- Intro to Stage’s “Singin in the Rain” was fantastic!! Way to go Mrs. Spiggle and Mrs. Kellie!!!! Your classes were amazing!
- Mallory organized the Volunteer Tea! Thanks to everyone who helped! Those who helped set up, provide food, decorate and clean up SUPER THANK YOU! A special thank you also goes out to Elizabeth for all of her vision and help!
- Sam Beck, as part of his Eagle Scout Project, for installing two benches to provide seating at the basketball court area.
- Memorial Day!
Wish Well
Andrea Trowell
Rachel Frasier
Sherry and family
SIP Chair Members- Please work with your team and nominate who your team would like to represent at the SIP team. This does not have to be a rotation of who is up. We are looking for a team member that is passionate about school improvement, would be a great voice to represent your team and someone that can bring the information back to the team members. Please submit your person by Friday!
Technology Inventory has been POSTPONED!!! We will let you know when we have a date!
EVAAS
Thank you to the 85% of the staff that completed the EVAAS roster verification, you will be receiving an email from Travis with changes that we need to make to be in compliance -- we have 31 students over claimed and 51 underclaimed student %s.
EOY Picnic
Saturday, June 8th- End of Year Picnic at Park 12:30-2:30pm. Location-Greystone Indoor Park. This is a drop in style event where kids/significant others are of course welcome! There is a link below to sign up for food. We are thinking heavy appetizer type lunch food items, desserts, and any paper products you are willing to donate. It is BYOD (obviously your drinks have to be non-alcoholic). We are looking forward to this fun event! Picnic Sign up
EOG Dates Reminders
We have arrived to testing week! Starting Wednesday our Unicorns will be rocking the EOGs and EXTEND 1 testing! We totally got this! Check the testing information here
- Wednesday May 29th- 3rd and 4th Grade ELA
- Thursday May 30th - 3rd and 4th Grade Math
- Friday May 31st- 5th grade Science , 3rd and 4th grade make ups
- Monday June 3rd- 5th grade ELA
- Tuesday June 4th- 5th grade Math
- Wednesday June 5th- 5th grade make ups
Administrators may pick up their buckets starting at 9am each morning. Please Remember NO TECHNOLOGY is allowed in the testing rooms (teachers and students SMART watches included).
LETS GO UNICORNS! Thank you everyone for your help during this time. :)
IA Evaluations are due on Friday
Please see Mallory for help. We are aware that the links are giving some of us difficulty. You can access the document directly from Wake Connect. Just type “assistant evaluation” in the search bar.
Updates from media center
Feel free to schedule Media Center Stations with Barbara. Stations are a fun way to engage students in higher level thinking skills during these last hectic weeks.
Elective Report Cards
Please have your elective report cards completed by May 31st. This will allow you to have other things completed and all teachers an opportunity to start to print and make copies of the report cards! Specials schedule will coming out this week, we will follow the Friday schedule.
Cumulative Folders
Please remember to be collecting your work samples to go in the cumulative folders. If you have any questions, please reach out to Alexandria. Additionally, please remember you need to do the following to put in the cumulative folders:
Photocopy Elective Report Cards
Photocopy Report Card
Professional Development Opportunities
Summer Writing Institute: Due to popular demand, we are offering for the 3rd year in a row the Teacher Summer Writing Institute from June 17-21st at Carroll Middle School. Please share this opportunity and Teacher Summer Writing Institute with classroom teachers at your school. We have 50 spots available. First come first served!
Forest to Classroom PD
Forest to Classroom PD will providing a PD focused on STEM Education July 22-25, 2019 at Haw River State Park. For additional information or to register, click here.
Skype a Scientist
Want to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information.
Assessment Literacy Canvas Course
Are you wanting to enhance your science assessment skills? Check out the Assessment Literacy course found on Learning Central. You can enroll in the self paced course designed for educators looking to explore various assessment topics- from common types of assessment to a framework for creating and designing assessments. You can even earn CEU’s.
Save the Date for SciREN
Are you interested in meeting and talking to local scientists about how to adapt their research to use as material in your classroom? Then please save the date for the 6th Annual Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN) Triangle Networking Fair and Educator Open House at the The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on 9/26/19. SciREN brings K-12 STEM teachers, informal educators, and other interested parties together with STEM researchers from various universities and institutions around North Carolina. Click here for more information.
