Wildcat Weekly

I was able to sit down with some of our broadcast kids the other day to talk about Open House & Exhibition Night. They asked why and what is this whole Open House thing about, and why is it important? I realized this was a good opportunity for me to remind myself of the importance of this night, as we have all been running, running, running lately.

We switched our Open House & Exhibition Night a few years ago, as it used to be held the first week of school. We made the change for a few different reasons. The biggest for me was the ability to get to know kids better, and to have projects available to help explain both our philosophy, and a focus on students taking ownership and pride in their work. In addition,

attendance was poor. Due to many other conflicts for families, moving it a few weeks later and promoting it a bit more, has increased parent involvement these past few years.

I think this new format has made the night more meaningful and the feedback from parents is overwhelmingly positive. They like that their kids are bugging them to come to Open House which is a good indicator. I appreciate all of you for taking time to fill in the "Things to See" sheet to help us with our flyer that we hand to parents as they enter. This has been a fun night in making connections and to help communicate our philosophy of creating thinkers and doers!

Our new custodial team has quickly become a part of our LaCreole Family, and I appreciate their efforts to seamlessly transition into their new roles. This being said, even with our new custodial team in place, we will still be short-staffed this year. We’ve met with the district and our custodial team to discuss solutions on how to approach this change. With your help, cooperation and understanding, I feel the quality of custodial work we’re used to, can easily be achieved.

A couple things were identified that would help our custodial staff. Please ask your student's to put the chairs on their tables before leaving at the end of the day. This gives custodians the ability to clean more in the same amount of time; something that’s very important to them. We also ask for good communication. If you have concerns about your classroom and/or space, please feel free to email Heather so she can follow-up. Our custodial staff is committed to provide their LaCreole Team with the highest quality work and request good communication from us.

I think with a little cooperation and understanding, we can make this transition a huge success. We’re all in this together, and I appreciate your help!

10/22 - Content Area PLC, please use this time to work in your grade level or content area teams.Tyler and I are out at a conference today so we will not meet as a whole group.

10/29 - Culturize - Carrying the Banner!

One of the projects that I've been working on has been building upon our Make-a-thon experience from last year. What we found, was that it was a great day. We saw how we can reimagine how we look at education and the reflection activity was insightful. What was evident for me was the people who were already invested (our staff and kids), went back to working on making things better. What I saw missing, was a continuation of the conversation within our district and community as to what's next? Unhappy we made the effort? NO! Knowing we could do better? Yes!

So this year, continuing to build momentum, we've created Innovation Week. This will start next Tuesday with a screening of MLTS at our Dallas Cinema, followed by a conversation event held at Pressed. The purpose of this week is to bring to the forefront our WHY through Most LIkely To Succeed and to highlight what it can look like in action - the Make-a-thon on Saturday November 3rd. Our target audience is community members and parents in an effort to create urgency to create schools that work for kids.

You are all invited to the screening! I realize that most of us have seen this once already, but I have to tell you, every time I rewatch it, I'm reenergized toward working and creating meaningful experiences for our kids.

Space at our Make-a-thon is limited but would love for our staff to be able to participate if you would like. You can do this by just letting me know, or I will have a registration form that will go out here soon. Thanks for all that you do!

10/22-10/25 - Book Fair in the Library

10/25 - Open House/Exhibition Night 6PM-8PM

10/26 - Budget Reduction Day - No School

10/27 - Hiking Club Bald Hill, Corvallis 10-4

Next Week:

10/30 - Most Likely To Succeed Screening at Dallas Cinema, 4:00 pm

10/31 - Happy Halloween!

11/1 - Extended Advisory - Morning Assembly Schedule - changed from 10/25

Here is an adapted conference week schedule to accomodate for the budget reduction day on November 21st.

November 19th Super Day

8:00-11:00 Conferences,

11:00-12:00 Lunch ******Would love to pull together our traditional tailgater!!!

12:00-4:00 Conferences

4:00-5:00 Dinner

5:00-8:00 PT Conferences

November 20th

8:00-12:00 PT Conferences

Dismiss for Holiday

This past week I heard from multiple people that they felt more connected to their advisory kids this year! Thanks for taking time to develop these important relationships with your kids!

OMG! I have a much better appreciation for our custodians this past week. Nothing like being handed the keys and turned loose! We are also down a half time person this year which makes their work increasingly more difficult. In our conversations they all want the best for our school and though we are working through how to make all this happen, they remain patient and optimistic!

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