Hawk Staff Ready to Groove at "The 'Grove"

Reminders of the Week:
Remember to complete the required Safe Schools training via this link by Sept. 14th---while the district communication set Sept. 30th as the deadline to complete this training, its content is imperative for the safety of our students, hence a specific time is set aside on Aug. 31st to complete the training making September 14th a reasonable deadline in our building ; you'll need to enter your employee number with the letter "E" in front of it (example: E123456) - http://puyallup.wa.safeschools.com/login

Remember to complete the Zoomerang survey per the Office of Diversity Affairs (ODA) via this link; it takes five minutes at the most - http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CHAT5FGMP/

This week:
8/29 Mon. - Supplemental Day #1 - Building Directed, 8:00-3:30, library

- Quick staff picture right before going to the gym for lunch in front of the building (Firgrove sign) to update staff photo on our website

- PTA-hosted Back-to-School Staff Lunch, 11-12, gym

- Day 1 of Staff Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym; Bring your "party" clothes, footwear, towel, water to drink and your Zumba-ready-swagger.

8/30 Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - Cultural Competency

- 8:00-10:00 Registration begins at 7:30 and session promptly begins at 8:00, ERHS, lunch on your own, be ready to be back in the building for the 11:30 -3:30 afternoon part of the training

- 11:30-3:30 afternoon session of Cultural Competency back in the building/Library

- 3:45-4:45, gym - Claire and Almai are looking forward to see everyone's Day 2 of Zumba-swagger and attitude (aka Zumba-tude)


8/31 Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day - - 3.75 hours of this day is Principal/Building Directed.

- certificated staff are required to be in the building by 11:30; 2 hours are for the Meet and Greet and the other 1.75 hours are time to accomplish the following: mandatory Safe Schools training, completing individual daily schedule and completing the REACH Planning template. The last two items are required to be submitted to LouAnn by September 7th.

- classified staff members are required to put their contracted three hours (consult with the certificated staff with whom they work to identify the needed window of work time); one hour of the three hours needs to be alloted for the Safe Schools training; additional hours need to be pre-approved and based on their job title need

- action items in a nutshell: Safe Schools training time can be done between Aug. 31-Sept. 14; daily schedules and REACH Planning Sheet submitted to LouAnn by Sept. 7th.

- Meet and Greet Students and their Families, 1:00-3:00 pm, classrooms
- Yes, believe it---Zumba time!!! 3:45-4:45, gym

9/1 Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways!

- Welcome Back Assembly: 9:30 for Intermediate; 10:15 for Primary

- Bring your self with Zumba-tude in the gym, 3:45-4:45


Coming up:
9/5 Mon. - No School/Labor Day

9/6 Tues. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/7 Wed. - PR LIC - stay tune for more information via email and blog
- Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/8 Thurs. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/14 Wed. - Fair Day, no breakfast or lunch, 11:31 dismissal
- PTA Board Meeting, 6:30 PM, library
- Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym

9/15 Thurs. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/16 Fri. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

9/18 Mon. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/19 Tues. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/21 Wed. - CT LIC, 12:30-3:30
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30

9/22 Thurs. - Back to School Curriculum Night, 6-7:30 pm - stay tune for details via email and/or blog

9/23 Fri. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

9/26 Mon. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/27 Tues. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/28 Wed. - IP LIC

9/29 Thurs. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/30 Fri. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

Other BIG Events to Note in Calendar/Planbook:
10/12 Wed. - PTA General Membership and Activity Night, 6:30 PM
10/14 Fri. - PTA Box Top Breakfast
10/18 Tues. - PTA Skate Night, 6-8 PM
10/28-11/4 - PTA Fall Book Fair
11/3 Thurs. - Firgrove Literacy and Math Night

School Year 2011-2012: Just Right Around the Corner...

Reminder of the Week:
Sign-up for the following classes if you haven't already done so in the Pro Dev link: https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/index.php
- Math Trainings or Other Job-Specific Training as outlined in the letter you received from Deputy Superintendent Debra Aungst
- The morning session of the Aug. 30th Cultural Competency Training https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/class_info.php?CID=3891
- The 2011 Firgrove August Supplemental Days https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/class_info.php?CID=3961

This week:
Our Facility Operations Team (aka Custodial Team) is back this week. Let Jennifer know of your furniture needs if you have any. Please see notes/request from our Facility Operations Team below (repeated post from last week)

8/22-23, Mon.-Tues. - Math Trainings for staff who didn't attend the August Training (see repeated/last week's post below for locations for each grade level/department)

8/22, Mon. - School Board, 6:30 PM, Ballou JH

8/23, Tues. - Registration begins/Building Open to the public

8/24, Wed. - Placement Testing for Grades 1 and 2 students whose last name begins with letters A-M, 4-6 pm, Grades 1 and 2 classrooms (a School Messenger went-out Sunday night to families of grades 1 and 2 students)

