MMM 9/14/15

Hey folks,
Another great lesson I learned this week.  I have tried to come into everyone's class more often just to watch some of the amazing things you do and to take pictures so our community can see it too.  Some kids don't know my purpose either because they are young or they are new to the school.  Yesterday my reason for coming into classrooms more was confirmed when a young boy asked why I was there.  I didn't have to answer because he was answered by one of his classmates when she said, "Your in here to see how awesome we are."  Exactly!!  I want to see awesome and I get to see awesome every day as I come in and watch.  I'm sure you notice that I bring my computer in with me.  I have to do work since I'm not in my office as much, but I do notice your awesome and your kids' awesome.  Yes I'm using the word awesome too much and in the wrong way, but I'm doing it on purpose.  Everyone has awesome to share and hopefully we are all catching it.  Please share some of the awesome you are seeing.
I am sharing a great article cowritten by a few of my friends.  It is not long. It is about doing awesome things for our students.  After all, kids deserve it.  Here is the link.

To Be Aware Of

• Earthquake Drill on Wednesday September 16.  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.
• Superintendent Jarman in coming on Tuesday in the morning.  He and some of the school board will be in the conference room all morning.
• 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.  That's this Wednesday.  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 have scheduled Oliver Button readings.  If you haven't signed up for a time, Zack sent out a sign up sheet.  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 McKell

11:32 Higgins

11:33 Hull

11:34 Mac

2nd

11:25 West

11:26 Connell

11:27 Herman

11:28 Fisher

3rd

11:56 Nichols

11:58 Schafer

12:00 Wilson

12:02 Whipple

4th

11:55 CJohnson

11:57 Austin

11:59 Fiorucci

12:01 Durrant

5th

12:20 Day

12:22 Green

12:24 MJohnson

12:26 Oswald

6th

12:21 Rooke

12:23 McCleskey

12:25 Allen

12:27 Krall

Save The Date

9/15 Superintendent Jarmin Visit 8-10

9/15 1st Choir Practice 8:00 a.m.

9/16 Faculty Meeting

9/16 Earthquake Drill

9/17 Principal's Meeting - Kyle

9/18 Fall DRA Testing Window Closes

9/21 Reading Incentive Kickoff assembly

9/21 SCC Training for SCC and Principal

9/24 1st grade field trip

9/24 Principal divisional collaboration 2-3

9/25 K12 Leadership Seminar 9-1

9/25 Fall DRA Data Entry in Skyward deadline.

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

17th Kyle Hoopes

Celebrations

I was so amazed and proud of the activities last week associated with 9/11.  I had parents talking to me after school on Friday about stuff going on.  Great job incorporating that into your day.

Congrats to the 4th grade team for getting the Spirit of Alpine Award this week.  This is one of the reasons the Superintendent is coming to visit tomorrow.

Great Video of the Week

Great STEM video via Edivate.  I know it is 1st grade, but think of how this could work for your grade as well.

https://www.pd360.com/#resources/videos/10766

Here's one for 6th grade too.

https://www.pd360.com/#resources/videos/10767

Great Read of the Week

Same article from above.

Have a Great 1st day and an Amazing week!

8/31/15 MMM

Hey folks,
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!

MMM 8/24/2015

Hey folks,
The first week was awesome!  I really appreciate those who participated in the Blue Carpet event.  Parents were very impressed and enjoyed that morning event.  I have heard from some parents that said they felt bad they missed it.  I know it was a bit chaotic, but we will make plans to make it better for next year and we will advertise it better as well.
This is our first PLC Monday of the year and I hope all will set aside time to look at Edivate today.  Some teams have talked to me and said that it was in their plans.  I wanted to share one of the video clips I have watched.  It has to do with STEM.  Here is a link.  Let me know what you think.  It will also be in the video of the week section of this MMM.

