Good Monday Morning,
The warm weather and full sun sure made for a delightful weekend. I was able to enjoy a day of baseball on Saturday, but then my lingering cold finally got the best of me, and I was down and out all Sunday. It was sure hard to be inside on such a beautiful day.
I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend and St. Patrick's Day!
"Students care when they know the adult in the room cares about them. Study after study shows that students are more motivated by who is teaching than what is being taught. Outcomes like belonging, well-being, and engagement are critical enablers to learning and set students up for life success.
Think about it: What happens when students don't feel like they belong or feel valued as a member of the class? Students' well-being decreases, engagement is lower, there is an uptick in behaviors that interfere with learning, and ultimately academic growth is hindered. What if there were a set of low-burden, high-impact, research-backed practices that educators could implement consistently to improve those outcomes?
The S.E.R.V.E. Model was developed based on findings from research, years of practical experience as educators, and input from students. It is built upon two core beliefs: 1) the ability to influence students comes through serving them to meet their needs, and 2) when it comes to creating a supportive and inclusive classroom, it is all about relationships. S.E.R.V.E. organizes low-burden, high-impact practices to help educators increase their intentionality and impact on critical student outcomes like belonging, well-being, and engagement, knowing that these outcomes enable learning and life success. The S.E.R.V.E. Model provides common language and a dedicated set of relationship-focused practices that educators can implement and discuss to ensure every student is able to access a supportive school environment." Read More
Pi Night
Pi Night was a great community event. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!
Healthy Classrooms - Action Needed
Please help maintain healthy classrooms by encouraging students to wash their hands frequently and wiping down desktops.
Parent-Teacher Conferences - Action Needed
Please be sure to confirm your classroom conferences. Additionally, as you prepare, be sure to collect student sample work and data to share parents.
Warm Weather Brings Dress Code Reminders
Please remind our students of the dress code. Here is what is in the handbook:
"Springdale Middle School students are expected to wear clothing that is suitable for school and all school-related activities. Springdale Middle School dress code ensures that student dress and appearance meet health and safety standards while respecting student expression and the learning environment.
Chest, nipples, genitalia, buttocks, and extended midriffs/navel, underpants, shall not be exposed.
Clothing that promotes alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sexual connotations, profanity, sexist or racist subject matter, weapons and gang-related material is not permitted and may lead to student discipline.
Footwear must be worn at all times and should be appropriate for the respective class activities.
Hoods are not permitted in the school. The exceptions are before school and during lunch.
Apparel items should not be a safety concern (ie chains, spiked collars, etc)
Sunglasses are not to be worn in class.
Based on these guidelines, staff will use respectful discretion/privacy when deciding on the appropriateness of student dress.
Except in cases of acute violations, students will not be sent out of class to the office for violating the dress code. Rather, staff will discretely refer the concern to an administrator. Consequences within the school-wide discipline system may be applied if a student continues to wear inappropriate clothing after receiving guidance to adjust the clothing."
Spring Observations - Action Needed
Please be sure to sign up for your Spring Observation. Here is a link to the sign-up form.
Job Post
Sham has shared out two of our current job openings: MTSS Coordinator and K8 PE. More district opening will be share this week. Please let me know if you would like any information regarding either job.
Interim Assessment Block - Action Needed
3-8 grade teachers, please be sure to signup to complete an interim assessment block by the end of the month. This will be a great talking point for your parent-teacher conferences.
Building Leadership Team Meeting
After school will be our BLT meeting.
Here is the agenda:
2024-25 Schedule
Spring Hiring
Interim Assessments
SIP Goals
PBIS Partnership
CharacterStrong (SEL)
PLC
5 to 1 Praise
The 5:1 compliment-to-correction guideline was originally introduced as a tool for educators. Research supports the idea that children learn and perform best in an environment that provides consistent praise and occasional redirection. The ratio is 8:1 for children who have behavioral or emotional challenges is often needed. Remember, this isn't a ratio to one specific child, but hole classroom praise.
Please work to reinforce your classroom environment with praise!
MTSS Updates - Action Needed
Thank you to those who filled out the FastBridge survey. I did not receive enough feedback to allow me to plan a presentation. Please reach out to me with individual questions.
Please let me know if you would like me to attend a conference.
Dates to note:
Last day for 3rd-5th grade groups will be Apr 25, 2024.
FastBridge testing window for 3rd grade and up is April 29-May 2.
Last day for K-2 groups groups will be May 16, 2024
FastBridge testing window for K-2 will be May 20-29.
Last date for MTSS Roundtable referrals is May 1!
8th Grade Field Trip to EWU: I need all 8th grade permission slips for students who want to participate TODAY. If they do not have their forms in, but would like to go, please contact Ms. A!
Monday - 03.18
Office Stand-up Meeting, 9 AM
Student Support, 10-11 AM
Office Meeting, 1 PM
MS Leadership Club @ Library 3:30-5:30 PM
BLT Meeting, 4 PM
Tuesday - 03.19
PLC Time: Staff Meeting
Wednesday - 03.20
MTSS Round Table, 7:45 AM
Admin Meeting, 9:30 AM
Fire Drill @ 1PM
Thursday - 03.21
Lindsay on Campus
Friday - 03.22
Regular Scheduled School Day, March 22
UP and Coming Events:
Middle School Spring Sports Start, March 25
Conferences and Early Release, March 26 and 27
Spring Break, April 1st to April 5th
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