ELEMENTARY WEEKLY BULLETIN
FOR
WEEK 11 --- OCTOBER 30, 2006
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK:
BIRTHDAYS
Tues., Oct. 31: Alyssa Swearingen
Sat., Nov. 4: Cassandra Burke
Sun., Nov. 5: Kameron Rohwedder
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Jacobson, Leerar, Tues.-Keil,
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 (Day 4)
a)
b)Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences --- 4:00-8:00 p.m.
c)
d)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
31 (Day 5)
a)
b) Local Community
Club hosts a costume contest in our Commons
c) How many times did
you laugh today? Make this a fun place
to work and learn --- you bring your attitude with you (Murray Banks)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
1 (Day 6)
a) NOVEMBER 1 ---- “Where did
October go?”
b)
c) “Now put that bag of candy down --- You know that belongs to your
children!”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
2 (Day 1)
a) P-T Conferences 4-8:00
b) KBEW Radio interviews --- 1:00 – 2:00 ---
Kindergarten-Prep classroom
c) Administrative Team meeting
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
a) NO
SCHOOL-Comp. Day
b) Bucks
for Music Boosters program-6:00
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
a)
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) ESSENTIAL
LEARNINGS
*demonstrate
responsibility and active participation in the democratic community,
*demonstrate effective
use of social skills,
*shows responsibility
for themselves, to others, and to the world.
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOALS
Culture Climate for Learning
Long Term Goal:
Annual Goal: The
percent of students responding 3 or higher on question 6 of the Building
Tomorrow Survey will increase.
C) “Great teachers
have been differentiating instruction since the day they started
teaching.”
D) Evaluation Tool Study Committee ----- 3:40 –
4:30 ---- Tuesday, November 7 --- Elementary Media Center
E) Parent Teacher Conference Study Committee
---- 7:30 – 8:00 --- Tuesday, November 7 --- Elementary Media Center
F) Parent-Teacher-Student
conferences will be Monday, October 30 and Thursday, November 2.
G) Next Elementary Faculty Meeting is Thursday, November 9 ---- 7:30 a.m.
H) Faculty Forum --- Thursday, November 9 --- 4:00 – 4:45 ---- Commons. Topic: School Finance.
I) NOVEMBER 3
is no school ---- it is a Teacher Compensation Day.
J) Fantastic meetings with the Support Staff
last week ----- thank you for your time and your feedback. This is a good communications tool. I learn more from you than you learn from
me. Thank you.
K) November 7 will be a mandatory training for all Special Education teachers district-wide.
The morning will be spent with Sarah Knudson.
The training will lead up to the mandatory file review later this school year.
This is a vitally important meeting for our entire district.
The meeting
will begin at 7:15 and be finished by 10:30.
L) October 31 we
will host the Community Club costume contest in the Commons in the early
evening.
M) Tuesday,
November 14 ---- North
N)This is a wonderful place to work, teach,
and learn.
Tell someone you work with how much you
appreciate all they do for students.
Selflessness.
Servant Leadership
Collegiality.
Rigorous, in-depth, and rewarding
educational conversations.
When was the last time you told someone
outside our school building just how great this place is?
Is this a great place for students to
learn and teachers to teach?
O) PHONICS
---- PHONICS ----- PHONICS
P) Personal
leave is dependent on the availability of
a substitute. Plan ahead.
Q) Friday, November 10
will be the dedication of the Auditorium Renovation. The 10 minute dedication will take place
prior to the start of the fall play.
Committee members will be recognized and the overall purpose will be
discussed.
R)TIMES TO
BE AWARE OF:
A.M. RECESS: 15 minutes in length …. K-2 =
9:45-10:00 …. Grades 3-4 = 10:05-10:20
NOON RECESS: 30 minutes in length
END OF THE DAY: Thompson shuttle students dismissed at 3:25
(no sooner)departure at 3:33 ------Rural Route and town students released to go
home or the playground at 3:28 (no sooner) ---- After school
recess supervisors will blow the whistle to line up at 3:44
(set your watch by the atomic clocks) departure at 3:48.
S) North Iowa Community School District All
District—All School Reunion will take place July 8, 2007. This is the 110th anniversary of
the First Consolidation of a school district west of the
