Monday Notes 3.5.18
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Summer Camp Job Opportunity
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Digital Learning Day Surveys
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SeeSaw
Welcome!!!
Please join me in welcoming Dalila Salhi, who is our new Special Education PreK Assistant. Due to the larger numbers in our PreK class, we were able to hire an additional assistant in that class to support Ms. Lay and Ms. Reeves.
Ms. Salhi comes to us with a ton of experience and expertise working with students and adults with disabilities. We are very thankful she is here!!!
Please also join me in welcoming Wendell Olden, who is our new Special Education Categorical Assistant for our Kindergarten student. We are extremely excited to have Mr. Olden this Wednesday to support our student!!
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Teacher Appreciation Week!!!
We are so excited to be able to appreciate all our staff members this week and recognize you for the hard work you do each day!
Here are the things the PTO has planned for you:
Monday—Breakfast Carts (coffee and morning snacks)
Tuesday—Stock teachers’ lounges with drinks and snacks
Wednesday—Lunch for all staff from Urban Cookhouse in Room 123
Thursday—Smoothies in the lounges
Friday—Breakfast from Qdoba; provided by the Administrative Team in Room 123
ID Badges
Fulton Co. Picture ID is required to be worn at all times. If you need a replacement or an updated I.D. is needed, please see below:
ID is less than 3 years’ old
1. Write an email to Safety and Security indicating your full name, employee ID # and the school you work at and the need for a new ID.
2. Purchase a $10 Money Order written to Fulton Co. Schools. No CASH or Check accepted
3. Send through Inter-Office mail to Safety and Security.
ID is over 3 years’ old
1. Go to Safety and Security Office. You will need to call them to see what dates they are running new ID’s. Next one is Friday, March 9th.
2. No Charge if you bring your old ID to be updated
3. $10.00 Money Order written to Fulton Co. Schools if you do not have your old ID to exchange.
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Pop Up PD Tuesday
Pop-Up PD will be tomorrow. Here are the great things you can expect to choose from: 2:55-3:20 and 3:25-3:50
“How to get through the day without pulling your hair out.” - Room 226
Sensory Strategies 101-the basics of sensory integration and simple strategies to use in the classroom for calming, connecting the students body to their brain, and increase their attention/arousal to be able to learn.
"TAG Strategies That Are Good For All Students" - Room 136
"Safari Montage Basics" - Media Center
This beginner session will help you learn the basics of Safari Montage. Safari Montage is a program provided by Fulton Schools and accessed via Launchpad- it contains videos, live TV streaming, and playlists that correlate with your curriculum.
"Creating Assessments in Illuminate" - Rm # 209
Learn more about Illuminate and how teachers can create online tests and share them with their team to help their students get ready for the milestones!
"Getting Collaborative and Interactive with Google" - Leveled Library
You can use Google Apps such as Docs or Slides to engage peers in working together to complete a project. Students can collaborate on the same document but at different times or from different places. This allows students from different classes or grade levels to work together to reach a common goal.
"Science Resources" - Room #210
Pop-Up PD on the science resources that help students, especially the Picture Perfect Books.
Digital Learning Day
We will have our "Digital Learning Day" this Friday. All staff will report to High Point while students will be completing work from home. This is a regular teacher work day. No meetings have been scheduled on this day.
Please make sure that you are communicating the expectations for March 9th with students and parents NOW! Grade chairs, please turn in your Choice Board to Pitchford by this Wednesday.
K-2 = should be approximately 90 minutes of work
3-5 = should be approximately 3 hours of work
Students will have the next week to make-up any work not completed on March 9th. If you have any questions, please let Pitchford know.
March 9th Workday
This is a friendly reminder that March 9th is a workday for ALL staff and everyone is expected to be at school for their 8 hours (7:10 am - 3:40 pm). There are no meetings scheduled on this day.
If you have any questions regarding the work time or expectations, please let Pitchford or DiBartalo know.
Inquiry in Action
A parent in Ms Nobles class sent this picture and comment, “Doesn’t everyone like to spend Friday night researching 'I Wonder' topics?"
This is student ACTION and ownership of learning!
Summer Camp Job Opportunity
Interested in working over the summer as a camp counselor or director? Sandy Springs Parks and Recreation is looking for the following people to fill the positions of:
Discover Nature Camp Director, Camp Director, Counselors, and Exceptional Adventures Inclusion Camp Director
May 31st - July 27th
Mon-Fri 30/40 hours a week
$8-15 an hour
For more information or to apply: call 770-730-5600 or http://sandyspringsga.gov
Digital Learning Day Surveys
Please use the Digital Learning Survey results to fill out the following survey before March 8th:
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KSU Coach
Schedule: I will be at High Point this week on T 3/6 and Th 3/8!
Notes: The March 9th Digital Learning Day is coming soon. We know that students will be busy working virtually from home, and teachers will be participating in a work day. I will not be at High Point on that day, but I can still support you with content curation, co-planning or virtual communication. Please reach out if you have a topic in mind or project idea that you want to discuss!
Highlights: Testing time is coming soon! Try building test prep practice into Google Classroom. You can pose constructed responses, attach reading passages, and double up on content your students need more help with!
Read more about how to incorporate critical thinking in your Google Classroom with highlighting on Docs - http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/02/student-highlighting-tools.html
#hpspotlight ... on Pre-K!
SeeSaw
Stupendous Seesaw Usage Awards Go To:
Bradshaw 1st Place Golden Pencil 71 new posts
Negrin 2nd Place Microphone 34 new posts
Berric 3rd Place Notebook 25 new posts
Please keep your award posted outside you classroom and enjoy your award on your door.
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SPED Celebration!
Please join us in celebrating our students' achievements this school year! Staff who are not directly serving students at that time are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Teachers will receive individual requests to send students receiving awards to the ceremony at a designated time – stay tuned!
*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********
Monday, March 5th
9:30 - Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday, March 6th
8:00 am - Oratorical Competition in Media Center
2:55 - Pop Up PD
2:55 - Pop Up PD
Wednesday, March 7th
Math Benchmark Scoring 3-5 PLCs during Specials
No PLCs K-2 during Specials
Annie the Musical @ 8:30 for PreK-2nd
Annie the Musical @ 6:00 pm
No PLCs K-2 during Specials
Annie the Musical @ 8:30 for PreK-2nd
Annie the Musical @ 6:00 pm
Thursday, March 8th
2:50 pm - PLCs
Annie the Musical @ 8:30 for 3rd-5th
Annie the Musical @ 6:00 pm
Annie the Musical @ 8:30 for 3rd-5th
Annie the Musical @ 6:00 pm
Friday, March 9th
Digital Learning Day
Digital Learning Day
*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************
Happy birthday to Susan Marinos on the 6th, Beth Owens on the 7th, Ellen Cargil on the 10th, and Marley Sapp on the 11th. We hope you all have an amazing birthday!!
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