September 30th, 2019

Monday Notes 9.30.19

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Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Leigha Jones who will be getting married this Friday!! Her finance's name is Jason Blackstock and they will be the Jonestocks after October 5th. We are very happy for them both!

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Kona Ice Time! 

The Kona Ice truck will be positioned near the blacktop on Wednesday, October 2nd during everyone's recess. The scheduled hours are 10:30 am - 12:45 pm. 

PreK and 1st-5th can enjoy Kona Ice during their recess time. Kindergarten should go after lunch. 
If students bring money, please be cognizant of where they are keeping it (you may want to have a jar or drawer where you keep their money). We want to make sure the money is safe and secure.

Ms. Midkiff and Mr. DiBartolo will be walking around T-shirts, wrist bands, and certificates Monday morning. Thanks!!!

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Learning Targets

Admin did an informal walkthrough last week to observe 1st - 5th grade classes during math. 
Out of the 23 classrooms visited, 60% of them had clear Learning Targets posted. Please remember if our goal is for students to take ownership of their learning, they HAVE to know what they are learning specifically and why. It's not enough to just tell them. 

Our students should be able to SEE what they are going to be working on each day. While math was observed, this needs to occur for all subject areas. If you have questions, please let your admin rep know. 

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Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin!

Today is the first day of Parent/Teacher Conferences! The window is from now until October 18th. All conference checklists/forms are posted in each grade level's folder so please make sure they are utilized during conferences. Parent/teacher conferences are a part of the Communication Standard in TKES so please keep record of your conferences. 

Also, please make sure you are reaching out to parents in multiple ways to get them to meet with you (Class Dojo, email, text, newsletters, phone calls) because this partnership MATTERS!!!

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1st Grade IB Unit Complete!

First grade has finished their first Unit of Inquiry, inquiring into how Society is impacted by beliefs, values, and people, and posted their learning in their hallway!

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Learning Profile Focus for October

This month, we will be focusing on two attributes of the Learner Profile: 
Caring and Risk-Taker. 
Please make sure you are incorporating these two important attributes into your daily conversations and lessons with students. They will be getting more information on the Morning News as well. 

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Language Skills Checklist

Thanks to all you who have completed these on your Tier 2 & 3 EIP students!!  Please make sure you have completed them all by October 2!  Thank you so much! 

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Student Supports

We appreciate everyone’s willingness to help out and assist when there is a discipline issue. Everyone does a great job of embodying the philosophy that every student is OUR student. With that being said, there are some students who escalate more when adults become involved or the involvement interferes with the data being collected. 
Moving forward, we are requesting everyone ask the adult, who is involved in the situation, if they need assistance prior to becoming involved. If the adult requests support, then we appreciate the help. If not, we appreciate you not intervening. If you have any questions regarding this, please see Ashanti Johnson. Thank you!  

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Congratulations - PBIS!

This past week, High Point was named an Operational PBIS School! We want to not only thank the entire staff for helping make this possible but also thank Mr. DiBartolo, Ms. Owens, and Ms. Midkiff as well as the whole PBIS team for their efforts in this honor!!

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Yoga at HPES

Friendly reminder that Yoga will be every Tuesday at 3:15 pm in the library – our first class was last week and it was phenomenally relaxing. Each class is $10 and you can pay for multiple classes at one time. Reminders: wear comfortable clothes, bring some water, and come ready to stretch and come ready to give your mind a break!

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Crowd Funding Policy

Teachers - Thank you for the time and effort you put into creating a Donor’s Choose or Go Fund Me account for your classroom or grade level.   High Point teachers and students have greatly benefited from these platforms!!
Please remember that High Point needs to remain compliant with the State when receiving donations.  

FCSS Policy: 
"All crowd funding sites (Go Fund Me or Donor's Choose) must follow the fund raising guidelines by completing a fundraising application form Exhibit E39.  All crowd funding sites must be set up in the name of the school.  The collection of funds must be sent directly to the school by check.  The school’s bank information will not be shared with any third party.  All items donated will become the property of the school and not the property of the employee managing the account.  All crowd funding sites must have an expiration date within that current fiscal year."  

Once the Fund Raising Application has been approved, you may create the account/campaign and submit a copy to the Bookkeeper.  After campaign is finished, the Financial Re-Cap For School Fundraisers, Exhibit 40, must be completed to close out the campaign and submit all paperwork to Bookkeeper. 

