Monday Notes 8.6.18
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Ready to Go!
Thank you to everyone for all your hard work pulling off an amazing and busy Open House!!! We had a packed school with happy parents and students. Thank you for being welcoming and getting our students ready for today!
I am so excited to start this new school year with everyone and see our students be compassionate, knowledgeable, and inquiring learners who impact our diverse community. I know that by being INTENTIONAL, making learning RELEVANT, and focusing on all RELATIONSHIPS we can live our mission statement!
Good luck today and this week!!!
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First Week of School Reminders
- Please make sure you have taped your transportation sheet to your door by 9:00 a.m TODAY so we can ensure every child has the appropriate colored tag on their book bags and knows how they are getting home.
- If you are unsure about how a child gets home, notify someone from admin immediately!
- Take attendance!!! Please use TAC to take attendance as well as fill out the "Attendance Warm-Body Count" that you were given Friday. Please tape to your door by 9:00 a.m as well.
- We have to report attendance to the county on the 3rd, 6th, and 10th day. It's extremely important that you tape each attendance report to your door each morning by 8:30 am!! We will give them to you the day before with a reminder.
- Procedures, procedures, procedures!!! Take the time to explain every expectation from the hallway to the cafeteria this week!
- Please remember to eat lunch with your students for the first two days and use this time to teach your students how to behave and function properly in the cafeteria!
- No meetings will be held this week except for PLCs on Thursday.
- Grade level chairs - please don't forget that all new students will be placed in your rooms until we can assess them and place them appropriately. We appreciate everyone being welcoming and making sure they have a place to sit and a friend to help them.
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Cafe Expectations for PBIS
Please teach the following expectations to your class when you sit with them today and tomorrow!
1. Pick up fork, spoon, napkins. FIRST!
2. Food items/milk.
3. Pick up condiments.
4. If students need water, they have to raise their hand and ask a cafeteria monitor if they can get water.
5. Clean up after themselves, both on the table and on the floor.
6. Every student is responsible for gathering all of their belongings and trash before leaving their table area. We want to create a clean table for the next class!
7. If a student needs to use the restroom, they must ask a cafeteria monitor and use 1st grade bathrooms only.
8. Students will be picked up from their lunch tables by the teacher. Assistants will no longer line up students for pick up.
8. Students will be picked up from their lunch tables by the teacher. Assistants will no longer line up students for pick up.
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Staff Information Sheet
If you have not filled out the Staff Information sheet, please do so by this Friday. This helps us know everyone's birthday, phone number, and other important information for the school year. We have 54 responses so far and need approximately 98!!!
https://goo.gl/forms/lnYlqKmKSwcU3F9I2
https://goo.gl/forms/lnYlqKmKSwcU3F9I2
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From Your KSU Coach
Schedule: I will be at High Point on T 8/7, Th 8/9 and F 8/10
I use Twitter to connect to the county and community. Please follow me @H_Rome_iTeach to see all the great things going on in the building! If you’re just setting up Twitter, be sure to also follow @HighPointFCS!
Highlights: Start the year off happy! Check out this inspiring TED talk about ‘The Happy Secret to Better Work’!
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Continuous Learning and Reflection
Each week, I am committed to placing articles, videos, pictures, or information in the Monday Notes that I am reading, seeing, and reflecting upon. If you have any questions or comments about these and would like to talk more, please email me.
We have already started off the year right with Amie Dean and I know that everyone is committed to building relationships this year. The admin team read this article over the summer and I love how it supports our work and reminds us how we can make our students feel welcome each and every day!
*************CALENDAR OF EVENTS**********
Monday, August 6th
Tape your transportation document on your door by 9:00 am
Tape "Attendance Warm Body Count" on your door by 9:00 am
Tuesday, August 7th
Fire Drill
Wednesday, August 8th
Take attendance in TAC as well as complete 3rd Day Attendance Roster; Tape roster to door by 8:30 am
Severe Weather Drill
Thursday, August 9th
Soft-Lockdown Drill
2:55 pm - PLC Meetings
Friday, August 10th
Receive tag stickers for students' bookbags
Hard-Lockdown Drill
*****************BIRTHDAYS! ******************
And happy birthday to Maddie Vavala on the 7th, Emma Gilmore on the 8th, and Chyla Morgan on the 11th!!! We wish all of you a very happy birthday!!!!
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