Monday Morning Cheer at 8:00 AM in the Gym
This Wednesday: Walking School Bus Kick-off - October 6th is the International Walk to School Day, so Firgrove is launching its Wednesday Walking School Bus on the same day. This is Firgrove's second year with this initiative.
Why do we do this?
- to promote physical health and fitness through walking to school
- to promote safe walking skills and practices
- to promote environmental awareness (less traffic means cleaner air)
- to build community
When? Kick off is October 6th, Wednesday (also declared as International Walk to School Day)
How?
- We already have over 100 walkers to school everyday
- Students can walk with friends, parents or neigbors
- Parents can drop their kids off by 7:30 AM at Heritage Field next to Zeiger Elementary on 94th to join the school's Walking School Bus coordinators (Teresa and Carie) and other school staff (everyone is welcome to join) walk to Firgrove.
- Staff may coordinate to carpool to Heritage Park and then have the person whose car is parked at the meeting place be dropped off later to get his/her vehicle OR ask a colleague to just drop you off at the meeting place.
First PR LIC of the school year: Learning Teams' First Collaboration Time - We know that each learning team has started working together before this time. We are looking forward to the increased momentum that each of the seven learning teams will create in our building-wide charge to keep fostering success in our students as each team rolls-up "its sleeves" to take the lead in the charging ahead with the initiatives in each of these areas: Safety, Diversity, Literacy, Math & Science, The Arts, Positive Behavioral Support. Each team has received applicable documents that will also help guide the work, along with all the talents and expertise contained within each team's capacity. Please submit your team's electronic minutes to Char. The minutes template has also been sent to each of the facilitators/co-facilitators.
October 7th, Supplemental Day #4: Continuing our Student-led Conference/Navigation 101 Initiative. This day will be used as a school-wide conference for our families and the opportunity to roll-out our Navigation 101 initiative. Specialists will be participating in their own department's planned activity unless there is not one planned. If they don't have a department training, they are expected to be in the building that day with their posted schedule of when they can have families/parents drop by for questions or consult with other staff members. The schedule needs to be posted outside the specialist's office/room and provide a copy to the main office.
Did you know? Lake Washington School District just started a district-wide initiative of student-led conferencing? They are holding a student-led goal-setting conference this month as well.
THIS WEEK:
10/6 Wed. - PR LIC - Learning Teams Work
10/7 Thurs. - No School BUT School-wide Goal-setting Conferences/Roll -out the Navigation 101 Program to our families; Specialists post available time for questions and consult outside their office (provide copy to the office as well).
10/8 Fri. - No school, State Teacher Inservice Day
OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:
Message from ITC Regarding Elementary Report Card Dates - Report Card dates for the 2010-2011 school year, as approved by the Student Learning Department, are noted below. Please be aware that the process for teachers to enter grades via TAC is improved over last year, and documentation will be made available in mid-October.
1st Trimester
Processing Opens: Nov. 16
Building prints final Report Card: Dec. 1
Trimester Ends/Report Card goes Home/Parent View in HAC: Dec. 2
2nd Trimester
Processing Opens: Mar. 1
Building prints final Report Card: Mar. 14
Trimester Ends/Report Card goes Home/Parent View in HAC: Mar. 15
3rd Trimester
Processing Opens: Jun. 3
Building prints final Report Card: Jun. 16
Trimester Ends/Report Card goes Home/Parent View in HAC: Jun. 17
COMING-UP:
10/12 Tues. - Health Screening for certain grade levels
10/13 Wed. - CT LIC Grade Level Collaboration (Grades 4, 5, 6 will have a 50-minute training in FLASH, the newly adopted Sex Education curriculum, by Rick Wells, Director of Athletics and Health & Fitness, at Spinning library, beginning at 1:15 PM.)
10/13 Wed. - PTA Box Top Breakfast and Second Wednesday of Walking School Bus
10/14 Thurs. - PSD Diversity, 3:30, ESC Pioneer
10/19 Tues. - Individual Pictures (including staff)
10/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library
10/20 Wed. - EC/SS LIC (SS is job-alike collaboration for SpEd, Title, LAP); Walking School Bus
10/20 Wed. - District Reading Cadre, 4-5:30, Shaw Road Library
10/21 Thurs. - PTA Skate Night, 6-9 PM, Tifanny's Skate Rink
10/25 Mon. - Safety Team, 7:40-8:15 AM, Nina's Room
10/26 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 Nuts and Bolts, 7-8:30 AM, SHSB
10/27 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC; Walking School Bus
10/27 Wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev (1-4 PM) and Administrative Meeting (4-5:15 PM) @ Mt. View Com. Ctr.
11/1 Mon. - PTA Book Fair begins (and lasts until the 5th)
11/3 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
11/4 Thurs. - PSD Diversity Committee Mtg., 3:30 PM, ESC Pioneer
11/4 Thurs. - PTA Reading Night (associated with PTA Book Fair), 5:30- 8:00 PM
11/5 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly: Trustworthiness, 9:00-9:30 4th-6th, 10:00-10:30 K-3rd
11/8 Mon. - CSIP, 3-4 PM, Library
11/8 Mon. - Co-op Board, 5-6:30 PM, Library; PTA Board, 7-8 PM, Library
11/9 Tue. - Veteran's Day Assembly (all school; no chairs for 6th), 9:00-9:40, Gym
11/10 Wed. - Evaluation & Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
11/10 Wed. - Char and Almai at Puyallup Elementary Principals' (PEP) Meeting, 8-11, ESC
11/10 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30, Woodland Library
11/11 Thurs. - Veteran's Day, No School
