Week 36 (Instructional 35)

Happy Friday Team...

Welcome to the LAST Holiday Break of the 23/24 School Year!  Wow...we are getting there!

I hope you all have a wonderful and well deserved holiday break, full of good food, good people, and good fun...and get some rest too, as it will be a whirlwind when we return.

Room Tear Down

Room Tear Down should not begin until Monday, June 10th.  That includes all classroom bulletin boards.  Rooms should remain intact with everything up and unchanged until that day.

Hallway Bulletin Board Welcome Letters to Incoming Students

It is a Laurus tradition that we create Summer Hallway Bulletin Boards that include Welcome Letters written by your students to the incoming grade level students.  Please plan to include that in your writing plans for the next couple of weeks.  These letters should talk about the best things that the students have done/experienced/like about their year in your grade level.  Please allow time for the final draft to be neatly typed or written in their best handwriting, as these will be utilized for summer marketing purposes too.

NWEA Testing

NWEA testing should be finished if you have students who are not finished, these must be completed no later that next Wednesday, May 29th.

AIMSWeb End of Year Benchmarking

AIMSWeb testing is occuring throughout the school for ONE additional week in order to test any missing students. 

Week 35 Instruction 

 

Much of our Year Long Scope and Sequence is coming to an end.  This is a perfect time to integrate project based learning activities, hitting Social Studies and Science learning that was rushed through or missed, working on Math activites that hit Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Time, and Money, novel studies, etc.

This is not a time to show movies just for the convience of showing a movie.  It should be used as a culmination of a book study or at the end of a unit of study. 

It is very important during these last weeks to maintain a structure of teaching and learning.

Final Class Lists, Grade Level Welcome Letters and Supply Lists

These are due to your Dean by next Friday, May 31st.  If you have any questions, please reach out to your Dean.

Field Trips/Volunteers

Remember, parents must be cleared to attend/chaperone.  

***Also, please add the following to your field trip permission slip...."Due to the need to pre-pay for both venue tickets and the bus, all purchases are non-refundable for both students and chaperones".

Housekeeping Issues

Arrival:  Please...we only have 2 1/2 weeks left.  I am noticing a large number of you arriving late to work.  I do not want to have to start having you sign in upon your arrival.  Please make sure that you are here and at your door at 7:35 each morning.  

Phones:  Teachers and Instructional Staff, is being noticed that some of you are consistently on your phone and/or texting during instructional times.  You are absolutely free to be on your phone during your prep/lunch.  Other than that, we expect that you are not using your phones.  This includes recess coverage too.  Thank you.

Attendance

It's Friday and a half day...however we need you to ensure that your daily attendance is updated and saved, and that you print, sign, and file your weekly attendance....Thank you!

03's and GLTs

These are "officially" ended for the school year.  Please know that you can reach out/stop by on an as-need basis.

Grading/Grade Book

We have one more week before Grade Book closes.  It is imperative that you keep up with grading students work.  Also, once student work is graded, please send any work/papers home.  This helps to keep parents informed and updated.

Upcoming Events:

Mon, May 27 - NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)

Fri, May 31 - $ 2.00 Dress Down; Progress Reports (Parent Portal); 24/25 Classlists, Supply Lists, Grade Level Welcome Letters Due to Dean

Wed, June 5th - GRADEBOOK Closes

Thurs, June 6th - 8th Grade Metro Beach Class Trip

Fri, June 7 - 8th Grade Breakfast/Clap Out/Prom

Mon - Wed, June 10-12 - FREE DRESS WEEK

Mon, June 10 - 8th Grade Graduation

Tues, June 11 - Kindergarten Clap Out/Promotion Carnival

Wed, June 12 - Last Day for Students; Field Day Gr. 1-7; Report Cards Home

Thurs, June 13 - Last Day for staff