The Heaton Weekly

• Heaton Redesignation Rate Increases from 14.2% in 2017-2018 to 15.7% in the current school year; and we have three more Redesignation windows this year!
• Fresno High Region Redesignation Rate Increased from 12.1% in 2017-2018 to 17.1% in the current school year!
• Teachers are teaming together for Buddy P.E. Thank you Miss Hoffman and Miss Howard for problem-solving, creating connections and building new relationships!
• The Sixth Grade Camp Meeting was a Success and our Sixth Grade Team recruited more parent volunteers for Cabin Leaders!
• First Fire Drill of the Year was organized and Students were well-behaved and quiet!
• ILT learned more about MTSS and Academic Discourse to share at this week's PL on Thursday, October 4th!
• Students are loving structured PE, Yoga and Drum Circles--change can be challenging, but it's worth the effort!
• Heaton Elementary featured at Every Neighborhood Partnership Fall in Love with Fresno Banquet last Thursday, September 27th--Principal Gemetti spoke on the impact ENP is having on Heaton students!
• GATE Testing Completed!
• DRP Testing Completed!
• New Teachers gained deeper understanding of Wonders at Full-Day PL with Coaches!
• Math Coaches supported Kinder, 5th and 6th Grade Teams during Thursday's Math AC's!

Monday, October 1st

• 7:30-4:30 Mr. Greg Brock-Jones Guest Administrator for Heaton
• 7:30-7:50 Run-Walk on the Field--Come Join in the Fun!
• 7:30-11:00 Goal 2 Team at Heaton in Room 15
• 8:00-3:00 Culture&Climate Team All-Day Training (Hansen, Van Fossen, NTA Lorraine, Byers, Sanchez, Phillips and Pulido off site)
• 9:30-12:00 Library Closed
• 12:00-12:30 Young Men of Character for 5th Grade Boys in Room 20
• 12:30-1:00 Young Men of Character for 6th Grade Boys in Room 20
• 2:35-4:00 Football and Volleyball Practice
  
• 4:30-5:30 IAB Training for Site Leaders at Turner Elementary (Gemetti & Hansen)

Tuesday, October 2nd

• 7:30-7:50 Run-Walk on the Field--Come Join in the Fun!
• 8:00-3:00 Sped KTEA Assessment Training (Boswell and Andrade off site)
• 1:00-2:00 Imagine Learning Training in Room 20 for ASP Staff with Amber Dutto
• 2:35-4:35 AC Team Meetings in designated classrooms
  
• 2:35-4:00 Football and Volleyball Practice

Wednesday, October 3rd

• 7:30-7:50 Run-Walk on the Field--Come Join in the Fun!
• 8:00-2:00 Classroom Support w/Melissa Christensen
• 8:30-9:15 1st-3rd Grade Champions for Tomorrow Assembly
• 9:30-10:30 4th-6th Grade Champions for Tomorrow Assembly
• 2:35-4:00 Induction Support Meeting w/Melissa Christensen
• 2:35-4:00 Football and Volleyball Practice
• 2:50-4:20 ILT Meeting in Room 15
• 4:30-5:30 ELD Saturday Academy PL

Thursday, October 4th

• 7:30-7:50 Run-Walk on the Field--Come Join in the Fun
• 12:00-1:00 Heaton Math Walks with Samuel Martinez
• 2:35-4:00 Football and Volleyball Practice
• 2:45-4:35 Heaton PL in Room 16 (MTSS overview, Academic Discourse, RFEP Monitoring and CCT Updates from their All-Day Planning Session)

Friday, October 5th

• 7:30-7:50 Run-Walk on the Field--Come Join in the Fun with Music!
• 8:00-3:00 SST Meetings in Room 15 (Hansen, Byrd and Teachers with SST's)
• 8:30-1:00 SDC Classes to the Big Fresno Fair
• 2:00-4:00 Football and Volleyball Home Games vs. Hamilton (Wait for Isabel's All-Call before sending players to the Cafeteria to meet up with Coaches)
• 3:00-4:00 CHAMPS-ion PL w/Dan Thomson
• 3:30-4:30 Scholastic Meeting w/Rep and ASP Lead (Gemetti attending)

Saturday, October 6th

• Super Saturday Academy Launches at Heaton, from 8:15-12:30
• Saturday Workshops for New Teachers at McLane H.S. Cafeteria 8:30-12:30

Miss Phillips is Heaton's Test Site Coordinator. Please email her with any assessment or scheduling questions.

