LS Weekly Memo
Weekly Memo Week 33 March 30 - April 3, 2015
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I hope you all have enjoyed your Spring Break. We ease back into school with the four day week, 3 days with students. See you all Monday at 8:00 in the Chapel for orientation to our professional development day. You will want to know which group you are in for the day - FLG, ICC or Strategic Planning.
COMMUNITY
Welcome Tyler and Jessica
Please welcome Tyler Green and Jessica Wolfram as they join Stephanie in teaching PE for the rest of the year while Scott and Lauren are off.
LS Building
We had a final flurry of design meetings with THA before the break. Jon von Behren and I have almost completed a final check of plans. Stop by my office if you want to have a look at plans.
Special “Return to Campus” Event on 4/28, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Alumni, parents of alumni, former faculty and staff and board members have all been invited back to campus to revisit the BS and LS before it all changes. I am looking for a few volunteers, at least 2 faculty per wing of the school (BS, 1st/ 2nd and 3rd - 5th), to greet and guide visitors as well as answer questions about the Lower School. Let me know if you are interested.
Hiring Updates
- Kindergarten - finalist selection
- 2 finalist visiting after Spring Break
- Andie Cunningham- 4/7
- Jenny Youngblood- 4/9
- Spanish- finalist visiting after Spring Break
- 2 finalists
- Heather Cline - 4/6
- Alfredo Peche - 4/13
- Chaplain search
- 4 finalists have been selected
Students Who Needs Extra Support
Fifth Grade Boys on the Basketball Court- Competition is ramping up for these boys. Keep an eye on this if you are out on recess duty.
3rd Grade Soccer - same as above
Colton P - Boone S. has been physical with Colton recently. Boone and Colton need careful monitoring to be sure play is kind and safe.
- Spring Behavior - see previous WM
- Fifth Grade Expectations - see previous WM
- SST Meetings - see previous WM
- Things from Home - see previous WM
- Teacher Appreciation - see previous WM
PROGRAM
Positive Discipline Workshop - Mind Map
Take a look at the map in the Faculty Lounge. Attendees, feel free to add. Everyone, consider next steps and add a sticky note with your thoughts. We will revisit at end of year faculty meetings.
Faculty Meetings
- Monday, 3/30, 8:00 am - 3:30pm, Chapel
- FLG
- ICC
- Strategic Planning
- Thursday, 4/2
- Common Inquiry Experiences - Mind Mapping
Committee Meetings
- Inquiry Design Team- 4/1- next steps in Mind Mapping
Team Leader Agenda
- No meeting this week
Financial Awards - nominations due April 1
The school offers the following opportunities each year:
- Stephenson Award (faculty excellence) - see Anne Weston email
- Graduate Studies Award - see Anne Weston email
- Staff Excellence Award - see Anne Weston email
- Lamb Endowment - See Peter Langley email
Safe Schools -
- We all need to do it.
- Teachers will need to provide TA’s with 20 minutes for the refresher or 60 minutes for the full training. See emails from Tammy Stotik.
Giving to the Building
See Tracy or me with questions. 100% participation matters.
- Remember the matching offer, your $250 becomes $500 for the school.
- You can spread payments over two years
- Both your participation and the amount you donate matter. We are seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars from foundations and about $5Million all together
Math Feedback
Discuss at Team Meeting so Team Leaders can make a recommendation. Tracy shared links to review
Cadwell Plans
Chris has finalized plans:
UBD Reminder - Previous WM
Lower School Building – Previous WM
PGD – Previous WM
2015-16 Budget – Previous WM
Community Talks - Here is a link
- Inspired? – Try out a community talk some time in the coming weeks.
PGD Opportunities -
Interesting Article
OPERATIONS
Uniform Policy- Friendly Reminder
Just before break I noticed that many students were stretching the limits of our uniform policy.
•Students wearing knit beanies in classrooms and Chapel
•Students wearing Spirit Wear sweatshirts indoors, not as outerwear.
•Students wearing sportscaps
•Girls wearing all kinds of headbands and hair adornments
Please take time to review the uniform policy with your students upon our return from Spring break.
All School CAlendar Summit on 3/31
After the meeting we will have the bones of the 2015-16 calendar determined. It should be updated on the OES Web calendar by next week.
Room 10
Room 10 will be cleaned and organized before we enter into the busy months of May and June.
April 13 – 17 – Label it or LOSE it week
Sandy, with Miriam’s help, will create colored “keep” labels for you to put on the items stored in Room 10 that you wish to keep.
April 18 – Sandy and Miriam will DISCARD or REPURPOSE items with NO Labels
FUTURE – Room 10 will not be a free for all storage anymore. A sign-in system will be in placed if anyone wishes to store items in Room 10 and on the same note, items that are not on the sign-in system will be discarded each Friday
Packing Boxes
There are packing boxes ready in room 10. They are on the smaller size, good for packing books. If you need larger boxes let us know and we will get them.
Culling for our move to temporary spaces? Here’s Some Donation Ideas
•Woodburne Family Learning Center- Let Kelola know
•Mary Darin, Ari’s wife, works at a school that could use gently used materials and books, talk to Ari about what you have
•Angela Hancock’s sister is an educator who could use gently used materials and books, Angela is willing to pack and send them to her.
Friendly Reminder About Toys Brought to School
It came to my attention this week that children may be bringing toys to school to use at recess. The only toy we OKed was the Rubic’s Cube. All other toys need to stay at home.
Attendance input at 8:00
After hearing from some of you and discussing with Team Leaders, we are going to return to our original attendance request so we have an accurate accounting of students in school and who arrives on time.
- 1st - 5th grades complete attendance at 8:00. students who arrive 8:00 are tardy.
- Pk - P complete attendance at 8:15. Students who arrive after 8:15 are tardy.
Attendance recording
Miriam has put a decision flow chart about attendance in your mailbox to further improve our records, clarifying excused and unexcused, tardies and absences.
Lunch Trays
1st - 3rd Students need practice putting trays away more carefully. In their haste to clear, food is spilled and trays are tumbling. Please remind your students of expectations or even practice careful clearing with your class.
The Yellow Line and Safety
Keep students back from the yellow line under the covered walkway during pick-up. We had a student fall into the street during pick-up time when they slipped off the curb.
When to Use LS Division Only and All School
Recess Reminders
- Students are not allowed on ACP until adult supervision arrives
- Duty teachers - be on time
Your Announcements
Send any announcements you have for faculty to Chris or me by Thursday each week and we will include them in the Weekly memo. This should help reduce the number of emails we are receiving, and to maximize our time to collaborate during meetings.
