LS Weekly Memo Week 19: January 14-18

Welcome to Week 19. Thanks to Nancy Tesky, the LS Band, the guest actors and Murray the dog for making a sunny Friday even better.  We have a busy week ahead of us with the start of parent coffees and report writing.  I hope you got out and enjoyed some sun this weekend.

COMMUNITY

Weekly Memo - Read It
Thanks to those of you who dutifully read the WM top to bottom.  For those who don’t, please take the time.

Re-enrollment Contract Holds and Conditions
If you are concerned about child being able to continue at OES or continue without required support, contact David this week.

Jane Duty Coverage
Jane is going to need duty relief for 6 weeks to help her fracture and torn ligament heal. Please sign-up for a duty or two at Jane’s Duty Coverage

Grade Level Coffees -
Thanks to those who have agreed to come to the coffees. Add a topic to the Grade level Coffee Topics google doc or let Chris or David know if you have topics you wish addressed with parents.

Grade Level Coffees - Mid Year

Grade	Date	Topics
Kindergarten- Kirstin	Monday, January 14	Building community, Emerging project work Primary/1st Grade placement
PreKindergarten- Colesie	Tuesday, January 15	Building community Conflict resolution Emerging project work
2nd Grade- Jackie	Tuesday, January 22	Reading Continuum??
Primary- Dori	Wednesday, January 23	Transition to First Grade, Intercultural Competencies??
3rd Grade- Kiah?	Tuesday, January 29	???
4th Grade- Asha	Wednesday, January 30	ERB’s
1st Grade- Claire?	Monday, February 4	???
5th grade- Tasha	Tuesday, February 5	ERB’s

David away 1/18 - 1/21 for nephew's Bar Mitzvah. He will be available by cell phone.  Chris O’Toole will be in charge.

PROGRAM

5-year Curriculum Plan
We will be developing a 5-year curriculum initiative plan with the Team Leaders and the LSCTF, informed by our work around the new LS Building and the curriculum initiatives you are discussing.

Building Project Follow-up
Thank you again for your work on the LS Building Project.  Ashley Cadwell is preparing a Vision, Program, and Building Patterns (VPBP) document that will articulate our work.  I will share the document once it is final.

LS Faculty Meeting
No LS Faculty Meeting unless teams need it.  Time dedicated to report card preparation.
Tech support will be in the Tech Office.  David and Chris will be available in their offices to discuss difficult reports.

OPERATIONS

Auction Item
One of the auction items we are doing this year is a bookshelf from Twist.   
Rebecca Roberts would love it if we could get a number of staff members to make a donation of a favorite book (childrens, adult, non fiction, fiction, etc) to go along with this special live item.   Books can be dropped off at the Auction office with the donation form or they can email me and I will pick them up from wherever they would like (See email forwarded from David).

Report Card Check in
Based on the low number of folks who visited Angela with technology challenges related to the reports, I believe we are off to a good start. Do contact Angela ASAP if you are encountering any difficulties with the report format.
Let Chris or David know if you would like them to review a challenging report.

Proof-Reading Plan
Proof-reading time has been set aside on both Thursday morning 1/ 24 and Monday afternoon, 1/28.  

Grade level teams proof each others.
Art teachers proof each others
Music teachers proof each others
PE teachers proof each others
Kelola proofs Carmen’s
Chris proofs Kelola
David and Chris will proof Science

Admissions Update
With applications for Lower School having increased significantly compared to last year, we have a busy Admissions Season before us.  
Thursday, January 31st, Faculty Meeting. Sarah Ross-Bailey provides the details needed for successful admissions visits.
Saturday, Feb. 2nd, Pre-K Candidates- new families, faculty and staff
Our thanks to Colesie, Lauren and others who will give up their Saturday
Friday, February 8th. No school for students or Assistant Teachers. Kindergarten, Primary/First candidates visit classrooms, 3rd-5th Grade candidates test in the morning.
Saturday, February 23rd
Reserved as a possible make-up day. Sarah will try her utmost to schedule candidates on the above admissions days or during the school week.  Thanks to all for hosting candidates’ visits.

IMPORTANT. Remember Google Calendar Faculty Event Updates.
Please be sure your Grade Level LSLT representative updates our Faculty Event calendar.  Lyn and Chris compare the All School calendar and our Faculty Event (FE)  calendar every Thursday.  We’ve noticed that some important dates are not posted on the FE calendar.
Next week Lyn will book a LSLT meeting during an upcoming lunch break. There are just no open dates on Mondays for us to meet.  We hope many of you can attend. This might require swapping a duty with a colleague.  

We appreciate that this is one of the busiest times of the year.  Rest and renew this weekend. Thanks for all you do!