Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

2/20-2/23 (4 day week)

We are at that point where we start shifting from running records to DRA testing.  Thank you for knowing your students and ensuring that you are giving them the appropriate instruction based on their needs.

Instructional Focus

As always, I will refer to your weekly calendar and the Critical to guide my observations.  This will always guide my observations.

As we learn more about our focus students, I will begin to observe the support you offer your at-risk students in various sub-groups.  Please refer to the updated 17-18 Consolidated Data Spreadsheet (I sent it out Friday night) for your grade level. This will serve as a tool to guide your support to students in need.

Data Wall-

On Tuesday morning, I will be going to classrooms to collect your focus student documents to post on our data wall in the PLC room. If you have not received them back from me by now, you can print them up in your classrooms.  Below are some items I have noticed and information for clarity.

• PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE INPUT ALL THE INFORMATION.  THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY BLANKS DURING FOR THIS CURRENT TRIMESTER EXCEPT MATH BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A SCHOOL-WIDE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT. IF THERE ARE BLANKS ON THE DOCUMENT, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM AS I GO AROUND TO ALL CLASSROOMS.
• I have given you the pictures to add to documents. 
• The current data should be for trimester 1 and the goals should be added to trimester 2. If the student is not an E.L., then you can either delete the CELDT part type in “N.A.”.  The same would go for any other applicable area. 
• I have sent all teachers the current data to help fill in the blanks last week.  Here is the link  for TK-3.  Here is the link for 4th-5th.

Superintendent Visit

Area Superintendent Kimie Lochtefeld will be visiting our school Wednesday, 2/21 from 7:30-11:00.  I look forward to showcasing high-quality lessons based on the Critical Concepts with high levels of student engagement.

Cultural Performances

Starting February 22nd @ 2:10 pm in the auditorium, we will be having cultural performances for the entire community, parents, and students.  We will start advertising on Monday.  The first event will showcase Japanese Gen bu drums, South Korean Taekwondo, Filipino stick dance, and a Taiwanese dragon dance.  It should be approximately 1 hour long.  I hope that you can support us by being in the audience as these great cultures showcase their cultural talents.  We hope to have 2-3 more before the end of the year including a culminating multicultural celebration school-wide.

In addition, we will be having a Kenyan cultural ambassador and Masai Warrior come to our school to promote a water fundraiser for his village as he shares his culture, music, and songs with us.

Valentines Attendance Challenge-

Tra-Viecia and I will tally up the classes with the highest amount of perfect attendance and will announce it very soon!!!

Chillin w/the Principal-

I think the students enjoyed “Chillin with the Principal” this past Thursday.  I appreciate you continuing to pass out the Caught Being Good slips.  Please continue to pass them out as well as the line awards when your students are quietly lined up.  Also, I am asking that you bring them out to every duty have and pass them out to other classes who line up well.  Remember, the bigger deal you make out of it will help motivate our students as well.

Thank you!!

Military Kid's Club-

Every Thursday for 8 weeks starting Thursday, February 8th, military support groups will be pulled for 30-35 minutes

Schedule

12:20-12:50 K-1st grade groups will be pulled

12:55-1:30 2nd grade groups will be pulled

1:35-2:10 4th-5th grade groups will be pulled

There will be no services 3/19-3/23 due to minimum day conferences

Admin Designee-

I will be out from Friday, 2/23/18 through Thursday, 3/1/18.  I have set up a retired principal to be on site some of the days and another local principal to help out and check in.  There will always be an admin designee available as well.  As always if there is any concern please contact Cathy in the office and she will contact the admin designee on site.  I will also be checking my email periodically.

              

 Recess Duty-

 Group C

Important Dates-

SPECIAL NOTE*****Report Cards/DRA-Believe it or not, Spring Break is right around the corner. Please be aware of the timelines for report cards, DRA administration, and Illuminate data input. 

Week of 2/19-2/23

• Reporting Period ends, DRA testing
• T 2/20- Armando to collect Data Wall focus student documents in the morning
• W 2/21- Area Superintendent Kimie Lochtefeld visit from 7:37-11:00
• W 2/21- PLC in room 9 @ 1:00-Please bring your formative assessments and the results to share with all grade levels
• Th 2/22- Maasai Music performance at 8:30 in the auditorium for all grades
• Th 2/22- Yokohama Sister's Society Cultural Performance from 2:10-3:10 in the auditorium
• F 2/23-Th 3/1 Armando out

Week of 2/26-3/2

• DRA testing continues
• Dr. Seuss Week
• W 2/28- Certificated Prep

Week of 3/5-3/9

• M 3/5- all report card data including DRA needs to be input into Illuminate by 4:00 pm
• M 3/5- C4K Assemblies-Kinder and 1^st Grade @ 9:00, 4^th grade @10:30
• T 3/6- Staff meeting in room 9 @ 2:30 pm
• W 3/7- Character Counts assembly (possibly the blacktop, final location TBD)
• W 3/7- Classics 4 Kids rehearsal in the auditorium from 9:00-1:30
• W 3/7- PLC in room 9 from 1:00-3:00
• Th 3/8- Kiwanis Recognition at Broken Yolk (winner and teacher TBD) from 7:30-8:30
• Th 3/8-Classics 4 Kids field trips
• F 3/9- Classics 4 Kids field trips

Week of 3/12-3/16

• Report Cards are printed by Tra-Viecia throughout the week
• T 3/13-Spring picture day
• T 3/13- SSC Meeting @ 2:30 in room 9
• W 3/14- Attendance assemblies in the auditorium- K-2 @ 8:00, 3^rd-5^th @ 8:45

Week of 3/19-3/23

• Parent Conferences all week
• Minimum days all week
• W 3/14- Certificated Prep

Week of 3/26-3/30

• Spring Break