Perfect Attendance



Congratulations to Miss Franson’s class on having 7 more days of perfect attendance and spelling the word “present.”

Please continue to keep me informed when your homeroom spells a word.

This Week



Monday, February 17:
   ·    No School-Presidents’ Day

Wednesday, February 19:
   ·    Cindy Chuang’s Birthday

Thursday, February 20:
   ·    Lindsay’s Birthday

Friday, February 21:
   ·    6-8 SOM Assembly
   ·    Pay Day Breakfast-Special Education

Happy Birthday



Cindy Chuang: February 19
Lindsay: February 20

Interims


We begin administering interim assessments next week.

Grade
Acc. Math
Math
ELA
Science
Social Studies
3
Feb 11-12
Feb 18-19
4
Feb 10-11
Feb 17-18
Feb 19-20
Feb 12-13
5
Feb 18-19
Feb 10-12
Feb 13-14
Feb 20-21
6
Feb 18-19
Feb 13-14
Feb 26-27
Feb 24-25
7
Feb 12-13
Feb 14
Feb 18-19
Feb 19
Feb 13
8
Feb 11-12
Feb 11-12
Feb 18
Feb 12
Feb 19

All interim assessments need to be scanned in by February 21, except for 6th grade Science and Social Studies, who received an extension. All Interims must be submitted in gradebook. Please make sure that you are creating a testing environment for students to put forth their best effort. Our school goal focuses on increasing our proficiency on Interims.

School Goal:
To increase the number of students proficient on Interims 1 and 2 by 5% from the 2018-19 school year in both ELA (55% and 57%) and math (48% and 51%) through personalized instruction (workshop).

I look forward to at least 5% or more of our students becoming proficient than last year.

Staff Meeting Agenda


February 11 Staff Meeting Agenda
       1.    Good News
2. Announcements
3. SIP
4. Launch

*3:45-3:59   Optional food and socializing
*Meeting begins promptly at 4:00



Early Release


More information will be forth coming about Early Release PD on Friday. Please know that all staff, including paras, are expected to attend.

Achievement Boards


Thank you for being diligent with getting your achievement boards done by Monday. As a reminder, 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.

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
o  Please write more than “Good job!”

I love Sheila’s board and how rigorous it is. She has her kindergarten students responding to a prompt in complete sentences. In addition, she provided them with amazing feedback!


Shout Out




Stacey for making sure we had everything we need for emergency bags.

Stefanie, Robyn, and Stacey for delivering donuts and representing Keystone in a positive manner. 

Stefanie for everything that you are doing to increase our enrollment. I appreciate how diligent you are with the various enrollment initiatives: Refer a Friend, Donuts on Us, Enrollment Night, and scheduling preschool readings.

Stacey for reading to preschoolers. I love how you are getting perspective families excited about Keystone.

Stephanie, Sheila, Robyn, Jamie, Jen, and Laura for responding so quickly to a student’s medical need. 
    
Mechelle for creating our Black History Month bulletin board in the main hallway! I love your creativity!  

Diane for amazing door decorations.

Robyn and Sarah M for all things WIDA!

Jena for taking time after school to help me with mail merge. Your contribution will greatly impact our enrollment!

Stacey for completing the PET for our SIP.  

Mechelle and Cindy Chuang for your professionalism and time when discussing a child’s academic progress with parents.

Cindy Conti for brainstorming great ideas for our first March of Dimes event.

Tracy for remaining humbled and professional when dealing with a difficult parent situation. I admire your strength to take the high road and modeling true character during adversity.

Sarah D for your amazing talent and creativity. Thank you for another killer flyer.

Sandy for going above and beyond to communicate to our new kindergarten family.  

Robyn for being proactive and communicating our specials schedule change due to early release.

Anne for starting a school-wide conversation around Black History.  

This Week


Monday, February 10:
   ·    Achievement Boards Due

Tuesday, February 11:
   ·    Staff Meeting
   ·    Staff Meeting Snacks-2nd Grade

Wednesday, February 12:
   ·    Count Day

Thursday, February 13:
   ·    School Visit 8:15-10:15 AM

Friday, February 14:
   ·    3-5 SOM Assembly
   ·    Early Release 1:15 PM Dismissal