Staff Newsletter Week of October 24, 2022

The Hive

Breaking down barriers and building bridges.

“The best school in Boston”

Dates   10/24 Jumpstart Observation 10/24-11/10 BIMAS Window 10/25 Grade 2 Room 205 to MIT 10/27 ILT 10/28 Pajama Day 10/31 Halloween: No Costumes 11/2 PD 11/3 Field trip to Arnold Arboretum: Grade 3: 203 202 11/9-11/10 Picture Day 11/14 Grade 3 Room 203 to MIT 11/16 PD 11/17 Grade 3 Room 202 to MIT 11/23 Half Day 11/24-11/25 Thanksgiving Break: No School

Updates Lunch Cards Starting Ocotber 25th, students will be expected to have a lunch card that will be scanned in order to get lunch. The lunch cards will stay in the kitchen. Currently, the lunch cards are organized in alphabetical order by last name. This is new to our school and Mr. Juan. Therefore, please be patient and please inform the students if this shift. The expectation is that staff have the cards in their hands and scan the cards as students go through the lunch line. Please be aware that students with allergies will automatically be flagged by the system to ensure they have the proper meal which will delay the process because Mr. Juan will have to certify on the computer.   Teachers Pay Teachers At the beginning of the year, we purchased a Teachers Pay Teachers package so that staff would have access to resources to augment their curricula and/or complement their subfolders. We purchased a package with 225 licenses to share. Licenses are used when a staff member selects a product that says “Access Now.” So far, 73 licenses have been used. Please be cognizant of the number of licenses you are using as it is shared by the whole school. One way to help is when searching for a product filter the search on the left side of the screen by clicking “Flex Catalog.” No licenses are used for “Flex Catalog” resources , and thousands of resources are available. Furthermore, please be sure to share resources and materials with team members and colleagues.   Report Cards Due December 9, 2022 We are a little more than halfway through the fall semester. Grading for the fall semester is based on student's performance on the expectations and standards taught for the fall semester and not where they are expected to be by the end of the school year.  (For a student in Gr. 1-5, passing a course means he/she met at least 40% of the standards in that course. And a student has to receive a mark of either “3” or “4” to meet a standard.)  Whole School PD Snack Sign-Up If you’re interested in helping with snacks for a PD session, please sign up here. Telescope Network We’re reaching out to school administrators to ask for your help. Each year, we survey educators across BPS to find out what they want and need to learn next. We use the responses to help build professional development programs for the year.    Administrators can help us in two ways: Share the survey with your staff. It takes about 7-10 minutes to complete. Anyone who completes the survey is entered to win a raffle prize (we’re raffling off twenty $20 gift cards to local bookstores). See below for a blurb you can share with staff.   Take the survey yourself.  We’d love to hear your needs as well as any recommendations you have for effective educators and practices in your building.   Summary Report: If we hear from at least 10 of your staff members, we will create a customized “’Needs Assessment Report” to summarize the responses from your school.

Data BIMAS BIMAS “is  a measure of behavioral functioning and social, emotional skills in children and adolescents ages pre-k to 18 years.” Ms. Jen will be sending the letters to go home in case families want to opt-out. If you have not received an email or are unable to sign in, please see Ms. Jen. When completing the questionnaire, please remember it is based on what you have observed within 2-3 days when you are completing the BIMAS for a student and not since the beginning of the year.

Math ST Math Don’t forget about the amazing resources that ST Math Provided, including the ST Math Puzzle Talks. This is a great way to encourage students to think critically about math and incorporate academic discourse! ST Math Goals For the Week Goal for the Year K0/K1 30 mins 20 puzzles   80% Progress completion  K2-Grade 1 60 minutes 40 puzzles Grade 2-Grade 3 90 minutes 60 puzzles

Special Education/Support/CBHM IEP Meetings This Week 10/25 EMA-439809 Room 105 10/25 IDV-431072 Room-105 10/28 JLS-425652 Room108 10/28 STG-425296 HR- 105 Uplodaing Documents on EdPlan “Unfortunately, often times teachers and related services providers complete the evaluations and upload their written reports EdPlan under documents "UPLOAD EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS". When they do that, the evaluations continue to show incomplete, overdue, and out-of-compliance in EdPlan."    This memo provides step-by-step directions and hyperlinks that provide appropriate guidance in this process.    Once again, I will be more than happy to meet with and/or any staff still needing assistance to complete this task correctly. Our school district, and the OSE if reflecting a large number of assessments overdue, and out of compliance just because the reports are not uploaded correctly in EdPlan.  Meetings can be canceled up to three times…teachers need to remind parents of meetings (2 days before the meeting to remind families of meeting and or talking points)

Operations Card/Building Access If you are in need of a new ID card or if your card is not work, please let Mr. Chery know.

Shoutouts Ms. Jackie: Ms. Jackie, thank you for sharing with us your story and journey as a breast cancer survivor caregiver, and for raising awareness in our community and beyond. -Keri Purple   Ms. Aviles: Thanks for providing me with a medium ice coffee, with cream and three pumps of caramel. Very thoughtful and refreshing. -Chery Thank you Ms. Linda for being a calm, welcoming, and helpful presence in the lunchroom -Ms. Lawlor   Kerri - thanks for the snacks! -Ms. Kelley   S/O my para’s they have been amazing and patient with me! -Ms. Shaq   Thank you Mr. Anthony for supporting a first grade friend when he was having a hard day -Ms. Hamilton    Thanks Keri and Brian for the snacks! -Ms. Paula   S/O to Keri and Rose for a productive clt and pd session :) Ms. Martin S/O to 3rd grade :) -Ms. Martin   S/O to Ms.Morgardo for helping with our lovely group of 6 :) -Ms. Martin   K1 for lending us mats to keep friends safe in K2 :) -Ms. Chase   Thank you Ms. Centeio for keeping the classroom together while I was away!! It was good to see pictures and videos of the kids working while I was gone. -Ms. Cassie

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