Curriculum Information-
Spotlight on 2019-2020 Lesson Revisions:
Throughout this month, be on the lookout for the 2019-2020 curriculum links to be posted on Cmapp!
Although the order of math units at all grades will remain the same, all units have been updated based on teacher feedback collected this year.
Skype a Scientist
Want to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information.
Mclass updates- Please read the following mClass EOY Reminders.
End of year Checklist - see here (you received a paper copy, however links are live on this document)
Together we are better! Feel free to share feedback/celebrations anytime here
Calendar/Important Links:
June 4th: Business Meeting at 7:45am
June 7th: Field Day
June 7th: First Friday (CAM): 6-8pm
June 8th: Staff Picnic; 12:30-2:30
June 11th: School Family Assembly
June 11th: Fifth Grade Celebration -- Day’s events
June 11th: Student’s last day
June 12th: Workday
CELEBRATIONS!
- Great turnout for our New Family Event for incoming students in 2019-2020!
- Heather Callahan and Jen Page completed 67 assessments for students trying to qualify for SSA!
- Walk, Bike to School Day was a huge success! Thanks to the following people for helping to make this event so successful (Diana Callahan, Rachel Ward, Alexandra Gamez, Dawn Spiggle, Jennifer Page, Jamika Robinson, Ny’Asia King, Holly Collins, Heather Burton and Travis Shillings)! The kids really enjoyed the exercise!
- Ashley Cooper and Mallory attending the job fair!
- Jennifer Wiliams, Star Davis, Maggie Lohr, Ceil O’Laughlin, Mary English Hand, Alexandria Judge-Lenkeit, Mallory Mbalia for being a part of our interview team
- 5 Points 5K was a huge success!!
Wish Well
- Andrea Trowell
- Rachel Frasier
- Sherry and family
- Melissa Pelton - has decided to resigned from her position in ID Mod 2 effective on Friday the 17th
Internet Server Down This WEEK!!! (read if you did not see the email!)You will have no internet access Tuesday (hopefully it will be back up at noon!)What this means for you: Monday at 10:00- please leave all printers ON and left ON Monday, May 20th. The county is doing a network electronics upgrade and will be connecting to your printers to match network configurations remotely --so even if your printer has no ink or paper and its on the network, turn it on and leave it on. You will have NO printer access after 12:00 on Monday until Tuesday afternoon!Tuesday at 7:00 am- Classroom teachers will be taken off network. Everyone else will be taken off at 9:00 am. The server team is starting with the classrooms to speed the process up. Their goal is to have us back on the internet by noon on Tuesday. Our phones will be down. Once everything comes back online, please check the phones to be sure you see the screen is on. If it is not, please let the front office know. SIP Chair Members- Please work with your team and nominate who your team would like to represent at the SIP team. This does not have to be a rotation of who is up. We are looking for a team member that is passionate about school improvement, would be a great voice to represent your team and someone that can bring the information back to the team members. Please submit your person by Friday! K/1 Theater Production- Join us this Thursday night for our K/1 production of at 6:30. The theater elective taught by Ms. Spiggle and Mrs. Kellie have worked hard and will be sharing their talents with their families. If you are unable to attend, the school will have the opportunity to attend the production on Friday. Please be on the lookout for an email from Mrs. Kellie!. Technology Inventory on Friday, May 31st in the afternoon! (Yes, it’s the Science EOG)This is the Yellow Butcher Pa per Andrea described to you….There are more details available at http://inventory.wcpss.net. This may be slightly disruptive in classrooms for a brief period of time on your inventory day(s). Please make every effort to assist the teams in moving quickly through your site in order to minimize disruption.
- To keep the barcode team’s visit as brief as possible, please:
- Have all technology gathered together in each room for the team to access (put on “yellow” butcher paper).
- Point out any technology that is hard to reach or not gathered together.
- The inventory team should not talk with you, they have been instructed to talk with Alexandria.
- The barcode team will remove cases (iPads) from devices if needed. Teachers may speed up the process by doing this ahead of time, but it is not necessary.
