Cougar Staff Weekly Newsletter
Week of Monday, Jan. 29th - Friday, Feb. 2nd 2024
Cougar Staff,
We are heading into January's last couple of days and entering February! We are off and running into this second half of the year! Thank you all for your help with getting our students tested over the last couple of weeks with MOY mCLASS. We are excited to see our students growing this year! Continue to hold high expectations for all of your students! Please complete peer observations and lock them by January 31, 2024. In addition, please make sure you submit all field trip request documentation by January 31, 2024.
Mrs. Rodriguez will be out for the next two weeks. Mrs. Tant will be out the week of February 5th. Please see the specials coverage for the following two weeks. Please let Mrs. Gonzalez know if you see any conflicts in the schedule, or have any questions. Please work together to make sure our wonderful instructional assistants get a break. Thank you to everyone for your flexibility.
Please read through the newsletter below and let us know if you have any questions.
Have a great week!
Ms. Carey and Mrs. Gonzalez
Non-negotiables…
Lesson plans with a common template
Edmentum - use during computer lab
No free time or playing games - Use Lightspeed
Learning goal posted and parts of framework labeled on slides
Schedule by the door MUST match the new master schedule
Post standards by the work outside rooms
February 13th - February 16th
March 20th- March 22nd
April 11th- April 17th
No more field trips should be scheduled after Spring Break, except district field trips.
- Teachers please make a calculation about the cost of the field trip using the following information:
- Bus per mile: Gas rate per mile is $3.01
- Drive Fee: $17.25 an hour
- If a student has a financial need for a field trip, please let us know.
Teachers, please secure all field trips with the different venues you will be visiting for the rest of the school year.
Complete the field trip form and parent letter. (Example Letter)
Submit it to Mrs. Carey for approval.
If we go ahead and plan those field trips, it will give us good timing to secure buses and drivers.
Field trip reminders
Communicate field trip information to parents.
Send permission slips home and parent information letter.
Leave a copy of the field trip form in your box, and take one copy with you on the field trip.
Notify the cafeteria of the grade-level lunch plans four weeks before the field trip.
All field trip forms that grade levels plan to take for the remainder of the school year must be turned in by January 31, 2024.
- Monday, January 29th - K-2 Math PLC
- Wednesday, January 31st- Peer Observations Completed, and Locked
- Friday, February 2nd- Valentine Sale- Please see Flyer
- Friday, February 2nd- National Wear Red Day
- Tuesday, February 6th - Central Office Visit
- Wednesday, February 7th- 100th Day of School
- Wednesday, February 7th - Staff meeting
- Thursday, February 8th- Term 3-Progress Reports
- Friday, February 9th- Optional Teacher Workday
- Monday, February 12th- Mandatory Teacher Workday
- Tuesday, February 13th- Friday, February 16th- NC Check-In Testing Window
- Wednesday, February 21st - 5th Grade Science District PLC
- Friday, February 23rd - Orchestra Trip for 5th graders
- Saturday, February 24th- Daddy/Daughter Dance
- Wednesday, February 28th- National Kindness Day- Wear Pink
- Tuesday, March 5th - All County Chorus for Selected Students
- Dunn Center at 6pm for Anyone Interested
- Friday, March 8th- 5th Grade Field Trip
- Tuesday, March 12th- Battle of the Books
- Tuesday, March 12th- Parent Night (Data Notebooks) 5:30-6:30
- Tuesday, March 12th- PTO meeting (Virtual) 7:30
Daily:
All staff present by 7:15 AM (In the classroom or duty location)
Students may begin entering at 7:20 and will report to the cafeteria.
At 7:40, all students will report to HR class.
Any student arriving between 7:40-8:00 will eat breakfast in the cafeteria before going to class
Monday, January 29th
- K-2 Math PLC
- Fitness Club- 3:45 to 4:15- Optional
Tuesday, January 30th
- Regular School Day
- Fitness Club- 3:45 to 4:15- Optional
Wednesday, January 31st
- Battle of the Books Meeting - 11:30-12:30
- mCLASS Testing Window Closes
- Fitness Club- 3:45 to 4:15- Optional
Thursday, February 1st
- Regular School Day
- Fitness Club- 3:45 to 4:15- Optional
Friday, February 2nd
- Battle of the Books Meeting - 11:30-12:30
- Wear Red with you jeans!
Feel free to join Mrs. Davis, Ms. Carey, and Mrs. Gonzalez for a low-impact, all-standing workout! Check out the benefits! This is not required; it is something fun to keep us all going strong and lose a few pounds here and there!
Just 30 minutes of exercise a day can give a teacher:
- Improved happiness levels. ...
- Stress relief. ...
- Reduced feelings of depression and anxiety. ...
- Sense of fulfilment. ...
- Reduced risk of heart disease. ...
- Better sleep. ...
- An energy boost. ...
- Improved Memory and Boosted Brainpower.
Carline Cones: Neal, Flythe, Elder, Klein
Caller: Yebra
Classroom Radios: K- Royster, 1st- Ramirez, 2nd-Holley
Pre-K- Lumley, Thorne
Car: 100 Hallway- Hartel
We will dismiss car riders and bus students at the following times for the rest of the school year to ensure that all students are in place at 3:00 for dismal:
K/1 - 2:55
2-5 - 2:55
PTO met on January 23, 2024. Please see the notes.
We are part of a national community of Opportunity Culture schools committed to reaching every student with excellent teaching consistently. You can read more about this on OpportunityCulture.org.
The cornerstone of an Opportunity Culture school is the Multi-Classroom Leadership model: small, collaborative teaching teams led by teachers with leadership skills and a record of high-growth student learning. Schools and districts around the country have joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative, and research shows that MCL teaching teams produced strong learning gains for students.
