May 21st, 2018

Monday Notes 5.21.18

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Staff Luncheon

Our gracious PTO will be treating everyone to Willy's this Wednesday for lunch!!! Please join us in Room #123 for lunch and fellowship as we end this spectacular year! 

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Riverwood Graduates Come to HPES

The following students attended High Point and are now graduating from Riverwood International High School. We will give everyone a 5 minute warning before we begin walking the students down the hallways. We encourage you to talk to your students about what it means to be a graduate and get them excited to be in these students' shoes some day! Please ask your students to clap and cheer for them when they come to you!!! 

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TKES

Certified staff - In addition to signing off on the walkthroughs and conferences, you also have to complete the Professional Learning Goal/Plan Reflection.  Sorry that we didn't know about this until now!  Please make sure you have all green checks by Tuesday, May 22nd. A screenshot of what your screen should look like is below. Pitchford and DiBartolo will complete the "End of Year PSC Requirements" section. 

We will send out emails to those who are missing green checks Wednesday. Thank you!!!

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End of Year Closing Links

Complete Summer Request Google form.  Please include any items needing to be fixed such as windows, blinds, painting, electrical work and carpentry items when completing the list. All work will be completed prior to next school year. As stated above, please list any furniture needed, fixed, or removed on the list as well. 

https://goo.gl/forms/hPo0sIdTVMZAYKTv2

Please complete the Summer Information Document using the Google Docs link. The Summer Form will help us get in touch with you over the summer should any questions regarding your current students arise. 

https://goo.gl/forms/v1YoPXyFeWlFY7eg2 

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KSU Coach

Schedule: During this last week of school, I will be at High Point on T 5/22 and Th 5/24

Notes: I will also be at High Point for post planning on W 5/30. Please reach out if you would like to work together to plan or brainstorm ideas for next year!

Highlights: Third graders are working with technology to present their fairy tales. Students with Ms. Jones are using Touchcast Studio and iMovie to turn their writing into videos. They used a miniature greenscreen to give their characters a creative background.

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Summer Learning

Below is a link to all summer learning that is available to staff over the summer for anyone interested. 

https://bit.ly/2qV3LdH

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Thank you!!!

Thank you again to everyone for a wonderful year. 

*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********

Monday, May 21st
1st Grade Move-Up Day
2nd Grade Move-Up Day
Kindergarten Move-Up Day 
3rd Grade Move-Up Day 
12:45 - Riverwood Graduates Walk the Building

Tuesday, May 22nd

5th Grades Awards Ceremony
3rd Grade EOY Party
2nd Grade Yearbook Signing
Kindergarten EOY Party
4th Grade Move-Up Day
PreK Move-Up Day

Wednesday, May 23rd

4th Grade EOY Party
1st Grade Awards Ceremony and EOY Party
PreK EOY Party

Thursday, May 24th

2nd Grade EOY Party
5th Grade Ice Cream Party
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! 

Friday, May 25th
Post-Planning Day

Monday, May 28th
Memorial Day!!! No School!!!!!

Tuesday, May 29th
Post-Planning Day

Wednesday, May 30th
Post-Planning Day

*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************

Happy birthday to Sarah Ittig on the 29th!!! We hope you have an amazing birthday!!!

Also happy birthday to the following staff members with summer birthdays:
Valerie Jackson, Anita Collins, Clara Spears, Mary Ann Badovinac, Rachel Riendeau, Laura Jannausch, Kaila Gopal, Amanda Reich, and Lauren Coachman.

May 14th, 2018

Monday Notes 5.14.18

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End of Year Party!!!

We hope that everyone can come and celebrate the end of this successful year!!! 

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PKES

PKES Summative Assessments will be shared next week. If you would like an end-of-year conference, please email DiBartolo or Pitchford. Thank you!!! 

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Field Day

Thank you to Ms. Bearden and Ms. Southerland for another amazing field day!!! We also appreciate everyone who assisted on that day and before!!! 

Our 4th graders helped Ms. Bearden with the clean up after the awesome day!! This was a great way to give back to your community!! 

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ACCESS Scores

We received ACCESS scores Friday and we had 29 students who exited from the ESOL program! Congratulations to the ESOL team and to all the teachers in this building who support our second language learners!!! 

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End of Year Closing Links

Complete Summer Request Google form.  Please include any items needing to be fixed such as windows, blinds, painting, electrical work and carpentry items when completing the list. All work will be completed prior to next school year. As stated above, please list any furniture needed, fixed, or removed on the list as well. 

https://goo.gl/forms/hPo0sIdTVMZAYKTv2

Please complete the Summer Information Document using the Google Docs link. The Summer Form will help us get in touch with you over the summer should any questions regarding your current students arise. 

https://goo.gl/forms/v1YoPXyFeWlFY7eg2 

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KSU Coach

Schedule: I will be at High Point on T 5/15, Th 5/17 and F 5/18

Notes: During these last few weeks consider how you will prepare yourself for using Google Classroom in the upcoming school year. Also think about cleaning up your accounts and organizing student work from this year. Check out the 'Control Alt Achieve' post below to review '6 End-Of-Year Google Classroom Clean-Up Tips'. 

http://www.controlaltachieve.com/2017/05/classroom-cleanup.html

Highlights: Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Hayes are using Sway to engage their students in book reviews and projects animal reports. Sway even generates a link that can be share on Seesaw or Google Classroom.

