Faculty Focus

Monday, 2/24- Week of February 24th... Black History Month Read Alouds (Casey and Abby have both emailed the schedule)

Spirit Day- Crazy Hair Day!

Mollie out of the building

Grade 4 GLM, 9:00- 11:30

Grade 1 GLM, 1:15- 3:15

March Newsletter blurb due to Mollie

Faculty Meeting- AED and Health Updates, BCPS Stakeholder Survey and Time to Listen to/Read "I Wish my Teacher Knew...." Thank you grade 4 for bringing snacks!

Tuesday, 2/25

Staff from ELA office and Executive Director, Ms. Gregory visiting grade 3, 4 and 5 ELA and writing classroom- follow up from residency with Sara Wink ad

Mollie out of the building

Nicki out of the building- STAT meeting

Kristin out of the building- Homeless Liaison Meeting

Grade 4 Chorus

Girls on the Run

Spanish Club

Wellness Family Night, 6:00- 7:30, please send RSVPs to Kristin

Wednesday, 2/26

Preschool, Prek and Weber- GLM, 9:00- 11:15

Reading Buddies

Kindness Club

Math 24 Club

Radical Ropers

Thursday, 2/27

Bre and Nicki out of the building- TSI Meeting, 12:30- 3:45

Girls on the Run

Friday, 2/28

MAP Window Closes

All County Chorus Practice, 8:15- 8:45

Dancing Through the Decades (grade 4) and Ballroom Dancing (grade 5) Performance.... parents have been asked to RSVP to the office (this was included in the February SOES newsletter) so Sue and Mollie can preprint badges. 5th grade teachers- please remind your families of this.

SLOs need to be completed, assessed and turned in to Bre no later than today. Data must be submitted- please submit paper copies of all documents. If SLO documents are not submitted on 2/28 scores of zero will be received.

Recorder Club, 3:45- 5:00

Monday, 3/2

Faculty Meeting, 4:00- 5:00

Chick Fil A Night, 5:00- 8:00

Tuesday, 3/3

Q3 Interims due to Admin

Grade 4 Chorus, 12:00

Spanish Club

Girls on the Run

Wednesday, 3/4

Reading Buddies

March Newsletter Posted

Kindness Club

Math 24 Club

Radical Ropers

Thursday, 3/5

Q3 Interims sent home

Girls on the Run

Student Council

Carol's Retirement Party, 4:30 at Liberatore's

Friday, 3/6

All County Chorus Practice

Attendance Committee Meeting

Last day to submit SST referrals

Recorder Club

MAP Winter Window

Friday, Feb. 28 is the last day for students to take MAP. Please make sure all testing is completed by 2/28.

Attendance

Homeroom teachers please remember to do your attendance by 9:15 am. and make sure it’s done accurately. It is imperative that students who are absent are marked absent and students who are present are marked present.

Faculty Meeting March 2-Linguistically Responsive Teaching in the Elementary Classroom

Susan will be presenting. If you have any questions that you would like her to address and/or if there are resources that you would like her to bring and/or speak about during the PD, please email her (skleinsasser@bcps.org) her that information by the end of the day Monday, February 24 so she can include that with the information that she will be presenting.

We are still expecting the Fire Dept to join us for a fire drill.

The 3rd ALICE drill will occur before April 2nd. Copies of the drill will be made available to all staff before the drill.

Classroom Management Reimagined

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept18/vol76/num01/Q$A-with-Katherine-Reynolds-Lewis.aspx

The BCPS Stakeholder Survey opens on Monday, 1/27. Time will be carved out during a faculty meeting for staff to take the survey. Grade 3- 5 students will take the survey during library.

Please help us encourage our families to take the survey. Please add the blurb below to your newsletters:

BCPS Stakeholder Survey

Our school uses Stakeholder Survey data to make improvements for our students. We can’t do it without you! The survey is available January 27 through March 1. It takes less than five minutes, is anonymous, and is available in 16 languages for students, parents, and community members. The survey can be taken from anywhere using a phone, tablet, or computer. The survey is found on the BCPS website: http://www.bcps.org/. Thank you!