Family Connection #1

 

Your first family connection is due this Friday, September 9. We are asking that you have an actual conversation with 100% of your families. This can be accomplished with two attempts. If you are unable to reach a family by phone, send them a follow-up email to schedule another time to talk. Please complete the Family Connections #1 Excel sheet when making these phone calls. You will bring the sheet to your O3 the week of September 12 to discuss with your dean.

Thank you for taking the time to make connections and build relationships with our families. This supports several core values and our attrition goal.

Social Media Posts

 


One of our MICIP and ABCD goals is to “decrease attrition rates through yearlong family engagement events.” One of the action steps is for teachers to capture a creative lesson or activity from their classrooms with 2-3 pictures that will be posted and shared with families on our social media pages: Facebook and Instagram.

Please make sure that you email me the pictures and a small blurb (2-3 sentences) of the activity by the deadline below. I will get them on our Facebook and Instagram page. Thank you for your contribution to attrition and our school goal. We couldn’t accomplish this without you!

 

Grade Level

Deadline

Y5/Kinder

September 30

1st

October 31

2nd

November 30

3rd

December 23

4th

January 31

5th

February 28

6th

March 24

7th

April 28

8th

May 31

Leadership Observations

 


Starting next week, the leadership team will be doing collaborative observations; all of us observing teachers together. The purpose of the observations is to provide consistency with our expectations and further our development as leaders.

We will try to notify you in advance if the entire leadership team is coming into your classroom, but it may not always be possible.

We will be observing the Classroom Culture competency until September 16.  

Please review the “look fors” in the document below to provide you with some insight on what we are looking for when we observe you in action. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions regarding the expectations.

CF With Look Fors by embryjd

Shout Outs

 


Keystone Staff for a great start to the new school year. Thank you for making every child feel valued and important.

Stefanie and Stacey Ramirez for making a lot of phone calls on the first day of school to support our enrollment.

Lisa, Theresa, Kim, and Sandy for staying late this week ensuring that dismissal for our kindergarteners went smoothly.

Robyn for being forward thinking in our approach to a schoolwide goal.

Stacey Reed for getting all the 504 accommodation logs completed. Thank you for being a dean and social worker at the same time.

Tameka for making the Y5s-2nd grade lunch supervision schedule which ensures our teachers get a duty-free lunch.

Andria, Ellen, and Cindy for taking on extra arrival and dismissal duties this week.

Robyn for the morning assembly schedule and seating chart. Thank you for bringing our school back together again.

Morgan, Steve, Robyn, and Mark for setting up our gym for morning assembly.

Jamie for all things “tech.” I appreciate the countless hours that you have spent ensuring that all students receive a Chromebook.

Monique for partnering with parents, leadership, and the SpEd team to make sure one of our friends is successful. You have truly gone above and beyond.

Kayla for going above and beyond to make sure the staff has coverage for recess.

This Week

 


Sunday, September 4:

   ·    Angel’s Birthday

Monday, September 5:

   ·    No School-Labor Day

Tuesday, September 6:

   ·    SLT Meeting 3:50-4:20 PM (Chuang’s Room)

Wednesday, September 7:

   ·    Intervention Meetings

Friday, September 9:

   ·    Family Connections Due

   ·    Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Constitution Day)-Cheng

Happy Birthday

 


Angel: September 4

Important Dates

 


September 12-30: Grades 2-8 Fall NWEA

September 13: Staff Meeting 4-5 PM

September 13: Staff Meeting Snacks-4th Grade

September 14: Sky’s Birthday

September 16: Social Contract

September 16: Payday Breakfast-SpEd

September 16: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Hispanic-Latino Month)-August

September 19-23: Grades 1-2 Fall Math Numeracy

September 20: Free Dress Down for FRL Form Completion

September 21: Fall Picture Day

September 23: Substitute Binder Due

September 23: Morning Assembly Presentation Due (Hispanic-Latino Month)-Chuang

September 25: Ashley B’s Birthday

September 27: PLC (Team) Meeting 4-5 PM

September 28: ½ Day-Professional Development

September 30: Payday Breakfast-Interventions

September 30: Social Media Post Due to Jorvonna-Y5s and Kinder

 

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