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.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Hawks Hoping for a Short Winter: Happy Groundhog's Day!

I am respectful, honest, responsible.
I am a Hawk!

"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~Abe Lincoln


Reminders of the Week:
Have you scheduled either your second round of observation or PGO mid-year check-in with LouAnn?

We would like to get the observations done by March 16th. If you have PGO, please set up your mid-year check-in with LouAnn. The mid-year check-in meeting needs to be done before the end of January.

This week:
Science Fair display boards will be sold by PTA at designated times during the school day. Watch for the specific window of time when students can come to the office and buy them.
1/30 Mon. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

1/31 Tues. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/1 Tues. - Principal-Directed LIC "79 and 88.1" - 1:30-2:15, Library, data management, analysis and strategic steps identification; bring most recent data in math (even in the form of unscored or scored student assessments; 2:15-3:00, Learning Teams in designated locations. Thank you for your Learning Teams' minutes. Please email and post them.
- Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/2 Thurs. - Groundhog's Day and Read Across America Kick-off All-school Assembly, 2:15-2:46; stay tuned for the agenda via email; no chairs for 6th graders
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/3 Fri. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- PTA Bingo is cancelled.


PTA Annual Auction: Please save the date in your calendar and begin publishing it in your newsletters---the Annual PTA Auction will be held on March 16, Friday, 6:30-??? PM at Emerald Ridge High School Commons. Stay tuned for information for the "classroom donated baskets" from PTA.

Coming up:
2/6 Mon. - CAO Amy Eveskcige and Deputy Superintendent Debra Aungst visiting
- Grandparents Day Luncheon RSVP forms due to the office
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

2/7 Tues. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/8 Wed. - Collaboration and Teaming LIC
- Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/9 Thurs. - Lisa and Almai at required Puyallup Elementary Principals Meeting and then Regional K-12 Meeting, 8-11:30, ESC
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/10 Fri. - Grandparents Day Luncheon
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

2/13 Mon. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym

2/14 Tues. - Safety Team, 7:40 am, Conference Room
- Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/15 Wed. - Evaluation and Conference LIC
- "Speed Reader Spectacular" Assembly, 11:30-11:51, Stay tuned for more details from the Literacy Team. This event is meant to continue and/or increase the momentum our Hawk Readers in meeting our Read Across America goal as a challenge presented by Dr. Almond's Orthodontics with the end result of having $500 worth of books donated to our library.
- Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/16 Thurs. - CSIP, 3-4, library
- Zumba, 4:00-5:00, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/17 Fri. - No School/Mid-winter Break/President's Day

2/20 Mon. - No School/Mid-winter Break/President's Day

2/21 Tues. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/22 Wed. - Individual Planning LIC
- Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym

2/23 Thurs. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
- Adult ELL Classes, 6-7:30, P32

2/24 Fri. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym



Other BIG Events to Note in Calendar/Planbook:
2/28 - Math and Science Night - stay tuned for more information from our Science Coordinator, Karen Gonderman, and the Math/Science Learning Team

3/16 Fri - Firgrove PTA Auction, 6:30 PM, ERHS Commons