Sunday, Sept 22

Happy Sunday! We had an awesome week!

Again, thank you to everyone for all of the blood, sweat and tears you put into making Rock Your School Day so awesome! It was a busy and exciting day all over our campus. 

A HUGE thank you to the teachers that held talent show try outs. They judged tons of groups and announced those going through Friday afternoon. 

Thank you to Amistad for an incredible rally on Friday. The enthusiasm was contagious throughout the entire audience!

Tomorrow we will have a Shelter in Place drill. I will make an announcement and all you have to do is keep doing what you are doing. A shelter in place situation is when there is some sort of airborne toxin or something like a dog on campus. You just want the kids to stay indoors. 

I will be out Tues-Fri. Carrie will be on campus Tues-Thurs. We will have a TIC on Friday. 

Coming Up This Week
Monday, Sept. 23
8:50 Flag Salute
9:45 Shelter In Place Drill
STAFF LUNCHEON-SALAD DAY!!

Tuesday, Sept. 24
3:30-4:30 PTC Meeting~ Moved to Oct. 8

Wednesday, Sept. 25
3:30pm PLC Leadership~ POSTPONED

Thursday, Sept. 26
3:30-4:30 SSP Meetings

Friday, Sept. 27
Snowie King After School

Sunday, September 15

Get ready for Rock Your School Day!

Last week was a big week with a dine out, our first skate night and PD Day! 

Thank you to all of the teachers that were there for skate night. It was a great turn out with many excited faces. 

Also, thank you to all of you for the time and effort you put into the essential standards and discussions around intervention. Friday was a productive day. 

Exciting things are coming related to our House System, so stay tuned.... Do I have your interest?? 

This Wednesday is our Data Discussion Day and Talent Show Auditions too. 
Then, Thursday is Get Your Teach On. It looks like we will have a tired group by the time Friday rolls around, and I don't mean the kids. 

Coming Up This Week
Monday, Sept 16
8:50am Flag Ceremony
4-5:30pm New Teacher Training at the DO

Tuesday, Sept 17
Brooks Out~ Gong TIC
POSTPONED 3:30pm SSC Meeting 
4pm-8pm Daphne's Dine Out

Wednesday, Sept 18
MTSS Data Meeting Day: Schedule Here
May be changed 3:30pm Staff Meeting 

Thursday, Sept 19
ROCK YOUR SCHOOL DAY
Lunch Outside- Sitting by Houses
3:30-4:30 SSP Meeting

Friday, Sept 20
1:15pm House Rally

Sunday, September 8

Happy Football Sunday!

It seems as though we are all getting into the groove. Routines are established and students are settling in. 
As I don't have one of my own pictures to post from this week, it is clear I need to get in the habit of taking pictures and posting. I have noticed many of you posting about all of the great things you are doing in the classroom. It is fun to see!

I am working on our agenda for Friday's PD. I will share it later this week. We will be spending more time on the SSP process, analyzing common assessments in each grade level and revisiting the essential standards chart. 

Have a great week!


Coming Up This Week:
Monday, September 9
8:50am Flag Ceremony

Tuesday, September 10
Brooks Offsite 8-12pm: Robertson TIC
4pm Costa Vida Spirit Night
4pm RTA Executive Board

Wednesday, September 11
6:30-7:30pm Destination Imagination Information Meeting

Thursday, September 12
9:30-11:30am Derk and Board visiting
6-8pm Skate Night

Friday, September 13
Site PD Day

Sunday, September 1

Ice Cream Social was a lot of fun! The kids and families were so excited to be able to talk to all of you. 
We also had a great house picnic! Another awesome week! 

TOY/POKEMON UPDATE:
I will be sharing with parents that students are not allowed to bring any of their personal toys or Pokemon cards to school. Eventually there will be issues, so I am going with the preventative approach and making the call now.

RAZ Kids: I will be setting up a quick training to walk through setting up your class and how to use RAZ kids. Anyone is welcome, stay tuned for the date and time.

Staff Meeting this Week: We do have a staff meeting this week. I will give you a brief overview of Art to Remember. We will also share the new SSP process. The agenda will be shared soon.

Art to Remember: The sign ups for time with Kathy and Diane are on the whiteboard in the staff room. Be sure to sign up. We have to get the art work done in the next two weeks. 

Coming Up This Week:
Monday, Sept. 2
NO SCHOOL~Happy Labor Day

Tuesday, Sept. 3
Brooks at Leadership~All Day: Robertson is TIC
3:30pm: LITE Meeting at DO

Wednesday, Sept. 4
3:30pm: Staff Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 5
7:45am: Safety Committee Meeting

Friday, Sept. 6
9am: Coffee with the principal
3:15pm: Snowie King After School

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