WE are committed to continue to strive to be better at practicing the Seven Culturally Responsive Classroom Principles, hence:

- We affirm our students in their cultural connections.
- We strive to be personally inviting.
- We provide learning environments that are physically and culturally inviting.
- We reinforce all students for academic development.
- We make instructional changes to honor and accommodate the differences in all our students.
- We manage our classrooms with firm, consistent yet loving control.
- We model and provide interaction opportunities that stress both collectivity as well as individuality.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Firgrove Elementary Hawk Happenings First and Test Blog Post

Firgrove Hawks Rock!
Welcome back, Firgrove staff! In keeping with our green initiative and the feedback we've received regarding weekly communication, we now have our blogsite. This is our first post, hence it is also the publishing and editing test post for our new staff weekly communication.

This Week:
8/2, Mon. - Begin full speed at work
8/5, Thurs. - Char and Almai create tasks list
8/6, Fri. - Char and Almai begin on tasks list

Coming up:
8/10, Mon. - School Board, 6:30 @ Ballou JH
8/12, Thurs. - PSD Administrative Conference, 8:30 - 4:30 @ TYC
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
8/23, Mon. - Building opens for staff desiring to come back (can be as early
as 8/21 if needed)
School Board, 6:30 PM @ Ballou JH
8/25, Wed. - Registration begins
8/26, Thurs. - Mail postcards to families
8/30, Mon. - Supplemental Day #1- Cultural Compentency and Social Justice Training,
Session 1 @ PHS; Session 2 @ Firgrove
7:30 AM Registration begins at PHS, speaker begins promptly at 8:00 AM
10:00 AM leave PHS, 11:00 AM session 2 promtly begins @ Firgrove
8/31, Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - Building Data and Nuts and Bolts; Open House
Day begins at 10:30 AM to accommodate Open House later in the day
Firgrove Open House, 4-6 pm
9/1, Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day - School Initiatives and Powerful
Instruction, 8:30 - 3:30 @ Firgrove
9/2, Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways!

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.

For the Krause and Idler families: Summer fun is...

Diving for sand dollars with Frank and Fran

Duck Tours of Seattle on a sunny day with Maddy, Jared and Alex