Affirmations

 

Stacey for starting our meetings and event calendar for the upcoming school year.

Robyn M for NWEA completion communication. Thank you for ensuring all assessments were given in your absence.

Kim J, Lynne, and Emily for spending time with our students on Mackinaw Island. Thank you for providing our students with an unforgettable trip.

Steve and Sarah G. for spending a week with our 8th graders exploring Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. I’m so grateful for the time, energy, and personal time you sacrificed to make this trip possible. You created lasting memories and a meaningful experience for our students!

Diane and Amanda for organizing a memorable Cedar Point trip for our NJHS students! It was a wonderful way to recognize and celebrate their hard work and commitment to community service throughout the year. We appreciate all you did to make it happen!

Stacey Reed and Andria for all the time you have spent organizing our summer learning opportunities for students.

Jen D for going above and beyond for your students AND their families!

Mandy for spending an evening with your families at Frosty Boy. I’m in awe that you took this upon yourself to organize. The care you showed by volunteering to spend this special time outside of the school day will have a lasting impact on your students and families.

Laurie for assisting me in the parking lot. You have no idea how much that meant to me.

Stacey Ramirez for being the yin to my yang when it comes to creating so many amazing things. Your partnership balances all my wild ideas and makes them all come to life in the best way possible. I’m so grateful for countless hours you've poured into making everything we do truly special. I couldn't imagine doing it without you!

Linsey for providing us with reward guidance. I appreciate you.

Stacey Reed for my special hot beverage you constantly provide me. You truly make my morning every time you do it.

Ellen and Andria for distributing 8th grade clappers and providing communication.  

Happy Birthday

 Ja’Rayl: June 9

Sandy: June 13

Cayla: June 14

Alex: June 15

Gloria: June 28

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



This Week

Monday, June 2:

     ·      4th, 5th, & 8th Grade Chromebooks Collection

     ·      Trimester 3 School Store

     ·      Start Taking Classroom Items Down (Slowly)

     ·      Collect Textbooks

Tuesday, June 3:

     ·      8th Grade Chromebooks Collection

     ·      Trimester 3 School Store Reward

     ·      Move Up Day

     ·      Staff Meeting

     ·      Staff Meeting Snacks-Leadership Team

     ·      Grade Level Welcome Letter Due

Wednesday, June 4:

     ·      6th and 7th Grade Chromebooks Collection

     ·      Perfect Attendance Reward

     ·      Performance Goals in Oracle

     ·      All Report Card Grades Entered

Thursday, June 5:

     ·      Purple Club

     ·      8th Grade Promotion

     ·      Print Report Cards

Friday, June 6:

     ·      Last Day of School

     ·      ½ Day of School

     ·      Kinder Promotion

·      8th Grade Clap Out 

Important Dates

 

June 26: Magic Show at Keystone 12-1 PM

July 8: Summer Learning Check-In #1 (Rolling Hills Water Park) 12 PM

July 10: Wildlife Safari Show at Keystone 5:30-6:30 PM

July 24: Middle School Mixer for students entering 6th-8th grade this fall 5:30-7:00 PM at Sky Zone

August 4: Summer Learning Check-In #2 (BIG in Games) 3 PM

August 7: Y5s & Kinder Barnyard Bash

August 13: New Family Dinner

August 18-22: August PD

August 20: Family Fun Night

August 25: First Day of School

EOY Celebrations

 

To ensure that we make our daily attendance requirement (75%), EOY celebrations must take place on the last day of school, except kindergarten who will do it on Thursday. The time and activities are at your discretion.

Staff Meeting

 

Our last staff meeting is Tuesday, June 3 at Rusted Crow. As you know our tradition is to have our last staff meeting at a restaurant. We love wrapping up the school year in a fun way. We go over our agenda items, then the leadership team purchases appetizers and pop/soda for everyone. 

In the meantime, I wanted to give everyone time to prepare. All salaried employees are required to attend, and we strongly encourage our hourly staff to come out too!

As this is a staff meeting, students cannot attend. I am leaving my daughters at STARS and picking them up afterwards, so I can focus on the meeting and spend quality time with each of you!  

Attendance Matters

 

Congratulations to Mrs. Turner’s and Mr. Higgins’ classrooms for spelling the word, HERE. What a way to finish strong!

Thank You

 

Steve for creating a wax museum video highlighting our 7th and 8th graders’ presentations.   

Kathleen, Falak and Teri for quickly rescheduling the 4th grade field trip to ensure that our students didn’t miss out on this opportunity.

Flo, Megan, Mandy, Jessica for administering a lot of kinder readiness assessments to set our incoming students up for success.

Stefanie and Alex for setting up and scheduling all the kinder assessments. I appreciate everything that you did to make sure the day went smoothly.

Andria, Jane, Ellen, Cindy C, Linsey, Alex, Megan, Sarah M, Mandy, Holly, Jen D and Jessica W for attending retention meetings and providing valuable input and insight into the difficult decisions.

Ellen for finding an amazing way to honor a former student.  

Jen D for hosting a lot of visitors and allowing them to observe your best practices in action.  

Jen D and Kathleen for allowing the leadership team the opportunity to observe your instruction to strengthen our skill set.

Tracy for the extra blog post highlighting great connections and relationships between hallways.

Stephanie for all the errands, stores, and restaurants you visited to ensure our staff had everything they needed these past two weeks.  

Tameka for subbing in 5th grade for two days this week. Thank you for doing double duty.

Alex for gathering ALL the retention data so I could make important decisions. I am extremely grateful for you.

Taylor for covering extra prep this week. Your sacrifice of time brought a lot of joy to our staff.

Emma for all your hard work creating our yearbook. Thank you for capturing memories that we students can have for a lifetime.

Josie, Falak, and Amy for producing the Keystone Newspaper. I love the variety of topics that were covered.

Emily for showcasing your students’ scientific skills with the science fair. It was great to explore them all.  

Jessica S for putting a unique spin to the classic, Goldilocks. It was great to see your students’ talents shine.

Stacey R, Alex, Robyn, and Tameka for spending your time providing ratings

Sandy for cutting out all the stars for our kindness wall.

Sandy for monitoring a Y5 student.