Monday Morning Momentum

September 18, 2023

Quick Information

Updated Office Referral Forms

Updated office referral forms were distributed last week. Please check your mailbox if you have not seen them. These forms should be used when students come to the office to receive support. You do not need to complete this form if a student is coming to the office to complete a task for you, ie: get a copy, bandaids, check your mailbox, etc. We'll use these the rest of this school year and collect your feedback along the way.

Action Needed

Community Building for Our Team

Just before school started, we surveyed staff to see what type of social events we could coordinate to bring our staff together. The survey revealed that our team would like to participate in a variety of activities!

To coordinate some events, we created a social calendar that spreads out social events throughout the year. Please consider taking the lead on one activity/event. You could partner up with someone or your grade level team. The lead can be simple: send an email inviting people to a certain location at a certain time, create a sign-up genius to organize a staff breakfast, coordinate something fun like sharing your favorite dessert day, or whatever else!

Here is the social calendar that could use your support! Thanks for considering this!

This Week

📚📚Book Fair all week📚📚

November 18th:

Zaina out in a.m. for Equity Team Meeting

November 19th:

Aimee out in a.m. for Elementary Principal Meeting
Book Fair Family Night from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.

November 20th:

Staff Meeting at 8:00 a.m. in the media center

November 21st:

Aimee out in a.m. for District Leadership Meeting

November 22nd:

🎂🎈🎉 Happy Birthday to Heather Warren

Next Week and Beyond

Items in bold are newly added

November

November 27th-November 29th: Thanksgiving Break

December

Dec 8th: Report Card Window closes
Dec 11th: Report Cards available for families via MiStar

January

Jan 13th: Lockdown Drill at 2:00 p.m.
Jan 21st through February 7th: NWEA Testing Window

Resources/Reminders for You

Math Magazine

We recently purchased a digital and print subscription of Math Magazine (we will receive 10 copies throughout the school year). If you feel you have a student or student(s) who might benefit please email Aimee.

iXL/NWEA Resource Document for Families

During conferences, some families asked for ways that they can extend and enrich their child based on their NWEA scores. In response to these inquiries, Cara created this short document and informational video for families, encouraging them to utilize their child's personal NWEA Map Growth Study Plan. >>Supporting Your Child's Learning with IXL<<

Use this document as you see fit. You may want to share it with the families who asked this specific question during conferences, or you may want to share it with your whole class. This is completely up to you.