Hunker Down Week

REMINDER OF THE WEEK:
Please help us be consistent in making sure that every visitor or volunteer in the building is wearing a badge or has a visitor sticker.

THIS WEEK:
Staff Clean-up Crew (3/21-3/25): Brian, Melanie W

3/21 Mon. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, Ferrucci JH
3/22 Tues. - Parent Phonics Training and Dinner - dinner begins at 6 PM in the gym and training begins at 6:30 PM in the Library; child care in Room 27
3/31 Wed. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Chirstina, Kim F, Joy, Missy
3/23 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
3/23 Wed. - Char and Almai at Communities in School Breakfast Fundraiser, 7-9 AM, Fairgrounds Expo Hall and then K-12 Principal Pro Dev and PSD Admin Meeting, 1:45-5 PM, Mt. View Community Center
3/23 Wed. - Firgrove Blood Drive (FYI to Staff: The diagonal parking spots along the brick building will be occupied by the Blood Drive Mobile/Van. It will be coned-off during the morning to make sure that the space will be available when the Blood Drive Mobile gets here right around noon. Office team and administration will park at Ballou. Feel free to do the same.)
3/23 Wed. - Kindergarten Registration Night, 6:30-7:30 PM, Gym
3/24 Thurs. - Firgrove Annual Artstravaganza, 6-8 PM
3/28 - 4/1 - PSD Spring Break - Have a fabulous, restful and safe Spring Break!

HUNKER DOWN WEEK: Thank you, Sunshine Team, for coordinating this week. See information below:

Vote for the Best Hunker Down Dressed Colleague based on the daily "theme" by sending his/her name via email to Angie by 2 PM each day. Prizes each day may be a Starbucks gift card and/or chocolate. Each day, except Wednesday, teams/departmens have been designated to bring snacks for the staff room. Wednesday is staff potluck---sign-up sheet will be posted near Teresa's work station. The salad hosts this week should bring their salads on Wednesday instead of Monday. See pertinent information each day below:
Monday - Pajama Day; K, 1st and Specialists Teams
Tuesday - 50s through 80s Day; 2nd, 3rd and Primary Adjustment Teams
Wednesday - Crazy Hair/Crazy Hat Day; Staff Potluck
Thursday - Hawaiian Day; 4th and 5th Teams
Friday - "Jersey" Day; 6th, Intermediate Adjustment, office, Title, ELL and everyone else not yet mentioned


COMING-UP:
Staff Clean-up Crew (4/4-8): Terry, Cindy, Sherrie B
4/4 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Terry, Melanie W, Kay, Jennifer A, Wes
4/6 Wed. - Principal Directed LIC; Walking School Bus
4/8 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly for Honesty - Intermediate at 9:00; Primary at 10:00; Remember to bring your mind map for Honesty to the assembly.

4/8 Fri. - PTA Hawk Shop Open 11-1
Staff Clean-up Crew (4/11-15): Jackie, Nina, Romy
Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: LouAnn, Michelle, Renae, Sara D
4/11 Mon. - Bus Emergency Exit Drills begins at 9:30 AM

4/11 Mon. - PTA Hawk Shop Open 11-1
4/11 Mon. - CSIP Meeting in the library at 3-4 PM; Co-op Board Meeting at 5:30 PM in the library; School Board Meeting at Ballou, 6:30 PM; PTA Meeting, 7-8 PM Gym/Stage
4/13 Wed. - Collaboration and Teaming LIC; Walking School Bus
4/13 Wed. - PSD Honoring Cultures and Diversity Celebration Set-up, 3:30-5:00 PM at the Fairgrounds - Would love to have more volunteers.
4/13 Wed. - PSD Reading Cadre, 4-5:30 PM at Shaw Road
4/14 Thurs. - Char and Almai at Puyallup Elementary Principals and then Region 2 Admin Meetings, 8-12, ESC Pioneer
4/15 Fri. - Dental Van at Firgrove's South Parking Lot, 8:30-2:45
4/15 Fri. - Movie Night, 6-9 PM, Gym
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (4/18-22): Angie, Sara D, Kay
Thank you, Salad Hosts: Char, Angie, Claire, Megan, Wendy J
This is Volunteer Appreciation Week.
4/18 Mon. - Spring Book Fair begins (all week in P39)
4/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library
4/ 20 Wed. - Evalucation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
4/21 Thurs. - Grandparents Luncheon - More information to come; Begin advertizing it in your newsletters.
4/21 Thurs. - Family Math and Reading Night 6-7:30 PM; Evening Reading Fair For Families (more details to come from Cecilia and Teena)
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (4/25-29): Cecilia, Michelle, Claire
Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Almai, Stephanie, Teena, Jim, Teresa
4/27 Wed. - Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

March is Nearly Over...

