Ave. SE Puyallup, WA 98372

#5533 K-6 Science Curriculum Implementation and Report Card Training Choice #1 (August 21, 2014)#5534 K-6 Science Curriculum Implementation and Report Card Training Choice #2 (August 29, 2014)Note

Report Cards

When you have completed corrections or are ready for final printing, please email Barb.  They will be printed on Wednesday and placed in your box.  They cannot be handed out before Thursday.  Any report cards that are not picked up that day will be mailed to the parent/guardian of the student.  Please turn in to the office in an addressed envelope.  Only report card will be mailed.

Sign up for Computer Laptop Training

    Remember this must be done via Professional Development website.

Staff Lounge

Group effort to clean before we leave for the summer.  Please make sure that you have removed any of your items from the refrigerator and cleaned up after yourself.  All items will be tossed.

Lost and Found

Please remind students and parents that it will be donated after school year has ended.

Activities

Remember, parents call the office frequently to request information about activities in the classroom or after school.  Please keep the office informed.

OBSOLETE Materials

If you find that you have obsolete materials, please request the process so it can be boxed correctly for summer pick-up.

Grade Books

Please condense as much as possible and put in the box labeled Grade Books on the counter in the main office.

 

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success”.  Henry Ford

June 9 to June 13

Mon 6/9          Grade Level Meeting

                     All Library Books Due

Tues 6/10 PBIS Meeting

5^th and 6^th Grade visits Pac Science Center

Wed 6/11  4^th Grade to Meeker Mansion and Pioneer Park

8:15 Viking Support Center 3/4              

Thurs 6/12       KG Science Kit Pick-up

                     PTA 6^th Grade Celebration after school

Fri 6/13           Field Day (SACK LUNCHES ONLY)

                     Report Cards due to principal

                     Last day for Mt. View Kid’s Club Afterschool prgm

June 16 to June 19

Mon 6/16  Individual Planning

                Bridge building in MPR

Tues 6/17 Teacher Laptop Deployment

                 Primary practices for 6^th grade ceremony

Wed 6/18  Awards Ceremony (4-6) 9:05

                4:00 Laptop training Library

Thurs 6/19       Last Day 12:01 Dismissal

Newsletters

Please make sure to include in your newsletters that we will not serve breakfast or lunch on the last day of school and it’s a 12:01 dismissal time.

Also, SACK lunches is the only thing being served for lunch on Friday, June 13^th.

Field Day

Assignments will be handed prior to the beginning of activities.  Please inquire if you have questions or restrictions.  Please help spread the word about sack lunches only for lunch that day.

Laptop Rollout

Many of you are scheduled to receive your new laptop in June as well as have the opportunity to attend a training session to learn how to use your new laptop, Windows 8.1 and our new virtual environment for certain applications. Training sessions are all on the Professional Development website. Please sign up there.

If you are moving schools next year, you will receive your laptop and attend training based with your current building. Our distribution has been planned based on current assignment.

Training Resources

There are two short video series on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 What’s New on Atomic Learning. These are very helpful to getting oriented to working in this new Windows environment which is quite different from your old Windows 7 computer.

·       For Win 8 basics: http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/win8wn?cn=puyallup

·       For new Win 8.1 features: http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/windows-81-training?cn=puyallup

We have also created a folder of some helpful resources on Edline. Here is the link to get to that folder of information:

·       http://psdk12.org/?laptopresources

Important Note: For those of you receiving your laptop at your building, your training session will usually be the next day. You will be well-served to make sure your new laptop is plugged in overnight so you come to training with it fully charged.

Backing Up Your Data

For those receiving their laptops prior to the end of school, you have the option of keeping your old laptop to get through the end of the year. However you may turn in your old laptop if you wish. For those receiving laptops after the end of school, you are expected to turn your laptop in. The following information regarding backing up your data is important before you turn in your old laptop.

·       Backing up data from Windows 7, click HERE

·       Backing up Qwizdom activities, click HERE

Take Advantage of these Resources

These resources are provided to ease the transition to your new laptop. We encourage you to view the Windows 8 Atomic Learning video series prior to attending the training session.

We hope you are excited about getting brand new technology that will offer better performance and help you be more efficient in your activities.

Report Cards

Below is the timeline for the end of the year report cards.  These dates are based on the dates used for the March report cards.

Report Cards due to Principals – Friday, June 13

Changes to Teachers – Tuesday, June 17

Print Report Cards – Wednesday, June 18

Report Cards go home – Thursday, June 19

Guidelines for Elementary Report Card Comments

1.   The definition of a report card comment is a minimum of 1 to 2 sentences.

2.   When a student receives a 1, 2, or N as a mark for any grading period, a comment is required to explain why the student received the mark.

3.   When a student receives a 3 or a 4 as a mark for any grading period, a comment is encouraged, but not required.

4.   Every student will receive at least two comments for the final grading period regardless of the marks received.

5.   Requirements including timelines for the reading of report cards by principals must be consistent across the district.

Music and Physical Education teachers at the elementary level can add free text comments to report cards in Teacher Access Center for their students themselves. Music and Fitness teachers no longer have to send free text comments to the classroom teacher for entry into TAC