As an
admin team, we try to balance all the hard work that you do every day with a
little fun. January 10 is the 80th day of school and we are
encouraging staff to wear 80s attire. I wanted to inform you now, so you can
get your outfits together.
Interim 2 Testing Window
We are happy to announce that NHA has extended our school's interim testing window by two weeks. This gives you additional time
for instruction prior to administering Interim 2. Big shout out to Jamie Steeb and Nancy Kouba for making this happen!
New Testing Windows: February 10th (3-5 Math) and February 17th
(6-8 Math & 3-8 ELA)
With that being said, there will be a tighter turn around with our scan by
date. We have an additional week.
New Scan by Date: February 21st
Winter Break Safety
Before you leave for winter break, please remember to turn
off and unplug all electrical items in the staff room, classrooms, and
offices. This includes lights, lamps, microwaves, space heaters, coffee
pots, etc.
Happy Birthday
Mandy: January
3
There is a
special gift in the mailboxes of all the people who celebrate their birthdays
in January.
Shout Out
Keystone Staff for all my Christmas gifts.
Thank you for thinking of me during the holiday season. Your thoughtfulness is greatly
appreciated.
Jamie for bringing joy to our Young 5
and kindergarten students. You were an awesome gingerbread man.
Ashley H for all your hard work preparing
for our attendance audit.
Jen H and Stephanie for assisting Ashley with the
attendance audit.
Sarah Z for leading an IEP meeting with
sensitivity and care.
Kelly for putting on an amazing choir
concert!
This Week
Monday, January
6:
·
Perfect
Attendance Assembly
·
NJHS Toy Drive
Tuesday, January
7:
·
MS Purple Club
Wednesday, January
8:
·
PTO Meeting 4-5 PM
·
Perfect Attendance Reward
Friday, January
10:
·
K-2 SOM
Assembly
·
Pay Day
Breakfast-7th Grade
·
80s Attire for
Staff
·
Jorvonna Out of
the Building-DSQ Principal PD
·
Staff Holiday
Party at Duel in Novi
Important Dates
Please view the right side of the blog for important
dates in
*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please
let me know!
Welcome Back
We would like to welcome Andrea Vlademar to our team. She is our new intervention paraprofessional. She was a Keystone staff member previously and upon moving back to the area has worked as a sub! We are so happy to have her back!
Congratulations
Congratulations to the middle school team on
winning the Hallmark Movie competition! Your prize is in your mailbox.
Dress Code
Leggings can be worn but shouldn’t be considered
pants. Instead think of leggings more like tights, so the shirt or dress that
you wear with them must be almost to your knee. Thank you for maintaining
professionalism.
Milk and Cookies
Don’t
forget to bring your favorite store-bought or homemade dessert to share with your colleagues on Monday.
Shout Outs
Keystone Staff for supporting each other and
being consistent with communication and enforcing school-wide policies.
Sarah D for getting Chromebooks
delivered to 4th-8th grade teachers. Thank you for
getting them into students’ hands so quickly.
Stephanie D for getting all the food orders
together this week.
Robyn for getting the gift tags all
together.
Mandy for responding so positively to
a parent email.
Audrey for adjusting your schedule so
quickly to support our 5th grade student!
Jen D for recognizing Reach Academy
for their support.
Stephanie for making sure that our
Staples order was resolved.
This Week
Monday, December
16:
·
Staff Share Favorite
Holiday Desserts
Tuesday, December
17:
·
Staff Wearing
Western Gear
Wednesday, December
18:
·
Staff Dress as
Santa’s Helper
·
Choir Concert
6:30 PM in Gym
Thursday,
December 12:
·
Mexican Lunch
Friday, December
13:
·
Specials SOM Assembly
·
Spirit Day
·
Staff Ugly Sweater w/Jeans
·
Spirt Day for Students:
Students may wear red, black, Keystone, holiday, or ugly
sweater with jeans.
Staff Holiday Party
Our staff holiday party will be at DUEL Novi on
Friday, January 10. Food is served at 6:30 PM and the duel piano
show is 7:00-8:45 PM. Invitation and more information
to follow.
Staff Meeting
Due to all the meetings this week, the admin team decided to
cancel Tuesday’s staff meeting. We wanted to “gift” you time back!
Shout Outs
Keystone Staff
for your positivity and participation
during our PLC and Early Release PD.
Monique for handling a parent lunch issue. I appreciate you jumping in to help
me.
Audrey, Liz,
Ashley, Sarah Z, and Jen D for being a team that embraces
“growing pains.”
