High Point News
Week of: January 11th, 2016
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Our sincerest condolences go out to Haley Rattray in the loss of her grandmother. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.
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Recruit Career Day Speakers!!
High Point will
host our third annual career day on Friday, March 4th. We are seeking
parent and community volunteers to share information about their careers with
High Point students on this afternoon. Volunteers will speak with 2-3
classrooms for 20 minutes each.
Please reach
out to friends and family members as well as High Point parents to encourage
them to sign up. We need a wide variety of speakers, and there is no job too
boring for this event! I can help speakers figure out a way to make their
career interesting and child friendly. We are also able to skype in speakers
for any out of towners.
Please have
speakers visit the following link to sign up:
I will also be
putting some career day sign up cards in your box that you can keep with you
and hand out to people that may be interested when you are out and about.
You all made
last year’s event a huge success!! I can’t wait to see how many speakers we can
get this year!!!!!
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Parent Informational Session for GA Milestones
The administrative team will be holding a parent informational session tomorrow from 5:00-6:00 pm in the media center. This session is to help parents of 4th and 5th grade students know how to read the individualized student reports as well have a better understanding of how this standardized assessment differs from the CRCT.
This session has been advertised in the newsletters, Principal's Blog, etc... so they should know about it.
Thanks!
ESOL Monitored Notes
Just a friendly reminder that all ESOL monitored notes are due today!!!
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TKES Walkthrough #3
This week Sheri will be starting walkthrough #3. She will be the only one coming into your classrooms for this walkthrough and looking at standards "Instructional Strategies and Positive Learning Environment."
If you have any questions about your walkthrough, please see Sheri.
PTA Snack Closet
The PTA has gotten different snacks donated to our school. We will keep some of them in the front office closet and will keep the remaining snacks in the PTA closet. The snacks are items such as animal crackers, bars, etc...
If you have a child that needs a snack, please let the office know. This is not on an everyday basis.
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RTI Updates
As you know, we will begin STAR Screening this week, and
this will give us a chance to check in on our school’s academic progress. This
new data will provide an opportunity for us to change gears with our
intervention groups if needed. We will talk more once the testing window closes
on February 9th, until then, please consider the following thoughts:
- February 29th will be the cutoff for students moving up to Tier 3 (unless they are new to our school after that point), so please meet with Brian before this date if you feel your student needs to move to Tier 3
- Once the STAR Screening window closes, the flags in EASY will change, and we will need to update them again. Please do not worry about this now, we will complete this task in late February and March. Do not do this ahead of time since your work may be lost!! Please wait for my go-ahead.
- Please make sure your math and reading classes in TAC are correct for STAR Screening. Please complete a pink roster change request with Ms. Fears to correct errors.
- I have met with many of you to chat about your RTI students and it is always helpful to have your data ready to go. I often ask about F&P, Access Levels, Grades, and other data points to make decisions. I hate to take up your time, so having this information ready with save you time. Thanks!
Teacher and Professional Employee of the Year - '16
Thank you for taking the time to nominate staff members for TOTY and PEOTY!!!
Please click on the link below to vote for your top three TOTY and PEOTY from the nomination list.
All votes must be in by this FRIDAY at 2:00 pm. Thank you!!!
http://goo.gl/forms/ZOm5QgZfqo
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PBIS
Let’s Talk Toilets!
Seriously folks!
This month let’s review the Paws Up procedures for using the restroom. We
encourage you to take time in your lesson plans to walk students to the
restroom and discuss cleanliness, responsibility, and respect. A few of the
grade levels have noticed tissue not being flushed or being placed in the
toilets. A few other things to mention is keeping soap and water in the sinks.
The hallway with the cleanest bathrooms will win the Golden Plunger Award
which will be mentioned on the Monday morning news. Mr. Derrick and Mr.
Harry will also be rewarding students on that hallway with tickets. Let’s keep
things clean!
******VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*******
In Ms. Nobles’
5th grade class, students are wondering “Where In The World It Is.”
Ms. Nobles puts a picture up from the Junior Scholastic magazine and students
make inquiries about the picture. They read through the clues that are given as
a group and they “observe” the picture. The students put “I Wonder” statements
up. It is then left open to take the clues and research “Where in the world it
is.” Students are given choice how they want to present the information. Many
of the students choose to stay in for lunch to research with their group or on
their own or with a partner. It’s all about choice and giving the
students an opportunity to ask questions!
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Bradshaw's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Quist's class next week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Quist's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, January 11th
STAR Testing Begins
9:30 - Parent Tours
STAR Testing Begins
9:30 - Parent Tours
Tuesday, January 12th
1:30 - Leadership Meeting
5:00-6:00 pm - Parent Informational Session for GA Milestones
5:00-6:00 pm - Parent Informational Session for GA Milestones
Wednesday, January 13th
PLCs with Hess
Thursday, January 14th
2:50 - PLCs
Friday, January 15th
Student of the Week Certificate
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Sally Barnes today, Andi Lay on the 12th, and Vera Woods on the 13th! We hope each of you have an amazing birthday!!!
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