Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand

Chinese proverb

Week of Oct. 29 –Nov. 2

29 - Mon -

30 - Tues - 11:45 -12:15 Pizza with the Principal

6:30 PTA Reflections Ceremony MPR

31 - Wed – Individual Planning

                   12:21 Staff Luncheon

1  - Thu -    Fundraiser items delivered

2  - Fri -      Student of the Month Luncheon

Week of Nov. 5 –Nov. 9

5 - Mon -    Cookie Dough Orders are DUE

6 - Tues -   10:30 – Picture RE-TAKE day

7 - Wed –   Evaluation and Conferencing

8  - Thu -    Field Trip (2^nd/3^rd Grade) Tacoma Musical Playhouse

                   3:45 Sara’s Baby Shower in the Library

9  - Fri -      1:00 – 1:45 Veteran’s Day Assembly

Parking

A reminder to all staff, please use the parking lots (13^th and 14^th) that are designated for staff instead of parking on the street.  No curbside parking on 13^th ST SE. 

Activities

If you are in charge of a group, activity or team, we need to have a list of each student participating so it can be entered in to the Activities database.

Diversity Information

Please review the folder full of helpful information that is posted above the copier and will be updated periodically.

Staff Luncheon

Please sign-up for an item in the staff room, if you wish to join us. If you wish to add an item feel free to do that as well. Sunshine will purchase the paper products for these luncheons.  Please bring your item to school on these luncheon days ready to be served.  Feel free to put your food items in the staff room on these days, and someone will set up and have the lunch ready to go by 12:00.  We will all chip in afterwards and clean-up :) unless we want to take turns and assign a different grade level to clean up each time?
Hope everyone can participate and join us-this is a great time for us all to take a break together in the staff room.

  

Notes/Emails

Please make sure that you forward any notes and/or email that you receive regarding students attendance/health/dismissal/etc.

Staff Lounge

The sink in the staff lounge is currently full of dirty dishes.  It would be greatly appreciated by all if everyone cleaned up after themselves. The dishes do not wash themselves.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.    James Baldwin

Week of Oct. 22 -26

22 - Mon - 2:50 PTA Fundraiser kick-off assembly (Otis Spunkmeyer)

23 - Tues -

24 - Wed – Principal/Prof Dev Library

                   6:00 – 7:00 K-2 Puyallup Public Library Night

25 - Thu -   8:00 PBIS Meeting

26 - Fri -     BoxTop/Soup label drive ends

6:30 – 8:30 PTA Trunk or Treat

Week of Oct. 29 –Nov. 2

29 - Mon -

30 - Tues - 11:45 -12:15 Pizza with the Principal

6:30 PTA Reflections Ceremony MPR

31 - Wed – Individual Planning

1  - Thu -    Fundraiser items delivered

2  - Fri -      Student of the Month Luncheon

Can you help?

As a way to encourage attendance and promote this positive activity, the PBIS team thought it would be great to have a raffle for those who attend Literacy Night at the Puyallup Library!   We are making a basket for each event (primary and intermediate) that contains literacy related items. Would anyone like to donate to this cause???? Some examples are:  age-appropriate books, of course, word searches, Snuggly, color books/art books, hot cocoa, bookmarks, flashcards, timers, book light.  Please give donations to Darcy and she will put the items together.   Thanks, in advance, for considering a donation! 

Pizza with the Principal

Pizza with the principal will be held once a month on a Tuesday at 11:45 to accommodate primary and intermediate lunch schedules.

Student of the Month

Please send names and reasons for your October Student of the Month to Barb by Wednesday, Oct. 24 no later than 12:30 so letters can be in your box on Thursday folder day 10/25.  I really would appreciate if you could do make this deadline as I have training on Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 and need some time to get letters completed.

Office Closed

Wednesday, October 24 at 2:45 the office will be closed due to district training. 

 

“You can be right, or you can be happy.” Barb Schmitten

Week of Oct. 15 -19

15 - Mon -

16 - Tues - 8:15 Safety Meeting

17 - Wed – Collaboration and Teaming (Job Alike Mtgs)

                   Evening Conferences, last ends by 8:00 PM

18 - Thu -   8:00 – 3:15 Needs Assessment Day (see schedule below)

19 - Fri -    

Week of Oct. 15 -19

22 - Mon -

23 - Tues -

24 - Wed – Principal/Prof Dev Library

                   6:00 – 7:00 K-2 Puyallup Public Library Night

25 - Thu -  

26 - Fri -     6:30 – 8:30 PTA Trunk or Treat

Needs Assessment Day 10/18/12

8:00 Leadership Team in Library
9:30 - 10:10 Classified (TBD)

10:10 – 10:40 Students

10:45 – 11:30 Special Ed (Tina, Kathy, Alyssa, Kerri)

12:15 – 12:55 Kinder/First

1:00 – 1:40  Second/Third

1:45 – 2:25 Fourth/Jason

2:35 – 3:15 Donna/Jill/Music

A sub will be assigned to cover classrooms for a 40 minute block, so please have plans for that particular time ready for your sub when they arrive.

Lunchroom cleanliness

Please be advised that teachers will be asked to send a student(s) back to the lunchroom to clean up if your tables are not left clean.  This includes under the tables and around trash cans.

Conference Schedules

Please make sure to submit your schedule to the office so we can help out when parents/guardians forget time/date of conference.

Note ***If a parent/guardian calls to cancel/reschedule on conference day and teacher is busy with a conference, we will email you, so not to interrupt your conference.

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”  Nelson Mandela

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

3:45 PTA Board Meeting

10 - Wed - 12:30 – 2:00 PBIS

Evaluation and Conference

11 - Thu -   Bus Drills (before school students could be late)

3:30 CSIP Library

                   PTA Reflections projects due

12 - Fri -     In-service Day No School

Week of Oct. 15 -19

15 - Mon -

16 - Tues - 8:15 Safety Meeting

3:30 Staff Meeting (no one signed-up for Refreshments, yet)

17 - Wed – Collaboration and Teaming (Job Alike Mtgs)

                   Evening Conferences, last ends by 8:00 PM

18 - Thu -  

19 - Fri -    

Elementary Report Card dates for the 2013 school year

·        Trimester 1 December 3^rd

·        Trimester 2 March 18^th

·        Trimester 3 June 19^th

Remember these dates could change according to changes in the district elementary calendars. Example: a snow day.

Teachers are able to enter report card grades at any time during the trimester. Students will be added and removed from the report card list in each competency as students enroll and withdraw, so the teachers will need to pay close attention making sure that each student active is given marks in each competency.

Bus Drills (1st of the Year)

Bus drivers will be conducting the drills as they arrive in the AM to drop students off at school. As this is the first time the drivers are conducting an exit drill with student practicing the exit process, there may be some impact with the beginning of school; however, we hope it will be minimal. It would be greatly appreciated if you could have some of your staff outside to support and assist our drivers with any problems they may encounter due to the change in the exit drill procedure.

Night Conferences

Our wonderful PTA has offered to provide a light meal during our evening conferences.  More details to follow.

Conference Schedules

Please make sure that we have a copy of your conference schedules in the office prior to your conferences so we can answer parent’s questions when they forget the time of their meeting.

Viking Store Hours   

We continue to have students coming throughout the day to shop with their Viking Victory.  Please adhere to the store hours as it puts a negative spin on a positive event when they come and have to be sent away without a prize.

Store Hours:     8:30 to 8:45  Lunch/Lunch Recess 11:30 – 1:00  3:16 – 3:30

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

“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.