Weekly Memo

Good Morning,

What a great weekend to remember those who gave all for our liberties and freedom. I hope that everyone found some time to relax and play a little too.  Things are going to get busy during these last two weeks of school.  I appreciate your help with the various activities. 

Important Safety Reminders

• Please increase your situational awareness around the school.  

• Ensure that every student has a trusted adult to talk to who will listen.

• Keep all exterior access points locked and closed

• Secure interior doors.  At a minimum, all classroom doors need to be locked, and easily securable.  It is preferred that they are locked and closed. 

• All visitors need to enter through our front office's controlled access point and must sign in.  This includes high school aids, volunteers, and community partners.

• Remember: "See something" that doesn't seem right, "say something" and report it. This includes social media.  Report to school leadership and/or law enforcement.

 

Field Trips

Great job organizing and leading your classroom field trips.  It was wonderful to connect with the 5th-grade field trip at Camp Gifford.  One of our more challenging students expressed to me that we needed to start the year with a field trip like Camp Gifford because "we learned to work as a team."  On Thursday, the middle school team will be heading out on their chosen field trips to Camp Gifford, Hiawatha Trail, Copper Bowl.  I will be out this day.

 

MAP Testing

Please work with your teaching partner/team to coordinate and implement your MAP testing.

 

HIV/Human Growth and Development

In the first week of June, Nurse Sherri will be presenting the HIV and Human Growth and Develop videos for our 5th-8th grade students. Please make sure all opt-out letters have the students name on them and are logged into the opt-out sheet on the google document as soon as they are returned (see Nurse Sherri's Email).  

• Friday, June 3rd (9:00 AM), is the HIV viewing for 6-8th Grade in the MS assembly.

• Monday, June 6th (1:30 PM), Human Growth and Development for  6th-grade classes. This will be completed in two gender-specific classrooms.

• Monday, June 6th (2:30 PM), is the HIV viewing for 5th-grade in their classroom

• Tuesday, June 7th, is the Human Growth and Development for 5th classes. This will also be completed in two gender-specific classrooms. 

 

Celebrations and Events

May 31st – WSU School of Medicine Showcase @ 5:00PM

June 1st -- CTE Carnival @ 3:30-6:00PM

June 1st – Freshman Orientation 

June 2nd -- MS Choice Field Trips
(Camp Gifford, Hiawatha Trail, Copper Bowl)

June 4th -- High School Graduation @ 11 AM

June 6th -- 3rd Grade Field BlueZoo

June 7th -- 8th Grade Promotion @ 7 PM

June 8th -- Kindergarten Graduation @ 1 PM

June 9th – Field Day

June 10th -- Last Day of School

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K8 Calendar Link: K8 Spring Calendar

This Week:

Monday 

Memorial Day

Tuesday

MAP Testing 

1:00 PM -- Office Meeting

5:00 PM - WSU Capstone Event

 

Wednesday

9:00 AM - Admin Team Meeting

1:00 PM - Student Support Team Meeting

1:00 PM - MS Bike Inspections

2:30 PM - MS Mile Test Ride 

Thursday

MS Choose Field Trips, Brett Off-Campus All Day

Friday

12:30 PM – K8 Staff Meeting (Schedules, SIP, and more)

1:00 PM - PD MTSS

K8 Monday Memo

Good Monday Morning,

I hope that everyone had a great weekend celebrating the mothers in your family. I can't believe we are in the second week of May; we only have four more weeks of school!  Let's make them the best.

Family Night Out

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped with the Family Night Out event. This event was a great success, with over 300 individuals attending. It was wonderful to connect with our students and families in a fun and engaging way. Mr. Anderson's birdhouse project was a huge hit! Thank you, Mark.

State Test Grades 3-8

This week we start our SBAC ELA testing. We will hand out test tickets and snacks today. We have a limited supply of water, so please encourage your students to bring a water bottle, then have those who take a bottle of water to mark their names on them so they can use it throughout testing.

Field Trips

As you make the final preparations for your field trip, please confirm the following items:

◘ Collected Field Trip Permission Slips for all Students

◘ Parent/Guardian Memo Sent Out (Please share a copy with me!)
◘ Volunteers lined up...it's always nice to maintain a minimum of 1 adult to 10 student ratio.
◘ Confirm with Ann for transportation arrangements.
◘ Requisitions submitted for fees.

Current Field Trip Schedule

05.11 -- K-1 Fish Hatchery

05.18 -- 2nd Mobius / Riverfront Park

05.25 -- PK to Springdale Fire Station

05.26 -- 5th to Camp Gifford

06.02 -- MS Choice Field Trips (Camp Gifford, Hiawatha, or Bowling) 

06.06 -- 3rd to BlueZoo

Timesheets Due

Please make sure all timesheets are into Tammy today. This includes extra timesheets for the Family Night Out event. Please be sure to mark what your extra time was spent on in the description.

4-Day School Week

This week the district will be sending out a community survey for the 4-Day School Week. Please encourage community members to return this survey. 

Camper Assembly

The k-5 Camper assembly is on June 27th. Please get your tents completed and be sure to invite parents. 

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K8 Calendar Link: K8 Spring Calendar

This Week

Monday 

8:00 AM -- Timesheets Due

3:30 PM -- MS Softball @ Valley

6:30 PM -- School Board Meeting

Tuesday

8:30 AM -- SBAC ELA

1:00 PM -- Office Meeting 

 

Wednesday

K-1 Field Trip - Fish Hatchery

8:30 AM -- SBAC ELA

9:00 AM -- Admin Meeting in D.O.

1:00 PM -- Student Support Team 

Thursday

8:30 AM -- SBAC ELA

1:00 PM -- Office Meeting

Friday

8:00 AM -- New H.S. Principal, Mike Amend on campus

1:00 PM -- MS Baseball @ Cusick 

1:00 PM -- PD: MTSS and Project Clear