Crowd Funding Fund Raising applications are located on the mailroom wall.  

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Girls on the Run: Save the Date! 

Girls on the Run will be running their practice 5k to prepare for the real deal on October 23rd. We love when our High Point teachers and staff join us and help motivate the girls to get ready! If you are interested or have any questions please email Jennifer Mokri at mokri@fultonschools.org. We hope to see you there!
Time: 3:00pm
Place: Meet us outside the front office!

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Continuous Learning

Below is a 1-minute video about homework and how much is enough for students. The article which contains this video is below as well. Great food for thought. 

https://www.edutopia.org/article/whats-right-amount-homework?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

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

Monday, September 30th

9:30 am - Prospective Parent Tour
Fall Conferences Begin

Tuesday, October 1st

Grade Level PLCs during Specials
1st Grade to Zoo Atlanta
1:05 pm - Rotary to Deliver Books to 4th and 5th Grade

Wednesday, October 2nd 

Grade Level PLCs during Specials
3rd Grade In-House Field Trip
College Spirit Wear Day

Thursday, October 3rd

3rd Grade In-House Field Trip
2 :55 - Faculty Meeting
 School-Focused PLCs- after faculty meeting
5th Grade to Rock Eagle

Friday, October 4th 

5th Grade to Rock Eagle

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Happy birthday to Tasheira Parker on the 3rd and Madison Martindale on the 5th! We hope you both have a wonderful birthday! 

September 23rd, 2019

Monday Notes 9.23.19

*Reminder: information in red needs action and blue is FYI only.

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October 10th and 11th

We wanted to make everyone aware of the agenda for October 10th (our RFF day) and the 11th (FC Teacher Work Day). ALL staff will report by 7:10 am on October 10th. While students will not be here, it is a regular work day. Only certified staff will report on the 11th. 

10th: 
5th Grade Teachers to IB Exhibition Training @ Lake Forest
Leadership Team Meeting - 8:00-9:00 am
PreK and K Teachers and Paras: "Georgia Organics Farm to School" Training 9:00-11:00 am in Art Room
Grade Levels will block out 2 hours for PD

11th: 
5th Grade Teachers to IB Exhibition Training @ Lake Forest
Teacher Work Day
Teachers will verify and sign off on report cards

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

High Point is celebrating Hispanic Heritage from September 16 – October 15!  

The Cultural Appreciation Committee would like to celebrate with you and your students the Hispanic Heritage Month with these activities throughout the school.

Lobby Monitor Display – Countries, flags and videos displayed on a monitor in the lobby will be on-going.

Morning News – Cultural Myths about the countries, “Did you know” questions collected by the committee members from teachers, staff and students will be announced on the Morning News. 

Questions about the Countries – “Do You Know” Questions will be displayed on the screen in the Cafeteria during lunch for the students to answer. On Wednesdays, four questions will be displayed for the students (1st – 5th) to answer.  Their responses will be written on a piece of paper with their names and teacher and placed in a box by the stairs. Winners will be drawn and announced on Fridays.  

Flags Display – Flags of 23 countries will be displayed in the lobby 

Pictures of Hispanic Countries – Pictures of the 23 Hispanic countries will be displayed on the bulletin board by the Media Center

Famous Successful Hispanics Display – Pictures of famous and successful Hispanics in the areas of Sports, Entertainment, Politics, etc. will be displayed by the Media Center stairs. 

Hispanic Countries Geographical Facts – Informational facts of each country will be displayed on the Spanish class bulletin board.

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Devices

This is just a friendly reminder to make sure you have clear routines and procedures in place for students using devices. A few helpful tips: 

- Assign laptops and/or ipads to specific students so that you know who touches that device each day
- Remind students to LOG OUT of their device each time
- Have a protocol in place for when kids have a problem with a device. What do students do if they can't hear, if they can't log on, or if something breaks? 
- Put in tech tickets!! We don't know to fix something if it's not reported! Have your students help you with this. 

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TKES

A HUGE thank you to the 5th Grade Team, Ms. Cole, Ms. Martindale, and Mr. Zimabardo for having green checks under Orientation, Self-Assessment, and Professional Learning Plan/Goal!!!

All teachers should have completed their 1)Orientation 2)Self-Assessment and 3)Entered Professional Learning Goal or Plan (Flex employees = Goal and Full employees = Plan). 

