High Point News
Week of: February 22nd, 2016
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Reminder!
Georgia State Senator Hunter Hill will be here tomorrow!!! We are hoping to show him around our building first thing in the morning. Gail Dean, our board member, and Dr. LaCava will be here as well. We appreciate everyone for helping get our school ready to welcome him!
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Retention Letters
The 2nd round of retention letter 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 February 29th. **********************************************************
TKES Walkthrough #4
We are beginning our last round of walkthroughs before our formative observations. Walkthroughs are continuous throughout the year and the last formative observation will be announced in March.
If you have any questions about your walkthrough, please ask your evaluator. We are more than happy to meet with anyone!
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504 Reminders
If you have students with 504 plans, please remember that accommodations
cannot be taken away or changed without having a meeting. If you feel a
student no longer needs to receive an accommodation, YOU MUST SCHEDULE A
MEETING TO STOP GIVING THE CHILD ANY ACCOMMODATION. All accommodations must
be given until they are formally removed from plans.
Please make sure you are indicating 504 accommodations on
sub plans. Students must ALWAYS receive these accommodations.
Career Week
Career Week is February 29th- March 4th.
We will have the following spirit days to encourage kids to get excited about
their futures!! Teachers are strongly encouraged to participate! Please encourage your students to dress up. The class
that has the most members dressed up each day will have their picture on the
High Point website!
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Monday
2/29- “Hats off to our future!”- students can wear hats
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Tuesday
3/1 -“Fast forward to Future Careers”- students can dress up for a
career they want in their future
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Wednesday
3/2 -“Our future’s so bright we need to wear shades!” – students can
wear sunglasses
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Thursday
3/3- “Dress for Success”- students can dress in a professional/business
way
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Friday
3/4-“College Spirit Day”- students can wear spirit wear from their
favorite college
PBIS
PBIS is happy
to hear that one more teacher will be available to help with dismissal!
Remember to keep some Paws-Up
tickets in your pocket to hand out when you see these PAWS-UP behaviors at
dismissal:
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Listening to Adults
·
Alerting teacher of
transportation changes first thing in the morning
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Being responsible
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Walking to their destination
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Asking for help if
needed
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Not dribbling
basketballs or kicking soccer balls
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Staying with their
teacher
Happy Dismissal!
This is a great 2 minute video about student creativity. While there are many opportunities for students to find the "right" answer to a problem, we limit their exposure to problems that don't have one correct answer. Are we inviting our students to show their thinking and be creative in their work or are we expecting them to "make a house out of a triangle?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TskeE43Q1M
******VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*******
In Ms.
Bradshaw’s 2nd grade class, students use the inquiry-based strategy
of “The Answer is...”. This has been a great way to flip the process of
knowing what her students know. It is getting the students thinking and really
realizing that there are multiple ways to arrive at the same destination!
Ms. Bradshaw has been using this for centers, fast finishers, and whole group
in math, reading and science / social studies to keep students engaged in their
learning.
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Negrin's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Cornibe's class the following week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Cornibe's class the following week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, February 22nd
9:30 - Prospective Parent Tour
9:30 - Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday, February 23rd
8:00 - Senator Hill to HPES!
1st Grade Complete PSC
2:50 - Faculty Meeting
SIOP Training - Meeting Portable
2:30 - PBIS Meeting - Conference Room
1st Grade Complete PSC
2:50 - Faculty Meeting
Wednesday, February 24th
2nd Grade Field Trip to Puppetry Arts CenterSIOP Training - Meeting Portable
2:30 - PBIS Meeting - Conference Room
Thursday, February 25th
Picture Day!!!
1st Grade Send Home PSC
1:30 - ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
1st Grade Send Home PSC
1:30 - ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Friday, February 26th
Student of the Week Certificate
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Rachel Salmons on the 25th!! We hope you have an amazing (30th) birthday!!!
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