Monday Check-In

 

Starting this Monday, I’ll be sending out this quick two-question survey every Monday. The purpose is simply to give me a pulse on how everyone is doing and make sure I’m staying connected to the people who are at the heart of Keystone.

The survey is completely optional and not required. If you have a minute and would like to check in, I’d love to hear from you. If you don’t have the time or simply don’t feel like taking it that week, that’s perfectly okay, too!

Two questions. One minute. Just a little Monday check-in to make sure we’re taking care of our people, too.

Teacher Spotlight/Behavior & Parental Involvement

Have you implemented a parental involvement strategy or positive behavior strategy in your classroom? If so, we want to hear about it!

Take a few minutes to complete this quick survey and share what you’re doing. Whether you’ve found a simple way to bring families into your classroom or an intentional way to recognize and celebrate individual positive student behaviors, your ideas can help inspire others.

Let’s share what’s working, celebrate the great things happening in our classrooms, and learn from one another.

Positive Behaviors

One of our Core Values is Behave With Care. As part of this, we set a goal of entering at least one positive behavior per student each trimester. We’re now halfway through Trimester 1, and I hope that by this point you’ve already recognized at least half of your students with a positive behavior entry in MyNHA.

A huge shout-out to our top 5 staff members with the highest number of positive behavior entries so far — and an extra special recognition to Andria Rowe, who has entered 142 positive behaviors in just 27 days of school! That’s an average of almost five positive notes a day. WOW! Thank you for consistently seeing and celebrating the good in our students.

The purpose of this initiative is to support a positive classroom culture, decrease student attrition, and strengthen communication between home and school. This impact is only possible when the recognition is authentic and meaningful. If all the positive behaviors are entered at the end of the trimester, it can diminish their sincerity and the opportunity to reinforce positive actions in real time. If you haven’t started yet, I strongly encourage you to begin on Monday.

Student Work/Bulletin Boards

 

Since we are halfway through Trimester 1, it’s our expectation that everyone has student work posted inside your room (Y5s-8^th grade).

In addition, any teacher that has a bulletin board outside their classroom should have a completed achievement board.   

ABCDE Goal-Attendance

 

Congratulations to Ms. Sauve’s classroom for spelling the word, HERE and Mr. Cheng’s homeroom for spelling the word, PRESENT.

Affirmations

 

Stacey Reed for all the work you did in advance to prepare for a parent meeting. Your preparation helped ensure the conversation went smoothly and allowed us to focus on supporting the family.

Kim and Heidi for making sure your colleague returned to a clean and welcoming office. That thoughtful gesture did not go unnoticed.

Danielle for going the extra mile to create a Young 5s social media post. You helped us showcase the great things happening in our classrooms.

Ja’Rayl, Joelle, and Jessica for keeping our students motivated by volunteering to be silly-stringed during morning assembly. You definitely know how to make a celebration memorable!

Jen D for creating a helpful handout for our EL families. This resource will help us move closer to our schoolwide goal of early identification and connecting students with the support they need.

Kim J for stepping in to supervise a classroom so a staff member could receive the support she needed. Your flexibility made a difference in a moment when it mattered.

Steve for helping me recognize my own error when correcting a student. I appreciate you looking out for me so I could have made it right!

Anonymous person for leaving a surprise gift in my mailbox! Now, if you really care about me, please reveal yourself because I would love the chance to thank you personally! 😊

Ellen for handing out our parking lot touches with families. Even though this isn’t part of your responsibility, you’ve taken something off my plate and recognized the importance of building strong relationships with our families.

Alex for providing instruction to an additional student. Your willingness to step in and help was a huge relief to the leadership team and showed that we can always count on you when a need arises.

Andria, Conti, and Taylor for jumping in to assist the leadership team with student behaviors. When you saw us managing an overwhelming number of students, you didn’t hesitate to ask how you could help. That meant a lot to us.

Stacey Ramirez for creating a flyer designed to get our families excited about participating in our fundraiser. Your creativity will help us spread the word and keep the momentum going.

This Week

 

Monday, October 5:

     ·      Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Kindness—Students may wear a yellow or gold top with jeans for FREE.

Tuesday, October 6:

     ·      Breast Cancer Awareness-wear pink shirt w/jeans for $1.00

     ·      SLT Meeting @3:50

Wednesday, October 7:

     ·      Perfect Attendance Reward

     ·      Count Day

Thursday, October 8:

     ·      Aimee’s Birthday

     ·      Purple Club

     ·      Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Indigenous Peoples’ Day)-Patton

Friday, October 9:

     ·      Intervention Meetings

Saturday, October 10:

     ·      Monique’s Birthday

Happy Birthday

 

Important Dates

 

October 12: Anti-bullying Unity Day—Have the Courage to Roar! Students may wear an orange shirt with jeans FREE

October 13: Staff Meeting

October 13: Staff Meeting Snacks-4^th Grade

October 14: ½ Day Dismissal at 11:20 AM 

October 14: ½ Day PD Snacks-ABSS/EL

October 15: Family Learning Night

October 15: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Bullying Prevention Month)-Dietz

October 15: Courtney’s Birthday

October 16: Payday Friday Breakfast-1^st Grade

October 19: Glow Like Glenda—Students may wear a sequin, sparkle, or neon top with jeans for $1.00.

October 19-23: Coat Drive

October 21: Robyn P’s Birthday

October 22: Jeans w/School Appropriate Top and Hat $1.00 each

October 22: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (American Indian Heritage Month-What and Why)-Phetteplace

October 23: Trunk or Treat

October 23: MTSS/IAT Meetings

October 25: Kim J’s Birthday

October 26: Somewhere Over the Rainbow—Students may wear their favorite color shirt with jeans for $1.00.

October 26: David’s Birthday

October 27: PLC (Team) Meeting

October 27 & 28: Sunrise Social

October 30: Spirit Day & Popcorn $1.00 each

October 30: Payday Friday Breakfast-Specials

October 30: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-1^st Grade

October 26-30: 3-8 ELA & Math Interim 1

October 26-30: Science Interim 1 (3-4 & 6-8)

*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please let me know!