EVAAS Thank you to the 85% of the staff that completed the EVAAS roster verification, you will be receiving an email from Travis with changes that we need to make to be in compliance -- we have 31 students over claimed and 51 underclaimed student %s. Updates from media centerStudent books are due Friday, May 24. Please have students come talk to Elizabeth or Barbara Westbrook (my sub) ASAP if they cannot find a book. Feel free to schedule Media Center Stations with Barbara. Stations are a fun way to engage students in higher level thinking skills during these last hectic weeks. Last day of electives this ThursdayPlease have your elective report cards completed by May 31st. This will allow you to have other things completed and all teachers an opportunity to start to print and make copies of the report cards! Specials schedule will coming out this week, we will follow the Friday schedule. Cumulative FoldersPlease remember to be collecting your work samples to go in the cumulative folders. If you have any questions, please reach out to Alexandria. Additionally, please remember you need to do the following to put in the cumulative folders: Photocopy Elective Report CardsPhotocopy Report CardProfessional Development OpportunitiesSummer Writing Institute: Due to popular demand, we are offering for the 3rd year in a row the Teacher Summer Writing Institute from June 17-21st at Carroll Middle School. Please share this opportunity and Teacher Summer Writing Institute with classroom teachers at your school. We have 50 spots available. First come first served!Forest to Classroom PDForest to Classroom PD will providing a PD focused on STEM Education July 22-25, 2019 at Haw River State Park. For additional information or to register, click here.Skype a ScientistWant to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information. Assessment Literacy Canvas CourseAre you wanting to enhance your science assessment skills? Check out the Assessment Literacy course found on Learning Central. You can enroll in the self paced course designed for educators looking to explore various assessment topics- from common types of assessment to a framework for creating and designing assessments. You can even earn CEU’s. Save the Date for SciRENAre you interested in meeting and talking to local scientists about how to adapt their research to use as material in your classroom? Then please save the date for the 6th Annual Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN) Triangle Networking Fair and Educator Open House at the The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on 9/26/19. SciREN brings K-12 STEM teachers, informal educators, and other interested parties together with STEM researchers from various universities and institutions around North Carolina. Click here for more information. Curriculum Information- Spotlight on 2019-2020 Lesson Revisions:Throughout this month, be on the lookout for the 2019-2020 curriculum links to be posted on Cmapp!Although the order of math units at all grades will remain the same, all units have been updated based on teacher feedback collected this year.Skype a ScientistWant to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information. Mclass updates- Please read the following mClass EOY Reminders. End of year Checklist - see here (you received a paper copy, however links are live on this document)End of Grade training dates - This training sessions are for all certified staff members, if needed will be able administer the EOGs. We will also be training Hall monitors in this capacity so that they can alleviate administrators. You will need to plan to attend this session if you have not already attended one. If this day and time does not work for you please let Mallory know. See Mallory if you have questions about administering the EOGs. Tuesday, May 21: 8:00amTraining session for proctors are below. You will need to attend one session. All Instructional assistants and office staff will need to be trained for EOGs. See Jennifer Page if you have questions about proctoring. She is trying to have parents proctor the EOGs, but are in need of quite a few more volunteers. Volunteer teaThe tea will be on May 24th THIS FRIDAY!!! :) Please sign up for food or bring in cash (this goes to Mallory) - sign up If you are willing to help set up after school on Thursday please let Mallory know. Thanks!!!Together we are better! Feel free to share feedback/celebrations anytime hereCalendar/Important Links:
- May 23rd: Q4 electives end
- May 23rd: K/1 Production at 6:30pm
- May 24th: Volunteer Tea from 11:30-2:00pm
- May 28th: Leadership Meeting at 7:45 am
- June 4th: Business Meeting at 7:45am
- June 7th: Field Day
- June 7th: First Friday (CAM): 6-8pm
- June 11th: School Family Assembly
- June 11th: Fifth Grade Celebration -- Day’s events
- June 11th: Student’s last day
- June 12th: Workday
CELEBRATIONS!
- Shellie for her leadership and organization with the Sunshine Squad efforts this year!
- Rachel for pulling behavior data quarterly for Case Managers and also for the Mentor form so we can get a head start for next year!
- Thank you to our wonderful PTA for recognizing us for Staff Appreciation week! Feel free to send a note of thanks and put in Alex Van Staveren (President’s mailbox in the workroom)
- Our student teachers graduated! Way to go!!!!
- Rachel for leading the Conscious Discipline new learning for our monthly TA meetings….and for the TA’s for attending and sharing their thoughts each month. We couldn’t do this without you all!
- Feedback from the staff: The blog is so much shorter and therefore easier to read and process!
