Shout Out
Shout out to Charles Tewksbury for showing his football spirit on Friday with the students. Charles let a student paint black lines on his face like a pro football player. Thank you for engaging with students and showing them that adults like to have fun too our only regret is that we did not snap a photo of you!
Shout out to the ELT leadership team: Waverly Kidd, Laurie Ciardi, Olivia Peters, Lindsey Wright and Jessica Burque. They have put an incredible amount of time and work into this planning process. We apologize that we won't be able to see this work through this year but I know we will create something better for next year because we went through this process.
ELT
We will no longer be adding 40 minutes to our school day next year. This means that our school hours will remain the same as they are this year. I want to thank you all for your time and ideas in this process. I think we have learned a lot about our school and how we can better use our resources moving forward. I do believe that this extended time will be part of the contract negotiations and that it will impact us later down the road. We will save our ideas and work products for that time. We will also continue to think about next years schedule through a different lens.
ACCESS
Thank you to everyone who has been so willing to help out with make-ups. We will continue make-ups this week for those students that have not yet been tested. Carvalho will be doing make-ups in Grade 8, and Pike will be doing make-ups in grade 3. Grades 4 & 5 will begin testing reading/listening and writing on Monday. Speaking tests will begin in Grades 1-3 and 6-8 on Tuesday. Attached you will find the list of students whose homeroom they are in and who will be testing them. Please let me know of any questions or mistakes you may find ASAP. All testing needs to be completed by Wednesday February 3rd. Review the speaking guidelines and where accessors should stop a test. Thank you again.
School Climate Team
The School Climate Team will meet on Wednesday from 3:00pm-4:15pm in room 212. All are welcome to attend.
PD
Thursday from 3pm-5pm the will be Literacy Collaborative Cohort 1 PD. Cailtlyn Gable will share further details.Staff Holiday Party
Save the date! We will celebrate the new year together at Bella Luna on Friday, January 29th from 3:30-6:30. More details coming soon!Term 2 Grading Window for 6-12
The term 2 grading window for students in grades 6-12 will open from January 21st to February 4th. Reminder: After entering or editing term grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades.
Second Semester Electives
On Monday students will receive choice forms for elective classes in grades 6-8. Below are the choices for each grade level.
Grade 6: Advanced Basketball, Costume & Set Design, Crossfit, Dance, Debate,
Grade 7: Advanced Basketball, CrossFit, Dance, Debate, Mask & Puppet Making
Grade 8: Advanced Basketball, CrossFit, Dance, Debate, Mask & Puppet Making
ELA Winter Benchmark – Grades 3-8
Reminder – Grades 3-8: The results of the ELA winter benchmark assessment (DAZE or MAZE) should be entered into the WIN Data Spreadsheet by February 1st, the last day of the winter benchmark period. You need only enter the number of correct and incorrect answers. The “Adjusted Student Score” will automatically be calculated. (Thanks, Ms. Peters!). The Win Data spreadsheet can be accessed using the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14zwmqUB7DOb29dreTXoOU-5C2kxbdQqQnQASyzxrzDw/edit#gid=1201292957 Please contact Eileen Cronin if you have any questions or need support with this assessment task.
Parent Conferences
Several families have reached out to ask when parent conferences will be held since they heard that other families were already having conferences with certain grade levels. Please remember that we should work hard to assure that all families can attend a conference with their child’s teachers. Also the remaining 2 hour open house has been converted into flex hours (used only outside of the school day) to accommodate families. Please communicate with your families about your conference plan ASAP. THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 31, 2016.
BAS Testing K-2
The winter benchmark window is now open through February 10th. Teachers in K2-2 should administer the BAS for students who are reading below the current grade level instructional expectations. Instructional level expectations for the middle of the year are as follows: Kindergarten - C, Grade 1 - G, Grade 2 - L. It is expected that teachers will change the data board at the end of this window to assure it reflects the most up to date data.
Book Swap
The Winter Book Swap has been rescheduled to Friday, January 29th! Students in Grades K2-5 will be able to choose a “new to you” book from the donated collection during their lunch period. WE NEED MORE BOOKS! Look for the blue donation boxes in the Upper and Lower school lobbies. The deadline for donating books for the book swap is Thursday, January 28th. Please contact Caitlyn Gable (Lower School) or Eileen Cronin (Upper School) with any questions.
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