Intent to Return

 

Believe it or not, the time has come to think about next school year!  I love our team so much that I hope you all decide to stay, but I understand that various circumstances may prevent this from occurring. If you are not planning to return to Keystone for the 2023-24 school year, it will be very helpful for us to know now so that we have ample time to find a suitable replacement. Remember, even if you are not planning on returning to Keystone next school year, your 2022-23 benefits and pay will continue through mid-August.

If you are planning to return, keep in mind that the leadership team hopes to make final teacher placements by the end of May.  Ideally, teachers will be placed in their desired position, but sometimes changes are necessary to best meet the needs of our students.

Please click here to complete the form by Wednesday, May 3. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak with me as soon as possible regarding your plans for next year.

Welcome to the Team

 

We would like to welcome Alicia Searles to our team! She is our new intervention paraprofessional. She starts on Monday. If you see her in the hallway, please give her a warm Keystone welcome!

Affirmations

 

Crystal, Emma, Megan, Jen H, Diane, Teri, Josie, and Cindy Conti, for facilitating our PLC. I appreciate your leadership.

Robyn, Jessica W, Sandy, Megan, Lisa, Mandy, Kim B, and Stefanie for two successful Kinder Camps in one week. I really appreciate you opening your classrooms to visitors.  

Stacey Reed and Robyn for getting all the decorations together to show appreciation.

Stacey Reed for my wonderful treat. You are so thoughtful.  

Danielle for your feedback and documentation creation. I appreciate you working hard to make things positive.

Tracy for organizing an Earth Day clean up. I appreciate you making our school better.

Robyn for providing a lot of data so we can make an informed placement decision.

Emma, Tracy, Robyn, Jamie, Tameka, and Stacey Reed for being facilitators during our ½ day PD.

Deb and Corey for going above and beyond to keep our school functioning. You are true heroes for the plumbing job that you did.

Kathleen for making such cute and delicious treats!

Jen H for all the time you took collecting data so we can make informed decisions with student placement.

Jen H, Jamie, Tameka, and Robyn for helping me make sensitive decisions that impact the future of our students.

Stacey Reed for taking all my annoying phone calls and for holding your tongue when I made so many changes.

Robyn, Jamie, Tameka, and Stacey Reed for the heavy decisions that we have had to make lately. Thank you for striving every day to make Keystone the best place for staff and students. I couldn’t do this without you!   

Stefanie for buying me lunch. I appreciate you including me. It made me feel special.

This Week

 

Monday, May 1:

    ·      Dress Down Week for Staff

Tuesday, May 2:

    ·      SLT Meeting

Wednesday, May 3:

    ·      Perfect Attendance Redemption

    ·      Talent Show Auditions 3:45-6:00 PM

Thursday, May 4:

    ·      Purple Club

Friday, May 5:

    ·      Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Mental Health Awareness)-Layton

    ·      Ned Show Schoolwide Assembly 2:00 in Gym

 

Important Dates

 

May 8-12: Staff Appreciation Week

May 9: Staff Meeting 4-5 PM

May9: Staff Meeting Snacks-3^rd Grade

May 10: Dress Down & Hat Day $1.00 each

May 10-11: Arts, Beats, and Sweets

May 10: Amanda’s Birthday

May 10: Theresa’s Birthday

May 12: IAT Meetings

May 12: Payday Breakfast-SpEd

May 12: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month)-Reaume

May 15: Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 4:00 PM

May 15-18: 2^nd Grade ELA Interim

May 17: Talent Show 5:30

May 18: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month)-Walczak

May 19: No School-Regional PD

May 22: NJHS Induction Ceremony 6 PM 

May 23: Band Concert 6 PM

May 23: PLC Meeting

May 25: Y5s-3^rd ORF Benchmarking

May 26: 4-8 ORF Reading Fluency

May 26: Payday Breakfast-2^nd Grade

May 26: Spirit Day $1.00   

May 26: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Memorial Day)-Nelson

May 29: No School-Memorial Day

May 29: Amy’s Birthday

May 29: Robyn’s Birthday

May 30: K-2 Math Numeracy

May 31: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-8^th Grade

 

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

PLC Meeting

Our final “Meet with Other Grade Levels” PLC is Tuesday. This PLC was designed based on your feedback and desire to meet with other grade levels to focus on a particular standard and/or topic.

Based on your feedback, a few suggested that we allow the groups to bring questions to the meeting that can be discussed with the group. You Spoke. I Listened. The last 20 minutes have been designated for open discussion. Please note that your questions must be centered around your instructional focus. It’s important that we stay on topic even during open discussion.

See this table for your group and location.

We hope this time together has provided you with multiple opportunities to share best practices and brainstorm innovative ways to improve learning and drive student achievement.

Professional Development

As you know, the leadership team used your feedback when designing our ½ day PDs this school year. We are using our ½ day PD on Wednesday for professional development AND additional prep/planning time. You will spend the first hour and a half going through instructional content. The second hour and a half you can prep/plan at your discretion. However, all staff must remain in the building until 3:15 PM.  See the schedule here.

We hope the additional 6 hours of prep that our half days provide reaffirm that “you matter!” As you know, the leadership team loves using your feedback to make our school better!    

COVID Team

 

As part of our ESSER grant, we are required to have a COVID team. The COVID team will meet to formally review and analyze stakeholder input and use the information from the data analysis in the creation/modification of our school’s ESSER budget and write a summary of findings.  

If you are interested in being a part of our COVID team, please let me know by Tuesday, April 25.