To make it easier on everyone, please feel free to use the following Learning Goal/Plan:

"By May 2020, 90% of my students will respond to and build on their peers' thinking, ideas, or answers using precise language supported with evidence."   

NEED HELP? Directions for how to access and complete the following TKES steps are in the Google Drive or click the link below. 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XQeWVe6fKun0MbKQtoa3zaZQRP4PZRcZ

If your screen does not look like the screen shot below, please complete the necessary steps immediately! You should have a green check to the right for ORIENTATION, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN/GOAL, and SELF-ASSESSMENT. 

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Report Card Timeline and Support
The grading timeline is below: 

On October 7th, DiBartolo will be holding a support session for teachers to assist with uploading grades and completing their report cards. The session will be from 3:00-3:30 in the media center.

Instructions for how to upload grades and fill in the report card are located in the "HPES School Information Folder" on the Google Drive. The document is labeled "Steps for Teachers to Post Grades." Please see DiBartolo with any questions you might have. 

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Gradebook and Schedule Changes

For any student schedule changes or concerns, please contact the following admin/leads:

1. Hess- Reading/ELA/Science/SS Changes
2. Long- Math Changes
3. Eigel- ESOL Changes
4. Johnson- SPED Changes
5. Hayes- EIP Changes

Changes need to be processed through the team listed above. Ms. Parker should not be contacted regarding schedule changes. Confirmed schedule changes will be communicated to her through the admin/lead team only. Once changes have been made, Ms. Parker will confirm the changes via email to all parties involved.   

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Supporting the Learner Profile

Next week we will start our Monthly Attribute Focuses. October will highlight being Caring and a Risk-Taker! Please encourage these attributes with your students and make sure you watch the Morning News each morning! 
Each class in 1st - 5th will be in charge of promoting and explaining the attributes each week on the Morning News. The schedule is as follows: 

Sept 30^th – Oct. 4^th       - Gilmore

Oct. 7^th – Oct. 11^th          - Vavala

Oct. 14^th – Oct. 18^th     - Faison

Oct. 21^st – Oct. 25^th     - Watts

Oct. 28^th – Nov. 1^st       - Nobles

Nov. 4^th – Nov. 8^th        - Ittig

Nov. 11^th – Nov. 16^th    - Mokri

Nov. 18^th – Nov. 22^nd    - Sinoyiannis

Dec. 2^nd – Dec. 6^th        - Jones

Dec. 9^th – Dec. 13^th       - Dixon

Dec. 16^th – Dec. 20^th     -Espinoza

Jan. 13^th – Jan. 17^th     - Collins

Jan. 20^th – Jan. 24^th     - Blair

Jan. 27^th – Jan. 31^st     - Arnold

Feb. 3^rd – Feb. 7^th       - Rogers

Feb. 10^th – Feb. 14^th    - Giddens

Feb. 17^th – Feb. 21^st    - Lee

Feb. 24^th – Feb. 28^th   - Perlow

Mar. 2^nd – Mar. 6^th     - Bradshaw

Mar. 9^th – Mar. 13^th    - Gopal

Mar. 16^th – Mar. 20^th   - Todd

Mar. 23^rd – Mar. 27^th   - Cornibe

Mar. 30^th – April 3^rd     - Churchwell

April 13^th – April 17^th   - After Spring Break

April 20^th – April 24^th   - Pereira

April 27^th – May 1^st     - Schrock

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PBIS SAS Survey - Due Sept. 25th

The PBIS Self-Assessment Survey (SAS) is used by school staff for initial and annual assessment of effective behavior support systems in their school. The survey examines the status and need for improvement of four behavior support systems: (a) school-wide discipline systems, (b) non-classroom management systems (e.g., cafeteria, hallway, playground, (c) classroom management systems, and (d) systems for individual students engaging in chronic problem behaviors. 
Each question in the survey relates to one of the four systems.

Survey results are summarized and used for a variety of purposes including:
1. annual action planning
2. internal decision making
3. assessment of change over time
4. awareness building of staff
5. team validation.

The survey summary is used to develop an action plan for implementing and sustaining effective behavioral support systems throughout the school.