The Best Talent Show Masters of Ceremony: Jim Morford and Brian Wells

Make-over Act by Char and Almai

Char being "camera-ready" for the Talent Show (Thanks to the make-over skills of Almai.)

Check-out the most talented Talent Show Masters of Ceremony from "The Grove" doing the Hokey Pokey http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v503/AR15forme/?action=view&current=MVI_0167.mp4

REMINDER OF THE WEEK:

Check-out the "new" first three links in the Staff Resource Links section of the weekly staff blog. You don't want to miss out on these resources.

THIS WEEK:
Staff Clean-up Crew (3/14-18): Nancy, Katrina
3/14 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Marlene, Angelo, Stacy, Kim M., Stephanie (trading with Jackie only this week)
3/14 Mon. - Class/Group/Staff Picture (rescheduled from 2/25 on 2/24 via email communication by Almai)
3/14 Mon. - CSIP Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library; Co-op Board, 5:00, Library; School Board, 6:30 PM at Ballou
3/15 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library
3/15 Tues. - Parent Phonics Class, 6:30-7:30 PM, Library (Dinner for the parents will be served in the gym at 6 PM. Child care in Room 27.)
3/15 Tues. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker, 12:30 in Rm. 18, 1:30 in Rm. 21
3/16 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
3/16 Wed. - Hanging/displaying student art BOTH for REACH and Artstravaganza - "Many hands make light work."
3/16 Wed. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker, 8:30 in Rm. 16, 9:45 in Rm. 35
3/16 Wed. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, Edgemont JH
3/16 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30, Woodland Library
3/17 Thurs. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, PHS Commons
3/18 Fri. - Puyallup Fair Traveling Farm (for first graders), Firgrove Playshed

3/18 Fri. - Report Cards are sent home with students.
3/18 Fri. - PTA Annual Auction,RHS, 6-9 PM (Please complete action items from PTA for this event emailed by LouAnn on Feb. 15th)

HUNKER DOWN WEEK: Thank you, Sunshine Team, for coordinating this week. See information below:

Vote for the Best Hunker Down Dressed Colleague based on the daily "theme" by sending his/her name via email to Christina by 2 PM each day. Prizes each day may be a Starbucks gift card and/or chocolate. Each day, except Wednesday, teams/departmens have been designated to bring snacks for the staff room. Wednesday is staff potluck---sign-up sheet will be posted near Teresa's work station. The salad hosts this week should bring their salads on Wednesday instead of Monday. See pertinent information each day below:

Monday - Pajama Day; K, 1st and Specialists Teams

Tuesday - 50s through 80s Day; 2nd, 3rd and Primary Adjustment Teams

Wednesday - Crazy Hair/Crazy Hat Day; Staff Potluck

Thursday - Hawaiian Day; 4th and 5th Teams

Friday - "Jersey" Day; 6th, Intermediate Adjustment, office, Title, ELL and everyone else not yet mentioned

COMING-UP:
Staff Clean-up Crew (3/21-3/25): Brian, Melanie W
3/21 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Chirstina, Kim F, Joy, Missy
3/21 Mon. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, Ferrucci JH
3/22 Tues. - Parent Phonics Training and Dinner - dinner begins at 6 PM in the gym and training begins at 6:30 PM in the Library; child care in Room 27
3/23 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
3/23 Wed. - Char and Almai at Communities in School Breakfast Fundraiser, 7-9 AM, Fairgrounds Expo Hall and then K-12 Principal Pro Dev and PSD Admin Meeting, 1:45-5 PM, Mt. View Community Center

3/23 Wed. - Firgrove Blood Drive (FYI to Staff: The diagonal parking spots along the brick building will be occupied by the Blood Drive Mobile/Van. It will be coned-off during the morning to make sure that the space will be available when the Blood Drive Mobile gets here right around noon.)
3/23 Wed. - Kindergarten Registration Night, 6:30-7:30 PM, Gym
3/24 Thurs. - Firgrove Annual Artstravaganza, 6-8 PM
3/28 - 4/1 - PSD Spring Break
Staff Clean-up Crew (4/4-8): Terry, Cindy, Sherrie B
4/4 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Terry, Melanie W, Kay, Jennifer A, Wes

4/6 Wed. - Principal Directed LIC; Walking School Bus
4/8 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly for Honesty - Intermediate at 9:00; Primary at 10:00; Remember to bring your mind map for Honesty to the assembly.