• 10/1-10/12 Interim#1 Benchmark for 1st-6th Graders

Interim Schedule Attached

Saturday Academy Lead Teachers: Mrs. Ortiz and Mrs. Weber

Teachers and Classified Staff Needed (FUSD Substitute Teachers and FUSD Substitute Classified Staff are Welcome--Everyone is a Recruiter)

Sign-ups are in the Heaton Staff Lounge--Pick your Saturdays Now!

There are 16 Super Saturdays Scheduled this year!

Come join in the Fun!

Quarter 1 (Ends – Oct. 5)

Monday, October 8th 4:00 pm (ATLAS Locked)

Teachers to Distribute Report Cards During Parent-Teacher Conferences (Oct 15th-19th)

• Grades Should Not be a Surprise to the Student or Parent/Guardian.

• All schools will be using ATLAS Gradebook to document student performance/grades.

• It is important that teachers regularly input assignments and scores into Gradebook so students and parents have access to the most current grades.

• Grades need to be calibrated among the Grade Level Team (what is and is not being included; point value; grading scale).

• Parents will be provided with an ID to access the Parent Portal at the beginning of the year.

• Please take notice of the grading periods and the final due date and time that grades must be finalized (attached to email).

• ATLAS Gradebook will be locked at the end of each quarter and teachers will NOT have access to change any grades after that date.

2.A. Challenging Content: Does the content of this lesson reflect the shifts required by the CCSS for Mathematics?

• Focus: The lesson focuses on grade level cluster(s) and/or standard(s) at the appropriate level of depth.
  
• Coherence: The lesson intentionally connects content to appropriate mathematical concepts within and across grades.
  
• Rigor: The lesson intentionally targets the aspect(s) of rigor (conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, application) called for by the standard(s) being addressed. Not
  

How Can these Indicators Be a Guide when Planning Lessons?

3. Ownership: Are students responsible for doing the thinking in this classroom through the mathematical practices?

• Students have opportunities for productive struggle and demonstrate perseverance in reasoning and solving problems solving in the face of initial difficulty.
  
• Students share their developing thinking about the content of the lesson.
  
• Students elaborate on initial thoughts to explain their thinking.
  
• Students engage in academic discourse and ask questions about each other’s thinking to clarify, self-assess and/or improve their own mathematical understanding and determine next steps to improve learning outcomes.
  
• Students justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others.
  
• Students revise initial work, especially their explanations and justifications.
  
• Students use precise mathematical language in their explanations and discussions.
  
• Students use appropriate tools, including technology, strategically when solving a problem.
  

Site Leaders: We are pleased to inform you that the district’s redesignation rate for the 2017-18 school year is 17.3 % compared to 14.1% the prior year. Your diligence in meeting the needs of our English learner students continues to positively impact our achievement outcomes. The attached document indicates each school’s redesignation rate compared to the prior year. Please review and celebrate this accomplishment with your staff, and contact us if we can be of support as you continue to strengthen supports and services for EL students.

Heaton's Redesignation rate increased from 14.2% in 2017-2018 to 15.7% for the current school year and we still have three more opportunities to redesignate English Learners to RFEP (Fluent English Proficient)!!!

The Fresno High Region's rate increased from 12.1% in 2017-2018 to 17.1+% for the current school year, which is a 5.1% increase!!! Great Job Everyone!

Fresno 2018-19 Winter ETM Course info

GW

Grace Wamhoff

Dear Friends and colleagues,

We want to make you aware of a professional development opportunity that is available to all teachers, administrators, and other people who work with children ages 0-15.

Education Through Music (ETM) teaches through song and play. It is not just a music program, but was originally intended as a literacy program that promotes the study of sound and the acquisition of language and music literacy. It takes a deep look at the child's brain and how they learn, and how music can be used to stabilize children and teach social skills while simultaneously teaching core subjects. We have been studying the past few years with several other music teachers, classroom teachers, SPED teachers, as well as others. Master teachers from all over the U.S. lead the classes to help us collaborate with each other and learn best teaching practices to reach students. It has revolutionized the way we approach teaching children, improved our classroom management, and helped provide a better experience for our students.

