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“The best school in Boston”
Week of January 9-13
Dates 1/5-2/8 Access Testing Window 1/09 Probable Org (Chery at Bolling from 11-1:30?) 1/10 Fire Drill @ 2:00 1/12 Green New Deal and Capital and Planning team site visit 2-3 1/13 Bring Your Parent to School Day 9:45-11:45 1/16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No School 1/19 Containment Drill at 9:45 am 1/20 Winter Showcase and Potluck at Unity (More Details to Come) 1/27 Updated subfolders in the main office | ||||||||||||||
Updates Coffee Cake fundraiser It’s that delicious time of year again! Our coffee cake fundraiser with My Grandma’s of New England kicks off this week. Brochures and order forms will be distributed to classrooms to go home with students on Monday. We always appreciate any cakes staff members can buy/sell as well. Some extra order forms will be available in the main office. Orders and payment are due by Wednesday, January 25th. Retention Notices Please let me know as soon as possible if you have any students who may be a candidate for retention. These must begin soon after the break as we approach the halfway mark. In order to be considered for retention, candidates must all be brought forward to the Student Support Team and interventions and recommendations must be implemented.
FROM BPS CIRCULAR ON PROMOTION AND RETENTION: “ By the end of January, formal, written notices must be sent to parents of students who remain at risk of being retained. The Promotion Review Team will meet in February and before the end of the year to review and make decisions on students who are at risk of being retained. Principals and Heads of School have the final authority for all promotion decisions.
During the period from February through June, schools must maintain written, bimonthly contact with parents who were sent formal, written notices to apprise them of their child’s progress. Copies of these notifications must be kept on file.
Any student who is retained, or remains at-risk even though they were promoted, will be provided with additional support, including tutoring during the subsequent school year.”
Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do with Sensei Phil will begin on the week of January 23rd. All classes will take place in Cafeteria B. Forms to purchase uniforms will go out this week. The cost of uniforms will be $30 each. For families who choose not to buy a uniform, there will be some uniforms available for students to borrow for class.
Voluntary Excess Deadline
Mice We got some friendly mice in the building. Please do not leave food out. We’ve put in a work order. TpT We have 124 licenses left for the year on Teachers Pay Teachers. Please be sure to share resources with the grade-level team and resources. TpT is a great source to help supplement your sub folder that should contain at least 3 days of work. | ||||||||||||||
Data MAP Family Reports Families will receive their students’ Winter MAP results by Feb 1. Copies of reports will be shared with school leaders in school data folders by Jan 27. See toolkit for more information. Attendance
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Literacy Lexia News from Ms. Purple I met before the break with our Lexia Customer Service Manager, David Ciarla. He is helping me think about how the Lexia program fits into our school community. I’ll be picking your brains about it over the next week or so and appreciate your honest feedback about what’s working, what’s challenging, and what additional professional learning you’re interested in through the Lexia platform. Below is a look at school-wide Lexia usage from the beginning of the year until the end of December. Usage is measured on a weekly basis. Target minutes vary depending on the student’s Lexia level. You can find target minutes in your Lexia dashboard. Let’s see if we can get our usage back at 50% or above and all students out of placement mode by February break. I’ll share some other information and resources from my meeting with Mr. Ciarla in the next staff newsletter. Also, 3rd grade recently shared with me that students are experiencing technical problems with the app involving a portion of the screen being grayed out. If any other grades have also noticed, please let me know. I’ve reached out to OIIT and am waiting to hear back. | ||||||||||||||
Math Close the GAP By the end of this week, the expectation is that we are at 36% progress completion. As a school, we are currently at 26%. We only have about 5 classrooms at the moment that will meet or exceed the expectations out of 13 classes. How will you help close the gap this week? This month? ST Math can serve as morning work during arrival. It can be added to a center/station throughout the week. There’s a potential for indoor recess on Friday where students can spend some time. Reminder: Celebrate students for their work in ST math. Here are some ideas and resources to use.
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Special Education (IEP meeting)/Support/CBHM | ||||||||||||||
Operations ID: If you are still in need of an ID, please let me know. Time Request: It’s the responsibility of the staff to request the time appropriately in ESS. | ||||||||||||||
🙁 Take a moment and shout someone out! | ||||||||||||||
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Later/Reminders It is time to think about and plan for staffing and budget decisions for next school year. To inform those decisions, please complete this form as soon as possible, but no later than J anuary 01/13/2023. Please be advised that the Staff Preference sheet does not constitute any guarantee of classroom or grade assignment. Your responses will be taken into consideration, along with licensure requirements and decisions about school-wide priorities and budget. *Paras if questions do not apply to you, answer with "Not applicable." If you would like to be part of the interview committee this year, please let me know. Most of the interviews will take place in person after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays in my office. Virtual interviews may take place if necessary. At this time, I am anticipating about 4-5 Enable 2-Step Verification on your Google Account Fall is our favorite time of year but nobody likes it when they fall for a phishing scam! Protect yourself against phishing scams (and stop these terrible puns) by enabling 2-step verification today! The link below will take you to the instructions and we recommend downloading the Gmail app for iPhone or Android ahead of time. The Gmail app saves you time by turning the 2-step verification into a simple yes or no, instead of using text-message codes. 2-Step Verification Instructions All staff - Feb 1, 2023 Thank you for helping to protect the BPS! Process does not take too long. Please complete it as soon as possible. Thanks to the following staff who have completed the 2-Step Verification: ETWA Want to update the election to work agreement? Do you have a great idea you would like to share? Here is your opportunity. The Election to Work Agreement has not been updated in years and this could be an opportunity for us to make some meaningful changes. Think about how we can truly make an impact and move the work and when thinking of suggestions, put our students at the center of those suggestions; is this what our students need? Will this move the work in the right direction? Your voice is important! Please see Ms. Aviles with any questions or concerns. LAST CALL: After School Club Opportunity I know many of you have interests and talents you would like to share with our students. We have allocated $10,000 this year for stipends for staff members to run an after school club. Staff members will be paid the BTU rate. If interested, please share your idea here. | ||||||||||||||
Links/Forms How we will determine indoor recess. | ||||||||||||||
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