Sunday, August 25

Recess Rodeo~ '19 Fall Edition was a success. Thank goodness we did it in the morning. Great idea, Team! Thank you to all of you for adapting and teaching the games. It would not have happened without you!

RazKids: If you need your password and login, come see me.

iReady Instruction: As I said before, share your feedback with me. After a student has completed their diagnostic test, the appropriate instruction will be assigned to them. They can work on this at school or at home.

Mystery Science:

• Mystery Science is renewed for one more year for our K-5 teachers.
• K-5 Teachers new to RCSD this year can use the following link to register and log-in: Mystery Science New Teacher Log-In

Coming Up This Week:
Monday, August 26:
8:50am Flag Ceremony

Tuesday, August 27:
3:30pm PTC Meeting (Room 35)
4pm RTA Council Meeting

Wednesday, August 28:
3:30pm PLC Leadership Meeting

Thursday, August 29:
4pm EL Coordinator Meeting
6-7pm Ice Cream Social

Friday, August 30:

Sunday, August 18

Another great shot of our awesome team! The first full week of school was a huge success. We made it through many changes and it was great. 

Thank you to all of you that were able to come to our Happy Hour on Thursday. An even bigger thank you to Christin Kearns, Dan's IA, who had the idea, and poured for us on top of that! It was pretty great. I hope to do it a couple more times and if you couldn't make it this time, hopefully you will be able to to next time. 

A few info items:
1) The music times have been altered slightly. I changed them on the master schedule. From what I see, the new times will be fine. If I missed something, let me know. 

2) Library starts next week, August 26th. Yay!! Your times are also on the master schedule. 

3) Lunch Help! 2nd and 3rd grade teachers, when you come into the MP, walk your hot lunch kids to the line together. Keeping kids grouped by class is an important piece to being efficient. Also, remind your students that if they buy lunch, the MUST pick something off the salad bar--even if they have no intention of eating it. Tell them to grab something to get through the line. 

4) We are going to have a Recess Rodeo on Friday after lunch. I will share the schedule with you soon. I have to make some changes. 

Coming Up This Week

Monday, August 19
8:50am Flag Salute

Tuesday, August 20
Brooks out all day at the DO- TIC TBD

Wednesday, August 21
3:30pm Staff Meeting
3:45pm District and State Assessment Team Meeting at DO

Thursday, August 22
3:45pm SSP Facilitator Meeting/Training at DO

Friday, August 23
1:05pm Recess Rodeo

Sunday, August 11

Welcome Back!!! What a great start! I am looking forward to all of the great things this year will bring.

This post is mostly reminders and small issues that have come up so far. 

1) Lunch Time Procedure: Thank you so much for your willingness to adapt and work though that thing called-- LUNCH!! The last piece for grades 2 and 3 is that we would love if you could work to keep your hot lunch students in line by class. There are a lot of kids and anything we can do to help the process move along is a win. Day 2 was much better than Day 1. That is a good direction to be moving! 

2) IEP Dates and Meetings: We have several IEP's that have deadlines right away, so we have to get their meetings scheduled. Often times, it comes down to one available day and we schedule the meeting. We apologize you are not involved in picking a good day and time, but if you could please make yourself available for the meeting, that would be awesome. There are not too many, but it is important to meet the legal deadlines. 

3) Monday's PLC: I know you have a lot to talk about and need time to review the essential standards, but if you could make some time to get our articulation cards into the right classes, that would be super helpful. There was a lot of shifting over the summer due to several drops and additions.

4) Staff Voxer??: I sent out some emails last week pretty much knowing you wouldn't see them because you were not looking at your computers. Are you interested in doing a staff Voxer so you can see messages on your phone? Let me know what you think. Or share ideas about how I can get info to you during the day.

5) Mission Statement: Please send you mission statement to me by Friday, 8/16. 

6) House Leader Meeting: We need to have one this week. Maybe Tuesday before or after school? Someone decide and let me know! 

7) AR Workshop: Are you interested? I will work with them to find a Wednesday staff meeting time that works. It will be $50-70 dollars depending on the project you choose. Please let me know if you would like to do this. 

8) iReady: The first testing window is open. This is the best opportunity to get a picture of your students academically. Start getting them on those computers!

9) Wear your Leaders of the PACK shirts tomorrow!!! 

Coming Up This Week:

Monday, Aug. 12
8:50 Flag Ceremony

Tuesday, Aug. 13

Wednesday, Aug. 14
Classroom Expectations with Brooks

1:05- 1:35pm	Robertson
1:40- 2:10pm	Reidt
2:15- 2:45pm	Franco

Thursday, Aug. 15
Classroom Expectations with Brooks

1:05- 1:35pm	Oxenham
1:40- 2:10pm	Simmons
2:15- 2:45pm	Canepa

3:30 Happy Hour

Friday, Aug. 16
1:15pm First House Rally of the year