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Please remember to show the Emergency Bus Exit DVD to your students prior to this Thursday's drill. The drill on Thursday begins around 9:30. Please know that we'll work around trying to keep the morning academic block as much as possible. If your students are with specialists when your class is called, the specialist will be the one taking them to the Emergency Bus Exit drill.
This week:
9/19 Mon. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
9/20 Tues. - Staff Meeting, 3:00-4:00, Library
9/21 Wed. - IP LIC (traded from CT per super majority input)
- Firgrove Blood Drive, 12-2, Front Parking Lot - Please remember not to use the diagonal parking spaces so the Blood Drive van can park there for higher visibility to walk-in donors driving Meridian. Thank you for your understanding to support this life-saving effort.
- Zumba, 3:00-4:00, gym
9/22 Thurs. - Emergency Bus Exit drills, 9:30-10:00, Bus Zone
- Back to School Curriculum Night, 6-7:30 pm - Lisa sent an email on Friday, Sept. 9th, regarding the schedule with an attached powerpoint that you may use unless you already have one you're planning to use instead of it. The expected minimum information content shared with parents is outlined in the powerpoint that Lisa sent.
Back to School Night Schedule: 6-6:25 Classrrom Session #1 (teachers in their classrooms) - during the classroom sessions, you may choose to have a formal or informal presentation format. The choice is yours; however, the session must run through the specified times in order for a certain level of organization to exist.
6:30-6:55 Classroom Session #2 (teachers in their classrooms) - during the classroom sessions, you may choose to have a formal or informal presentation format. The choice is yours; however, the session must run through the specified times in order for a certain level of organization to exist.
6:30-7:15 PTA hosting an Ice Cream Social in the gym while Administrative Team has a running/looping powerpoint of the "State of School Address"
9/23 Fri. - Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym
Grades 4-6 Teachers: Please include in your parent communication that there is Parent Preview Night for the HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Curriculum on September 28, 6:30-8:00 PM at PHS Commons. It is out district expectation that any parent who opts their child to be exempt from these lessons need to have previewed the materials.
Assessments:
- Complete all district and building-wide assessments during their designated timeline. Consult with Bobbi, Building Assessment Coordinator, with any assessment related questions.
- Grades 4-6 Teachers: Please complete the Comprehension Strategies Probe Assessment and provide Almai your class set of the Individual Student Pretest/Postest Scoring Chart. Below is the recommended assessment administration steps:
1. Monday - administer the four passages and have students score their work and fill-in their own scoring chart. This allows them to see right away their strengths and weaknesses regarding reading comprehension strategies.
2. Tuesday - administer the remaining three passages and do the same as Monday's procedures.
3. Give Almai your completed class set of scoring charts at the end of the day on Tuesday. She'll create a tool that will visually sort students by mastery (or lack of) of each reading strategy. She'll email you this tool by noon on Wednesay. The tool's purpose is continually use throughout the year to track students' progress in their reading comprehension strategies. While the tool is self-explanatory to Excel users, please come see her for one-on-one training of the tool if you're not familiar with it.
4. On the direction packet Almai gave you last Friday (grades 4-6 teachers), please refer to the section that gives recommendation on the next step after getting the results. Third grade teachers,please see Almai regarding your team's action item.
Coming up:
9/26 Mon. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
9/27 Tues. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
9/28 Wed. - CT LIC (traded from IP per super majority input)
- Lisa and Almai at K-12 Principal Pro Dev and then PSD Administrative Meeting, 1:30-5:00, Mt. View Community Center
- Zumba, 3:00-4:00, gym
- Elementary HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Curriculum Preview for Parents of GGrades 4-6, 6:30-8:00 PM, PHS Commons
9/29 Thurs. - Zumba, 3:30-4:30, gym
9/30 Fri. - Zumba, 3:15-4:15, gym
10/4 Tues. - PTA Fall Fundraiser Kick-off Assembly, 2-2:15, gym; Recess will be adjusted for grades 2 and 3. Stay tune for specific plan.
Re-posted Reminder: Remember to complete the required Safe Schools training and the Office of Diversity Affairs Zoomerang survey via the links below:
- http://puyallup.wa.safeschools.com/login
- http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CHAT5FGMP
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 Night "Welcome to the Jungle!" Theme - stay tune for more information from the Literacy Team
