Sunday, April 24, 2011

April 25 to April 29 - Fabulous Fifth Graders Perform

Belief:  We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.  Dr. Martin Luther King
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~Coming Up This Week~
**MSP T:Minus Countdown = 1 week**
Testing Dates: May 3, 5, 10 & 12

Monday, April 25
8am HEAT JA (Niehaus)
6pm PSD Board Meeting @ Ballou

Tuesday, April 26
8:15am PTA Event - Pastries with Parents

Wednesday, April 27
7:45am Staff Meeting - MSP Training:  Attendance Required
??am  5th Grade Music Performance - School
LIC: Independent
1pm RW and SW Out for K-12 Admin ProDev

Thursday, April 28
Traveling Farm - Kinders and Grade 1
9:30 PSD Kinder Parent Brunch - RW & SW Out
6:30pm 5th Grade Music Performance - Parents

Friday, April 29 - Last Day for ELO Paras
8am Hunt SpEd Team Meeting in room 23
9am  RW out for Elementary Assessment Team Meeting
PTA Movie Night - Yogi Bear


Word On the Street
Want it fast?  Read the yellow italics.

Friday, April 29 - Last Day for ELO Para Support
Thanks to our temporary ELO paras for their terrific help over the last few months:  Lisa Brizendine, Pam Mortensen, Julie Hockaday, Marialena Kipelidis, Carol Howry 
May LIC Changes - No ProDev Days
**Please communicate these dates in your newsletter and SWIFT websites.  Communication is also going out via School Messenger and Fliers**
May 4 LIC Wednesday:  Full Day of Instruction - Kinders attend AM/PM as if it's M-T-Th-F
May 11 LIC Wednesday:  Half day; AM Kinder attends; Independent Teacher Work Day

Spring Writing Assessment - Team Scoring Optional
Due to no May LIC Wednesdays to team score, the team scoring of the Spring Writing Assessment is optional.  The assessment should be given to students and individually scored to use for data collection and report card scoring.  A recording sheet will be placed in your box. Please provide a copy of your students' scores to Rebecca. 

Getting and Staying Out of AYP
School In Program Improvement Efforts

Math Updates - Michelle updated the CORE Math Formative and Diagnostic Assessments on the school server.  These tests should have all the bugs worked out of them. 

Literacy Updates - Thank you 3-6 teachers for sharing how you are using the literacy data and the Quizdom resources.  Primary teachers - see the email from Heather about the next steps - but let's also meet briefly to discuss the concerns I am hearing.

Upcoming ProDev
Staff Meeting: April 27 **Mandatory - see Rebecca if you can not attend**
Agenda: MSP Proctor Training

LIC Wed: May 4 
CANCELED due to full day of instruction

LIC Wed: May 11 CHANGED from last week's update
**NEW** Independent for Teachers - AM Kinders attend

Staff Meeting: May 25
Agenda: 2011/2012 Student Placement & Planning

LIC Wed: June 1 - Principal Directed
Agenda:  Hunt Strategic Directions & Celebrations

Staff Meeting:  June 15
Agenda:  Hunt Strategic Directions Presentation & Celebrations

The Last Word...
The Brain Rules workshop last week was fascinating!
We only have to do aerobic exercise two times per week to see the benefits in the brain - better reasoning, more efficient productivity, more patience under stress, happier disposition - just to name a few. Got ideas for how we can get our kids movin' more during the day? 

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