Staff Clean-up Crew (4/11-15): Jackie, Nina, Romy

Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: LouAnn, Michelle, Renae, Sara D

4/11 Mon. - Bus Emergency Exit Drills begins at 9:30 AM

4/11 Mon. - CSIP Meeting in the library at 3-4 PM; Co-op Board Meeting at 5:30 PM in the library; School Board Meeting at Ballou, 6:30 PM; PTA Meeting, 7-8 PM Gym/Stage

4/13 Wed. - Collaboration and Teaming LIC; Walking School Bus

4/13 Wed. - PSD Honoring Cultures and Diversity Celebration Set-up, 3:30-5:00 PM at the Fairgrounds - Would love to have more volunteers.

4/13 Wed. - PSD Reading Cadre, 4-5:30 PM at Shaw Road

4/14 Thurs. - Char and Almai at Puyallup Elementary Principals and then Region 2 Admin Meetings, 8-12, ESC Pioneer

4/15 Fri. - Dental Van at Firgrove's South Parking Lot, 8:30-2:45

4/15 Fri. - Movie Night, 6-9 PM, Gym

Staff Room Clean-up Crew (4/18-22): Angie, Sara D, Kay

Thank you, Salad Hosts: Char, Angie, Claire, Megan, Wendy J

4/18 Mon. - Spring Book Fair begins (all week in P39)

4/19 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library

4/ 20 Wed. - Evalucation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus

4/21 Thurs. - Grandparents Luncheon - More information to come; Begin advertizing it in your newsletters.

4/21 Thurs. - Family Math and Reading Night 6-7:30 PM; Evening Reading Fair For Families (more details to come from Cecilia and Teena)

Staff Room Clean-up Crew (4/25-29): Cecilia, Michelle, Claire

Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Almai, Stephanie, Teena, Jim, Teresa

REPEATED POST:
March Gladness at "The Grove"
History of March Gladness
In February of 2005, Communities In Schools of Puyallup (CISP) responded to a pressing community need by agreeing to coordinate a joint Tsunami relief project with the Puyallup School District and faith-community leaders. The effort was a tremendous success. Students and community leaders helped set ideas in motion and make results happen. As CISPs role in the tragic events unfolded, school, faith, and community leaders met again and decided that the best follow-up to the success of the project was to involve student leadership and create a menu of wide-ranging public service projects for the Spring semester now known as March Gladness.

Why March Gladness? It's a way to engage in local community service while fostering the following: solve problems, strengthen communities, improve lives, connect to others, transform our own lives.

Firgrove March Gladness Project: Campus Beautification (see specific plan posted on the staff room door by the minutes board.

The Best Talents Are Found at "The Grove"

Firgrove's Talent Show coordinated by our very own Kaarin Vail and PTA's/Co-op's Kimberly Shipman was a success! Additional special thank you goes out to the Masters of Ceremony, Jim Morford and Brian Wells, and our Master of Lights, Angelo Mills. Send any picture from last Friday's Talent Show if you have any that I can post in our staff blog. I will also forward them to Karen Gonderman for our school's website.

Reminder of the Week: Spring time and Spring Break is fast approaching. This is typically coupled with behavior escalation for a number of our students. Please go over behavior expectations. We've observed a class "practicing" how to line-up during their own recess time because the teacher wanted to reinforce the importance of following that expectation. This is also the most critical time when consistency of behavior expectation enforcement is important. We're sure you won't be surprised if we share that four full days of last week was spent on discipline all the way up to dismissal time. Friday was the "mildest" day with a total of 7 referrals.

THIS WEEK:
Staff Clean-up Crew (3/7-11): Megan, Kaarin
3/7 Mon. - Non-school Day/Teacher Learning Day - see plan below (posted for the last two weeks) Please read the email Melanie sent on Thursday regarding how to get your materials ready for the training on this day. The locations for the morning training are posted again below. 3/8 Tues. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Almai, Teresa, Teena, Jim, Jackie (trading with Stephanie only this week)3/8 Tues. - Parent Phonics Training and Dinner - dinner begins at 6 PM in the gym and training begins at 6:30 PM in the Library; child care in Room 27
3/9 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
3/9 Wed. - Char and Almai at Elementary Principals Meeting and then to Region 2 Elementary Nuts and Bolts, 8-12, ESC Pioneer
3/11 Fri. - PTA Auction Baskets from each classroom are due. (Please complete action items from PTA for this event emailed by LouAnn on Feb. 15th.)

