Gearing Up for 2010-2011

This week:

8/17-18, Tues - Wed - Char and Almai @ WWU Superintendent classes
8/18, Wed. - LouAnn back
8/19, Thurs. - Christina back
8/19, Thurs. - Char and Almai @ PSD Principals Conference, 8:30 - 4:30, Chief Leschi

Coming up:

8/23, Mond. - School Board, 6:30 PM, Ballou JH
8/25, Wed. - Registration begins
8/26, Thurs. - Mail postcards to families

8/26, Thurs. - Open GLAD lab for GLAD-trained teachers, 12:30 - 4:30 pm @ PSS Burgundy Rm.
8/30, Mon. - Supplemental Day #1- see agenda below
8/31, Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - see agenda below
9/1, Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day - see agenda below
9/2, Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways!

Aug. 30, Supplemental Day #1 Agenda

• 7:30 am registration at PHS: Erin Jones, Keynote Speaker to begin at 8:00 am


• 10:30 PHS session ends, make your way back to Firgrove


• 11:00 Come Together! Building session on Social Justice begins


• 3:30 Adjourn (see you in the morning at our modified start time of 10:30 am)
  
  “We will come together, learn together, and labor together to ensure all students can access their path to success.”

Aug. 31, Supplemental Day #2 Agenda

• 10:30 Welcome! Coffee and Pastries


• 10:50 Building Data: Celebrations and Next Step
  
• 12:00 PTA Luncheon


• 1:00 Nuts and Bolts: Staff Handbook, Field Trip Procedures Money handling (fundraisers, field trips, book orders), Supply budget, HR required trainings, Other


• 4:0-6:00 Firgrove Meet and Greet Open House
  
  “We will come together, learn together, and labor together to ensure all students can access their path to success.”

Sept. 1, Supplemental Day #3 Agenda

• 8:00 Start: Powerful Instruction: Research and Strategies


• 10:00 Team Time


• 11:30 Lunch


• 12:00 Committee Selection and School Improvement Initiatives


• 1:30 Adjourn (the remaining 2 hours will be set aside for our Back to School Night on Thursday, September 23rd)
  
  “We will come together, learn together, and labor together to ensure all students can access their path to success.”
  
  
  New Information regarding our 2010-2011 Bell Schedule: Our school district needed to make adjustments on the bell schedules to ensure that all students arrive on time. The only impact it has on Firgrove is the Wednesday schedule. The other days of the week's bell schedule is still the same as last year's. Below is the schedule for your reference.
  
  Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri:
  Bus Arrival @ 8:10
  Warning Bell @ 8:20
  Tardy Bell @ 8:25
  KAM Dismissal @ 11:03
  KPM Bus Arrival and Warning Bell @ 12:03
  Tardy Bell @ 12:08
  
  Early Release Wed:
  Bus Arrival @ 8:00
  Warning Bell @8:10
  Tardy Bell @ 8:15
  Dismissal @ 11:51
  KAM and KPM will continue to alternate attending school on Wednesdays.