To Be Aware Of

This Thursday will be our Back to School night from 5-7.  Please publicize this with your kids and parents.  We will be sending home a note, putting it on Facebook, Twitter, Remind, School Messenger, and the website.  However, your help in getting the word out by your means will be helpful.  Just so you know, this Back to School night will be a lot more interactive for parents in the big parent meeting.  There will still be the PTA budget part of it that All parents LOVE to attend, but there will be an exercise I will put parents through as well.  This is why we need more parents there than we usually have and this is why I need your help in getting the word out.

The Grovecrest Faculty Passion Project google classroom page is open and you all have been invited.  Here is a link to the page.

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 in September.  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 Hull

11:32 Mac

11:33 McKell

11:34 Higgins

2nd

11:25 Herman

11:26 Fisher

11:27 West

11:28 Connell

3rd

11:56 Wilson

11:58 Whipple

12:00 Nichols

12:02 Schafer

4th

11:55 Fiorucci

11:57 Durrant

11:59 CJohnson

12:01 Austin

5th

12:20 MJohnson

12:22 Oswald

12:24 Day

12:26 Green

6th

12:21 Allen

12:23 Krall

12:25 Rooke

12:27 McCleskey

Save The Date

8/25 Council PTA Mtg - Kyle 9:30

8/27 Hearing Screening

8/27 Back to School Night 5-7

8/31 NetSmart Assembly

9/1 Reading Committee Mtg 8:15

9/1 Alio/Skyward Training 1-4

9/2 Power IEP Training 9-10 Kyle

9/3 Parent Ballroom Mtg 4pm

9/4 4th grade Planet Aquarium In School Field Trip

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

Last week:

17th Connie Beck

17th Marcy McLendon

19th Wendi Austin

This Week:

24th Rashel Fiorucci

24th Andrea Hemenway

25th Sheila Chipman

There were several Birthdays this summer. Happy Birthday to you as well.  Not in any particular order:

Susan Bertele

Ryan Green

Cody Larsen

Tambee McKell

Alyssa Nichols

Alyssa Richins

Christi Banks

Suzanne Boren

Nicke Brown

Marty Langworthy

Sandra Priddis

Mary Raddatz

Celebrations

I was able to make it to every class every day last week either through rules rotation or a quick visit.  That is my goal this year and I hope to make it.

Heather Connell was having her kids do idea maps for autobiographies on just the third day!  Can you believe that? 2nd graders doing idea maps and not even a week in.  Awesome!!

Tess McClesky put her students through the Mindset Questionnaire found on page 12 of the book.  She said it was a great discussion.  I know because my daughter who is in her class was talking about it at home.  Great thinking to do that with your students.

Great Video of the Week

Edivate video. 

Have a Great 1st day and an Amazing week!

First Week 2015 MMM 8/19/2015

Hey folks,
This first one is not going to be real fancy.  I let the cat out of the bag in our training this morning and said something about staying up late.  Well, guess what. I'm up late again, but I promised to get this to you so I'm going to.  The biggest reason for this is to get the lunch schedule out to everyone.
The training yesterday with iReady I hope was beneficial.  I know some of us don't have as ready access to devices to do the activities.  This is why it is very important to plan open computer lab times for your classes.  Get on the schedule so we don't double book those times.
I'm also excited to start sharing with each other the Mindset Challenge from before the iReady training.  Remember, I want all of us to try something new this year that would make our school better.  This could be something you try on your own, with a partner, or as a team.  It doesn't have to be a save the world type project.  Just something new you want to try that you are passionate about.  I've provided a place for all of us to reflect together in a new google classroom.  I invited all of you to join it.  I chose google classroom to learn more about it and to show all of you another option for your own classroom.  I really do want us all to share and reflect with each other, but if public reflection is not something you want to do, I would encourage you to reflect in some way for yourself.  I like to write because it makes my reflections more permanent.  I also like to publicize my reflections for two big reasons: I want to be an example to our students in publishing work to a broader audience and I get suggestions/comments from others that help me grow.  You decide what you want to do, but please try something new and please reflect.

To Be Aware Of

As mentioned above, the Grovecrest Faculty Passion Project google classroom page is open and you all have been invited.  Here is a link to the page.

