Sunday, May 8, 2016

The Middle Update 5/8/16

We are already about halfway through the 4th Quarter already!  Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms on our staff...I hope you enjoyed a great weather weekend.  Another great week is in store for us coming up!  Check below for some news and notes about the upcoming week.

Forward Testing
Our testing schedule is complete!  We have some make-ups to work through this week, but otherwise, we are finally done with our state testing.  I am working on a make-up testing schedule.  Students may be pulled to finish up their testing during class time.  They will have passes to leave and return.  Thanks for everyone for their flexibility and efforts to make the testing sessions go very smoothly!

Teacher Appreciation
Last week was teacher appreciation week, and I wanted to extend my sincere appreciation to all of our teachers.  Studies continually show that the number one factor for student achievement in the classroom in the teacher.  We have a great group, and you are the reason our school is special.  Our teachers bring it every day...having a culture of growth and continuous improvement will continue to result in record breaking student achievement results for our kids.  Thank you!

16-17 Budgets
After last week's blog post about the budget, I got together with our secretaries, and we are going to modify our plan for Skyward entries for Middle School teachers.  We will enter all of the requisitions through the 1-8 office.  I will be working with Robin to organize the orders.  What you submitted during budget time will be ordered.  If you realize that a modification could be made, please see me right away to ensure that we get the correct materials ordered.  Robin will be in touch about any questions that may arise.  Thank you to our awesome front office staff!


Personal Items in Classroom
See a note from Mr. Egger.  As we near the end of the year, please look over your classroom and discard of anything in your classroom that does not need to be there.

Just a reminder to you to remind Teachers that all personal items will need to be taken home so we can clean this summer.
All furniture - Lamps, chairs, anything brought in from home, etc. Also remind them to take all Plants home any other items that we will not take care of.
With abatement's going on in 4 classrooms at the Elem. section , this is the perfect time to clean house, empty shelves of all things and get rid of things no longer being used. 

SLO/PPG End of Year Evals.
It is that time of year...please review your end of year process.  I have been working with our Summary Year teachers already to prepare for the requirements for the evaluation cycle already.  For Non-Summary Year staff, I will need to meet with you to review SLO/PPG progress, and score the results.  If you can wrap up your SLO process soon, please schedule a meeting with me to review the data.

Students of the Month
Our last breakfast will be this Thursday (5/12) morning.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:

Gwen Golueke     Lianna Mullarkey     Mikayla Fox     Jake Buss     Kirstin Heuer     
Carter Hansen     Olivia Radewan     Matthew Bartz     Kaitlyn Schultz


End of Year Celebration at the Barn
Mark your calendars, we will be hosting a district wide end of year celebration at the Barn at Harvest Moon Pond on the late afternoon/evening of Tuesday, May 31st.  More specific details will follow.

Color Run
In your mail box, everyone received some information about our upcoming 1st Annual Color Run.  The Parent's Club is interested in getting as many of our staff members involved to help make this event a big success.  Our students love seeing our staff members outside of the classroom.  Staff members can participate free of charge.  All proceeds from this event will go toward our School Sign Fund (money for an electronic Poynette Schools sign along Hwy 51).


Duty Next Week
Morning - Lendobeja
Bus - Harms

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The Middle Update 5/8/16

We are already about halfway through the 4th Quarter already!  Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms on our staff...I hope you enjoyed a great weather weekend.  Another great week is in store for us coming up!  Check below for some news and notes about the upcoming week.

Forward Testing
Our testing schedule is complete!  We have some make-ups to work through this week, but otherwise, we are finally done with our state testing.  I am working on a make-up testing schedule.  Students may be pulled to finish up their testing during class time.  They will have passes to leave and return.  Thanks for everyone for their flexibility and efforts to make the testing sessions go very smoothly!

Teacher Appreciation
Last week was teacher appreciation week, and I wanted to extend my sincere appreciation to all of our teachers.  Studies continually show that the number one factor for student achievement in the classroom in the teacher.  We have a great group, and you are the reason our school is special.  Our teachers bring it every day...having a culture of growth and continuous improvement will continue to result in record breaking student achievement results for our kids.  Thank you!

16-17 Budgets
After last week's blog post about the budget, I got together with our secretaries, and we are going to modify our plan for Skyward entries for Middle School teachers.  We will enter all of the requisitions through the 1-8 office.  I will be working with Robin to organize the orders.  What you submitted during budget time will be ordered.  If you realize that a modification could be made, please see me right away to ensure that we get the correct materials ordered.  Robin will be in touch about any questions that may arise.  Thank you to our awesome front office staff!


Personal Items in Classroom
See a note from Mr. Egger.  As we near the end of the year, please look over your classroom and discard of anything in your classroom that does not need to be there.

Just a reminder to you to remind Teachers that all personal items will need to be taken home so we can clean this summer.
All furniture - Lamps, chairs, anything brought in from home, etc. Also remind them to take all Plants home any other items that we will not take care of.
With abatement's going on in 4 classrooms at the Elem. section , this is the perfect time to clean house, empty shelves of all things and get rid of things no longer being used. 

SLO/PPG End of Year Evals.
It is that time of year...please review your end of year process.  I have been working with our Summary Year teachers already to prepare for the requirements for the evaluation cycle already.  For Non-Summary Year staff, I will need to meet with you to review SLO/PPG progress, and score the results.  If you can wrap up your SLO process soon, please schedule a meeting with me to review the data.

Students of the Month
Our last breakfast will be this Thursday (5/12) morning.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:

Gwen Golueke     Lianna Mullarkey     Mikayla Fox     Jake Buss     Kirstin Heuer     
Carter Hansen     Olivia Radewan     Matthew Bartz     Kaitlyn Schultz


End of Year Celebration at the Barn
Mark your calendars, we will be hosting a district wide end of year celebration at the Barn at Harvest Moon Pond on the late afternoon/evening of Tuesday, May 31st.  More specific details will follow.

Color Run
In your mail box, everyone received some information about our upcoming 1st Annual Color Run.  The Parent's Club is interested in getting as many of our staff members involved to help make this event a big success.  Our students love seeing our staff members outside of the classroom.  Staff members can participate free of charge.  All proceeds from this event will go toward our School Sign Fund (money for an electronic Poynette Schools sign along Hwy 51).


Duty Next Week
Morning - Lendobeja
Bus - Harms