March 7th Supplemental Day Training Reminders

Remember to bring the materials you received from Melanie as she described on her Thursday email.

Register on the ProDev Link if you haven't done so: https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/index.php

A building-clock hour class will be created for the afternoon clock hours. Almai will let you know when you can sign-up. A sign-in sheet will be ready for the afternoon session back at Firgrove.

Location of training in the morning (8:00-11:30): Firgrove staff report to the following grade level training sites.
All Pre-K staff & Kindergarten Ridgecrest
All 1st Grade staff Edgerton
All 2nd Grade staff Hunt
3rd Grade staff Firgrove
4th Grade staff Zeiger
5th Grade staff Pope
6th Grade staff Sunrise

March Gladness at "The Grove"
History of March Gladness
In February of 2005, Communities In Schools of Puyallup (CISP) responded to a pressing community need by agreeing to coordinate a joint Tsunami relief project with the Puyallup School District and faith-community leaders. The effort was a tremendous success. Students and community leaders helped set ideas in motion and make results happen. As CISPs role in the tragic events unfolded, school, faith, and community leaders met again and decided that the best follow-up to the success of the project was to involve student leadership and create a menu of wide-ranging public service projects for the Spring semester now known as March Gladness.

Why March Gladness? It's a way to engage in local community service while fostering the following: solve problems, strengthen communities, improve lives, connect to others, transform our own lives.

Firgrove March Gladness Project: Campus Beautification (see specific plan posted on the staff room door by the minutes board.


COMING-UP:

Staff Clean-up Crew (3/14-18): Nancy, Katrina
3/14 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Marlene, Angelo, Stacy, Kim M., Stephanie (trading with Jackie only this week)
3/14 Mon. - Class/Group/Staff Picture (rescheduled from 2/25 on 2/24 via email communication by Almai
3/14 Mon. - CSIP Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library; Co-op Board, 5:00, Library; School Board, 6:30 PM at Ballou
3/15 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4, Library

3/15 Tues. - Parent Phonics Class, 6:30-7:30 PM, Library (Dinner for the parents will be served in the gym at 6 PM. Child care in Room 27.)
3/15 Tues. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker, 12:30 in Rm. 18, 1:30 in Rm. 21
3/16 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus

3/16 Wed. - Hanging/displaying student art BOTH for REACH and Artstravaganza - "Many hands make light work."
3/16 Wed. - Pierce County Science Guest Speaker, 8:30 in Rm. 16, 9:45 in Rm. 35

3/16 Wed. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, Edgemont JH
3/16 Wed. - District Writing Cadre, 4-5:30, Woodland Library

3/17 Thurs. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, PHS Commons
3/18 Fri. - Puyallup Fair Traveling Farm (for first graders), Firgrove Playshed
3/18 Fri. - PTA Annual Auction,RHS, 6-9 PM (Please complete action items from PTA for this event emailed by LouAnn on Feb. 15th)
Staff Clean-up Crew (3/21-3/25): Brian, Melanie W
3/21 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Chirstina, Kim F, Joy, Missy
3/21 Mon. - PSD Draft Budget Feedback Session for Employees, 3-5 PM, Ferrucci JH
3/22 Tues. - Parent Phonics Training and Dinner - dinner begins at 6 PM in the gym and training begins at 6:30 PM in the Library; child care in Room 27
3/23 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus

3/23 Wed. - Char and Almai at Communities in School Breakfast Fundraiser, 7-9 AM, Fairgrounds Expo Hall and then K-12 Principal Pro Dev and PSD Admin Meeting, 1:45-5 PM, Mt. View Community Center

3/23 Wed. - Kindergarten Registration Night, 6:30-7:30 PM, Gym

3/24 Thurs. - Firgrove Annual Artstravaganza, 6-8 PM

3/28 - 4/1 - PSD Spring Break
Staff Clean-up Crew (4/4-8): Terry, Cindy, Sherrie B
4/4 Mon. - Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Terry, Melanie W, Kay, Jennifer A, Wes