The Key Notes

Important Dates

November 15-19: 3-8 Math Interim 1

November 17: Crazy Hair Day for FREE (Fall Fundraiser Reward)

November 18: All Grades Entered

November 19: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage Month (Mood)

November 19: Report Cards Printed

November 19: End of Trimester 1

November 19: Trimester 1 School Store

November 19: Spirit Day $1

November 22: P/T Conferences (In-Person) 4-8 PM

November 22 Trimester 1 School Store Rewards

November 23: Steve’s Birthday

November 23: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage Month (Patton)

November 23: ½ Day-Dismissal 11:20 AM

November 23 P/T Conferences (Virtual) 12-4 PM

November 23: 2^nd Grade Facebook Post Due

November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break

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

Happy Birthday

Crystal: November 8

Jamie: November 8

Help us show GRATITUDE for the month of November! Has someone helped you with something and you would like to thank them and show your gratitude? Find someone on this Google Sheet and write a short explanation of why you are grateful for them. We will provide a jeans pass to any staff member who gets recognized. If someone already was gifted a jeans pass, please choose someone else. It’s our desire to show gratitude to EVERYONE!

Big shout out to Andria for coming up with this idea!

Achievement Boards

It’s time to change your bulletin boards. Achievement Boards are due November 12.

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. Please write more than “Good job!”

Please note: 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.

Shout Outs

Steve, Cindy Chuang, Kristin, Flo, Mandy, and Ashley B for spending an evening with our families at Trunk or Treat.

Diane, Tracy, and Kari for all your hard work with MOYA. It was our best year yet!

Mandy for allowing a colleague to observe your workshop.

Jeanne for spending a lot of quality time with me doing Day of Awesomeness coverage.

Theresa, Rebecca, Kim B, Sandy, Deb, and Lisa for making sure that teachers had coverage during lunch.

Stacey for jumping in and helping with behavior this week.

Robyn for sending out great communications.

Andria for always thinking of ways to keep our school culture positive.

Teri for handling a difficult parent with patience and understanding.

Monique for being my go-to with student behaviors.

Kim J for assisting in the front office.

Robyn for all the anti-bullying presentations.

Teri for all the anti-bullying communications.

Jamie for meeting all the requirements for School Safety Week!

Stacey for providing support to additional direct reports.

Jeanne and Rebecca for always stepping in to help with cleaning up the gym after lunch.

Stephanie for making sure I had a working office chair.

This Week

Monday, November 1:

· No School-PD

· Science Interim 1-Grades 3,4,6,7,8 (Nov 1-5)

· 3-8 Interim 1(Nov 1-5)

Thursday, November 4:

· November 4: Purple Club

Friday, November 5:

· Intervention Meetings

· Morning Assembly Presentation Due-Veteran’s Day (Veteran’s Day Committee)

Important Dates

November 8-12 5^th Grade Science Interim 1

November 8: Crystal’s Birthday

November 8: Jamie’s Birthday

November 9: Picture Retake

November 12: PJ Day for Free (Fall Fundraiser Reward)

November 12: Change Bulletin Board

November 12: Payday Breakfast-7^th Grade

November 12: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage Month (Corbin)

November 15-19: 3-8 Math Interim 1

November 17: Crazy Hair Day for FREE (Fall Fundraiser Reward)

November 18: All Grades Entered

November 19: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage Month (Mood)

November 19: Report Cards Printed

November 19: End of Trimester 1

November 19: Trimester 1 School Store

November 19: Spirit Day $1

November 22: P/T Conferences (In-Person) 4-8 PM

November 22 Trimester 1 School Store Rewards

November 23: Steve’s Birthday

November 23: Morning Assembly Presentation Due-American Indian Heritage Month (Patton)

November 23: ½ Day-Dismissal 11:20 AM

November 23 P/T Conferences (Virtual) 12-4 PM

November 24-26: Thanksgiving Break

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

ESSER Funds Feedback

Our school received funding through federal legislation to be spent over the next three years, called ESSER (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds. These funds are meant to address the academic learning loss and social-emotional needs of our school community due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds are accessible to prevent, prepare, and respond to COVID-19 and your opinion matters! We will be gathering staff, parent, and school board input as we decide how to best utilize these funds.

For a more thorough overview of ESSER, check out this presentation.

Please let us know your thoughts on how to spend our ESSER funds by completing this survey.

M-STEP Results

2020-21 M-STEP results are no longer embargoed, and despite the challenges of last year, we did really well in comparison to our 2018-19 results AND we continue to outperform all the local districts in our area. We had 88% participation rates compared to only 72% participation statewide. This makes our data more accurate than what many other schools report.

I am so proud of Keystone! I can only expect that if we keep doing what we are doing, we are poised to continue to close the gap academically and increase our proficiency rate.

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