Help us show GRATITUDE for the month of November! Has someone helped you with something and you would like to thank them and show your gratitude? Find someone on this Google Sheet and write a short explanation of why you are grateful for them. We will provide a jeans pass to any staff member who gets recognized. If someone already was gifted a jeans pass, please choose someone else. It’s our desire to show gratitude to EVERYONE!
Big shout out to Andria for coming up
with this idea!
It’s time to change your bulletin boards. Achievement Boards are due November 12.
Make sure to
include the following when posting your Achievement Board:
· Title
· Objective written as an I Can Statement
· Standard (Common Core, NGSS, etc.)
· Student work
· Specific feedback for each student. Please write more than “Good job!”
Please note: if
the student work has a score on it, take off the student's name before
displaying it. If the student’s work does not have a score on it, it is
acceptable to post the student's name.
Steve, Cindy Chuang, Kristin, Flo, Mandy, and Ashley B for spending an evening with our families at Trunk or Treat.
Diane, Tracy, and Kari for all your hard work with MOYA. It was our best year yet!
Mandy for allowing a colleague to observe your workshop.
Jeanne for spending a lot of quality time with me doing Day of Awesomeness coverage.
Theresa, Rebecca, Kim B, Sandy, Deb, and Lisa for making sure that teachers had coverage during lunch.
Stacey for jumping in and helping with behavior this week.
Robyn for sending out great communications.
Andria for always thinking of ways to keep our school culture positive.
Teri for handling a difficult parent with patience and understanding.
Monique for being my go-to with student behaviors.
Kim J for assisting in the front office.
Robyn for all the anti-bullying presentations.
Teri for all the anti-bullying communications.
Jamie for meeting all the requirements for School Safety Week!
Stacey for providing support to additional direct reports.
Jeanne and Rebecca for always stepping in to help with cleaning up the gym after lunch.
Stephanie for making sure I had a working office chair.
Monday, November 1:
·
No School-PD
·
Science Interim
1-Grades 3,4,6,7,8 (Nov 1-5)
·
3-8 Interim 1(Nov
1-5)
Thursday, November 4:
·
November 4:
Purple Club
Friday, November 5:
·
Intervention
Meetings
·
Morning
Assembly Presentation Due-Veteran’s Day (Veteran’s Day Committee)
November 8-12 5th Grade Science Interim 1
November 8: Crystal’s Birthday
November 8: Jamie’s Birthday
November 9: Picture Retake
November 12: PJ Day for Free (Fall Fundraiser Reward)
November 12: Change Bulletin Board
November 12: Payday Breakfast-7th Grade
November 12: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Corbin)
November 15-19: 3-8 Math Interim 1
November 17: Crazy Hair Day for FREE (Fall Fundraiser Reward)
November 18: All Grades Entered
November 19: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Mood)
November 19: Report Cards Printed
November 19: End of Trimester 1
November 19: Trimester 1 School Store
November 19: Spirit Day $1
November 22: P/T Conferences (In-Person) 4-8 PM
November 22 Trimester 1 School Store Rewards
November 23: Steve’s Birthday
November 23: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Patton)
November 23: ½ Day-Dismissal 11:20 AM
November 23 P/T Conferences (Virtual) 12-4 PM
November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break
*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please
let me know!
Our school received funding through federal legislation to be spent over the next three years, called ESSER (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds. These funds are meant to address the academic learning loss and social-emotional needs of our school community due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds are accessible to prevent, prepare, and respond to COVID-19 and your opinion matters! We will be gathering staff, parent, and school board input as we decide how to best utilize these funds.
For a more thorough
overview of ESSER, check out this presentation.
2020-21 M-STEP results are no longer embargoed, and despite the challenges of last year, we did really well in comparison to our 2018-19 results AND we continue to outperform all the local districts in our area. We had 88% participation rates compared to only 72% participation statewide. This makes our data more accurate than what many other schools report.
I am so proud of Keystone! I can only expect that if we keep doing what we are doing, we are poised to continue to close the gap academically and increase our proficiency rate.
2020-21 Keystone Additional District Comparisons by embryjd on Scribd
Every year, our board gives us a gift for the holidays. This gift has to come out of their marketing budget, so it usually contains either our school’s name or logo on it. This year, they want suggestions from the staff. Keep in mind that they purchase a gift for 65 people, so be mindful of the cost. Please complete the survey if you have any ideas for this year’s holiday gift.
Let’s try this again! We look forward to celebrating
our students’ efforts with our fall fundraiser on Wednesday during our Day of Awesomeness. K-2 students get an hour, and 3-8
students get an hour and half to do a variety of activities. If it rains on
Wednesday, the Day of Awesomeness will be in the gym. Each class will get 45
minutes during their normal special time.
To accommodate this special event, we
had to make some adjustments:
·
Lunch will be in classrooms supervised by teachers
·
No recess (since they will be outside for over an hour)
·
Teachers will still receive their prep.
o Since this event doesn’t start until
9:45, 5th and 6th grade teachers’ prep will be normal.
They will take their students to the specials teacher’s classroom during their
normal prep time. Everyone else will take their students outside for prep
following the schedule.
It’s important that you review the
schedule and notes below. Let me know if you have any questions prior to the event.
Day of Awesomeness Schedule 21-22 (Part 2) by embryjd on Scribd
Keystone Staff for your flexibility and understanding this week.
