I learned a great lesson this week about the potential of kids. We all have kids in our classes who are hard either because they don't have a supportive family background, they are slow, or they just have bad behavior. The important thing to remember is that we don't know the potential of these kids. We cannot prejudge or judge at all because they may be our hardest workers, may make the greatest growth, and end up being someone very successful in life. What we need to remember to do is expose them to opportunities to grow, problem solve, learn from failure, and learn from being successful. Remember Growth Mindset. Remember some of the most famous and successful people were ones who did not perform well in school. We need to make sure we are encouragers, not discouragers. We need to help the kids find their AWESOME! We all have AWESOME in us!
I found a great article on the impact of class sizes on learning. I think it would be a good read for all of us considering how big some of our classes are. It is interesting that as much as we get concerned about how big our classes are, it is not even close to the most impactful thing to our kids' learning. Read this article and then do some research on John Haddie. I know this is a touchy subject and I'm sure we can have a great discussion on it. I'm not choosing one side or the other. I know from experience it is a lot easier with smaller classes than with larger, but when faced with a large class, there are things we can do that can be very impactful. Read the article and tell me what you think.
To Be Aware Of
- Fire Drill on Wednesday at 1:30. For the first few drills, you will know when they are so you can train your kids. Eventually, they will be unannounced to make them more real for us.
- At our assemblies, we have expectations that our students pay attention and show respect to those who are up front and presenting. We need to make sure that we practice those same expectations. Please don't bring your computers or homework to assemblies. We need to pay attention as well.
- Keep track of what duty you have each week. There have been a few times where there hasn't been someone out on duty. We need to make sure the kids are safe. Here is a link to the duty list for quick reference
- The Grovecrest Faculty Passion Project google classroom page is open and you all have been invited. Here is a link to the page. I've only had a few share on this page. Take a look. It is easy and I would like to know what everyone is thinking about.
- The Monday Assemblies Zack and I will be doing are going to be every 4th Monday, or the last school Monday of the month starting in September. We will call them Edivate Assemblies since you will be working on Edivate during those times.
- The first faculty Mtg that will be devoted to your passion projects will be on September 16th. This may change, but there will be 4 of our faculty meetings devoted to that.
- Our PD day in October will be in an edcamp format. Information about this will come to you throughout the coming weeks in preparation.
- Zack and I will be scheduling Oliver Button readings soon. Monthly Kyle reads will be scheduled each month as well.
I will let you know the evaluation schedule when I get it.
Cleaning Schedule
Sept. Office
Oct. 6th Grade
Nov. 5th Grade
Dec. 3rd Grade
Jan. 2nd Grade
Feb. 1st Grade
Mar. 4th Grade
Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist
May Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist
Lunch Schedule
1st
11:31 Higgins
11:32 Hull
11:33 Mac
11:34 McKell
2nd
11:25 Connell
11:26 Herman
11:27 Fisher
11:28 West
3rd
11:56 Schafer
11:58 Wilson
12:00 Whipple
12:02 Nichols
4th
11:55 Austin
11:57 Fiorucci
11:59 Durrant
12:01 CJohnson
5th
12:20 Green
12:22 MJohnson
12:24 Oswald
12:26 Day
6th
12:21 McCleskey
12:23 Allen
12:25 Krall
12:27 Rooke
Save The Date
9/1 Reading Committee Mtg 8:15
9/1 Alio/Skyward Training 1-4
9/2 Power IEP Training 9-10 Kyle
9/2 Fire Drill 1:30
9/3 Parent Ballroom Mtg 4pm
9/4 4th grade Planet Aquarium In School Field Trip
9/7 Labor Day No School!
9/9 School Community Council Mtg 2-3
*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.
Happy Birthday
2nd Meredith Durrant
Celebrations
I have to celebrate Ryan getting down on his hands and knees doing math with his kids. They were finding numbers on a 10,000 chart and he was right down there with them.
Congrats to Melinda and Jessica for surviving the first week of Kindergarten. We have to remember this is the first time for both teaching Kinder and they did fantastically!
Hunter Weight from Casey's class figured out Casey's 9 challenge. Ask Casey what it is. The first child in 13 years.
Thanks for the amazing Back To School Night. We had more at our parent meeting than any other time since I've been here. I've also been the recipient of some very positive remarks of how we do things at Grovecrest, especially from those who are newcomers. Great things are happening here and we need to celebrate that.
Great Video of the Week
We watched a Kid President clip today in the upper grade assembly. It was great. Kid President has another Pep Talk to students and teachers that is pretty good as well. Take a few minutes and enjoy.
Great Read of the Week
Same article from above.
Have a Great 1st day and an Amazing week!
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