ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR WEEK 33-- APRIL 9, 2007
QUOTE OF THE
WEEK:
He who receives
a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it.
BIRTHDAYS
Tues., April 10: Justin Hassebroek
Sat., April 14: Jozi Flynn
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Huntington,
Keil, Tues.-Twait, Hagedorn, Wed.-Lockrem, Brooks,
Thurs.-Sime, Oldenkamp, Fri.-Hobbs, Jutting
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, APRIL 9 (Day 3)
a)FULL DAY
OF SCHOOL –make-up day for March
1 snow day
b) Negotiations
c) School Board
committees meet at 6:15
d) School Board Meeting
--- 7:00 --- HS
e) V B Tr @ Britt-5:00
f) V G/B Golf (H)-N. Kossuth
TUESDAY, APRIL 10 (Day 4)
a) GEI meeting
b) Elementary Faculty
Meeting --- 3:40
c) Book Study and team
report
d) V G Tr. @
Clarion-5:00
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 (Day 5)
a)North Iowa
Conference Superintendent’s Meeting
b)Special Education
Team Meeting ---- at
c)
d) Elem. Banking Day
THURSDAY, APRIL 12 (Day 6)
a) KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP ---- 5:00 – 7:00
b) No Kindergarten or
Kindergarten-Prep
c) Administrative Team
meeting – 9:45 --- NIMS
d) Lady Bison Relays-(H)-5:00
e) V B Tr @ Estherville-5:00
FRIDAY, APRIL 13 (Day 1)
a) V G
Tr. @ Algona Garrigan-5:00
SATURDAY, APRIL 14
a)
Reunion Committee meets-9:00 in Commons
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) BOARD GOALS
It is the goal of the
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOALS
Math
Long Term Goal: AllK-12
students will achieve at high levels in mathematics, prepared for success beyond high school.
Annual Goal: The
percent of students scoring proficient (70%) on the district Computation Test
(grades 2-8) and the district Algebra Test (grade 10) will increase using
two-year averaging.
C) “Pulling
together makes our task so much easier yet every organization has a few members
who pull against the team and for some reason enjoy it. ”
D) Take a moment to reflect back on your
Professional Growth goal and your Team Professional Growth goal. Are you where you want to be in order to meet
the goal?
E) A huge THANK YOU
to Kim Ostermann for all her work organizing
the Easter egg wellness activity last week.
AWESOME !
F) School Board
meeting --- Monday, April 9.
G) Kindergarten
Round-up is Thursday,
APRIL 12 --- 5:00 – 7:00
No Kindergarten or Kindergarten-Prep on
that day.
H) June 13 is our summer inservice
day. We are very fortunate to have Cathy
Angel presenting. Ms. Geitzenauer has
worked very hard to make this day reality and we owe her a hearty thank
you. She is also ordering the materials
for the day. We will be able to use
those throughout the year next year.
I) MAKE – UP
DAYS:
November 10 was made-up on February 16.
January 15 will be made-up on April 5.
March 1 will be made-up on April 9.
March 2 will be made-up on May 29.
J) Special Education Team Meeting ----- April
11 ---- 3:40 p.m. -----
K) Lady Bison
Relays --- April 12
Bison Relays (B & G)------
April 24
Middle School Bison Relays ---- April 27
L) Our 8th grade students are in Washington, D. C. this week. Keep them in your thoughts.
M) The
planning group will begin to put together the activity calendar for 2007-2008
with our final meeting April 18. What
can we do as an elementary to build some fun into our schedule ------ can we
plan a special day in mid-winter or perhaps a special week focused on a given topic? Please discuss the thought and share your
ideas.
N) Our next Elementary Faculty meeting is
Tuesday, April 10.
We will meet in the
Tentatively the dates for our spring meetings
will be May 1, and May 15.
Remember when you
are presenting with
your group around the book study.
O) BOOK STUDY FORMAT: 10-15 minutes of team-led discussion regarding the chapter followed by an activity which challenges us to implement something learned in that portion of the book. Each elementary faculty member will share their implementation.
Every faculty member will take part in the book study.
Those
taking the book study for credit will have extra things to complete.
P) Personal
leave is dependent on the availability of a substitute. Plan ahead.
Spring
is a difficult time to find available substitute teachers. Please take this into consideration.
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