High Point News
Week of: January 23rd, 2017
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Teacher of the Year Finalists
Laura Jannausch
Lindsey Hayes
Clara Spears
Also, thank you to everyone who voted for the Professional Employee of the Year! The winner will be announced at the TOTY and PEOTY ceremony on the 7th of February! We look forward to seeing you there!
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Congratulations!!!
A huge THANK YOU to teachers is K-3 for pushing iRead with your students and getting them on the personalized program! According to our Area Superintendent, High Point leads the Central Learning Community in usage!!!
Thank you to everyone for using iRead, iReady, Imagine Learning, and Redbird! These programs do make a difference and we appreciate everyone for pushing it with your students!
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RTI Reminders
RTI Group Charts are due on January 31st. Please check in with all support teachers to make sure all information is updated and correct.
All Tier 3 students must be progress monitored every week,
even if we are in a screening window and/or the week is short due to days off
of school.
Feel free to begin progress monitoring Tier 2 students this
week. It will not affect the screening score.
The Tier 3 deadline is March 3rd. Students will
not move to Tier 3 after this date unless there are special circumstances.
EASY flag clearing will begin in February. Please do not
begin this process until I instruct you to do so.
STAR Screening Reminders
The schedule has changed again due to technical issues,
please review the schedule since the Computer Lab will be closed during testing
times next week.
Please be prepared for your testing time by reviewing the
expectations on the top of the schedule.
The screening window closes on February 7. I hope to print
reports on the 8th and get them to you by the end of the day.
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Baby Dierdorff
Congratulations to Kelsey Dierdorff, our KSU Tech Coach, who had her baby over the holiday break!!! Hudson was born on December 21st at 9:31 am. He was 8 pounds 3 oz and was 21.5 inches long. He was born healthy and Kelsey loves being a new mom!
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What I've been thinking about...
Recruit Career Day Speakers!!
High Point will host our fourth annual career day on
Tuesday, February 14th. We are seeking parent and community volunteers to
share information about their careers with High Point students on this
afternoon. Volunteers will speak with 1-2 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. Please include the sign up link in
parents newsletter, etc. 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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PBIS
Congratulations to Beth Owens for receiving a Buddy Brag and the front TOTY parking space for the next two weeks!!! Thank you Beth for all you have done for the PBIS committee and thank you to her colleagues for giving her a buddy brag!
What I've been thinking about...
Learning Targets.
The following excerpt is from an article found on the Symbaloo given to us by Kerstin Long. It stated,
"Viewing a learning target as a lesson purpose, coupled with an appropriate performance of understanding and look-fors, is the only way to truly improve learning. Just putting a statement on the board and telling students about it at the beginning of the lesson is ineffective. Learning targets must LIVE in the lesson!"
This is what I believe. There is great power in learning targets to increase learning.
The following excerpt is from an article found on the Symbaloo given to us by Kerstin Long. It stated,
"Viewing a learning target as a lesson purpose, coupled with an appropriate performance of understanding and look-fors, is the only way to truly improve learning. Just putting a statement on the board and telling students about it at the beginning of the lesson is ineffective. Learning targets must LIVE in the lesson!"
This is what I believe. There is great power in learning targets to increase learning.
*******WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Ellis' class this week.
The writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Roger's class next week.
The writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. Roger's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, January 23rd
9:30 - Prospective Parent Tour
2:30 pm - Tutoring Program
9:30 - Prospective Parent Tour
2:30 pm - Tutoring Program
Tuesday, January 24th
1:30 - Leadership Meeting #1518
PLCs during planning with Long
2:30 pm - Tutoring Program
Wednesday, January 25th
4th Grade and 1st Grade Field TripsPLCs during planning with Long
2:30 pm - Tutoring Program
Thursday, January 26th
8:00 am - Rotary Club coming to 3rd, 4th, and 5th
"Crock-luck" Luncheon - Media Center
2:50 - PLCs
"Crock-luck" Luncheon - Media Center
2:50 - PLCs
Friday, January 27th
7:30 am - SGC Meeting
4th Grade Field Trip
5th Grade Ellis Island Experience
F&P Due for K and Tier II or Tier III students
7:30 am - SGC Meeting
4th Grade Field Trip
5th Grade Ellis Island Experience
F&P Due for K and Tier II or Tier III students
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Julie Ellis and Hollye Elliot on the 25th! We hope you both have an amazing birthday!!!
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