8/25, Thurs. - Figrove's AYP Informational Parent/Community Meeting, 6-7 pm, Gym
8/25, Thurs. - Placement Testing for Grades 1 and 2 students whose last name begins with letters N-Z, 4-6 pm, Grades 1 and 2 classrooms (a School Messenger went-out Sunday night to families of grades 1 and 2 students)
8/25, Thurs. - Mail postcards to families

Coming up:
8/29, Mon. - Supplemental Day #1 - Building Directed, 8:00-3:30, library; PTA-hosted Back-to-School Staff Lunch, 11-12, gym; Day 1 of Staff Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

8/30, Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - Cultural Competency, 8:00-10:00 (registration begins at 7:30 and session promptly begins at 8:00), ERHS, lunch on your own, PM session back in the building at 11:30-3:30, Firgrove Library; Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym
Remember to take this survey per the Office of Diversity Affairs request (it takes less than 5 minutes): http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CHAT5FGMP/


8/31, Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day - - 3.75 hours of this day is Principal/Building Directed.
- certificated staff are required to be in the building by 11:30; 2 hours are for the Meet and Greet and the other 1.75 hours are time to accomplish the following: mandatory Safe Schools training, completing individual daily schedule and completing the REACH Planning template. The last two items need to be submitted to LouAnn by September 7th.
- classified staff members are required to put their contracted three hours and should be flexed with their job-title need; one hour of the three hours needs to be alloted for the Safe Schools training; additional hours need to be pre-approved and based on their job title need
- action items in a nutshell: Safe Schools training time can be done between Aug. 31-Sept. 14; daily schedules and REACH Planning Sheet submitted to LouAnn by Sept. 7th.
8/31, Wed. - Meet and Greet Students and their Families, 1:00-3:00 pm, classrooms; Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

9/1, Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways! Welcome Back Assembly: 9:30 for Intermediate; 10:15 for Primary

9/2, Fri. - Zumba, 3:45-4:45, gym

Supplemental Days 2011-2012: Almai emailed last Friday three documents that certificated staff already received from Deputy Superintendent Debra Aungst last June. The documents emailed were: 2011-2012 Supplemental Days Information/Instructions; Supplemental Days Schedule for all certificated job clusters/categories; Supplemental Days Attendance Verification Form (must be completed and submitted to HR by September 30th)

Help us welcome the following guest staff while we send get-well wishes to our colleagues: (We know that everyone will be sensitive to the need to keep a delicate balance between letting our colleagues know that we are thinking of them while respecting their privacy.)
- Amanda Edmonds for Chrystie Job
- Lisa Fisk for Sheri Pounder
- Ray Flood for Cindy Allison


REPEATED POSTS FROM LAST WEEK:
Math Trainings
When: Aug. 22-23, 8:00-3:30
Who and Where (see below):
- Kindergarten at Shaw Road
- 1st Grade at Edgerton
- 2nd Grade at Spinning
- 3rd Grade at Meeker
- 4th Grade at Maplewood
- 5th Grade at Shaw Road
- All Resource, Self-contained, Title I/LAP, ELL Staff at Woodland

Correction on the Draft Parent Letter you received in the mail: Grade 5 math should read "71.8" not "1.8"

Help us thank District Maintenance/Custodial Team for making our building look fabulous!

Please note the following:
- Our custodial team will be back in the building next week (week of Aug. 22nd)
- This summer's Fire Marshall Inspection result directs us not to have candles and plug-ins. Everyone is expected to comply.
- Let Jennifer know if you have any furniture and other related needs for your classroom via email.
- As you settle in and move things around in your classrooms, please do not drag furnitures on the floor, especially in the hallways. Email Jennifer if you need help to move things. Feel free to leave special instruction taped onto the furniture to be moved.
- Please do not leave things you no longer want in the staff lounge or any other part of the building such as storage rooms or closets. Feel free to invite colleagues to go through your unwanted pile in you room or just toss them in the trash.

Help us welcome and/or congratulate the following:
Dorothy Wilgus - Counselor
Dan Miller - General Music (full time for grades K-2, 4, 5)
Mark Jasinski - General Music (for grades 3 and 6; shared with Stahl and Rogers)
Wendy Kopacz - Title I Paraeducator
Nina Bronoske - 6th Grade (vacated by Kimberly Rose)
Liz Sherwood - Nina's long-term sub
Angie Chell - Playground and Building Duty (more hours/vacated by Patty Giggy)

Classified Staff: As in the past, classified staff members are expected to be back on the 31st ("181st Day"). If the need in their assigned program/duty exceeds their contracted three hours that day, then as agreed upon with their supervising teacher and administrator, they will be compensated for the additional time they stay on the 31st.

Zumba Comes to Firgrove: Claire and Almai are now officially certified Zumba instructors as of August 6th and they are extremely tickled and excited to bring Zumba Fitness to Firgrove staff as a way to have loads of fun together while getting in tip-top shape so we can be our better/best self in front of our students. Stay tune for more information.

