Meadow Hall Staff Newsletter

Thank you, Meadow Hall Staff!!! As we approach Thanksgiving, we want to share just how very thankful we are for your hard work and dedication to our students. We are so very thankful to be working with this amazing staff. We hope you are able to relax and rejuvenate during the holiday break. Enjoy time with friends and family!

We have a few staff members to welcome to Meadow Hall! Mackenzie Pieraldi is our new 5 hour TPT para in Autism. She will also be helping K and 1 during recess time. Lynn Han is our new speech therapist on Thursdays and then she will be starting an additional 1/2 day in the coming weeks. And welcome back from paternity leave, Mr. Fowler!

Our next Staff breakfast will be held on Wednesday, November 30th! Thank you to the following staff members for hosting:)

Jessica Souza, Melissa Bryant, Rachel Hellman, Kate Werner, Jenniffer Garcia, Trisha Hummer, LaToya Wellington, Ron Kohler and Lorin Umbel

Thank you, PTA, for donating pies for our staff pie raffle!!

As you make your recommendations please remember to consider the following:

1. The student does not receive tier 3 interventions
2. The student is struggling in math, reading, or SEL (social-emotional growth)
3. The student is not meeting standard, to date, at the District, Classroom, or County level (At least one)
4. The student would be a good fit for online tutoring 1-3 times a week

Please see the link below to access the spreadsheet, click on the grade level tab and enter the student information. It should take no more than a few minutes to complete. Thank you!

MCPS Tutoring Recommendation Spreadsheet

**********PLEASE COMPLETE BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022! ***********

Linked here are the 4 proposed scenarios for next year's school calendar. Please complete the survey to provide input to the Board of Education regarding which calendar option you prefer. The survey is open from now until November 30th. The superintendent's recommendation will be discussed at the December 6th board meeting.

Here is another way to view the calendar options.

Class Dojo Connection:

Administration wants to encourage teachers to continue to get connected with families through class Dojo. We have a few more classes to obtain 100% connection. If you are having significant challenges connecting with a family, let the administration know.

Class Dojo Weekly Updates:

This is a reminder to teachers that they should be making contact with families at least once a week via class dojo through the class story. Please make sure all teachers are communicating weekly with families. If teachers need guidance on what to communicate, check in with the administration.

Optional Social Studies resources:

• Speak up pocket card

• Responding to comments

• Soc. St. Nov Newsletter

It is important that staff take note of the grading and reporting expectations for quarter two as they have changed. Teachers are encouraged to visit the grading document to make sure they are putting grades in the grade book with the frequency asked by the administration.

Please take a look at the committees all MCEA staff signed up for on this document. There is no specific date/time that committees need to meet. Rather, the committee simply needs to complete their event(s) and meet as often as required to make that happen. Please email Desmond and Ilana the requested dates for your committee's event(s) by December 16th. We would like to have things on the calendar and make sure we don't create conflicts with each other or the PTA's events. For events after the school day, we need to reserve through ICB so other organizations don't rent our school at that time. Please appoint one or two people to "lead" the committee, so admin knows who to communicate with regarding the details.

Tuesday, December 6th - next PTA meeting

Communicate with your committee to set up potential dates for your events and choose a committee "lead" to communicate with Admin.

Teachers - complete the data reflection questions due Friday, December 2, 2022.

Monday, November 21 and Tuesday, November 22

• Early Release; parent conferences
• No recess
• Grade 4 lunch 10:55-11:25
• Kindergarten lunch 11-11:30
• Grade 2 and 3 lunch 11:35-12:05
• Grade 1 and 5 lunch 12:10-12:40

November 23-25

• No School

Tuesday, November 29

• Equity PLC @ 3:45

Friday. December 2

• Data Reflection due (teachers)

Tuesday, December 6

• Leadership Team mtg @ 3:45pm
• PTA mtg @ 7pm

Wednesday, December 7

• Early Release Day - 12:55pm

Tuesday, December 13

• Staff mtg @ 3:45pm

Thursday, December 15

• Interims due by 5pm

Friday, December 16

• Committees communicate dates/plans of events to Admin

Tuesday, December 20

• Equity PLC mtg @ 3:45pm

***Winter Break: December 23rd - January 2nd

Email: Ilana_N_Simhon@mcpsmd.org
Website: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/meadowhalles/
Location: 951 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-740-5260