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Monday, May 14th
1st Grade Collegial Planning #123
Fountas and Pinnell for 2nd grade due

Tuesday, May 15th

2nd Grade Collegial Planning - #123
Fountas and Pinnell for 3rd grade due
2:55 - Faculty Meeting

Wednesday, May 16th

3rd Grade Collegial Planning - #123
8:00 am - Title I Parent Meeting in Cafeteria

Thursday, May 17th

5th Grade Collegial Planning 1/2 day - #123
Fountas and Pinnell for 4th grade due
3:00 - Staff End of Year Party 

Friday, May 18th
4th Grade Collegial Planning - #123
PBIS Rewards Party

*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************

Happy birthday to Lori Simon on the 19th!!! We hope you have an amazing birthday!!!

May 7th, 2018

Monday Notes 5.7.18

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Staff Lunch!

Staff lunch will be provided this Tuesday AND Thursday!!!! 

McDowell chiropractic will be providing a pizza luncheon on Tuesday, May 8th during your lunch times. Please join us in room 123 for lunch and an optional 2 minute personalized stress screening. 

As a thank you for all that you do, Anthony Johnson will be providing pork BBQ for everyone. We will also have chips, potato salad, and beans provided by admin and support staff. It will be in the cafeteria so you can pick up when you bring your students to get their lunch during field day!!! Thanks!!! 

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End of Year Party!!!

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End of Year Closing Clarification

A friendly reminder that F&P levels are due at collegial. All other items such as STAR cards, work folders, etc..... are not due until May 22nd. Thank you!! For questions, please refer to your End of Closing packet. 

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Students Take Action! 

Mrs. Eigel’s students read Trash Bash and decided that they wanted to take action on our campus for Kindness Challenge Week by picking up trash! Thanks so much!

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Milestones Results

We were excited to get back some Milestones results for our 3rd and 5th grade students who tested on-line. If you would like to see your students results, please see DiBartolo. 

Remember not to share any information with parents yet, as we are still waiting for our paper/pencil results. We are expecting these results soon.

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ACCESS Scores

According to the Fulton schedule, ACCESS scores should be available by the end of next week.

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End of Year Closing Links

Complete Summer Request Google form.  Please include any items needing to be fixed such as windows, blinds, painting, electrical work and carpentry items when completing the list. All work will be completed prior to next school year. As stated above, please list any furniture needed, fixed, or removed on the list as well. 

https://goo.gl/forms/hPo0sIdTVMZAYKTv2

Please complete the Summer Information Document using the Google Docs link. The Summer Form will help us get in touch with you over the summer should any questions regarding your current students arise. 

https://goo.gl/forms/v1YoPXyFeWlFY7eg2 

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IB Learner Profile Reporting

Teachers please make sure you send home the Learner Profile Reporting document with report cards for this semester.  Thank you!

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Kindness Challenge

Kindness Challenge week was a huge success!!!! Thank you for all your help!!! Because the Kindness Chain has been so impactful, we are going to keep it going for the remainder of the year!!! Extra strips will be in the front office and students can turn in the strips as well to the basket in the front office. Thank you!!!!

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ESOL Monitoring Notes

Monitoring Notes due this Friday, May 11th.

https://goo.gl/forms/UPOAxCkbNFn3Wx6x1

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KSU Coach

Schedule: My schedule at High Point is altered this week. I will be at HPES on Monday 5/7 &; Friday 5/11.

Notes: I've updated my online newsletter, The Coach Café, to include an 'End of the Year Edition'! Check out the updates and navigate to the Padlet wall of ideas and activities to engage students during the last few weeks of school. https://www.smore.com/0j3th 

Highlights: 4th grade students in Ms. Johnston's class experienced a student-centered personalized learning lesson! The content was displayed on the board and students were encouraged to pick a topic to research. Groups of students then collaborated on how to show their learning using a technology tool for creation including: Google Slides, Seesaw, Green Screen or a Video Recording app. You can try this lesson format too! Just put the learning in the hands of the kids and watch their engagement grow!

*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********

Monday, May 7th
9:30 am - Prospective Parent Tour

Tuesday, May 8th

1st Grade Field Trip
Staff Lunch Provided by McDowell Chiropratic - #123
2:55 - NKOB and Para PLC

Wednesday, May 9th

Thursday, May 10th

Field Day 
F&P for K students due
2:55 - PLCs 

Friday, May 11th
Kindergarten Collegial
PreK Field Trip
F&P for 1st grade students due
ESOL Monitoring Notes due

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There are no birthdays this week.