Stingray Staff Sentinel 12/16/19

We have been targeting engagement to increase student growth scores. Engagement is vital to student success in the classroom. When students are engaged, they perform better academically and behaviorally in classrooms.

In an article on Edutopia, "Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement", students say that to be engaged, they need to :

1. Work with their peers

2. Work with technology

3. Connect to the real word- technology

4. See teachers love what they do /enthusiastic

5. Get out their seat...active learning

6. See visuals

7. Have some choice/voice

8. Understanding...from their perspective

9. Mix up the activities, lesson formats

10. See the teacher happy

Thank you for creating engaging lessons for your students daily!

We have several staff representatives attending Kagan Strategy training in January and will be leading Professional Development. Below are a few engagement strategies to add to your teacher toolbox.

Monday 12/16:

Christmas Tree Skirt as a Cape Day!

NWEA Testing 5th & 8th Science

Winter Wonderland Gift Shop Starts

C Day for Elementary Resource

A Day for MS Electives

Complete your ADP registration

BMI Screenings during Resource

2nd grade gifted sweep testing

Focus Opens to POST 2nd Quarter Grades

-Basketball Game @ Road To Success Academy, 6620 Arlington Expressway 6:45 PM

-Girl who code grade 3-5

-Pro-Martial Arts 3:00-4:00

-No B2 Coding & Drones - not meeting in December

-No Jazz Band

-No ODM - cancelled - parents notified

Tuesday 12/17:

Donut Forget How Special You Are - Treats in the lounges!

D Day for Elementary Resource

B Day for MS Electives

NWEA Make Ups

Kinder Field Trip - Diamond D Ranch

No PLCs - work on grades time!

-Tutoring for Grades 3-8 (3-8 3:15-4:15 & MS 3:30-4:30)

- Happy Feet Soccer K-1 ends 3:45, 2nd-4th ends 4:00

- Artists in Motion 3:30-5:30

- K-4 Indian Classical Dance 3:15-4:00

- Girls Who Code grades 6-8 3:20-4:30

-Basketball Practice

No Drum Line

No Girls on the Run & Heart & Sole - done until late Jan

No Brick, Beakers & Bots - Drones & Bots Robotics Club K-5 - not meeting in Dec.

Wednesday 12/18

Staff Spirit Day - Wear Jeans with your DCSS or CSUSA shirt/logo apparel

E Day for Elementary

A Day for MS Electives

NWEA Make Ups

4th Grade Field Trip - St. Augustine

-Basketball Game

No ODM

Thursday, December 19th

No Electives or Resource/Recess - See PBIS schedule

Student hat/antler/crazy headband day!

Staff PLAIDARDAY - Wear your favorite plaid, flannel and jeans of course!

Class Parties, if you choose

PBIS Times: K/1 8:15-9, 2nd/3rd 9:10-9:55, 4th/5th 10:05-10:50

ALL classes Eat In Classrooms -facilities will pass out trash bags in cafe

Lunch:

9:55/10:00 2nd/3rd Pick Up (as you leave PBIS Parties)

10:15 Kinder Pick Up

10:30 1st Pick Up

10:50 4th/5th Pick Up (as you leave PBIS Parties)

11:05 6th Pick Up

11:15 7th Pick Up

11:25 8th Pick Up

11:00 Volunteer Training in Office

11:30 Early Pick up Ends - All parents then directed to car line

Noon Dismissal - All Hands on Deck

Friday 12/13: No School - Winter Break!!!!

Office/Building open from 9-2

Upcoming:

• 12/20- 1/5 Winter Break
  

• 1/6 Professional Development Day 7:30-3:30

• 1/6 Grades Due at NOON - powerschool & Focus, print to team leads

• 1/7 Classes Resume A Day MS Electives, A Day Elem Resource

• 1/7 Basketball Game
  

• 1/7 Boosterthon Pep Rally

• 1/7 NWEA 2nd Grade Math

• 1/8 NWEA 2nd Grade ELA

• 1/9 NWEA 1st Grade Math

• 1/10 NWEA 1st Grade ELA

• 1/13-1/16 Kinder NWEA

• 1/13 1st Grade Field Trip

• 1/13 Report Cards Sent Home

• 1/16 Boosterthon Obstacle Course!

December

· Stephanie Klein – 4th

· Dustin Craig – 7th

· Brittany Asbacher – 11th

· Lindsay Cella -12th

· Donna Webster – 14th

· Glynna Gilbert – 25th

- Bill Stewart

Many of you have been participating in our December to Remember activities for teamwork and fun!! We have several bingo winners who have completed multiple rows!!

Link to December to Remember newsletter: https://www.smore.com/g49ru

You must register for ADP access - this will replace Ultipro for your pay, leave and benefits management system.

All spring leave requests may move over automatically, but this is not guaranteed. At this point, please do not enter any additional leave requests for Jan-May, but wait for the roll out of ADP - more info to come.

We will have a series of new staff members joining us between now and the beginning of January.

Please join me in welcoming:

• Bill Stewart, our new MS science teacher who started this past week!
• Kevin, SLP, will have an intern from JU: Katheryn Hernandez will be joining us for 10-15 hours per week from Jan. 6th through April 15th.
  
• Ms. Maxwell will be joining the team of Cox/Walters as a teaching intern this semester!
  
• Alexandra Abru- Figueroa will be joining our fine arts team January 6th for Music, Chorus, Drama Fun!

Please use the small forms available upstairs and downstairs to fill out a staff shout out to thank a peer for going above and beyond. Notice something amazing, fill one out! Place in the turn in location outside of the Principal's office. Ms. Papke will use these to put in the daily reminders as staff shout outs, and on Friday's we will be doing drawings for prizes from the turned in shout outs!

Positive Referral Online Form

Parents and Families—this year’s main fundraiser is the Southside Stingray Obstacle Challenge! It’s a two-week program that kicks off with a Pep Rally on January 7th. Families will then gather pledges for every obstacle your student completes (30-35 obstacles) at the Southside Stingray Obstacle Challenge, which will happen on Thursday, January 16th. This year our goal is to raise $10,000 for technology, musical instruments and athletic equipment, and we need your help! We’ve asked the experts at Booster to power our fundraiser to make it easier, more profitable, and more fun.

Students will also experience an amazing character theme, MINDSPARK: WILD WEST! Booster’s most exciting theme yet combines S.T.E.A.M. skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) with character-building. While they're teaming up with the MindSpark Kids to save Dr. Shock, our students will learn five character traits that will help strengthen themselves and our world.

Donations will go toward technology, musical instruments, and athletic equipment and the entire two-week experience. So please help our school by getting pledges from family and friends and entering them on FUNRUN.COM. Also, all families are invited to come out and cheer on our students at the Southside Stingray Obstacle Challenge. Thanks so much for your support!

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