LS Weekly Memo September 24th through September 28th

Welcome to Week 5.  Thank you for making Back to School Night such a great event for our parents.  I met with the Grade Level Representatives and they were very appreciative of the information and experiences you provided for them in the classroom.  Enjoy your weekend.  Get your Spirit Week outfits together and be ready to join in the best Homecoming ever.

COMMUNITY

Walk for Fun and Fitness
Thank you to the PE team, Jaime Sales and the volunteers for another joyous WFF.  We look forward to learning how far your students went.  

Spirit Week
You have all weekend to plan your outfits. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.  

Monday Athletic Wear
Tuesday Career Dear
Wednesday Clash Day
Thursday Hawaiian Day
Friday OES Spirit Wear

As we are looking for the school to rally around Lower School and building us a new building, I hope many of you will rally and be at Homecoming.  

All School Pep Rally Friday Afternoon at 2:35
Because there will be an afternoon pep rally, there will not be Chapel nor Assembly Friday Morning.

Buddy Classes
We looked at survey results and based on your feedback played “match maker” with some new pairings and maintained buddy relationships when faculty requested to keep their past buddy.

                                               Buddy Classes 2012-2013

Younger Buddy	Older Buddy
Pre-K	Asha’s Fourth Grade
Deborah’s Kindergarten	Paula’s Third Grade
Carole’s Kindergarten	Kiah’s Third Grade
Kirstin’s Kindergarten	Erin’s Third Grade
Dori’s Primary	Janet’s Second Grade
Claire’s First Grade	Tina’s Fifth Grade
Doug’s First Grade	Jenny’s Fourth Grade
Marty’s First Grade	Natasha’s Fifth Grade
Jackie’s Second Grade	Alysa’s Fifth Grade
Tonya’s Second Grade	Kathy’s Fourth Grade

Faculty Meeting - 9-27
Professional Development and Goals
Communicating about Students

PROGRAM

Professional Development Sign-in
If you have not done so already, enter your professional development choice for 10/12.  New teams may choose to spend the day collaborating.  Specialists should check with their department chairs to see if their is a departmental initiative. PNAIS Fall Conference regular registration ends Friday, 9/28 - great featured speakers and workshops.

Parent Coffees
Parent coffees begin this week.

K	Monday, September 24	2nd	Wednesday, October 3
PreK	Tuesday September 25	4th	Monday, October 8
P	Monday, October 1	3rd	Tuesday, October 9
1st	Tuesday, October 2	5th	Tuesday, October 16

Classroom teachers - please sign up to attend a coffee on the google doc.
Specialist Teacher - look at the grade level coffee list to see when you are wanted.  


OPERATIONS

Dismissal and Loop Road Pick Up


Chris O’Toole’s Coverage
Jenny Cleveland, Patti and Ari have stepped up to offer support when Chris is serving as Beginning School Team Leader.  If you have an urgent matter that needs administrative support and Chris and David are unavailable, Jenny, Patti Ari will be available to support your and your students.

Attendance
See Jenny’s email about attendance.  It is critical that you follow the process so we can accurately account for each LS child at the start and end of each day.

OES Fund - 100% by Homecoming
We could send a positive message to the community by getting to 100% Lower School Faculty participation in the OES Fund by Homecoming.  Get your form to Tasha soon.

Laminator
Based on concerns expressed by you about the laminator we are ordering a new upgraded machine.  Lyn will inform you of the timeline.

Leadership Team Meeting - Notes
We determined two actions to be taken during our meeting.
1. Formation of the Duties Task Force.
To address concerns about equity, preference
Task force to present options for duties -
What is equitable
What are undocumented duties
Composition - classroom teachers, specialists, assistants, COT
If you are interested, please contact Chris by October 1st.

2. Formation of TGIH - Thank God it is Happening

Group to develop ideas for getting LS faculty and staff together

How do we want oto spend time enjoying each other’s company - hoisting a beer, doing some yoga, going for a walk, bowling

Contact David if interested by October 1st