We only have four days until Spring Break starts. This upcoming week will be another busy one! First-grade students will go to the aquarium on Tuesday, and fourth-grade students will go to the Science Museum on Thursday. EOY Exact Path testing window closes on Thursday, please make sure that reading, and math are complete.
We started the last quarter last week, and report cards will go home on Monday. Please schedule conferences with parents of students who are not meeting standards for their grade level. Please document any conversations and meetings to ensure no surprises when retention meetings occur. Please let us know if you need assistance with conferences or have questions about promotion standards.
Only 34 more instructional days remain until we begin EOY testing! We have entered the most crucial part of the school year in which every minute of instruction matters! When observing classes, reviewing lesson plans, and just walking around the building, it is evident that no instructional time is wasted! Let's keep this sense of urgency as we finish this year STRONG! Remember, ALL GAS AND NO BRAKES!!!
Hang in there, we appreciate all of your hard work!
Please take time to rest, and recharge over the break to finish the year strong!!
Have a great week!
Ms. Carey and Mrs. Gonzalez
Non-negotiables…
Lesson plans with a common template
Edmentum - use during computer lab
No free time or playing games - Use Lightspeed
Learning goal posted and parts of framework labeled on slides
Schedule by the door MUST match the new master schedule
Post standards by the work outside rooms
- Have permission slips for all students.
- Take a copy of the permission slip with you on the trip. Leave a copy of the permission slips in Mrs. Gonzalez's box.
- If you have students not attending a field trip, please arrange with a colleague to leave the student in their classroom. Please leave work for students.
- Please let Ms. Carey or Mrs. Gonzalez know if a student cannot attend due to financial hardship.
- Notify Mrs. Perry, our cafeteria manager, four weeks before the field trip how many bagged lunches you will need for the field trip.
- Have coolers in the cafeteria the day before your field trip.
- To be part of the field trip and counted present for school, students must ride on the bus going to the field trip.
- Take your red bag, and discuss any medical needs with the school nurse.
- Have a checkout roster with you. Parents can check students out and take them after the field trip.
- Parents can go with their students on field trips; however, parents can not be responsible for small groups if they are not on the approved volunteer list.
- Monday, March 25th- Report Cards are Issued
- Tuesday, March 26th- 1st Grade Field Trip
- Thursday, March 28th- 4th Grade Field Trip
- Friday, March 29th- Vector Training last day to complete
- Friday, March 29th- Holiday
- Monday, April 1st- Friday, April 5th - Spring Break
- Saturday, April 6th- Tant's Farm Vendor Event
- Tuesday, April 9th - AIG 5th Grade Field Trip NCC
- Tuesday, April 9th - Science Night 5:30- 7:30 p.m
- Saturday, April 13th - Battle of the Books Regionals - Corinth Holders Elementary- 10:00 a.m
- Thursday, April 11th- Wednesday, April 17th- Math/Reading Check-Ins
- Saturday, April 20th- Mother/Son Event
Daily:
All staff present by 7:15 AM (In the classroom or duty location)
Students may begin entering at 7:20 and will report to the cafeteria.
At 7:40, all students will report to HR class.
Any student arriving between 7:40-8:00 will eat breakfast in the cafeteria before going to class
Monday, March 25th
- Cougar Time Interventions
- Report Cards Go Home
- Battle of the Book Meeting
Tuesday, March 26th
- First Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, March 27th
- Battle of the Books Meeting
Thursday, March 28th
- Fourth Grade Field Trip
- Vector Training Completion Due Date
- Return all Check-Ins Materials
Friday, March 29th
- Holiday
Ms. Carey and Mrs. Gonzalez will complete another round of observations in the next few weeks. Please ensure your lesson plans are complete for all subject areas you are responsible for teaching. Remember, lesson plans can be used as artifacts to meet several of the standards of the NC Teacher Evaluation System. If you are collaborating with other colleagues to create your lesson plans, please review the plans before teaching your lessons.
Mrs. Gonzalez will give homeroom teachers their students' NC Check-Ins testing material. The review period will be open until March 28th. Please keep all material in the testing bags. The codes and scratch paper will be counted and checked out.
Please return to Mrs. Gonzalez when you are finished reviewing with your students. Please count your testing material and check it back in. Please let Mrs. Gonzalez know if you have any questions.
The last Check In testing window will open on April 11th. and close April 17th for math and reading. Science testing window will be open on April 29th, and close on May 3rd.
Mathematics - NC Check-Ins 2.0 Mathematics at Grades 3-8 Specifications
Reading-NC Check-Ins 2.0 Reading at Grades 3-8 Specifications
Science-NC Check-Ins 2.0 Science at Grades 5 and 8 Specifications
We are very fortunate to have received a grant from the Morehead Planetarium; if you would like to learn more, you are welcome to visit their website (NC Science Festival)
Information for STEM night on April 9, 2024:
Click on the link to sign-up. You do not need to print anything; Mrs. Gonzalez and Ms. Forero will give you a kit with everything you need for the station. Please see the demonstration videos and instruction sheets for each activity. You can also check out the activity guide. Please sign up by Thursday, March 28th. The time is from 5:30 to 7:30. Please be at your station by 5:00 to set it up.
Students will have a punch card. Please mark the card when the student completes the activity.
Please send parent reminders on Tuesday, March 26th. Reminders will be in your box on Monday. The parent reminder has a part to be sent back to school. You can put that part in Mrs. Gonzalez’s box.
Mrs. Gonzalez is working on getting some Southern Nash High School students to volunteer; if you have high school children, they are more than welcome to volunteer; just make sure you add their names on the volunteer form.
The class that has the most participation will get an ice cream party!!
Thank you in advance for your help; it will be a great learning experience for our students!
Carline Cones: Neal, Flythe, Elder, Klein
Caller: Yebra
Classroom Radios: K- Royster, 1st- Ramirez, 2nd-Holley
Pre-K- Lumley, Thorne
Car: 100 Hallway- Hartel
We will dismiss car riders and bus students at the following times for the rest of the school year to ensure that all students are in place at 3:00 for dismal:
K/1 - 2:55
2-5 - 2:55
We are part of a national community of Opportunity Culture schools committed to reaching every student with excellent teaching consistently. You can read more about this on OpportunityCulture.org.
The cornerstone of an Opportunity Culture school is the Multi-Classroom Leadership model: small, collaborative teaching teams led by teachers with leadership skills and a record of high-growth student learning. Schools and districts around the country have joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative, and research shows that MCL teaching teams produced strong learning gains for students.