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 in September.  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 in this will come to you throughout the coming weeks in preparation.

Zack and I will be scheduling Oliver Button readings next week.  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 Mac

11:32 McKell

11:33 Higgins

11:34 Hull

2nd

11:25 Connell

11:26 West

11:27 Fisher

11:28 Herman

3rd

11:56 Whipple

11:58 Nichols

12:00 Wilson

12:02 Schafer

4th

11:55 Durrant

11:57 CJohnson

11:59 Austin

12:01 Fiorucci

5th

12:20 Oswald

12:22 Day

12:24 Green

12:26 MJohnson

6th

12:21 Krall

12:23 Rooke

12:25 McCleskey

12:27 Allen

Save The Date

8/25 Council PTA Mtg - Kyle 9:30

8/27 Back to School Night 5-7

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

Celebrations

Great first PD and contract days.  I feel we learned a ton and in the process, we were able to serve another school as well.  I'm excited to see how iReady works for everyone.

Your rooms all look amazing. Great places for our students to learn.  Did you see Melinda's hallway display?  Pretty awesome!

Great Video of the Week

None this week.

Have a Great 1st day and an Amazing week!

5/11/15 MMM

I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend.  I know it is a day late, but Happy Woman's Day to all of the women here who make a difference.  
Things are really starting to ramp up in preparation for the end of the year.  Please keep on your toes.  Keep  in mind the important dates including SAGE Testing and End of Year events for each grade level.  We don't want to step on any toes.  I hope everyone remembered DRA was supposed to be input into Skyward by last Friday.  Sometimes they leave Skyward open a little longer.  If you haven't input, get it done TODAY.  Hopefully it is still open.
I haven't heard anything more about our rebuild.  As I get information, I will pass it on to all of you.
There have been some great things happening at Grovecrest throughout the year.  Please share some great things that you have noticed in your class, on your team, and/or in general via this padlet.  I had this up last week, but since I didn't have the MMM out till later in the week, I'll leave it up and available to you.

Thank you to those who got your classes involved in the Hanging with Hoopes blog post via our school website.  It has been very interesting to see what kids are curious about.  I think this will help you see how Genius Hour could be a very beneficial thing to our students.  Here is a link to the student responses.

**To Be Aware of**

• SAGE Testing will end next Thursday the 21st..  Please be quiet in the halls and those who are administering, remember ethics.  Take stuff off the walls or cover up.  We don't want to take any chances.
• Don't forget this week's #Utedchat on Wednesday from 9-10.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
• New book I will be reading to classes is Horton Hatches the Egg.  The topic of discussion is responsibility.  I haven't put in any new times, but if you want me to come in and read to your class, come and talk to me and we can schedule it.
• I still have those book catalogs in my office that were used about a month ago by a vendor to help with our guided reading library.  You will need to decide on books you would like to order.  I would like to finalize by the end of this week.
• The last day of school time for kids is 9:05-10:35.  Faculty Social will start after that.

Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

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 Mac

11:32 McKell

11:33 Sharma

11:34 Hull

2nd

11:25 Higgins

11:26 West

11:27 Connell

11:28 Herman

3rd

11:56 Whipple

11:58 Nichols

12:00 Durrant

12:02 Schafer

12:03 Wilson

4th

11:55 Crossley

11:57 CJohnson

11:59 Austin

12:01 Fiorucci

5th

12:20 Oswald

12:22 Day

12:24 Green

12:26 MJohnson

6th

12:21 Krall

12:23 Rooke

12:25 Paravato

12:27 Allen

Save the Date

5/11 - AAA Settlement Mtg @ AFJH 3:30 - Kyle
5/13 - Faculty Mtg
5/13 - UVU Advisory Council Mtg - Kyle 12-1:30
5/13 - School Community Council final mtg. 4-5
5/14 - Principal's Mtg - Kyle 12-2
5/14 - PI Grant Presentations - Kyle
5/15 - Administrative Conference Committee Mtg. Kyle 9-11
5/15 - Kindergarten End of Year Celebration
5/18 - Mystery Solve Combined assembly in the morning and celebration at 2:00 in the Library.
5/19 - Final Intern Party - Zack
5/19 - 3rd grade talent show 1:15
5/19 - STARS Reading parent meeting @ Manilla Elementary 3:30
5/20 - CTL Mtg 8:15
5/20 - 3rd grade water day
5/21 - 4th grade rendezvous
5/21 - 5th grade talent show and water day
5/22 - 3rd grade field trip to Discovery Park
5/22 - 6th grade graduation.
5/22 - 1st grade to discovery park
5/22 - 2nd grade game day in cafeteria

SAGE TESTING until the 21st.

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

• No Birthdays this week

Celebrations/Things I Noticed

• Thanks to BetteJo for all her involvement in AEA negotiations.
• Science day in Tambee's class was amazing!  Check out the tweets.  Lisa Schafer also had a science day last week.  Way cool!!

Great Video clip of the Week

Great Video on how to get Genius Hour started.  Comments welcome.

Great Read of the Week
Great read about goal setting.  Again, Comments are welcome.



Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!

5/3/15 MMM

Sorry this is coming out to you so late.  So much going on.
I haven't heard anything more about our rebuild.  As I get information, I will pass it on to all of you.
We are already in the month of May!! It's crazy how fast the year has gone by.  There have been some great things happening at Grovecrest throughout the year.  Please share some great things that you have noticed in your class, on your team, and/or in general via this padlet.

**To Be Aware of**

• SAGE Testing will be going on for the next several weeks.  Please be quiet in the halls and those who are administering, remember ethics.  Take stuff off the walls or cover up.  We don't want to take any chances.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
• New book I will be reading to classes is Horton Hatches the Egg.  The topic of discussion is responsibility.  I haven't put in any new times, but if you want me to come in and read to your class, come and talk to me and we can schedule it.
• I still have those book catalogs in my office that were used about a month ago by a vendor to help with our guided reading library.  You will need to decide on books you would like to order.  I would like to finalize by the end of this week.
• The last day of school time for kids is 9:05-10:35.  Faculty Social will start after that.

Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

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 McKell

11:32 Sharma

11:33 Hull

11:34 Mac

2nd

11:35 West

11:36 Connell

11:37 Herman

11:38 Higgins

3rd

11:56 Durrant

11:58 Schafer

12:00 Wilson

12:02 Whipple

12:03 Nichols

4th

11:55 CJohnson

11:57 Austin

11:59 Fiorucci

12:01 Crossley

5th

12:20 Day

12:22 Green

12:24 MJohnson

12:26 Oswald

6th

12:21 Rooke

12:23 Paravato

12:25 Allen

12:27 Krall

Save the Date

5/4 - Netsmart assembly.  Will take the place of our regular Monday Morning Assemblies.
5/4 - Kindergarten Literacy Assessment and Skyward Entry window opens
5/6 - CTL Mtg with BYU 8:15
5/6 - SCC Chair Mtg.  10:00 - Kyle
5/7 - TAT Meeting. 8:15-8:45
5/8 - Spring DRA Entry window closes
5/10 - Happy Mothers Day!!
5/13 - School Community Council final mtg. 4-5
5/14 - Principal's Mtg - Kyle 12-2
5/14 - PI Grant Presentations - Good Luck Ryan, Sarah, and Mary
5/15 - Administrative Conference Committee Mtg. Kyle 9-11
SAGE TESTING for the next several weeks

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

• 5/7 Pam Allen
• 5/7 Jennifer Amador
• 5/8 Logan Ash

Celebrations/Things I Noticed

• Congrats to Ryan, Sarah, and Mary for receiving the PI Grant.  They will be nearly 1:1 because of it.  The are presenting to the District next week.  Good Luck!
• Thanks to the 3rd grade team for accepting being apart of a district cohort on Genius Hour.
• Absolutely a highlight of my day to come read to your classes.  You have some amazing kids.