Tabitha, Jen H
and Christina for providing
two 6th graders with lunch.
Jamie for exemplifying behave with care and taking on an additional
responsibility by going outside for recess every day.
Jen H for covering two classes at the last minute for an impromptu parent
meeting.
Jen H for going above and beyond to ensure the academic needs of a kindergartner are met.
Ashley H for helping me get the BIG calendar together!
Cindy, Diane, and Julianne for gathering work for two students at the last minute.
Tracy for providing me with protective gear.
Andria for assisting the team with NWEA proctoring.
Tabitha for helping to transition a new student.
Perfect Attendance
Congratulations to Mrs. Turner and Miss Duggan’s homeroom for having four
days of perfect daily attendance and spelling the word “here.” Please continue to keep me
informed when your homeroom spells a word.
This Week
Sunday,
December 8:
·
Jen H’s
Birthday
Monday, December
9:
·
Dress as a
Holiday Movie w/JEANS
Wednesday, December
11:
·
Pajama Day for
Staff
·
Nancy Kouba,
DSQ, Visit 12-2 PM
·
Band Concert in
Gym 6:30 PM
Thursday,
December 12:
·
Board Meeting 6
PM
·
Christmas
Vacation Attire w/JEANS
Friday, December
13:
·
Pay Day
Breakfast-Intervention
·
3-5 SOM
Assembly
·
Shine Bright
Like a Light Attire for Staff
December 14:
·
Jen D’s
Birthday
PLC Agenda
We will begin our PLC meeting in Hegna’s
classroom at 4:00 PM. Then, we will have breakout sessions by wings. During our
PLC meeting, we will be focusing on Phase
2 (Analyze Results) of the Workshop Cycle. We will be going
over Interim 1 and Numeracy data to continue our work around our school goal of
personalized instruction. Please bring your laptop.
December 3 PLC Meeting Agenda
|
Goal: To increase the number of students proficient on
Interims 1 and 2 by 5% from the 2018-19 school year in both ELA (55%and 57%)
and math (48% and 51%) through personalized instruction (workshop).
|
December 3 PLC Meeting Agenda
1. Icebreaker
2. Good News
3. Discuss Interim 1
Scores and Goal
4. Grade Level
Common Assessment Report
a. Look for patterns
with grade level
Breakout Sessions
5. Student Standard
Grid (analyzing and creating groups):
a. Y5-2: Numeracy
(Patton)-Mallari
b. 3-5: Interim 1
(Chuang)-Drain
c. 6-8: Interim 1
(Hegna)-Steeb
d. Interventions: Qualification Sheets
e. Special Ed-Evaluate
Progress Monitoring
f. Specials: Cross-curricular
work (Davenport)
6. Launch
Early Release Agenda
We will continue our PLC
work during our Early Release PD. Our focus will be on Phase
3 (Workshop Planning) of the Workshop Cycle. We will use this time creating
teacher-led groups and pulling appropriate resources to support our students.
All staff members, including hourly staff, attend our Early Release PDs.
December 6 Early Release Agenda
1.
Icebreaker
2.
Good News
3.
Student
Standard Grid
4.
Breakout
Sessions:
a.
Grade
level and/or content teams in team lead’s classrooms to gather resources
b.
Intervention-Qualification
Sheets
c.
Special
Ed-Evaluate Progress Monitor
d.
Specials-Continue cross-curricular work
5.
Launch
Voice of the Parent Survey
Extra Hour of Prep...Anyone?
Our Voice
of the Parent survey window is now open. This survey provides our parents an opportunity
to give us feedback. We want all our families to take the survey to gain true
perspective. Students will earn a free dress on January 15, if their parents
complete the survey by December 21. The first four classes that have 100% of
their students complete the survey, the teachers
will receive one additional hour of prep.
Shout Outs
Keystone Staff
for the long hours, communication, and
partnership that you put forth during parent-teacher conferences.
Kelly for creating a schedule so our parents were greeted and had an
opportunity to take our Voice of Parent Survey.
Brian, Emma,
Kelly, Sarah D, Robyn, Ashley H, Ashley G and Jamie for greeting and giving parents an opportunity to take the survey.
Sarah D for anticipating my needs and having an Elmo projector available.
Stacey for your continuous work with EL and making sure that Sarah received
proper support.
Nicole and Andria for inviting me into your classrooms.
Liz for continuously communicating to support students.
Diane for caring about the well-being of her student. Thank you for having the conversation with the parents.
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