Yay for three-day weekends!!
Yay for three-day weekends!! An extra weekend day is a great opportunity to catch up on rest, or plan that family fun day that has been on hold. I hope you are able to make the most of your extra day this weekend!!
It has been a wonderful first month of school! Thank you for the grace and flexibility you have shown as Parrish continues to work on major punch list items. There is still some work to be completed, but good progress is being made. Ms. Sharlene received the serving line on Thursday, completing the kitchen. I received notice that all floors (LVT and carpet) on the upper level have been replaced/repaired if damaged during renovation. Please notify me by Wednesday AM if you have flooring that needs to be addressed (top floor ONLY at this time). This final sign-off must be provided to Parrish by Wednesday afternoon. The heavy rains tested our new roof, with only very two minor leaks in the building. And, the power outage (not related to our renovation) tested our new emergency generator which proved to be valuable! Kitchen & lunch service experienced no interruptions, thanks to the emergency generator! Prior to renovation, lunch service would have been suspended during a power outage.
Major work to be completed over Fall Break includes repaving & painting the front parking lot and gravel extension lot, final landscaping around the flag pole, final pressure washing of the building, refinishing original wood inside 200 & 300 rooms.
WELCOME BACK, MRS. HARPE!
Mrs. Harpe will return from maternity leave on Tuesday! We are excited to have her back on campus! Her wonderful supply teacher, Ms. Petty, will transition to Mrs. Maddox's supply leave in a few weeks.
SOR INSTRUCTIONAL REMINDERS!
Now that we have finished the first month of school, our SOR practices should be in full swing in our classrooms. We got off to a VERY strong start with assessment and skill-based small group instruction. Small groups are in full swing across the school in K-5th grade - meeting our goal of EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY in K-3rd grade. In 4th-5th grade our reading specialists are serving students below grade level EVERY DAY for 30-90 minutes, depending on need.
Review these EIGHT instructional practices/routines to support Oral Language & Word Conscious Classrooms. Have many of these practices/routines become part of your daily practice? This is not a checklist, and it would not be expected to see each of these practices every day!
1. Ask open ended prompts to engage students in putting into words what they have learned, expecting students to use complete sentences in responses.
- Examples: What makes you say that? Why...? Tell me how...
- Examples: Turn & Talk, Think-Pair-Share
- Example: Selects 3-5 academic terms to teach/use during the week (sparkle words, WOW words, etc). These words are selected across the grade level.
- Example: Selects 1-2 vocabulary terms during read aloud to teach before/during reading. Words selected because they help students understand the meaning of the text. Longer text read over multiple days would have more words selected.
- Examples: Use contextual examples (pictures, demonstrations, realia, models), student-friendly definitions, repeated exposure to words, examples/non-examples, creating word networks
- Examples: Word jars, word journals/logs, Post & Tally (post/pin word on an index card to teacher lanyard, tally who can use the word most during the day), vocabulary posted with picture supports
UPCOMING PLCs
PLCs will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday next week! The week will have a math focus, looking at setting up small group instruction in your classroom to maximize differentiated, skill-based instruction.
GRAND PALS DAY, 9/8
PTA is planning another wonderful Grand Pals day this year! You received an email this week from the committee chair with activity details and volunteer sign-up. Materials for the activity will be in the your mailbox before Friday. Remember, it is a good idea to prepared to buddy up students who might not have a Grand Pal attend the event.
Kinder: 9:00-9:30
1st Grade: 10:30-11:00
2nd Grade: 11:30-12:00
5th Grade: 12:15-12:45
3rd Grade: 1:30-2:00
4th Grade: 2:00-2:30
NOTE: 2nd Grade will have a slight change to the lunch schedule to accommodate the Grand-pals Day schedule. We will hold 2nd grade Grand-Pals in the auditorium until all 2nd grade classes have returned from lunch.
2A - 10:50-11:20
2B - 10:50-11:20
2C - 10:52-11:22
2D - 10:52-11:22
2E - 10:54-11:24
SOR COACHING WEEK, 9/11-9/14
Our first coaching week with Kendra is right around the corner! Look for a more detailed email to come next week regarding the PD focus and PD meeting reminders. You can access the yearlong PD calendar here.
SOAR BUS SAFETY PROGRAM, 9/13-9/14
Our transportation department is scheduled to visit WS on 9/13-9/14 for the annual SOAR Bus Safety Program. The program will occur in the car rider loop on Maple. Please see the schedule below.
REMINDERS FROM LAST WEEK!
TKES BOY TIMELINE
If you are evaluated using TKES, please meet the BOY deadlines below:
- 8/25 – Complete Online Orientation, Self-Assessment & Draft Professional Learning Goals
- By 9/5 – Sign-up for a TKES Pre-conference (Pre-conference Sign-up) Pre-conferences will begin 9/5. TKES walk-through observations #1 will be completed by 10/31.
QUARTER 1 PROGRESS REPORTS
Thank you for completing Q1 Progress Reports in a timely manner. Progress reports should be emailed by 9/8. Please be sure to update the Progress Report record form at the link below indicating the students who received a progress report.
FALL BOOK FAIR, 9/5-9/8
Fall Book Fair is coming soon! Laura will schedule preview and shopping days for each class. The media center will be closed for regular check out during the Book Fair.
CAFETERIA ADDITION & RENOVATION RIBBON CUTTING, 9/5 @ 9:30 AM
The district is hosting a cafeteria addition & renovation ribbon cutting ceremony on September 5. We will have several visitors on campus including district central office staff, current and former BOE members, BxA Architects, Parrish, and other community guests. Should the event impact your schedule, you will be notified.
FIELD TRIP PAYMENTS
The RevTrak store is NOW live! Please include in your next several weekly newsletters reminders to families regarding field trip payments. Field trips can be paid for the year, or before each trip. It is important we gather field trip payments from as many students as possible to ensure these experiences can be provided to our students.
TEAM EXTENDED PLANNING TIME
All team extended planning has been planned for the year. All coverage invites have been sent by Carla. You can access the complete schedule here (Extended Planning tab).
UPCOMING DATES (Dates added since last week)
- 9/1 - PTA Membership Class Incentive Ends
- 9/4 - NO SCHOOL! Labor Day
- 9/5 - Cafeteria Addition & Renovation Ribbon Cutting, 9:30 AM
- 9/5-9/8 - Fall Book Fair
- 9/6 - Leadership Meeting
- 9/7 - 3rd Grade FT
- 9/7 - PTA Pizza on the Playground, 5:30-7:00 PM
- 9/8 - PTA Direct Donation Class Incentive Ends
- 9/8 - Grand Pals Day (schedule above)
- 9/8 - Q1 Progress Reports emailed to families
- 9/11-9/14 - SOR Week! Kendra on Campus
- 9/12 - K-3 Huddle, 7:30
- 9/12 - PLCs
- 9/12-9/13 - SOAR Bus Safety (schedule above)
- 9/13 - SOR PLC
- 9/15 - 5th Grade FT
- 9/15 - Freddy the Falcon Visits WS, 1:00 PM
- 9/19 - PLCs
- 9/20-9/21 - 4th Grade FT
- 9/20 - Faculty Meeting
- 9/21 - Dress Down Day
- 9/21 - Parent-2-Parent Series: 3-5 Hive, 6:30 PM
- 9/25-9/29 - No School, Fall Break!!
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