Wish Well Andrea TrowellRachel Frasier Sherry and familyUpdates from media centerStudent books are due Friday, May 24. Please have students come talk to Elizabeth or Barbara Westbrook (my sub) ASAP if they cannot find a book. Feel free to schedule Media Center Stations with Barbara. Stations are a fun way to engage students in higher level thinking skills during these last hectic weeks. K-2 Math Assessments Last week I gave every grade level their K-2 math assessments. These assessment are to be administered and then the data needs to be put into OASIS. If your team has any questions, please feel free to contact Alexandria. Additionally, I went through all the NKT data and documented who had not met the end of the year benchmark. I attached these to your administration manual for the K-2 math assessments. If you lose your paper, please check this document. Professional Development OpportunitiesSummer Writing Institute: Due to popular demand, we are offering for the 3rd year in a row the Teacher Summer Writing Institute from June 17-21st at Carroll Middle School. Please share this opportunity and Teacher Summer Writing Institute with classroom teachers at your school. We have 50 spots available. First come first served!Forest to Classroom PDForest to Classroom PD will providing a PD focused on STEM Education July 22-25, 2019 at Haw River State Park. For additional information or to register, click here.Skype a ScientistWant to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information. Assessment Literacy Canvas CourseAre you wanting to enhance your science assessment skills? Check out the Assessment Literacy course found on Learning Central. You can enroll in the self paced course designed for educators looking to explore various assessment topics- from common types of assessment to a framework for creating and designing assessments. You can even earn CEU’s. Save the Date for SciRENAre you interested in meeting and talking to local scientists about how to adapt their research to use as material in your classroom? Then please save the date for the 6th Annual Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN) Triangle Networking Fair and Educator Open House at the The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on 9/26/19. SciREN brings K-12 STEM teachers, informal educators, and other interested parties together with STEM researchers from various universities and institutions around North Carolina. Click here for more information. Curriculum Information- Spotlight on 2019-2020 Lesson Revisions:Throughout this month, be on the lookout for the 2019-2020 curriculum links to be posted on Cmapp!Although the order of math units at all grades will remain the same, all units have been been updated based on teacher feedback collected this year.Skype a ScientistWant to give your students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist without leaving your classroom? SKYPE A SCIENTIST is a program that allows students to chat with scientists about concepts they are learning about in class. Click here for more information. Mclass updates- Please read the following mClass EOY Reminders. End of year Checklist - see here (you received a paper copy, however links are live on this document)End of Grade training dates - These training sessions are for all certified staff members, if needed will be able administer the EOGs. We will also be training Hall monitors in this capacity so that they can alleviate administrators. You will need to plan to attend one of these sessions. See Mallory if you have questions about administering the EOGs. May 9: 8:00amMay 13: 8:00amMay 21: 8:00amTraining session for proctors are below. You will need to attend one session. All Instructional assistants and office staff will need to be trained for EOGs. See Jennifer Page if you have questions about proctoring. She is trying to have parents proctor the EOGs, but are in need of quite a few more volunteers. May 13th - 8:00 May 14th - 8:00Others TBDDo you need Hallway Sign? Are you in need of new hallway signs that state- “Walk on the right side” or “Shhh?” If so, please reach out to Alexandria. She will put one in your box. If you are not aware of these signs, they are intended for you to hold while standing in the hallway as a gentle reminder (visually) of the expectation. Curriculum UpdatesK-5 UpdatesScience Blog from the county.. This has a TON of information- https://www.smore.com/t6j2yInstructional Framework for 2019-2020
K-2 UpdatesEnd of the Year Assessments will begin in a few weeks.
- Math EOY assessment through the state will arrive in May. The data will need to be entered into OASIS by the last day of school.
- NKT- May 14-28th (any student that did not meet the end of the year expectation will need to be assessed.) Alexandria will compile the list of names for you.
- Mclass Window- May 13th- May 31st. Please work with your team and/or Christine/Alexandria to determine how to switch students to deliver the assessment.
3-5 UpdatesEOG Information
Volunteer teaThe tea will be on May 24th :) Please sign up for food or bring in cash (this goes to Mallory) - sign up Together we are better! Feel free to share feedback/celebrations anytime hereCalendar/Important Links:May 14th: Leadership Meeting at 7:45amMay 15/16th: New Family Orientation for 2019-2020 (10:00-11:30)May 16th: CDAT Meeting at 7:45amMay 17th: Walk/bike/roll to School DayMay 18th: Five Points 5K at 8:00amMay 18th: Job Fair 12 - 4 at Green Level High School May 23rd: Q4 electives endMay 23rd: K/1 Production at 6:30pmMay 24th: Volunteer Tea from 11:30-2:00pmMay 28th: Leadership Meeting at 7:45 am
CELEBRATIONS!
