Celebrations!
- We reached 100% on the Teacher Working Conditions survey!! Yay!! Way to go!
- Celebrating YOU! Please complete this two question survey here about the certifications you possess for an upcoming wall display.
- 22 teachers had their elective signs completed on time so they were ready for the first day of electives!
Wishing Well
- Rachel and John in his terminal fight with cancer
- Holly and her family with the loss of her father
- All of others that are going through life struggles
Communication
What we want our students to learn -- Reminder that our teams (and/or individual classroom teachers) are to share out with our families on a weekly basis the areas of focuses for academics, announcements, and other pertain items. If you are sharing this information outside of Memberhub (Travis is a member of all classroom and specialist hubs), please include Travis and Mallory on the email or the website update.
Behavior Support Team -- Some updates and clarification about how we support our students with our school-wide expectations -- PRIDE / CD at Underwood. This is also what was sent by Travis via email. Please plan to attend the Behavior Support Meeting on April 12th at 7:45am in the Media Center if you would like to provide feedback, solutions and discuss future plans for the behavior efforts at Underwood.
K-2 Math Summative Assessment-- Kindergarten, first and second grade are expected to give the Math Summative Assessment. We will be providing you the materials/information once they come. Second grade has been exempt from this in the past due to Case 21, but this year they are expecting to you do this.
Email Conversations -- Since converting to our new email, some staff members have expressed that they are "missing" emails. Microsoft uses "Conversations" (much like Gmail's "Threads") which groups emails together (by conversation or topic.) If you would like to disable this feature, please see this quick tutorial - http://bit.ly/2Gmlstc
Fire Drill-- As of March 27, it is now expected that we announce right before setting the alarm that it is a drill. We will be making an all call announcement prior to pulling the fire alarm.
Feedback -- If you have more feedback (things that have worked or things that could be better throughout the school year) you would like for us to consider, please feel free to email, discuss or fill out this form. https://goo.gl/forms/XNwhdAo6gU8lOfck1. This would include concerns and idea for next school year.
Communication:Behavior Support Team -- Some updates and clarification about how we support our students with our school-wide expectations -- PRIDE / CD at Underwood. This is also what was sent by Travis via email. Please plan to attend the Behavior Support Meeting on April 12th at 7:45am in the Media Center if you would like to provide feedback, solutions and discuss future plans for the behavior efforts at Underwood.
K-2 Math Summative Assessment-- Kindergarten, first and second grade are expected to give the Math Summative Assessment. We will be providing you the materials/information once they come. Second grade has been exempt from this in the past due to Case 21, but this year they are expecting to you do this.
Email Conversations -- Since converting to our new email, some staff members have expressed that they are "missing" emails. Microsoft uses "Conversations" (much like Gmail's "Threads") which groups emails together (by conversation or topic.) If you would like to disable this feature, please see this quick tutorial - http://bit.ly/2Gmlstc
Fire Drill-- As of March 27, it is now expected that we announce right before setting the alarm that it is a drill. We will be making an all call announcement prior to pulling the fire alarm.
Feedback -- If you have more feedback (things that have worked or things that could be better throughout the school year) you would like for us to consider, please feel free to email, discuss or fill out this form. https://goo.gl/forms/XNwhdAo6gU8lOfck1. This would include concerns and idea for next school year.
Elective Updates:
- Q3 elective report cards are due April 12th. Report cards go home April 17.
- If you haven't completed your Q4 elective signs, do so asap-folder found here.
- Q4 Electives begin today, Monday, April 9th. Elective changes can be submitted here.
- Upload letter to the elective website by April 12th-see screencast here for directions. The website to upload is here: https://sites.google.com/a/wcpss.net/elective-communication/
NCCAT Opportunities- NCCAT offers several online courses that qualify for Digital Literacy Credits. These high quality courses are all conducted online with the opportunity to earn CEU's, and the courses are FREE!
For more information, check out http://www.nccat.org/programs/nccat-online
EOG Update- The EOG's are on the following dates. We will doing all EOG's in the traditional format except for Science. Science will be done on the computer.
May 29- 3rd and 4th ELA
May 30- 3rd and 4th Math
May 31- Goto/FV Science (computer)/Make-ups
June 1- Nightingale/Vinson Science (computer)/Make-ups
June 4- 5th Math/Make-ups
June 5- 5th ELA/Make-ups
June 6- Make-ups
June 7- Make-ups
Clean School -In an effort to provide a clean and safe school, the custodial team has had on-going meetings to increase their support to make sure that our learning spaces are clean and supporting the students. Click on the link Customer service updates to see the custodial expectations. If you have a maintenance concern or need please email Mr. Marrow. If you have a cleaning concern please email Ms. Mbalia. Mr. Marrow and Ms. Mbalia will be conducting weekly walkthroughs.
Creativity
Student and Staff Awesomeness - Check out what our team is doing in their classrooms -- via Twitter - @underwoodgtm -- #weareunderwood Keep up the great work! Artpleasure tweets
Collaboration
Renewal License- Please be sure you have submitted all of your out of district hours to Alexandria. ( For example- Dig In, NCTies, etc) If you are up for your renewal this year, please be sure you create an account and check your information through the state website. https://vo.licensure.ncpublicschools.gov/datamart/loginNCDPI.do
MClass- Pming Green and Blues - It's that time of year.. we have to PM the green and blues for all students. Here is the link for who is helping to support you with this. Please let us know if you have any questions. All Progress Monitoring has been extended to April 20th (not March 28th). :)
Quarterly Planning Days - As a reminder, Quarterly Planning Days are listed below! Most everyone has their subs submitted on AESOP and their leave request turned into Cindy. More information in regards to the day will come out next week. Please see Alexandria if you have any questions.
April 10- 3rd (AM), 1st (PM)
April 11- 4th (AM), K (PM)
April 12- 5th (AM), 2nd (PM)
MClass- Pming Green and Blues - It's that time of year.. we have to PM the green and blues for all students. Here is the link for who is helping to support you with this. Please let us know if you have any questions. All Progress Monitoring has been extended to April 20th (not March 28th). :)
Quarterly Planning Days - As a reminder, Quarterly Planning Days are listed below! Most everyone has their subs submitted on AESOP and their leave request turned into Cindy. More information in regards to the day will come out next week. Please see Alexandria if you have any questions.
April 10- 3rd (AM), 1st (PM)
April 11- 4th (AM), K (PM)
April 12- 5th (AM), 2nd (PM)
Critical Thinking
Next School Year - Staff we are entering that time of year where we are starting to make plans for next school year. If you are considering a change in locations, be sure to complete the transfer application process - via https://wakeconnect.wcpss.net/sites/transfer-process/SitePage/28515/transfer-process - Please see Travis if this is an opportunity that you would like to explore for next school year.
Calendar:
April 9-Q4 Electives begin
April 10-Business Meeting (click on for agenda); 7:45am
April 12-Behavior Support Team Meeting (open to everyone); 7:45am - media center
April 17-Report Cards home
-SIP Meeting
April 19-Conscious Discipline Cohort meeting; 7:45am
April 24-5th grade parent transition meeting 6:30-7:30 (Martin/Ligon MS)
April 10-Business Meeting (click on for agenda); 7:45am
April 12-Behavior Support Team Meeting (open to everyone); 7:45am - media center
April 17-Report Cards home
-SIP Meeting
April 19-Conscious Discipline Cohort meeting; 7:45am
April 24-5th grade parent transition meeting 6:30-7:30 (Martin/Ligon MS)
*Staff attended events listed here
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