P/T Conference Reminders

 

One of our Core Values is “Make our schools the best choice for parents and students.” Thank you for doing this EVERYDAY, especially as we prepare for P-T conferences. Please click here for a reminder of our expectations pertaining to discussing students’ academic performance, attendance, retention, and scheduling.

A few reminders I would like to highlight:

    ·      Please make sure you schedule your conference sign up communication to go out at 8 AM on Monday!

    ·      All salary staff are expected to stay until 8:00 pm on Thursday.

    ·      On Friday, staff may do their virtual conferences from home, as long as you have enough time to make it there without blocking out more than 30 minutes. The earliest that you may leave the building is 11:45. 

    ·      Our PTO will be providing us with a pasta bar from Sopranos Catering for dinner on Thursday and Goodlyfe wraps and soups for lunch on Friday.

Core Values-Behave with Care

As you continue to put our Core Value, Behave with Care, into action it’s important that you have all your positive behaviors entered by Friday when Tri 2 ends. Remember, once the trimester ends, you cannot go back to add behaviors.

ABCDE Goals-Attendance

 

One of our school goals is to decrease our total number of student absences by 3% from 8,406 in the 2023-24 SY to 8,154 in the 2024-25 SY. 

As we continue to prioritize school attendance with all our proactive and reactive measures, we are on track to meet our goal. So far, we have 544 less absences in comparison to last school year (YTD). Thank you for your contribution to ensure every child is given the best chance to succeed.

School Calendar

 

We are in the process of working on the calendar for the 2025-26 school year and as always, we want to include you in the decision-making process. Please take this quick 3-question survey by Tuesday, February 25. We appreciate your valuable input.

ABCDE Goals-Attendance

 Congratulations to Ms. Thomas’ class for spelling the word, PRESENT!

Affirmations

 

John, Amanda, Andria, Jane, Ellen, Cindy, and Jen D for making reading month special. I appreciate your creativity with the theme and bringing enjoyment to our students.  

Danielle and Josie for providing me with an extra post on social media. Thank you for embracing our Core Value of making this a great place for parents and students.

Jane and Amanda for sharing at our staff meeting. We greatly appreciate you!

Jessica S for creating all the sign up genius forms for the auxiliary staff. I am beyond grateful.  

Robyn for onboarding a virtual teacher to ensure a smooth transition and communicating these changes to stakeholders.  

Rowe for conducting a meeting and doing research to provide us with the best Lexia resources.

Morgan, Jen H, and Kim J for providing support to a student to try and provide her with safety inside and outside of school.   

Alex, Morgan, Jen H, Sarah M, and Stacey Reed for updating a plan that provides additional support for a student.  

Lynne for creating a math poem to share with your students. It was impressive how you showed how math can be seen in everything.

Ja’Rayl, Jessica S, Eric, Emma, and John for another successful Wellness Day. Thank you for coming together to show students the importance of being active and healthy.

Monique for knowing your students—especially their accommodations. I was impressed with how quickly you responded when you noticed that one of your students’ accommodations wasn’t being met.

This Week

 

Monday, February 24:

    ·      Stefanie’s Birthday

    ·      Reading Month “Hats Off to You”-western hat or any hat and spirit day attire $1.00

    ·      Principal & Deans Appreciation Week (February 24-28)

Tuesday, February 25:

    ·      Lisa’s Birthday

    ·      PLC Meetings

Wednesday, February 26:

    ·      3^rd-4^th Grade Spelling Bee

    ·      All Grades Entered

Thursday, February 27:

    ·      Family Learning Night-Board Game Bonanza

Friday, February 28:

    ·      Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-5^th Grade 

    ·      Jessica S’s Birthday

    ·      Spirit Day

    ·      Tri 2 School Store

    ·      PTO Family Fun Night: K-5 Skating 3:30-6:30 PM

Happy Birthday

 Stefanie: February 24

Lisa: February 25

Jessica S: February 28

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

Important Dates

 

March 3: End of Tri 2- Report Cards Printed

March 3: Trimester 2 School Store Rewards

March 4: Reading Month “Saddle Up for the Rodeo”-western attire and jeans $1.00

March 4: SLT Meeting 3:50-4:20

March 5: Perfect Attendance Rewards

March 6: P/T Conference (In-person) 4-8 PM

March 6: Purple Club

March 6: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Women’s History Month-who and how?)-Hutcherson

March 5-7: Spring Book Fair

March 7: ½ Day of School-Dismissal 11:20 PM

March 7: P/T Conference (virtual) 12-4 PM

March 7: Payday Breakfast-Specials

March 8: Jorvonna’s Birthday

March 10: Dress Down & Hat $1.00 each

March 11: Reading Month “Howdy Partner Twin Day” Find a partner and dress alike $1.00

March 11: Staff Meeting

March 13: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Global Recycling Day)-Nelson

March 14: Lynne’s Birthday

March 14: GL Intervention Meetings

March 17-21: 3-8 ELA & math interim 3

March 18: Reading Month “Be a JEAN-ius & Read”-wear jean/denim attire from head to toe $1.00

March 18: PLC (Team) Meeting

March 21: Spirit Day & Popcorn $1.00 each

March 21: Payday Breakfast-4^th Grade

March 21: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-6^th Grade

March 23: Megan’s Birthday

March 24-28: No School-Spring Break

March 25: Leslie’s Birthday

March 27: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Autism Awareness Month)-Mason

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

ABCDE Goals-Interim 2 Results

You did it again! We continued our trend of increasing proficiency on interims. I want to congratulate our team AGAIN for increasing our overall proficiency on Interim 2 in comparison to last year. We increased by 2% in ELA and 1% in math.

It's exciting to see that we had an increase in both content areas for interim 1 AND 2. We are headed in the right trajectory of accomplishing one of our school goals to “Improve ELA M-STEP scores by 3% from 61% in the 2023-24 SY to 64% in the 2024-25 SY.”

Welcome Back

 

I wanted to inform you that Sydney Brown (7^th Grade ELA) will not returning to Keystone due to ongoing medical issues that she sustained during a car accident in November. She is prioritizing her health. We wish her well!

We are currently looking for a 7^th grade ELA teacher. If know someone, please let me know. In the interim, we would like to welcome back Audrey Munson. She will begin teaching our 7th graders virtually on Tuesday. Audrey taught 7^th grade ELA and math for us last year. She is part of NHA's virtual teaching program for the past 3 years. Her role is to temporarily fill vacant classrooms. She is familiar with the NHA curriculum and is a certified teacher. We will still have a substitute teacher in the room to support the students and help manage behaviors.