Survey: https://www.pbisassessment.org/Anon/7Di101kF3G0

PLEASE do not mark “Not in place” if you are unsure if the strategy is being used.
INSTEAD ask Mr. DiBartolo or Ms. Owens.
We had several mis-marks on last year’s survey after discussions with staff. Thanks!

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Pop Up PD

Tomorrow, we will be hosting an optional POP Up PBIS PD from 3:00-3:30 p.m. Come with any questions that you may have regarding PBIS or needing help with classroom management or support for a specific student. 

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DFACS Referral

We have created a folder in the High Point School Information 2019-2020 folder called "DFACS Information." It contains the presentation from Vaneisa and a DFACS reporting form in case you need it. 

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Continuous Learning

Click on the link below to get 30 Interactive Bulletin Board Ideas from "We Are Teachers"!! I love the "Pitting Music against Poetry" for the upper grades as well as the "Compare and Contrast" and "Tug of War" board. Check them out!!!  

https://www.weareteachers.com/interactive-bulletin-boards/?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter

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Kona Ice Time!

On Wednesday, September 24th, teachers will be receiving an email from Mr. DiBartolo with the names of students who have not been absent or tardy since the beginning of the year. 
Please look over the list of names and send Mr. DiBartolo a list of students who have exhibited IB STAR Student characteristics FROM THAT LIST. Please submit names no later than this Friday.

Mr. DiBartolo and Ms. Midkiff will pull names of 7 students (PK-5) to receive the free Kona Ice on October 2nd. Mr. D. will also be contacting the parents of the 7 students to join them, if possible, on Kona Ice day.

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Fountas and Pinnell Parent Letters

Fountas and Pinnell parent letters are available in Illuminate!! They tell the parent what level their child is on and what characteristics the level reader displays. This is a great way to communicate to parents about their child's reading level so they can help them at home!!!

To access the reports:

1. Go to Illuminate (on Launchpad)
2. Click on View Reports (purple icon)
3. Click on 2019-2020 Fountas and Pinnell Parent Letter

It's a great resource. Check it out!!!

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Monday, September 23rd

Tuesday, September 24th

Grade Level PLCs during Specials
3:00 pm - Pop Up PD for PBIS

Wednesday, September 25th 

Grade Level PLCs during Specials

Thursday, September 26th

Grade Level PLCs after school

Friday, September 27th 

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There are no birthdays this week. 

September 16th, 2019

Monday Notes 9.16.19

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Ellis Island

A huge thank you to 5th grade staff for pulling off another amazing Ellis Island reenactment for their students. And Ms. Midkiff for being the Statue of Liberty!
 "We're coming to America!!!!" 

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Picture Day
Fall picture day will be held this Wednesday, September 18th in the Media Center.   Homeroom teachers, please stop by the mail room to sign-up for a time on the door. 

No picture cards will be handed out as photographers have everything.  Please be on time.  Prints will be available 3 weeks after picture day with a Make-Up day on 10/23/19.  
Parents will receive a print package where they will select the photos they want and return the rest to school with payment via Cash, Check or Credit Card.  Instructions will be in the print package.   Teachers are NOT responsible for the collection of payments or for unpaid prints.   Simply send all payments and prints to the front office when they come in.

Since we are using a new photography company, Strawbridge, this year we need ALL staff to have their photo taken for the yearbook.   Photographers will be ready at 7:10 am. 

At the end of the day, our Staff Picture will be taken at 2:50 pm in the Cafeteria.  Professional dress expected.

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Vision and Hearing Screening Thursday

Our 1st, 3rd, and 5th graders will be a part of our Annual Hearing and Vision screenings. 
Screenings will occur in room 123 and Ms. Johnson’s speech room. 

Screenings begin promptly at 8:15 am. There will be no changes to Specials or Lunch. 

We will have 3 parent volunteers assisting with the Hearing screenings. 

The schedule for the day is below. Questions, please ask DiBartolo.

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New Building Elevator Update

The second floor elevator across from Kindergarten and below across from 5th Grade Teachers Lounge now requires a key to use.  Please email Ms. Zeller if you would like a key. 

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School Board Proposed Calendar Update

 At last week's school board work session, staff submitted item 7.03, 2019-20 School Year Calendar Revision, which is a plan to address safety and security at our schools during state-wide elections.   

As you are aware, the high-volume participation of our public during state-wide elections carries the potential for increased security concerns and disruption to instruction on those days. Therefore, staff recommended that the Board of Education make all state-wide election days digital learning days.  This would apply to this school year as well as future school years.  

