Firgrove Elementary Hawk Happenings is a weekly publication for our dedicated and hard-working staff whose mission states, "Together as a community, we will build an educational foundation to help all learners realize their full potential and achieve their hopes and dreams."
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.
- 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.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Hawk Staff: Still Feeling Spoiled by PTA's Generosity and Thoughtfulness
(REPEATED) REMINDER(S) OF THE WEEK:
1. Remember to communicate May 27th as half-day to parents in your newsletters. School will be in session that day at 8:25-12:01.
2. K-5 staff: Remember to complete student placement paperwork you received from LouAnn prior to your release time on May 18th.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to:
- PTA for spoiling us with such devine lunches, desserts, fun trinkets and let's not forget the fabulous car wash on Friday. We definitely have the best PTA in town!
- Jackie and Bobbi for the fine job they did with MSP testing coordination, especially meeting the requirement of an "MSP early pick-up school."
THIS WEEK:
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (5/16-20): Teresa, Wendy J., Jessy
Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: LouAnn, Michelle, Renae, Sara D.
5/17 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library
5/18 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC; Walking School Bus
5/18 Wed. - K-5 Team Release for Placement - Come prepared to the meeting by completing the placement forms your received. Locations: 8-11:10 is Room 17; Schedule for that day: 8-9 Grade 2; 9:05-10:05 Grade 3; 10:10-11:10 Grade 1; 11:15-12:15 Kindergarten; 12:45-1:45 Grade 4; 1:50-2:50 Grade 5
5/19 Thurs. - Char and Almai at Building Administrators' Supplemental Cultural Competence Day Training, 9:30-11:00 AM, ESC Pioneer
5/20 Fri. - District SpEd Track Meet, 10-1:30, Sparks Stadium - Char and Almai will be at the event as Event Staff.
COMING-UP:
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (5/23-27): Bobbi, Char, Wendy L.
Thank you, Salad Club Hosts: Terry, Kay, Melanie W., Jennifer A., Wes
5/23 Mon. - Safety Team Meeting, 7:40 AM, Rm. 24
5/24 Tues. - Char and Almai at Region 2 Admin Meeting, 7-8:30 AM, Woodland
5/25 Wed. - Indivual Planning LIC; Walking School Bus
5/25 wed. - Char and Almai at K-12 Principal Prof Dev, 1:30-4; then PSD Admin Meeting, 4-5, Mt. View Communicty Center
5/27 Fri. - Snow Make-up Day; School in session 8:25-12:01
5/30 Mon. - No School/Memorial Day
Staff Room Clean-up Crew (5/31-6/3): Deb, Almai, Melanie M.
Thank you, Salad Club Hosts (Tuesday): Char, Angie, Megan, Claire, Wendy J.
5/31 Tues. - 6th Graders to Stahl (more information to come)
6/1 Wed. - Principal/Prof. Dev. LIC; Walking School Bus
6/3 Fri. - Character Trait Assembly: Pride, 9:00 Intermediate, 10:00 Primary; Remember to bring your mind maps to the assembly.
6/3 Fri. - 2010-2011 Kindergarten Round-up, 12:30-1:30, gym
6/3 Fri. - Grade 6 Stahl Activities Presentation,2:15-2:45, gym
6/6 Mon. - Co-op Board Meeting, 5 PM, Library; PTA Board Meeting, 7 PM, Library
6/7 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3-4 PM, Library
6/8 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC; Walking School Bus
6/8 Wed. - Char and Almai at Elementary Administrators Meeting and Region 2 Elementary Nuts and Bolts, 8-12, ESC
6/8 Wed. - Firgrove Blood Drive, 12-4, Brick Building Parking Lot (Staff: Please leave the diagonal parking spaces in front of the Brick Building so the Blood Drive van is highly visible to Meridian Traffic. The last blood drive has proven that parking the blood drive van along Meridian allowed for me walk-in donors to come in.)
6/9 Thurs. - Stahl Elementary Band Concert, 7:30-8:30 AM, Stahl Commons
6/10 Fri. - Field Day