High Point News
Week of: February 29th, 2016
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March 10th and 11th
We wanted to let you know about the 10th and 11th workdays so that you can prepare accordingly.
Paraprofessionals do NOT work on the 10th or the 11th.
March 10th is a Teacher Workday. Grade levels will continue writing your IB Units from 8:00-11:00. You will have the rest of the day to yourselves.
March 11th is Fulton County Professional Day. It will be the same as the 10th for those of you not required to attend another Fulton County training.
Some staff members will be attending the IB workshops on the 10th and 11th.
More information to come from Ms. Roberts.
More information to come from Ms. Roberts.
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Attendance Reminders
Reminders:
Personal Leave? - Put absence in Employee Express one week prior to the absence in order to be approved. Include CASE number in request. If less than one week prior, see Ms. Pitchford. Per board policy, absences should be avoided before or after a holiday.
Scheduled Medical Appointment? - Put absence in Employee Express one week prior to the medical appointment in order to be approved. Include CASE number in request. If medical appointment is scheduled less than a week prior, please see notify Ms. Pitchford in person or through email.
Failure to follow our attendance expectations and notifying the appropriate people will result in disciplinary action and could result in termination. The board policy and Fulton County expectations can be found at the link below. We appreciate your help with this.
Attendance Reminders
Please refer to pages 6-9 in the Staff Handbook regarding what actions you need to take when needing to be absent and which staff to notify.
While you are asked to call the front office in the event of being late to work, Ms. Chapman should NOT be the one notified if you are going to be absent or if you need to leave the building unexpectedly. Ms. Pitchford and Ms. Alexander should be the ones notified in person.
Reminders:
Sick/Last Minute Emergency? - Communicate absence in person, call, email, or text Ms. Alexander at 404-964-2592
Personal Leave? - Put absence in Employee Express one week prior to the absence in order to be approved. Include CASE number in request. If less than one week prior, see Ms. Pitchford. Per board policy, absences should be avoided before or after a holiday.
Scheduled Medical Appointment? - Put absence in Employee Express one week prior to the medical appointment in order to be approved. Include CASE number in request. If medical appointment is scheduled less than a week prior, please see notify Ms. Pitchford in person or through email.
Failure to follow our attendance expectations and notifying the appropriate people will result in disciplinary action and could result in termination. The board policy and Fulton County expectations can be found at the link below. We appreciate your help with this.
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High Point in the News!!
On February 20th, our High Point 5th graders and Ms. Bearden were featured on "People to People" which is a great program on WSBTV. They were featured in the Healthy Living segment to promote and explain the new Fulton County PE Curriculum. Click on the link below to check out the recorded segment!!!
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Retention Letter Reminder
The 2nd round of retention letters will go home on March 3rd. Please send the names of any students from the December list that need to remain on the retention list and receive the second retention letter.
Send names to Salmons by the end of the day.
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Attention: High Point Staff and Students
You’re Invited!
What: The Lion King, Kids
Who: Brought to you by 4th and 5th grade musical students
When: 8:15AM
Wednesday, March 2nd for Pre-K through 1st grade
Thursday, March 3rd for 2nd through 5th grade
Performances are also at 6PM each night, if you would like to join in the fun and support our students, again!
Where: High Point Cafeteria
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High Point’s International Night
Come to an evening filled with cultural entertainment and food tastings from the following featured countries: Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, China, India, Jamaica, Cuba and many more from around the globe.
A fun night to celebrate High Point's cultural diversity! We hope to see our faculty there!!!
Thursday - March 24th
5:00-7:00 pm
You have probably noticed the bright green International Night sign-up sheets that your students have been returning. We will be collecting these forms through today, Feb 29. After today, if the form has anything checked other than "Yes, I can volunteer from 5-7", please return the form home with your students.
If you have any green forms please return them to Mary Katherine Stahura in room 119 or put them in her mailbox.
Thank you so much for your help and support! We hope to see all of you at this fun and educational High Point event!
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COMPUTER LAB/CART SCHEDULES
Please remember to check out the computer lab and carts using the appropriate method to reserve your time. Please double check the schedule before you arrive that day to make sure someone else has not reserved it. Thanks!
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RTI REMINDERS
Clearing Flags - Please remember to clear the colored flags in easy by 4:00 on March 11th. When completed, all Tier 1-3 flags should be green. Tier 4 flags will remain locked by the district, so we do not need to clear these. To clear a flag, you simply need to make a statement appropriate for the student and select either the continue button, or change the tier if you have approval. Please ask for Brian's assistance if needed.
Students Moving to Tier 3 - If you have received approval to move a student to Tier 3, please update the student's EASY plan by March 11th. It is important to create an RTI summary before the update so that the Tier 2 data is captured. If you'd like Brian to update your plan, please email him the name of the student, name of the interventionist, and the name of the intervention, and he will complete the update.
Number of students in Tier 3 - High Point has more than twice as many students in Tier 3 instruction as we should. The expectation is between 1%-5%, we are now well over 10%, so we will be reviewing Tier 3 cases in the next few weeks and consider exiting some students who may no longer meet the requirements of Tier 3. Brian will be contacting each grade level, and teachers will need to prioritize students to identify those students who need to remain, and those who need to move to Tier 3. We cannot maintain a Tier 3 system with close 80 students, unless we add addition SST meeting days, and take up more planning time to meet on all of these students. Let's find a way to manage this situation while still providing excellent instruction that moves students.
Career Week Spirit Days!
Don’t forget to remind your kids to dress up. The class with the most students dressed up each day will have their picture taken for the website! You are encouraged to dress up too!
o Monday 2/29- “Hats off to our future!”- students can wear hats
o Tuesday 3/1 -“Fast forward to Future Careers”- students can dress up for a career they want in their future
o Wednesday 3/2 -“Our future’s so bright we need to wear shades!” – students can wear sunglasses
o Thursday 3/3- “Dress for Success”- students can dress in a professional/business way
o Friday 3/4-“College Spirit Day”- students can wear spirit wear from their favorite college
PBIS
Classroom Management Idea- Ready to shake things up and get kids motivated? This is called “Who is the Lucky Duck?”
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Cornibe's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Todd's class the following week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Todd's class the following week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, February 29th
Career Week Begins!
Career Week Begins!
Tuesday, March 1st
Elections Held in Portable #1518
2:50 - Learning Tuesday
IB PLCs
6:00 pm - The Lion King Play
2:50 - Learning Tuesday
Wednesday, March 2nd
8:15 am - The Lion King Play for PreK-1st IB PLCs
6:00 pm - The Lion King Play
Thursday, March 3rd
8:15 am - The Lion King Play for 2nd-5th
1st Grade Send Home PSC
1:30 - ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
6:00 pm - The Lion King Play
1st Grade Send Home PSC
1:30 - ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
6:00 pm - The Lion King Play
Friday, March 4th
Student of the Week Certificate
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Michelle Dickie on the 3rd, and Vaneisa Hutchins and Susan Marinos on the 6th! We hope you all have an amazing birthday!!!