Stacey, Ellen, Cindy Conti, Monique, and Andria for spending an evening with our families at our Family Game Night.
Monique, Flo, Kristin, Jamie, Deb, Robyn, Tameka, Ashley, Stacey, Stephanie, and Jen H. for my Boss’s Day gifts and well wishes.
Tracy for make my morning brighter with the ice machine.
Stephanie for assisting me personally and professionally.
Shanay for providing sensory resources to our students.
Jen D, Ellen, Kim B, Andria, Cindy Conti, Stacey, Robyn, Tameka, and Jamie for your willingness to sub this week.
Danielle, Lisa, and Sandy for checking in to see how you could help when we were short staffed.
Jeanne for covering the front office.
Jamie for covering the girls’ volleyball game solo.
Stacey for being a scheduling queen! Thank you for all the time you spent after school ensuring that everyone had coverage.
Monique for assisting with a student.
Deb for consistently volunteering to help with lunch duty. Your have been a huge lifesaver.
Monday, October 25:
·
Kim J’s
Birthday
Tuesday, October 26:
·
PLC (Team)
Meeting 4-5 PM
·
Superhero
Shirts with Jeans for Free (MS only)
Wednesday, October 27:
·
Sport Shirt/Jersey
with Jeans for FREE to team up against bullying
Friday, October 29:
·
Payday
Breakfast-Preferred Meals
· Morning Assembly Presentation Due: American
Indian Heritage Month-Borowiak
· Spirit Day $1
· Commitment to Excellence Forms Due
·
Facebook Post
Due to Jorvonna-1st Grade
November 1: No School-Staff PD
November 1-5: Science Interim 1 (Grades 3,4,6,7,8)
November 1-5: 3-8 Interim 1
November 2: SLT Meeting 3:50-4:20
November 4: Purple Club
November 5: Intervention Meetings
November 5: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-Veteran’s Day (Veteran’s
Day Committee)
November 8-12 5th Grade Science Interim 1
November 8: Crystal’s Birthday
November 8: Jamie’s Birthday
November 9: Picture Retake
November 12: PJ Day for Free (Fall Fundraiser Reward)
November 12: Change Bulletin Board
November 12: Payday Breakfast-7th Grade
November 12: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Corbin)
November 15-19: 3-8 Math Interim 1
November 17: Crazy Hair Day for FREE (Fall Fundraiser Reward)
November 18: All Grades Entered
November 19: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Mood)
November 19: Report Cards Printed
November 19: End of Trimester 1
November 19: Trimester 1 School Store
November 19: Spirit Day $1
November 22: P/T Conferences (In-Person) 4-8 PM
November 22 Trimester 1 School Store Rewards
November 23: Steve’s Birthday
November 23: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage
Month (Patton)
November 23: ½ Day-Dismissal 11:20 AM
November 23 P/T Conferences (Virtual) 12-4 PM
November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break
Kim J: October 25
There is a special gift in the mailboxes of all the people
who celebrate their birthdays in November.
We are at that time in the school year where students are starting to get comfortable. That comfortability can be good and/or bad. As we move into next week, I encourage you to find that one child who may get under your skin, cause extra challenges to your classroom environment, or the child that sits quietly to themselves and make it a point to interact with them on a daily basis. Work to build a strong relationship with this student. In my 18 years of education, I’ve noticed that those students who make a change for the better are the ones who had at least one person take the time to build a relationship with them. BE THAT PERSON!
Don’t forget to monitor student behavior when they are on their Chromebooks using GoGuardian using the CLEVER tile. From there select your class and you will be able to view all students’ screens. Please reference Steve’s video for more features.
Steve, Amelia, Ashley A, Ellen, Stacey, and Tameka for co-facilitating our staff meeting.
Stacey for volunteering to sub in 2nd grade. You have no idea how much I appreciated you.
Ashley and Kim for providing coverage so Tameka could attend CPR training.
Kim J and Jeanne for seeing a need, filling a need. You came to admin seeking where you could assist when your student was absent.
Jessica W for keeping diligent attendance records.
Sunday, October 17:
·
Complete Mock
Virtual Week Survey
Wednesday, October 20:
·
Orange shirt
with jeans for FREE to show unity against bullying.
Friday, October 22:
·
IAT Meetings
· Morning Assembly Presentation
Due-Anti-Bullying Committee
· Trunk or Treat 5:00-7:30 PM
·
MOYA shirt with
jeans for FREE (MS only)
· October 25: Kim J’s Birthday
October 26: PLC
(Team) Meeting 4-5 PM
October 26:
Superhero Me! MS only wear superhero shirt with jeans for FREE
October 27:
Team Up Against Bullying-students wear favorite sports shirt/jersey with jeans
for FREE
October 29: Payday
Friday Breakfast-Specials
October 29:
Spirit Day $1
October 29:
Commitment to Excellence Forms Due
October 31: 1st
Grade Facebook Post Due
*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please
let me know!
We look forward to celebrating our students’ efforts
with our fall fundraiser on Thursday during our Day of Awesomeness. K-2 students get an hour, and 3-8
students get an hour and half to do a variety of activities. To accommodate
this special event, we had to make some adjustments:
·
lunch will be in classrooms supervised by teachers
·
no recess (since they will be outside for over an hour)
·
teachers will still receive their prep
It’s important that you review the
schedule and notes below. Let me know if you have any questions prior to the event.
Day of Awesomeness Schedule 21-22 by embryjd on Scribd
