Waterville Primary School

Friday, January 17th: Teacher Workday

*Please plan to attend the State of the Schools Address led by Dr. Fritz @ 8am in HS Auditorium

Monday, January 20th: No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

Monday, January 21st: Kdg Grade Level Mtg @ 11:30am

Wednesday, January 22nd: Wonders Training for

K-2 Teachers piloting updated edition 8:30am-11:30am @ CAO

3-6 Teachers piloting updated edition 12:30pm-3:30pm @ CAO

Thursday, January 23rd: Fourth Grade Level Mtg @ 12:30pm

Friday, January 24th: Jamie @ District Admin Meeting

Tuesday, January 28th: OTES Obs Terwilliger @ 9:15am

Tuesday, January 28th: Second Grade Level Mtg @ 12:10pm

Wednesday, January 29th: First Grade Level Mtg @ 11:30am

Wednesday, January 29th: Third Grade Level Mtg @ 12:55pm

Thursday, January 30th: Jamie @ onsite virtual PD

Monday, February 3rd: Jamie @ Dyslexia Summit - all day

Monday, February 3rd: BOE Mtg @ Whitehouse Primary 6:00pm

Wednesday, February 5th: RTI Mtg 8:30am-3:30pm

Thursday, February 6th: GLC Mtg @ 7:45am

We are really excited to begin planning a new WPA sponsored wellness and fundraising event called: Generals' March! We held our first planning meeting yesterday, so here are the rough details that I will continue to update you on as we work on the event:

Goal: To encourage healthy habits and raise money for technology and literacy materials.

Date of the Event: Thursday, April 30th (Each class will be out of class for 40-45 minutes. The total amount of time spent walking is 20 minutes, students will also spend time stretching, and enjoying a small snack and water)

*We will have a kick-off assembly to introduce the event and share fundraising/donation sheets on March 30th, at 9am in Community Room

Location of Event: Field/Green space behind school. We are contacting Dave's Running to see if they can be involved with marking the field/route.

Misc. Details:

*Every student (Pk-4) will receive a FREE Generals' March t-shirt to wear for the event. The shirts will advertise the businesses that are sponsoring us.

*Students will seek donations for the walk that can be made through an online donation site, cash, or check that will be turned into the office.- this won't start until March 30th.

*We are beginning to seek businesses to sponsor us. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Sweet Retreat is our first business that has already committed to sponsoring us!

Please see me if you have any additional thoughts on this great event or attend the next WPA meeting to share with the committee organizing it!

This is a great "Usable Knowledge" article from the Harvard Graduate School of Education about PBL, scaffolding our students to deeper thinking:

https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/19/12/novice-expert-shift

Free STEM Resources for Grades PreK-12.

https://cet.pbslearningmedia.org

Explore! Watch! And Learn! Through this collection of videos, hear from STEM professionals about their educational pathway, what it is they love about their jobs, and how they really do use that math and science they learned in high school. Start exploring now!

http://stemcareerlab.org/

Small Steps to Giant Leaps: Sense of Sound

Audience: Educators of Grades K-12

Event Date: Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. EST

Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov

Join the NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for a free 60-minute webinar. Explore NASA’s newly released “Sound Effects” activity, which teaches students about the principles of sound, specifically how to amplify and reduce volume. Learn how students can construct a speaker to amplify sound, and then figure out how to reduce the perceived sound volume. Review the history of X-planes and NASA aeronautical research, and learn about the future of NASA aeronautics innovation.Online registration is required.

*Please let me know if you are interested in participating in the online book study through the Northwest Ohio ESC to earn 15 hours towards Gifted HQT: https://files.constantcontact.com/32b4c9cb001/1c18b19a-3871-40b9-9293-a07f9c3573f4.pdf

*The Board recently made a change to the 2019-20 school calendar. Tuesday March 17 is now a Professional Day for staff, with no school for students. Tuesday May 5 is now a regular school day. Please see the attached revised calendar or view it on our website at: http://www.anthonywayneschools.org/files/CALENDAR_2019_20_REVISED_2019_12_09.pdf

*BGSU Teacher Match: February 24th at the High School Media Center

• 3:00P.M.-4:00 P.M. - 5 - 12 Teachers

• 4:00P.M.-5:00 P.M. - K - 4 Teachers

*Please do not forget to respond to the Edulastic, Mystery Science, Gizmos google survey that was set out. We really need your feedback to feel confident in securing instructional resources for our students.