Friday, March 20, 2015

PMS News & Notes 3/20/15

Spring is here!  This is the time of the year where the relationships we have worked hard to establish with our students continue to pay off. These relationships help to keep the focus of the kids in the classroom, when it becomes continually more difficult as we all look outside and see the nice weather.  Thank you for your contribution to making this a great place to be!  Some news and notes below...

End of Quarter 3
The last day of the 3rd Quarter is next Friday, 3/27.  Spring Break will push back the due date for 3rd Quarter grades. We will plan to get report cards out in the mail on Thursday, 4/9. Please aim to get grades posted by Wednesday 4/8 at noon.  As a reminder, you will need to overwrite mid-term grades, and if you did not assess a standard, please leave it blank. Also, individual comments should be next to a standard.  If you have any questions about how the report card looks for your class, please see me, and I'll show you what the report card looks like.

Spring Time
As the year nears the end, the focus remains the same.  The capital that we have at our disposal to maximize student achievement is instructional minutes. I appreciate the way our staff utilizes these minutes to get our students to achieve at the highest levels of our expectations.

Carol Dweck's Message
I would like to keep Carol Dweck's message about the importance of praising effort (in lieu of intelligence), and how that builds motivation in our students. At the beginning of the year, I wanted to be sure to keep this message in the forefront of our thinking, so that is why I included it in another post.

Tornado Drill
Next week we will be conducting a tornado drill.  The drill will be held on Wednesday, 3/25 at 1:30pm.  Please review the tornado drill procedures with your students prior to the drill.

Puma Pride Committee
The Puma Pride Committee met this past Thursday and had another good meeting, talking about our Puma Pride rubric and the culture of our school.  An update will be provided at our next staff meeting.  The next meeting is Thursday, April 23 from 3:00 - 3:30 in Mrs. Hendrickson's room.  Feel free to join the group.

Badger Exam
The time for the Badger Exam is quickly approaching. You can find the schedule in last week's blog, and information about room assignments and testing groups is coming soon.  I will be at a training on Friday (3/20) afternoon to prep further for a successful implementation.

Student of the Month Reminder
Please collaborate on your nominees by next Wednesday (3/25).  The next breakfast is Friday, 4/10.

Twitter Find of the Week
  retweeted
 27 minutes ago
I want to be a student in her class! Dean MS



Duty Next Week
Morning - Greer, Harms
Bus - Hazard

Data
Attendance Rates 14-15 School Year
September - 95.97%
October - 95.96%
November - 94.48%
December - 96.82%
January - 95.20%
February - 93.88%
March - 95.96%

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PMS News & Notes 3/20/15

Spring is here!  This is the time of the year where the relationships we have worked hard to establish with our students continue to pay off. These relationships help to keep the focus of the kids in the classroom, when it becomes continually more difficult as we all look outside and see the nice weather.  Thank you for your contribution to making this a great place to be!  Some news and notes below...

End of Quarter 3
The last day of the 3rd Quarter is next Friday, 3/27.  Spring Break will push back the due date for 3rd Quarter grades. We will plan to get report cards out in the mail on Thursday, 4/9. Please aim to get grades posted by Wednesday 4/8 at noon.  As a reminder, you will need to overwrite mid-term grades, and if you did not assess a standard, please leave it blank. Also, individual comments should be next to a standard.  If you have any questions about how the report card looks for your class, please see me, and I'll show you what the report card looks like.

Spring Time
As the year nears the end, the focus remains the same.  The capital that we have at our disposal to maximize student achievement is instructional minutes. I appreciate the way our staff utilizes these minutes to get our students to achieve at the highest levels of our expectations.

Carol Dweck's Message
I would like to keep Carol Dweck's message about the importance of praising effort (in lieu of intelligence), and how that builds motivation in our students. At the beginning of the year, I wanted to be sure to keep this message in the forefront of our thinking, so that is why I included it in another post.

Tornado Drill
Next week we will be conducting a tornado drill.  The drill will be held on Wednesday, 3/25 at 1:30pm.  Please review the tornado drill procedures with your students prior to the drill.

Puma Pride Committee
The Puma Pride Committee met this past Thursday and had another good meeting, talking about our Puma Pride rubric and the culture of our school.  An update will be provided at our next staff meeting.  The next meeting is Thursday, April 23 from 3:00 - 3:30 in Mrs. Hendrickson's room.  Feel free to join the group.

Badger Exam
The time for the Badger Exam is quickly approaching. You can find the schedule in last week's blog, and information about room assignments and testing groups is coming soon.  I will be at a training on Friday (3/20) afternoon to prep further for a successful implementation.

Student of the Month Reminder
Please collaborate on your nominees by next Wednesday (3/25).  The next breakfast is Friday, 4/10.

Twitter Find of the Week
  retweeted
 27 minutes ago
I want to be a student in her class! Dean MS



Duty Next Week
Morning - Greer, Harms
Bus - Hazard

Data
Attendance Rates 14-15 School Year
September - 95.97%
October - 95.96%
November - 94.48%
December - 96.82%
January - 95.20%
February - 93.88%
March - 95.96%