In an effort to limit
and contain exposure in the event that a staff member were to test positive for
COVID, we expect all staff to remain 6 feet apart at all times,
including lunch and various meetings. If you are unable to maintain proper
social distancing, you will need to find another location or meet virtually. Thank
you for keeping each other healthy!
Stacey for always
taking initiative. I appreciate all your help with the staff meeting.
Jamie for making
a personal delivery for a family in need.
Deb for always
spoiling me. You have no idea how grateful I was to walk into my office on
Tuesday morning and seeing everything put away. WOW!
Stephanie for
volunteering to cover my morning arrival spot. Thank you for seeing a need,
filling a need.
Steve, Jena, Sloane, Tully, Tracy, and Kari for
understanding and increasing your synchronous sessions for your virtual
students. No matter what we ask of you, you get it done. Thank you!
Stephanie for gathering
a lot of documentation for me in such a quick turnaround.
Gary for
working so hard to help me find the missing key.
Stephanie for taking
down the thankful decorations in the office.
Jessica and Jenaca for putting up a Black History Month bulletin board.
It looks amazing!
Teri,, Sheila and Kari
for sharing
a best practice! Your knowledge and resources will be beneficial to so many.
Monday, January 18:
·
No School-Martin L. King Jr.
Friday, January 22:
·
Progress Reports
·
Pay Friday Breakfast-6th Grade
Saturday, January 23:
·
Brian’s Birthday
Our wonderful Board will be providing the staff with lunch on Tuesday from Boneheads BBQ. In addition, they will be staying for all three lunch periods to give everyone a holiday gift
We have two new team members-Tifanie Goodman and Crista Long. Tifanie is our new intervention para tentatively scheduled to start on Wednesday. Tifanie comes with several years of experience working with students in a school (para) and non-school (behavior technician) environment. Crista Long is our new recess/lunch aide tentatively scheduled to start on Monday. Crista is a parent at Keystone with kids in Y5s, Kinder, 5th, and 7th.
Please find some time next week to welcome our newest team members.
During admin collaboration observations this week, we will continue observing workshop, but our focus is on students’ understanding and articulating the learning objective (I can) for the workshop lesson.
It is critical that students
understand what they are learning and why they are learning it.
This can be accomplished easily. In the beginning of your small group lesson,
make a statement similar to this, “Today, we are going to review improper
fractions. On Friday’s unit assessment, I noticed you were really close to
getting the correct answers and I want to help you master this skill. Who can
tell me what we will be learning about today and why?”
Parents
will be viewing their child’s progress report on the Parent Portal on January
22. As a part of our Green School initiative, we will not be printing progress
reports. Please make sure that you have a true representation of their child’s
academic progress by having enough grades entered and that you have
collaborated with your grade level for consistency.
In-person teachers should continue to use digital platforms in their
classrooms. Please create a lesson each day utilizing one. This will keep students familiar with the
platforms in case we have to go remote again unexpectedly. Please
continue to have students take their Chromebooks home every day.
