High Point News
Week of: February 1st, 2016
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PKES Mid-Year Review Meeting
If you are evaluated using PKES, please plan on meeting in the media center this Tuesday at 2:50 to discuss the mid-year review and evaluation process.
This meeting will be held at the beginning of the Paraprofessional PLC meeting so all PKES employees, please attend. Thank you!!!
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Principal's Blog
Click on the link below if you would like to view the Principal's Blog for the month of January! http://eepurl.com/bMK4_H
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Career Day!
WE ONLY HAVE 8 PEOPLE SIGNED
UP FOR CAREER DAY!!!!!!!!!!
Please help recruit career day speakers. Career day
is 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 have speakers visit the following link to sign up: http://goo.gl/forms/eJ3KAI3tVL
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Celebrations 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade!!!Congratulations to 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade for their amazing STAR Reading Results!! Check out the percentage of students who were in Urgent Intervention in the Fall to now!!!! There was a 7% decrease in 2nd grade, 5% decrease in 3rd grade, and 4% decrease in 4th grade.
(The numbers stand for the grade level, the "R" stands for Reading and the "F/W" stands for Fall and Winter screening.)
In addition to the three grades who had a decrease in their Urgent Intervention Numbers, 3rd and 4th grade had significant increases in the percentage of students scoring At or Above on STAR Reading. There was a 9% increase in both 3rd and 4th grade!!
You guys are really moving your students and should be proud of the progress you are making!!!
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No Place for Hate
Please tune into the news
this week to hear about our No Place for Hate promise. Each day, the peer
leaders will explain one part of the promise. On Friday, a representative will
bring a copy of the promise for your class to sign. Please hang this somewhere
inside or right outside of your classroom.
The No
Place for Hate® Promise (Elementary School)
· I promise
to do my best to treat everyone fairly.
· I promise
to do my best to be kind to everyone —even if they are not like me.
· If I see
someone being hurt or bullied, I will tell a teacher.
· Everyone
should be able to feel safe and happy in school.
· I want
our school to be No Place for Hate®.
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Congratulations 3rd Grade!
Congratulations to the 3rd grade team for finishing their Third IB Unit this weekend!!! The team got together at Beth Owen's house and knocked it all out on Saturday! And they had fun doing it!!! Congratulations!!!!
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Staff on the Run!
Need a push with your New Year’s Resolutions?
We are starting a running/walking group Mondays after
school. Our goal is to get fit and have fun while gearing up for a 5K or 10K
race this spring. Contact Rebecca Negrin or Ashley Jones for more details. First run
is set for February 8th after school!
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What I've been thinking about...
What does it mean to "think critically?"
In the article below, the author suggests that the term "critical thinkers" is misused and abused. We have to agree on what critical thinking means and looks like in a classroom in order to use it! The author states that....
“Critical thinking is that mode of thinking — about any subject, content, or problem — in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking."
Do we know what it means to think critically and are we asking our students to do it in the classroom?
http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/the-courage-for-critical-thinking/
PBIS
Starting this
week, be on the lookout for the Paws-Up Princess! She will be coming around to
replenish Paws Tickets and give teachers and staff a little treat. The PBIS
committee would like to thank you for all you do. Keep giving out those tickets
for Paws-Up behavior!
The PBIS focus for
the month of February will be dismissal. Teachers, please walk your students
all the way to the buses to encourage Paws-Up Best Practices. Take time to
discuss the expectations for dismissal.
************VISUALS OF IB*************
******VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*******
Ms Simon's class inquired into how parallel circuits
work! Working together they were able to construct a circuit and turn the light
on!! Great example of student-led inquiry!
Ms.
Rattray’s TAG students are diving into their units of study through the IB
Action Cycle. Students choose a learner profile of focus then they Act
using that profile during the course of their day. Lastly, they Reflect on
their learning and record their thoughts. Choose, Act, Reflect!
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Ellis's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Roger's class next week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Roger's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, February 1st
2nd Grade Field Trip
2nd Grade Field Trip
Tuesday, February 2nd
Groundhog's Day!
2:50 - New Kids on the Block
2:50 - Para PLC to review PKES
2:50 pm - PBIS Committee Meeting
3:00 pm - SCC Wine Tasting by Reservation Only
2:50 - New Kids on the Block
2:50 - Para PLC to review PKES
Wednesday, February 3rd
PLCs with Roberts2:50 pm - PBIS Committee Meeting
3:00 pm - SCC Wine Tasting by Reservation Only
Thursday, February 4th
1:30 - ETT for 4th Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Grade Level Newsletter Goes Home
2:50 - PLCs
Grade Level Newsletter Goes Home
Friday, February 5th
College Spirit Wear
Student of the Week Certificate
College Spirit Wear
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Rebecca Quist and Kerstin Long TODAY!!! We hope you both have an amazing birthday!!!
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