Great Video clip of the Week

No Video this week.  You have plenty going on.

Great Read of the Week
No Read.  You have plenty to do.


Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!

4/27/15 MMM

Wow! The year is going by so quickly.  This weekend was cold, but it didn't stop my family from building a garden in our backyard.  The yard is actually more inviting to be in now.  Check it out.

I am leaving the padlet up with our Genius Hour discussion since we didn't have any discussion on it. Please share your concerns, thoughts, ideas, and solutions via this Padlet so we can go forward with this with both eyes wide open.  Here is the Google Doc link too.  I  would like to talk about this again with the possibility of implementing OUR OWN version of it starting next year.

#Utedchat this Wednesday from 9-10.  The topic is Augmented Reality in Education.

**To Be Aware of**

• SAGE Testing will be going on for the next several weeks.  Please be quiet in the halls and those who are administering, remember ethics.  Take stuff off the walls or cover up.  We don't want to take any chances.
• We will have an intruder drill sometime this week.  Like the earthquake drill, be ready for the unexpected.
• Don't forget to attach #teamkid on all tweets going out.  Our school hashtag is #PawPower.
•  Next Monday you should be working on class lists for next year.  Don't forget to look at the Blue cards so we don't make any mistakes of which kids should not be with each other.
• New book I will be reading to classes is Horton Hatches the Egg.  The topic of discussion is responsibility.  Look at the calendar to sign up for a time.
• I still have those book catalogs in my office that were used about a month ago by a vendor to help with our guided reading library.  You will need to decide on books you would like to order.  I would like to finalize by the end of this week.
• A financial advisor by the name of Dan Matheson will be here on Wednesday during lunch to talk about managing investments.  He is providing lunch (sandwiches I think).  I have been working with him for the last few years.  He has been great for me and my family. You may not be interested, but let's not give him the cold shoulder.  Let's be courteous of his time. 
  
  
  

Cleaning Schedule

Apr. SPED and Computer Specialist

May  Kinder, Life Skills, & P.E. Specialist

Lunch Schedule

1st

11:31 Sharma

11:32 Hull

11:33 Mac

11:34 McKell

2nd

11:25 Connell

11:26 Herman

11:27 Higgins

11:28 West

3rd

11:56 Schafer

11:58 Wilson

12:00 Whipple

12:02 Nichols

12:03 Durrant

4th

11:55 Austin

11:57 Fiorucci

11:59 Crossley

12:01 CJohnson

5th

12:20 Green

12:22 MJohnson

12:24 Oswald

12:26 Day

6th

12:21 Paravato

12:23 Allen

12:25 Krall

12:27 Rooke

Save the Date

4/27-5/1 Intruder Drill Sometime this week
4/30 Principal Mtg. - Kyle
4/30-5/1 Associates for Kyle, Lana, Angie
5/4 - Netsmart assembly.  Will take the place of our regular Monday Morning Assemblies.
5/4 - Kindergarten Literacy Assessment and Skyward Entry window opens
5/6 - CTL Mtg with BYU 8:15
5/6 - SCC Chair Mtg.  10:00 - Kyle
5/7 - TAT Meeting. 8:15-8:45
SAGE TESTING for the next several weeks

*Look at the Faculty Calendar on Google for other events.

Happy Birthday

• 4/30 - Angie Herman

Celebrations/Things I Noticed

• Congrats to Lauren, Alysha, and Meredith for graduating from BYU.
• I haven't been in the classrooms as much the end of this year.  Lots to do.  I will get in more.
• Congrats to 5th grade for a quick modification to their fire drill exit.  Everyone was out and accounted for within 7 minutes.  Great job to everybody.
• Thanks to BetteJo for going and participating in negotiations with the association.  She is so involved and we appreciate her. 

Great Video clip of the Week

Please Watch!  This will blow your mind.  We can never question the capabilities and possibilities of our kids.

Great Read of the Week
We can't avoid it anymore.  Technology is a must.

http://goo.gl/CEGnXG


Have a Great Week!  #TeamKid #PawPower!!