High Point News
Week of: January 18th, 2016
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Condolences
Our sincerest condolences go out to Kristen Mayhall for the loss of her grandfather. Please keep her and her entire family in your thoughts and prayers.
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Science and Social Studies Standards of Excellence
We are excited to announce the release of the proposed drafts of the
Science and Social Studies Standards of Excellence. The Georgia Department of
Education released them today! This is a critical opportunity for you to speak
up and provide input on science and social studies education in Georgia. The
link below can be used to review the standards, see a crosswalk of the revised
GSE compared to the current GPS, and link to a brief feedback
survey. The drafts will be posted for 60 days of public review
and comment from January 15, 2016, through March 14, 2016.
Please review and
provide feedback to the state.
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Teacher and Professional Employee of the Year Finalists
Congratulations to the following finalists for Teacher of the Year:
Lauren McClelland
Vera Woods
Josephine Calhoun
Congratulations to the following finalists for Professional Employee of the Year:
Michelle Dickie
Brian Madej
Brenda Northcut
We will have our observations and interviews on the 27th. Thank you to everyone who nominated someone! We have such an amazing staff!
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Sign-In and Sign-Out
Please make sure you are signing in and out each day using the kiosk in the front office and in the new building. ALL STAFF members are required to do this in order to keep an official log of days worked. We will begin pulling the report each month. It's imperative that you are also signing in before 7:10 am in order not to be considered tardy. If the computers are not working, that will not count against you. Thank you!!
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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:
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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Bus Lane Speeds
Please make sure you are aware of your speed when you are driving next to the bus lanes in the mornings. No one should be driving more than 10 miles per hour. If cars do not slow down, we will be forced to close the front entrance beginning at 7:05 am in order to keep everyone safe. We appreciate your helping us keep a safe school.
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Fountas and Pinnell
As a reminder, Fountas and Pinnell data is due in the google doc
this Friday, January 22nd.
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Learning Tuesday
This day is YOUR day for growing and improving yourself in your profession. The expectation is that you are engaged in some sort of professional growth, whether that is reading articles independently, working with your team, or attending a learning support session.
The following cohorts will still be available for you:
- Data - Conference Room
- Writing - Rm 232
- Digital Learning - Media Center
- Math - Long's Portable # 1303
- Student Engagement - Robert's Portable P-2
For specifics on the Digital Learning Cohort, please see below:
SeeSaw – Vera Woods
Office 365 – Jennifer Taylor
Safari Montage – Gray Griffith
Digital Resources for RTI – Madej
One-on-one Assistance with anything – Haley Rattray
Celebration of Data from 4th grade Writing
4th grade celebrated their Unit 2 Informational
writing data from Pre to Post.
Check out the progress that our 4th graders have
made!
84% of their students moved at LEAST .5 year (OVERALL piece on
rubric)
57% of their students moved a year or more (OVERALL piece on
rubric)
22% of their students moved 1.5 years or more (OVERALL piece on
rubric)
10% of their students moving two years or more (OVERALL piece on
rubric)
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RTI Reminders
STAR SCREENING REMINDERS
**********************************************************- Tier 3 cutoff date for grades 1-5 is February 29th (Grade K needs to check with Brian)
- When changing a student’s Tier level in EASY, please generate a summary report BEFORE the Tier change. Please see Brian for assistance.
- When screening is completed after February 9th, we will look at our data and make RTI changes as needed. If your grade level has completed a subject, begin looking at the data now!
- When requesting to move a student to move to Tier 3, please request a meeting with Brian and collect ALL student data in that subject as well as ACCESS scores if applicable.
STAR SCREENING REMINDERS
- When arriving for screening, please bring your entire math or reading class (which may not be your homeroom students). Please collect all of the students from other classes before you arrive.
- Brian will be printing reports for every student once the screening window closes on February 9th.
- The growth report is an excellent way to monitor each student’s progress using the Student Growth Percentile. This is a unique measurement, that we all need to learn more about. Please know that the scores will update overnight, so DO NOT use the SGP score on the day that you take it. Please request Brian to join your grade-level meeting or PLC to explain it more. (SGP score: 1-29 is considered low growth, 30-60 is considered expected growth, and 61-99 is considered high growth)
- Please be aware of your students’ accommodations when arriving. Lists will be provided, but we want to double check on all settings.
ACCESS Testing
Testing for ACCESS will begin on Thursday, January 21st
through March 2nd. Our plan is to complete testing prior to the
March 2nd deadline. However, in order to expedite the number of days
for testing, students will be pulled for one hour increments. Students will not
be pulled during their regularly scheduled ESOL block. Every student will not
be tested every day. I will email you with the schedule on Tuesday. Students
will take ACCESS online this year and this is new to our students and staff.
Therefore, please be flexible if/when scheduling changes are needed.
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What I've been thinking about...
Great article on the 6 facts people should know about teachers! I believe you all embody every single one!
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PBIS
Let’s talk about
Toiletries. Mr. Harry and Mr. Derick have been checking the bathrooms every
afternoon. The biggest area where we can see improvement is in keeping the
tissue off of the floor. Talk with your students about making sure to flush the
tissue paper.
The winners for last week were:
1st/3rd Grade GIRLS restroom
and
Pre-K BOYS restroom
******VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*******
In Ms. Bradshaw’s 2nd grade class, students are
utilizing Inquiry Sketch Books. Students “activate” their Inquiry books using
paint. This is how the students set the theme of their page(s). Ms.
Bradshaw is using it with her students as a form of inquiry on their own during
their independent centers. The sketch books are being used to explore the biographies
in Social Studies and giving the students the freedom to be creative.
Ms. Bradshaw introduced the sketch books this past week so
students diving in with their first page all about themselves.
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Quist's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Evan's class next week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Evan's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, January 18th
No School - MLK Day
No School - MLK Day
Tuesday, January 19th
2:50 - Learning Tuesday
Wednesday, January 20th
PLCs with Roberts
Thursday, January 21st
2:50 - PLCs
Friday, January 22nd
F&P Due on Google Doc
Student of the Week Certificate
F&P Due on Google Doc
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Braley Hester on the 20th! We hope you have an amazing birthday!!!
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