LS Weekly Memo Week 44: June 16-20

Thank you for a great closing meeting.  You offered so many appreciations and so much gratitude.  Good luck completing reports.  Back to proofing I go...

COMMUNITY

Peter Buonincontro

You heard mention of Peter at the closing meeting.  Peter will have a 25% teaching position in LS next year, integrating drama skills and directing productions PreK - 5.  Consider ways you might use his talents as you do your summer planning.

Melanie Clark

Melanie Clark has accepted out offer to be the LS Counselor.  We are exceptionally fortunate to have a school counselor of her talent and experience join us. Cindy, Patti, Ari and I will work with Melanie over the summer to get her familiar with students of concern, how we do student support and to renew the counseling program.

Lisset O’Niell

Lisset will be teaching Spanish in PreK next year, exploring an integrated model of  inquiry inspired instruction for our youngest students.

Graduation

I enjoyed seeing so many lifers (18) graduate on Friday night, and seeing 5 of the 7 All School Awards given to former Lower Schoolers.

PROGRAM

Faculty Meeting Reflections

We will keep your reflections on professional accomplishments and the calendar posted in the LSCH through Tuesday.  You are welcome to review what faculty have written and add more.  We will use this work as a springboard for Tuesday and Wednesdays work.

Reports Due: 9:00 AM Monday, June 15

Monday, June 15 - Report proofing and loading into PCR

Tuesday, June 16 - 8:30 AM (officially 9:00 AM, but you will be in a faculty meeting)

PCR closes for report revisions

Closing Meetings

Tuesday, June 17, 8:30 - 11:00 - Faculty Meeting Agenda, LSCH

Looking Ahead to 2013-14

8:00     Breakfast

8:30 Volunteers and LS

9:00 Plans and Goals

10:00  Calendar 2014-15

11:00  AS Meeting and Closing Lunch

Tuesday, June 17, 11:00 - 2:00 pm - AS Chapel, Meeting, Lunch

Cadwell Workshop Agenda

Wednesday, June 18, 8:30 - 3:30, LSCH

8:00     Breakfast

8:30     Welcome and Orientation

8:45     Inquiry Experience Reflection

9:15     Images of Inquiry

10:00 Break

10:15   States and Stories Presentation

11:00   Exemplary Work exploration

11:45   Break

12:00 Working Lunch – Guided conversation

1:00     Inquiry Workshop

             (Come with unit to review through inquiry focus)

3:00     Wrap-up

3:30     Adjourn

NWAIS Conference Proposals

Congratulations to those of you who have had your workshops accepted for NWAIS.  

OPERATIONS

End-of-Year Expectations-

• Rooms should be packed to make way for summer camps
• BS Rooms by end of day Tuesday, June 17
• LS Rooms by end of day Thursday, June 19
• This gives Bill Peoples and crew two days for cleaning and Joan Lowe and summer staff Friday for set-up.

• Pass along to next year’s teacher:

•A Letter to next year’s teacher about themselves (recorded by teacher for non-writers, unedited by teacher for the older grades)

•DRA Folders with completed assessment information listed on the folder (K-3)

•LLI Information (Last lesson- student’s reading level, 1st and 2nd Grade)

• Reading assessment (Fountas and Pinnell?)- 4th and 5th Grade

•Final Everyday Math Assessment (1st-5th)

•Math Fact Fluency Data or Final Test (1st-4th)

•Words Their Way Spelling Inventory (1st-5th))

Pass this on to Ari, who will distribute in August

• School Supplies Ordered online
• Consumable Workbook Orders Sent to Jenny

Everyday Math Workbooks Handwriting Without Tears

Spelling Workbooks Any other workbooks you need

• Faculty Meeting Thursday 6/12, 8:30 - 12:00
• Reports Due - 8:00 AM Monday, 6/16
• Proof-Reports - Monday, 6/16, 8:00am - 4:00 pm

• Progress Reports in PCR Tuesday, June 17th by 9am
• Faculty Meeting - Tuesday, 6/17, 8:00 - 11:00
• AS Closing - Tuesday, 6/17, 11:00 - 2:00
• Cadwell Workshop, 6/18, 8:30 - 3:30

Schedules and Duty Schedules

With the exception of PreK and the specialists working with PreK, we are not planning on making significant changes to the schedule.  PreK will be piloting a more integrated schedule.

Calendar Work for Next Year

I made copies of the Master Calendar- one copy  for each grade level/class.  The large chart paper version will be in the library. When planning for next year keep in mind:

• Parent meetings are scheduled for Wednesday morning. Please don’t schedule events involving parents for Wednesday morning.
• If possible, plan gatherings involving parents on a day when we have a Parent Partnership Coffee (three per year).  Second Grade has done this for a number of years. Their parent coffees are always well attended. Parents appreciate having more than one event on the same day- fewer breaks from work and life responsibilities.
• Don’t schedule field trips on Monday or Friday, if the plans  cause you to miss Chapel or an assembly.
• If your whole grade level invites parents in for a special events that includes plays, stagger the times of the performances so parents with twins can see more than one play.  For example, this year First Grade scheduled one play for 8am, the second for 8:20 and the third at 8:40.  David and I were able to attend all three. Thank you.