By utilizing digital learning, students will be able to maintain their focus on instruction while not on campus. These days would be regular workdays for employees.  This approach allows staff to participate in high quality professional development. 
The two days in the current school year impacted by this proposal would be April 21, 2020, and May 19, 2020. The adjusted assessment calendar, if adopted, for end of grade milestones tests is below: 

Staff also recommended that the March 13th work day remain as it was originally published (as a workday). This also comes after the recommendation of March 24th as a teacher work day. The new calendar is below. 

Please note: HPES is looking at CANCELING the March 16th RFF day due to these missed instructional days. 

More information about the digital learning days will be forthcoming. 

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Reading A-Z Licenses

We currently have 30 active licenses for reading a-z. Each license is very expensive so to save some money this school year, we have reduced the number of licenses in the building to 17, starting September 30th.  There can be multiple users with one single login so please share with your colleagues if needed. 
If you have any questions, please let Hess know. 

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Continuous Learning and PBIS

The "Love and Logic" book is one of my all time favorites and I recently decided to reread it. The "cliff notes" to the book are located in the HPES School Information Folder in the PBIS folder if you are interested. Here is one chapter of the book that stood out to me right now. 

Four Principals of Love and Logic
Share the control
Share the thinking
Balance consequences with empathy
Maintain self-concept

Remember how to use these by thinking of Love and Logic as having 3 rules:

Use enforceable limits: Telling students how to run their lives usually makes things worse. Tell students how you will be running YOUR life.
Provide choices within limits: Basic rule, “You will either give the other person control on your terms or they will take it on their terms.” 
You are more than welcome to….
You are free to…
Would you rather…
What would be best for you...___ or ___?
Apply consequences with empathy: “An effective teacher administers consequences with empathy and understanding, as opposed to anger and lecture.”  

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Featured Student!

Destiny Strickland was recently featured on Good Morning America's Instagram page. Her story and the positive impact our students have made on her life is beautiful. 

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/11-year-girl-teaches-valuable-lesson-embracing-makes-65487984

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Yoga at High Point!

Audrey from Level 3 Yoga will be teaching a yoga class here at High Point Tuesday afternoons at 3:15 pm in the Media Center. The first yoga class will be Tuesday, September 24th. Each class is $10, however there is an option to pay for multiple classes at one time. You may pay with Cash App, Venmo or cash. 

Cash App: $level3yoga

Venmo:  @level3-yoga

If you have any other questions, email mokri@fultonschools.org

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Vanguard New Member Applications

The application is now live at http://bit.ly/ApplyToVanguard.  The FCS Vanguard team is a group of passionate educators who enjoy instructional technology and seek to build the capacity of instructional leaders through peer mentoring.  Our vision is to use the power of collaborative relationships to support student focused learning and positively impact student achievement. I hope you will take the time to apply! 

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Monday, September 16th

9:30 am - Prospective Parent Tour

Tuesday, September 17th

Grade Level PLCs during Specials
2:45 pm - Leadership Team Meeting Rm 123 

Wednesday, September 18th 

Grade Level PLCs during Specials
School Picture Day! 
3:00 pm - Staff Photo

Thursday, September 19th

Vision and Hearing Screening - 1st, 3rd, and 5th 
Grade Level PLCs after school

Friday, September 20th 

2nd Grade Field Trip to Teaching Museum North

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Happy birthday to Mary Katherine Stahura on the 21st! We hope you have a wonderful day! 

September 9th, 2019

Monday Notes 9.9.19

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Staff Luncheon
Team "Animal" will be hosting our first staff luncheon this Friday! They will be hosting a Friday Fiesta where you can make your own tacos. They will also have some yummy desserts!!! Thank you to "Team Animal!" We can't wait!!

Team Animal - Lib Roberts, Burnette, Kidder, Hollye Conway, Todd, Dixon, Mokri, Zimbardo, Jackson, Gurley, and Hutchins

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Math Buddies

Each year we are excited to partner with our parents and community to support math workshop at High Point.

In previous years our math partnership has been referred to as Math Moms, but we are updating our name to Math Buddies to reflect that we are growing and that dads and other family members want to be a part of this effort.

