Week 18 (Instructional 17) #2

Dear Team...!

Welcome back from our EXTENDED Long Weekend Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.  I hope that you all enjoyed our "Snow/Cold" Days off...I know that I did!

Instructional Week 17

This is Instructional Week 17... even though we are only her for two days, we still have to keep up with our Year At A Glance.  As such, review this week's Lesson Plans for any new concepts or learning.  Add that to your plans for next week.  We will still need to do the assessments for this week but add them to next week.

I am asking that you use today (Thursday) and tomorrow as Interim Review days in preparation for next weeks Interim testing.

BR/NJHS Induction Practice & Ceremony

We will be pulling students to practice for next week's Blue Ribbon Induction ceremony.  

The ceremonies are scheduled for 5:00 pm (BR) on Monday.  Student attire is semi - formal.  You are all welcome to attend and celebrate your students.

Winter Tutoring

Winter Tutoring begins next week.  Please continue to communicate with your parents about this, as student selection is based on parent request.  We need to have the list student names by end of day Friday.  We are looking for 35 students for each grade 2-8.

Interim 2 Testing

Due to our short week this week, and the need to review, we will NOT test Interim 2 tests in the gym.  Plan to test Interim 2 in the classrooms next week.  You can use Monday as another review day and start testing on Tuesday.

Also, continue to prepare your students for testing via content and test taking strategies.  

There are incentives for those students who achieve a 3.0 on both the ELA and Math assessments.  

Grade 3-5 students will be going to Sky Zone, and grade 6-8 students will be going to Campus Martius for ice skating.

Gradebook

Make sure grades are up to date by Mondays at 8:00 am.

Attendance Grids

I am noticing that there has been a decline in your weekly Attendance Grid filing.  These need to be completed, printed, signed/date, and filed in your Attendance file in the Dean's Office every Friday.  

This is a state compliance task and we are audited by the state...they come in a look at your Attendance files.  If they are not complete and correct, the school if fined.

Please make sure that this is done.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Friday, January 19 - Progress Report Day; Lions Gear Dress Down Day $ 2.00 (everyone wears white);  Kick Off to Black History Month Assembly 8:15 - Wayne State Dance Troupe Grades 4-8;  IAT Meeting Day; Interim 2 Pep Rally Grades 3-8 in the gym 2:00 pm

Monday, January 22 - ELA/Math/Science Interim Test Week Gr. 3-8; Wing Meeting (Guest Speaker); BR/NJHS Induction Ceremonies

Tuesday, January 23 - Winter Tutoring (New Cycle of Students) Begins T/W/TH

Monday, January 29 - Social Studies Interim 2 test week;