Gearing up for the 2011-2012 School Year

Reminders of the Week:
Math Trainings: If you didn't attend any of the June Math trainings, please attend what applies to your job assignment.
When - August 22-23; 8:00-3:30 pm, lunch on your own, bring teacher manual; register for your grade level specific class by going to the Pro Dev site and type "Bridges Training - Grade __" on the Search field then select your class and register. Here's the Pro Dev: https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/index.php

Math Trainings continued - Who and Where (see below)
- Kindergarten at Shaw Road
- 1st Grade at Edgerton
- 2nd Grade at Spinning
- 3rd Grade at Meeker
- 4th Grade at Maplewood
- 5th Grade at Shaw Road
- All Resource, Self-contained, Title I/LAP, ELL Staff at Woodland

Please read the letter sent by Deputy Superintendent Aungst to certificated staff (PEA) regarding expectations on the 2011-2012 Supplemental Days. Note the expectations and what needs to be submitted by you by September 30th to Human Resource.


This week: Building opens to staff but still closed to the public (external doors will still be locked the whole week)
8/15, Mon - Lisa and Almai at PSD Region 2 Meeting, 8-10:15 am, ESC Pioneer
8/15, Mon. - Almai available to check-out keys and badges to staff, 10:45-1:15
8/16, Tues. - Almai available to check-out keys and badges to staff
8/18, Thurs. - LouAnn back* (after her morning training)
8/19, Fri. - Christina back*
*Please note that while LouAnn and Christina are back this week, the focus of their work is the office and getting everything ready for next week's registration, time-sensitive reports to our district office, student mailings and updating student data in eSchool. So if your need of their support can wait until the week of the 22nd, we ask that you do that. It'll help ensure that our students and their families get what they need in a timely manner, as well as the office team providing reports to our central office that impact staffing. Thank you.

Correction on the Draft Parent Letter you received in the mail: Grade 5 math should read "71.8" not "1.8"

Help us thank District Maintenance/Custodial Team for making our building look fabulous!

Please note the following:
- Our custodial team will be back in the building next week.
- This summer's Fire Marshall Inspection result directs us not to have candles and plug-ins. Everyone is expected to comply.
- Let Jennifer know if you have any furniture and other related needs for your classroom via email.
- As you settle in and move things around in your classrooms, please do not drag furnitures on the floor, especially in the hallways. Email Jennifer if you need help to move things. Feel free to leave special instruction taped onto the furniture to be moved.
- Please do not leave things you no longer want in the staff lounge or any other part of the building such as storage rooms or closets. Feel free to invite colleagues to go through your unwanted pile in you room or just toss them in the trash.

Supplemental Days 2011-2012: More details on each day to follow in the next blog post - While we will highlight it in the blog's next post, we highly recommend that you read/re-read the memo you received in June from Deputy Superintendent Debra Aungst outlining expectations on attendance and reporting of Supplemental Days.

8/29, Mon. - Supp. #1/Building-directed Day, 8:00-3:30, Firgrove Library; PTA-hosted Back to School Staff Lunch, 12-1, Gym

8/30, Tues. - Supp. #2/Cultural Competency Training; 8:00-10:00 (registration begins at 7:30 and session promptly begins at 8:00), ERHS, lunch on your own, PM session back in the building at 11:30-3:30, Firgrove Library; ACTION Item - please register for the AM session by Aug. 22nd via this link: https://staffdev.puyallup.k12.wa.us/StaffDev/class_info.php?CID=3891 While on the Pro Dev Link, please register for this class as well: 2011 Firgrove August Supplemental Days.

8/31, Wed. - Supp. #3/Building-directed, 8:00-3:30; "Meet and Greet" students and families at 1-3; more details to come in the next blog post

Help us welcome and/or congratulate the following:
Dorothy Wilgus - Counselor
Dan Miller - General Music (full time for grades K-2, 4, 5)
Mark Jasinski - General Music (for grades 3 and 6; shared with Stahl and Rogers)
Wendy Kopacz - Title I Paraeducator
Nina Bronoske - 6th Grade (vacated by Kimberly Rose)
Liz Sherwood - Nina's long-term sub
Angie Chell - Playground and Building Duty (more hours/vacated by Patty Giggy)

Classified Staff: As in the past, classified staff members are expected to be back on the 31st ("181st Day"). If the need in their assigned program/duty exceeds their contracted three hours that day, then as agreed upon with their supervising teacher and administrator, they will be compensated for the additional time they stay on the 31st.

Zumba Comes to Firgrove: Claire and Almai are now officially certified Zumba instructors as of August 6th and they are extremely tickled and excited to bring Zumba Fitness to Firgrove staff as a way to have loads of fun together while getting in tip-top shape so we can be our better/best self in front of our students. Stay tune for more information.

Coming up:
8/22, Mon. - School Board, 6:30 PM, Ballou JH
8/23, Tues. - Registration begins
8/25, Thurs. - Mail postcards to families
8/29, Mon. - Supplemental Day #1 - Building Directed
8/30, Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - Cultural Competency
8/31, Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day
8/31, Wed. - Meet and Greet Students and their Families, 1:00-3:00 pm
9/1, Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways!