Homeroom
After receiving some feedback from teachers about our progress with Homeroom lesson plans this week, it appears different teachers are in different places and have different needs to finish the Handbook Review. Each teacher needs to be sure that we finish the Handbook Review, and gets the students to take the "Acknowledgement Sheet" home, and return a signed copy. Please emphasize to your Homeroom that we need this sheet returned. I will present any Homeroom that has all of their forms turned in with a "treat". Please let me know when your Homeroom has all forms turned in. When you have all of the forms, please turn them in to Mrs. McNicol at the office.
Also, please have your Homeroom students sign a Puma Paw, indicating their commitment to follow the school rules. Puma Paws can be returned to the office, and will be displayed on the bulletin board in the entrance hallway.
IE Time Next Week
More information will be coming from Mrs. Morrissey about the specific daily lesson plans for IE, but on Tuesday, we will be meeting in Homeroom groups. IE Groups will start on Wednesday. We will use Tuesdays IE to explain to students the purpose of IE. Mrs. Morrissey will be sending a script to outline this discussion. Also on Tuesday, we will share the IE Groups. It is very important to review the goals of IE. We plan to give the lessons a clear focus based on student data (see below) to give the students a goal to work toward.
Enrichment groups during IE
Part of the script that Mrs. Morrissey will be sharing is about the purpose of our IE activities. Each day will have a specific goal, and we all must be invested in guiding our students towards growth. In analyzing last year's STAR data, we were able to identify a weakness for our students in both Reading and Math. We will target our Enrichment work on Tuesdays and Thursdays to improve in those standards. I think it is really important to share with the students the purpose of our activities, and that we will be looking at the results of the January STAR assessments to determine their success in these areas. It is my hope that by providing direction and a goal for students during our Tuesday and Thursday Enrichment activities, we will see students working with purpose. Look for more detailed information about this from Mrs. Morrissey.
Blogs
The posts I have seen so far have been great. These can be short posts with assignments and due dates. I have heard students reference checking the blog out in their conversations. This has been much appreciated by our parents as well.
PMS Master Schedule
This year's master schedule has seen a little adjustment since last year. Please take a moment to review the SCHEDULE, and note the end times for each grade. As a reminder, please use your phone or computer time to ensure that we are all on the same page. It does throw things off a bit when students are dismissed early. We've been really good, just a couple hiccups from time to time during the first week. Thank you!
Puma Pride Training Camp
It was a successful Puma Pride Training Camp. Thank you for your leadership in guiding our students to the proper stations, and getting all of us the chance to revisit our expectations in each area.
Student Thoughts...
I had the chance to check in with two of our new students who came to us from a district to the north. When I asked both of them what the biggest difference has been so far, between their old district and ours, they both said, "the teachers are better here." I think that is pretty cool.
Parent Privacy
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Twitter Post of the Week
- Beginning with the end in mind helps keep the focus on students' understanding: http://ow.ly/RLBBp #teaching
ASCD 
Duty for the Week
Morning - Deans
Bus - Rogness
Morning - Deans
Bus - Rogness
Data
Attendance Rate after 1 week of school: 96.74%
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