Pumpkin Season!
Read the latest edition of Stinger Stories emailed to parents today.
WELCOME BACK, MRS. McCUTCHEON!
Lydia will return from maternity leave on Monday!! We are thrilled to have her back! Give her a warm West Side welcome when you see her next week!
WELCOME BACK, MRS. LAWSON!
Erin Lawson will join are staff as the yearlong supply teacher supporting students and staff in various capacities. This position was previously held by Mrs. Burke, who will now be available as full time grandma after welcoming another grandchild today!
The district continues to update KBUs for all grades. The K-5 Overview document provides access to all of the units. Updated units are in green. If the revised unit is not yet available, the link to last year's district unit is provided.
Updated KBUs should continue to be reviewed by teams to integrate into reading plans, as appropriate.
Tamara (district Math coordinator) will be on campus on Monday to visit classrooms with Katy during math instruction. We know there will be fantastic learning happening in your classrooms during the visit!
TKES WALK THROUGHS
We will begin our TKES walk throughs next week, hoping to visit all K-5 classrooms before the week of 10/23 (SOR week). We look forward to seeing the fantastic learning happening in your classrooms!
VISION TO LEARN - GLASSES DISPENSING DATE CHANGE! NOW 10/11
Due to illness, the V2L staff needed to rescheduling the dispensing date for student glasses. Glasses will now be dispensed on October 11th.
FALL PICTURE DAY, 10/11
Fall picture day is next week! Students are NOT required to wear uniforms on picture day. ALL students will receive individual pictures during fall picture day. Families can purchase pictures by ordering online, or submitting cash/check in the picture day envelope (sent home in Beelines this week).
Please arrive on time to the auditorium during your designated picture time. Picture Day schedule attached to Stinger Stats email!
QUARTER 1 REPORT CARDS, DUE 10/12
Please be mindful of upcoming grade entry and posting deadlines. Reference Carla's email for specific instructions for posting grades at each grade level. If you need any support, please do not hesitate to reach out! Report Cards will be published in Aspen on 10/14.
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Grading Period Ends |
October 10, 2023 |
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Deadline to Post Grades |
October 12, 2023 |
CONFERENCE WEEK DOCUMENTS
Teachers received all documents prepared by admin in their boxes on Thursday. You can reference the list of items provided for each grade level here.
CONFERENCE WEEK SUPPORT
If you have a conference that you would like some additional staff support - Wagoner, Kraus, Adkison, Compton, Rambert, Woityra, Herman, Fahey, etc. please do not hesitate to reach out! Our support staff is happy to join you in these conferences!
UPCOMING REQUIRED STATE DRILLS
- 10/11 - Statewide Evacuate/Fire Drill Should be @ 9:00am, but we will hold in the afternoon due picture day in the morning
- 10/19 - Earthquake/Shelter Drill @ 10:15am; Secure Drill (not a lockdown, but formerly known as lockout)
FALL GIFTED TESTING BEGINS, 10/30
Denise is preparing for Fall Gifted testing. More than 100 students are eligible for testing during this testing window. Below is the testing timeline.
- 10/16-10/20 - Consent for gifted evaluation given to parents during conferences.
- 10/20 - Signed parent consent for gifted evaluation due to Herman.
- 10/31 - Classroom teachers complete GES rating scales during PLC
- 10/30 - Gifted testing begins (The testing schedule will be shared closer to the testing window).
- 11/17 - Gifted testing window closes.
- Between late December/early January - Gifted testing results returned and eligibility determined.
- 1/8 - MILE begins for newly identified gifted students.
- No MILE 10/30-11/17 due to gifted testing
- 10/27 - TD Session 1 ends
- 12/15 - MILE ends
- 1/8 - MILE resumes
- 1/22 - TD Session 2 begins
REMINDERS FROM LAST WEEK!
CONFERENCE WEEK PREPARATION
- BY 10/4 – Make a sign-up genius link with your conference week schedule.
- BY 10/4 – Make a Google form for parents to submit questions in advance of conferences.
- ON 10/4 – Email the Fall Conference Week Parent Letter to families, after embedding the two links above into the email. Class emails should ALWAYS be sent as BCC.
- ON 10/13 – Copy your Conference Week sign-up genius link here for front office access.
OTHER CONFERENCE WEEK NOTES:
- Each family is encouraged to sign-up for a 20-minute conference time.
- Teachers should create a conference week sign-up that offers conferences a minimum of 4 days during the week. Be mindful of providing conference times that are accessible to working families.
- Dismissal is at 1:10 during conference week.
- The early release master schedule during conference week can be viewed here. Team Leaders: If there are challenges with the early release schedule, please let Carla know.
- Complete teacher information for Conference Week Preparation can be found here including communication timeline, planning your conferences, and documents prepared by admin for teachers to provide to parents during conferences.
FALL FESTIVAL STAFF CHILDREN TICKET REQUEST!
If you need tickets for your children to attend Fall Festival, please complete the request form below. ALL staff receive FREE tickets for their children to attend this event! Tickets are only required for children K-5th grade. Please make your requests by 10/13.
WS Staff Fall Festival Ticket Request
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)
- 10/6 – 1st Grade FT
- 10/9-10/13 - National School Lunch
- 10/10 - PLCs
- 10/10 - Q1 Grading Period Ends
- 10/10 – SGT Meeting
- 10/11 – Fall Picture Day
- 10/11 - Faculty Meeting
- 10/12 - Q1 Deadline to Enter Grade
- 10/12 – 2nd Grade FT
- 10/12 – 1st Grade FT
- 10/13 – 3rd Grade FT
- 10/13 – MHS Homecoming
- 10/16-10/20 – Conference Week, dismissal at 1:10
- 10/19 - Dress Down Day
- 10/19 – Fall Festival
- 10/23-10/26 - SOR Coaching Week (Kendra on Campus!)
- 10/23-10/27 - Red Ribbon Week
- 10/25 - Vertical Team Meeting (SOR & MLT)
- 10/30 - Gifted Testing Begins
- 10/31 - PLCs
- 10/31-11/1 - SOR Coaching Week Follow-up Days (Kendra on Campus!)
- 11/1 - Leadership Meeting
- 11/2 - MTSS Team Meetings
- 11/3 - 5th Grade FT
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