ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR WEEK 38—MAY 14, 2007
QUOTE OF THE
WEEK:
Chance is always
powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it,
there will be a fish. Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
BIRTHDAYS
NONE
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Jutting,
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, MAY 14 (Day 3)
a) School Board Meeting
b)“Muffins for Mom”
preschool program in the early a.m.
c) 100 days until school
begins next fall !!!
d) MS G NIC Track @
Osage-5:00
e) MS B NIC Track @ Belmond-5:00
f) Girls District Golf
TUESDAY, May 15 (Day 4)
a) Awards Night-7:00
b) Elementary Faculty
Meeting ---
c) 1st
Grade Field Trip to Thorpe Park 12:30-3:15
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (Day 5)
a)
Baccalaureate-7:00
b)7:00 a.m. Special School
Board meeting
c) Staffing
d) H.S.Science interviews
e)
3rd Grade Field Trip to Dairy Farm
THURSDAY,
May 17 (Day 6)
a) District Advisory
Committee Meeting
b) Last Day for Seniors
c) 2nd Grade to
Lime Creek Nature Center-9:00-3:00
FRIDAY, May 18 (Day 1)
a) NO
SCHOOL
b) V G/B
State Track
c) Boys
District Golf
Saturday, May 19
a) V B/G
State Track
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) BOARD GOALS
It is the goal of the
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOAL
Science
Long Term Goal: All
K-12 students will achieve at high levels in science, prepared for success
beyond high school.
Annual Goal: The
percent of students in grades 6, 8 and 11 that score at the intermediate level
or higher will increase (ITBS, ITED) or the percent of students scoring
proficient (3 or higher) will increase from fall to spring on the district
science assessment (grades 5-8 and 10).
C) Elementary Field Trip
Schedule: Tues.-May 15: 1st Grade Field Trip to Thorpe Park
12:30-3:15, Wed., May 16: 3rd Grade Field Trip to Dairy Farm,
Thurs., May 17: 1st Grade Rain Date, 2nd Grade Field trip
to Lime Creek Nature Center 9:00-3:00, Tues., May 29: 2nd Grade Rain
Date.
D) May 17 is the
next District Advisory Committee meeting.
E) Take a moment to reflect back on your
Professional Growth goal.
How is your team coming on the Team
Professional Growth goal?
Be sure to collect
the data which helps show you have met both goals.
F) Graduation 2007
is May 20.
Faculty members
gather in the Commons 20 minutes prior to graduation to receive your
flower. We will proceed in and sit
together.
F) 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.
G) 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.
April 11 will be made-up on May 30
H) Bison Clubhouse Summer School --- June 11 – July 12 --- Monday – Thursday
K-2nd = 8:30-10; 3rd – 4th = 10:00-11:30; Middle School = 9:00- 11:00
We need two
certified teachers.
.I) Last day of school is May 30.
May 31 and June 1
are staff development days.
J) Our next Elementary Faculty meeting is
Tuesday, MAY 15. TOPIC: a) Special Days for 2007-2008, b) Bison Clubhouse 2007, c) May 30 activities, d)How are we doing?
K)
Differentiation of instruction challenges every educator. It takes hard work but the benefits our
outstanding.
L) 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.
M) No school
Friday, May 18.
N)
May 14 is Little Bison Preschool’s “Muffins with Mom” celebration in the
Commons 8:30 a.m.
O) May 22 --- Little Bison Track Meet ----- it takes a real team effort to make this work --- thank you.
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