- Rachel Frasier for creating new hallway signs!
- PTA stipends ($125 a semester), here is the link if you don’t know if you have spent it this year - Staff - Stipend
- All those that marched for advocacy for education!
- Staff appreciation this week, here are some merchants that are given discounts to educators - National Teacher Appreciation Week
Wish Well
Andrea Trowell
Rachel Frasier
Sherry and family
Star and family
Updates from media center
Reminder that Tea $$ goes to Mallory, not Elizabeth. Thanks!
Inventory Update - due May 10. If you are able to turn in earlier, that would be super helpful as there is a lot of paperwork that has to be done once we have your information.
Student books are due Friday, May 24. Please have students come talk to Elizabeth or Barbara Westbrook (my sub) ASAP if they cannot find a book.
Feel free to schedule Media Center Stations with Barbara. Stations are a fun way to engage students in higher level thinking skills during these last hectic weeks.
We are out of donated K Cups in the media office. If you're feeling generous, please donate to the cause (ie. to get the staff through the end of the year w/ free coffee...😉 )
May News from Your Digital Learning Coordinators
Make sure to check out this brief, but informative May Newsletter from your Digital Learning Coordinators! It addresses how you and your students can take Google things with you, switch ownership of shared resources and change your Google Sites. **If you are not planning on being in WCPSS next year, there is important information for you. It will also answer those questions about the new Blue Bar in YouTube videos as well as provide information about upcoming professional learning opportunities.
Mclass updates- Please read the following mClass EOY Reminders.
End of year Checklist - this will be shared at Tuesday’s Business Meeting in paper and electronic forms.
End of Grade training dates -
These training sessions are for all certified staff members, if needed will be able administer the EOGs. We will also be training Hall monitors in this capacity so that they can alleviate administrators. You will need to plan to attend one of these sessions. See Mallory if you have questions about administering the EOGs.
May 9: 8:00am
May 10: 8:00am
May 13: 8:00am
May 21: 8:00am
Training session for proctors are below. You will need to attend one session. All Instructional assistants and office staff will need to be trained for EOGs. See Jennifer Page if you have questions about proctoring. She is trying to have parents proctor the EOGs, but are in need of quite a few more volunteers.
May 13th - 8:00
May 14th - 8:00
Others TBD
Do you need Hallway Sign?
Are you in need of new hallway signs that state- “Walk on the right side” or “Shhh?” If so, please reach out to Alexandria. She will put one in your box. If you are not aware of these signs, they are intended for you to hold while standing in the hallway as a gentle reminder (visually) of the expectation.
Curriculum Updates
K-5 Updates
Science Blog from the county.. This has a TON of information- https://www.smore.com/t6j2y
Instructional Framework for 2019-2020
K-2 Updates
End of the Year Assessments will begin in a few weeks.
- Math EOY assessment through the state will arrive in May. The data will need to be entered into OASIS by the last day of school.
- NKT- May 14-28th (any student that did not meet the end of the year expectation will need to be assessed.) Alexandria will compile the list of names for you.
- Mclass Window- May 13th- May 31st. Please work with your team and/or Christine/Alexandria to determine how to switch students to deliver the assessment.
3-5 Updates
EOG Information
Volunteer tea
The tea will be on May 24th :)Please sign up for food or bring in cash (this goes to Mallory) - sign up
Together we are better! Feel free to share feedback/celebrations anytime here
Calendar/Important Links:
May 6-10th: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7th: Business Meeting at 7:45am
May 7th: Interims go home
May 10th: Cultural Arts Performance-Storyteller
- (9:30-10:15 K/2 & 10:30-11:15 Grades 3/5)
May 14th: Leadership Meeting at 7:45am
May 16th: CDAT Meeting at 7:45am
May 17th: Walk/bike/roll to School Day
May 18th: Five Points 5K at 8:00am
May 23rd: Q4 electives end
May 23rd: K/1 Production at 6:30pm
May 24th: Volunteer Tea from 11:30-2:00pm
May 28th: Leadership Meeting at 7:45 am