Kerstin Long will be training a new group of Math Buddy volunteers on Tuesday, September 10.  The volunteers learn about how we do math at High Point and how to support teachers and their students during math workshop by using open-ended questions and guiding students to think and express themselves mathematically.  We want our Math Buddies to support you during the work session of math workshop when kids are grappling with new ideas and concepts.  Many of our Math Buddy volunteers are bilingual and can assist in translating core instruction into Spanish while you teach.

If you would like a Math Buddy in your classroom, please email Mariana Mendoza to coordinate a volunteer for you.  Once Math Buddies are placed, you and the volunteer will agree on a support schedule and communicate directly with each other.

Our math volunteers become important and valued members of our classroom communities and our students greatly benefit from this unique support.

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Infinite Campus and Continuous Achievement Levels

All 1st-5th grade teachers will see an Advanced course in their Infinite Campus gradebook for Reading and ELA. If you have any discrepancies with what you have on that roster and what is on your Star Cards, please email Hess so we can get that resolved as quickly as possible. 

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TKES

All new and returning teachers need to go online to complete 1)Orientation 2)Self-Assessment and 3)Enter Professional Learning Goal or Plan (Flex employees = Goal and Full employees = Plan) by September 13th. 
To make it easier on everyone, please feel free to use the following Learning Goal/Plan which we will be working on during our PLCs throughout the school year. We will explain more as we go throughout the year. 

"By May 2020, 90% of my students will respond to and build on their peers' thinking, ideas, or answers using precise language supported with evidence."   

NEED HELP? Directions for how to access and complete the following TKES steps are in the Google Drive or click the link below. 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XQeWVe6fKun0MbKQtoa3zaZQRP4PZRcZ

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PBIS

Reminders: 
*Please continue to compliment classes on showing PAWS behavior in the hallway, classrooms, lunchroom, etc. 

*Teachers- please pass out YELLOW Buddy Bucks in the lunchroom for clean tables, orderly dismissal, etc. (10 Yellow Buddy Bucks = popcorn on Friday)  

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48578/how-ending-behavior-rewards-helped-one-school-focus-on-student-motivation-and-character

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Building the Learner Profile 

The "Building the Learner Profile" team would like to start showcasing the attributes of the Learner Profile and have students take ownership of understanding and embodying them every day. Beginning in October, we will focus on one to two of the attributes each month. They will be:

October - Caring and Risk-Taker
November - Reflective
December - Open-Minded
January - Principled and Communicator
February - Knowledgeable
March - Balanced and Inquirer
April - Thinker
May - Review all 

More information will be given about how we will celebrate, teach, and embody these attributes! Stay tuned!  

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Learning Expeditions/Field Trips

As you are making your plans for all the wonderful learning expeditions this year, here are some new processes, reminders and things to consider:

1. Packets with everything you need are available by the mailbox. Make sure to select the CORRECT one for your purposes (Off Campus vs In House)
2. A checklist is included to help you keep track of what is needed
3. All items must be completed thoroughly with as much detail as possible. (Ex. The section on the orange form that asks for information about standards, pre, during & post activities should be very specific and intentional about the learning connections. If you need help or additional clarification, just ask Lib)
4. Fully completed packets go in Lib’s mailbox for approval. She will verify the school calendar, the completeness of the requested information and the intentional learning connections. Incomplete forms will be returned for more information.
5. Lib will provide to Carrie for her approval and Assistant Superintendent’s approval if required.
6. Colleen will post on calendar, order buses and keep track of your available funds
7. PTA has donated $2,000 per grade-level to help with your costs.  Additional fund requests may be made via the new Field Trip Permission form (currently being updated and available shortly)
8. Money collected to defray costs should be given to Colleen DAILY, rather than when all funds are collected.

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Safety Audit

As stated on Thursday, we will be undergoing a Safety Audit TODAY. They will be assessing traffic, building grounds, and student supervision as well as interviewing with staff members. Our auditor will be Steve Satterly and his picture is below. He will be wearing a Fulton County badge. Thank you for welcoming him. 

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

Monday, September 9th

Tuesday, September 10th

Grade Level PLCs during Specials

Wednesday, September 11th 

Grade Level PLCs during Specials

Thursday, September 12th

Grade Level PLCs after school

Friday, September 13th 

7:30 am - General PTO Meeting
5th Grade In House Field Trip 
Staff Luncheon in Room #123

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There are no birthdays this week.