We are lucky enough to have a course here in Fresno that is starting on Thursday, October 11th . The course is split into three 3-day sessions (Thur/Fri evening & Sat morning) throughout the school year, and you do not have to miss any class time to attend. College course credit is also offered through CSU Bakersfield (at an additional cost). Please note that the registration rates go up after October 1st! To register online, please go to: https://new.richardsinstitute.org/courses/winter/2018/

Fresno Unified supports our efforts to attend the course by paying $200 towards the course cost for the first 20 people who sign up. That means you would only pay $140 instead of $340! This rate is only available if you sign up by October 1st. We still have a few slots available, but they fill up fast! Please mail in your registration with $140 and email grace.wamhoff@fresnounified.org by October 1st if you are planning to register using Fresno Unified funds.

If you are intrigued, but not ready to commit to the whole course, you are welcome to check out a session absolutely FREE. Come check it out, I promise you won’t regret it! Our first class will be on Thursday, October 11th from 5:00-8:00pm at Baird Middle School in room T1. Plan to park on College Ave on the east side of Baird and look for the ETM signs!

IF you’ve never heard of Education through Music before, here is a video put out by George Dozet (one of the Richard’s Institute teachers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RYBdG2LEmE

If you have any questions, please feel free to email one of us. We hope you are able to study with us this year!

Thanks,

Allison Dye Grace Wamhoff

allison.dye@fresnounified.org grace.wamhoff@fresnounified.org

Fresno ETM Course Coordinators

PebbleGo is an online science/history resource designed for K-2. Our login for PebbleGo is: fresnousd. fresnousd works for both the username and password.

Mystery Science is a resource that can be used for all grade levels. When you sign up for this resource, you will have access to lessons, videos, etc. for an entire year free of charge.

Current Standings

• Football is 2 wins and 2 losses (4-way for third place, so scores and wins matter)
• Volleyball is 1 win and 3 losses (4-way tie for third place, so scores and wins matter)

Volleyball Coach: Lorraine Sanchez (Girls-only sport)

Football Coach: Anthony Mungia (Co-Ed sport)

• All 5th & 6th Grade Team Members report to the Cafeteria at Dismissal for SuperSnack and Attendance.
• Practice for Football and Volleyball is 2:35-4:00

Snack Bar at Home Games: Parent Dawn Herrera is our Team Mom and will organize and sell snacks for ASB Fundraising at Heaton's Home Games

Fridays are Game Days--Come out to support our Teams and Students!!!

• October 5th: (Heaton vs. Hamilton at Heaton (Home Game)
  
• October 12th: Heaton vs. Williams at Heaton (Home Game)
• October 19th: Heaton vs. Wilson at Wilson (Away Game)

Volleyball Tournament

• Saturday, October 27th at Sunnyside High School starting at 7:30a.m.
• Top 4 Teams from each Region Qualify

Football Tournament

• Saturday, November 3rd at Sunnyside High School starting at 7:30a.m.
• Top 3 Teams from each Region Qualify

• FCC partners with Heaton Elementary on Dental Hygiene Presentations--15 classroom presentations beginning October 1st through October 30th at Heaton Elementary

• FCC Geology Professors and FCC Science Club Students will bring an engaging Geology Lesson to Heaton 3rd-6th graders at the October 20th Saturday Academy; Heaton students will learn about sea shells, geologic timelines and will create plaster replicas to take home.

• Mr. Pulido gathered information at Birney and Malloch Elementary Schools for Heaton's first Meaningful Job Fair--coming soon!
• Champions for Tomorrow Assemblies, Wednesday, October 3rd for 1st-6th Graders.
• The Big Fresno Fair is Wednesday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 14th
• Super Saturday Academy launches Saturday, October 6th from 8:00-12:30.
• Parent-Teacher Conference Monday, October 17th-Friday, October 21st.
• Jump Rope for Heart postponed from September until March, 2019.

Email videos, images, events and updates to Mrs. Gemetti by Friday afternoon at 4:00p.m. for the following week's Heaton Weekly updates.