Monday, February 20, 2012

Feb 20 to Feb 24 - INSPIRE A Culture of Responsibility

Word On The Street

Want it fast? Read the yellow italics!


Honoring Cultures Diversity Celebration
You each do an amazing job of ‘REACH’ing all our students throughout the year. March is the month to reflect that work through bulletin board displays. REACH projects should be displayed in the halls by March 1. District administrators and Gerald Denman will be coming to our school to see the kids’ work and reflections on Honoring Cultures and Diversity. Diversity team will be selecting artwork and mounting it by March 16 for the Spring Fair.

**Thank you, Diversity Team, for taking the lead on this District event.**


Science Fair – March 2
Community agreement is that all classrooms will create a science board using an experiment from the science kits to display at the Science Fair. This is one way to expose and create experiences for all kids using the Scientific Process and presentation of results. If you need a board, see Colleen or Sara.


**Thank you Sandy, for organizing this year’s fair! Thank you 5th Grade teachers for helping your students create meaningful boards!**


March Gladness
“Spring Into Action” is a District-wide event! PSD is partnering with Goodwill Industries to collect new and gently used clean clothes. Students will be given a bag to place items in the first week of March. Filled bags will be returned to school between March 12-16. Stay tuned for more details…


Dr. Seuss Day – March 2
No rhymes come to mind
But no need for a bind,
The details and directions
Are described with perfection
On the hallway whiteboard
Beside the supply room hoard.


**Thank you Literacy Committee for putting this event together.**


Admin & Office Staff ProDev
Rebecca, Lisa, Colleen, and Sara will be attending a conference called How To Work Less, Produce More, and Still Get the Job Done in a Sensible Work Week on Thursday and Friday of this week. Rachel Collins will be Admin Sub; a sub will sub for Rachel’s Title I classes.


Trimester 2 Report Cards
Data entry window is open…draft reports are due to admin by March 13 for review. Final Report Cards go home Monday, March 19, but will be printing March 16.



Upcoming ProDev
Feb 21 Staff Meeting
Agenda: Motivating the Unmotivated
Colleagues will present what they learned from the Motivating the Defiant and Reluctant Learner Workshop they attended in October.




At the ProDev Website
#4174 Using Data to Inform Instruction on Feb 28 from 4-7 @ Wildwood Park


Qwizdom Training Dates To Come 



Every Monday Matters
William Arthur Ward's quote above fits you perfectly.  Thank you for always doing more to participate, help, practice, be kind, forget, and work.  The challenge lies in INSPIRING your students to do the same...keep at it - you WILL win them over to excellence!

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