ABCD Goals

 

Congratulations to Ms. Robinson’s class for spelling the word “PRESENT” and Ms. Jordan’s class for spelling “HERE!”  

I love that we are still striving to achieve our attendance goals, even as we approach the end of the school year.

Affirmations

 

Keystone staff for jumping in and supporting our early dismissal on Monday.

Emma, Jeanne, and Andria for providing me with additional school improvement feedback.

Stephanie for being solo in the office this week. Thank you for doing two roles so well!

Robyn, Stefanie, Mandy, Megan, Crystal, Jessica W for staying late and showcasing our school to incoming Y5s and Kinder families.

Emma for creating the Arts, Beats, and Sweets flyer and communication.

Cindy Chuang for organizing the coin war. I am so appreciative of all your community efforts. We have an amazing NJHS because of you!

Jamie and Tameka for hosting a visitor and supporting leadership development.

Teri for creating the Talent Show flyer and communication.

This Week

 

Monday, April 24:

    ·     Office Staff Appreciation Week (April 24-28)

Tuesday, April 25:

    ·     PLC Meeting

Wednesday, April 26:

    ·     ½ Day of School

Friday, April 28:

    ·     Progress Reports

    ·     Intervention Meetings

    ·     Spirit Day $1.00

    ·     Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-7^th Grade

    ·     Payday Breakfast-6^th Grade

    ·     PTO Y5s-5 Skating Party-FREE

May Birthdays

 There is a special gift in the mailboxes of all the people who celebrate their birthdays in

Important Dates

 

May 1-5: Dress Down Week for Staff

May 2: SLT Meeting

May 3: Perfect Attendance Prize Redemption

May 3: Talent Show Auditions 3:45-6:00 PM

May 4: Purple Club

May 5: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Mental Health Awareness)-Layton

May 5: Ned Show Schoolwide Assembly 2:00

May 8-12: Staff Appreciation Week

May 9: Staff Meeting 4-5 PM

May9: Staff Meeting Snacks-3^rd Grade

May 10: Dress Down & Hat Day $1.00 each

May 10-11: Arts, Beats, and Sweets

May 10: Amanda’s Birthday

May 10: Theresa’s Birthday

May 12: IAT Meetings

May 12: Payday Breakfast-SpEd

May 12: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month)-Reaume

May 15: Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 4:00 PM

May 15-18: 2^nd Grade ELA Interim

May 17: Talent Show 5:30

May 18: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month)-Walczak

May 19: No School-Regional PD

May 22: NJHS Induction Ceremony 6 PM  

May 23: Band Concert 6 PM

May 23: PLC Meeting

May 25: Y5s-3^rd ORF Benchmarking

May 26: 4-8 ORF Reading Fluency

May 26: Payday Breakfast-2^nd Grade

May 26: Spirit Day $1.00   

May 26: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Memorial Day)-Nelson

May 29: No School-Memorial Day

May 29: Amy’s Birthday

May 29: Robyn’s Birthday

May 30: K-2 Math Numeracy

May 31: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-8^th Grade

 

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

Staff Meeting Reflections

 

Thank you for your active participation during our staff meeting. It truly brings me joy to see your interactions and personalities come alive when it comes to COMPETITIONS!

I appreciate the collaboration from each group as you reflected and listed all the ways that the leadership team has acted on your feedback and implemented positive change in our school. The cumulative list below is evident that your feedback is the reason why we have a positive school culture. 

You can also access the list by clicking here.

GLINT Reflection Feedback 22.23 by embryjd on Scribd

Spring Glint Survey

Per your vote, please do not forget to send your dean a screenshot of your completed survey (see image below). If we achieve 100% participation by 4:00 pm this Tuesday, April 18, staff can dress down the entire week of May 1. 

Contest

MEEMIC is offering teachers the opportunity to win $1,000 towards a catered lunch for their school AND $500 for their classrooms. Please see the flyer below and click here to enter! Be sure to select "The Krumm Agency" as your school advocate. I hope a Keystone teacher wins because then we ALL win!

Teacher Appreciation Contest by embryjd on Scribd

Affirmations

 

Keystone staff for an amazing staff meeting. I had a lot of fun observing your competitive personalities.

Teri for organizing and facilitating the spelling bee.

Ashley A for assisting with the spelling bee.

Jamie for going above and beyond in your coaching approach.

Stephanie for all your hard work this week. I appreciate your help with dress down passes, board materials, and supplies.     

Jen D for your thoughtful gift. Your gifts are always personal which makes them extremely special to me.

Emma for all your efforts to create an amazing yearbook.

Deb for coming in early to offer your expertise and support with an issue.  

Tracy for always advocating for our school to be better.

Robyn for your organization and communication with our enrollment efforts.

Jamie, Robyn, Stacey Reed, and Tameka for meeting tight deadlines that put us above the rest!

Jen H for your partnership with Sumpter Police that holds our families accountable. Thank you for updating the staff.

This Week

 

Tuesday, April 18:

    ·     Kinder Info Meeting 5:30 PM

Friday, April 21:

    ·     Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Earth Day)-Mason 

Important Dates

 

April 24-28: Office Staff Appreciation Week

April 25: PLC Meeting

April 26: ½ Day of School

April 28: Progress Reports

April 28: Intervention Meetings

April 28: Spirit Day $1.00

April 28: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-7^th Grade

April 28: Payday Breakfast-6^th Grade

April 28: PTO Y5s-5 Skating Party-FREE

 

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