LS Weekly Memo
November 5th - 9th, 2012
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Welcome to Week 11. Thank you for your diligent preparation for conferences. I continue to be impressed with your understanding of and insights about our students. Enjoy a restful weekend.
COMMUNITY
Substitutes - We have a number of new substitute teachers whom Jenny will be looking to try out in near future. If you have a strong preference for a particular substitute clearly communicate that to Jenny Strode on your request form. Please do not ask the substitute yourself.
Post-Conference Support
Talk with David or Chris if you had particular concerns arise during any of your conferences. Contact an SST member if the question of support arose during a conference.
PROGRAM
LSCTF - 3:15 - 4:30 in DVR
We will be discussing the reading continuum; rationale, reflections on use during conferences, next steps.
Open House
Be sure to review Sarah’s email about details. Remember to let maintenance know ASAP if you have issues that need to be addressed before OH.
New Lower School Building
Over the next month we will be working to develop concepts for the new building. We will begin the process on the afternoon of Thursday, November 29 with a Design Thinking exercise facilitated by Suzy Cessor, mother of Gracie Mosscrop in 5th grade. We will follow up with more intensive team work with Ashley Cadwell of Cadwell Collaborative on December 11 and 12. Please reserve the afternoons of 11/29, 12/11 and 12/12.
If you want to begin collecting your ideas think about:
What works in our current space
What you wish worked in our current space
What you could imagine in a new PreK - 5 building
OPERATIONS
Classroom Agreements
Thank you to those of you who posted your agreements on your websites. If have not done so yet, please do.
Doors and Attendance -
In an effort to have more accurate records of student attendance and in hopes we can get more families to arrive at school on time, we are going to begin having the doors lock at 7:55 each morning, except Thursday. We will start this on Monday, November 12. Please take attendance shortly after 7:55. Be careful to accurately record each child’s status. We have had some inaccuracies lately.
Professional Development
Let me know if you are interested or have other ideas.
Introduction to Digging In: Place-Based Food and Garden Education for Teachers
http://graduate.lclark.edu/live/events/13587-introduction-to-digging-in-placebased-food-and
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