Crown Point Junior Music Academy Monday Morning Memo

Monday, February 19, 2018

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

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

2/12-2/15 (4 day week)

Thank you to all the people who helped support our Jog-a-thon to make it a tremendous success! We will find out soon which class will be allowed to throw water balloons at me!!

Instructional Focus

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

School Tours

Every Tuesday Cathy and I will be hosting open house walk-throughs of your classrooms with potential parents of Crown Point. Please be aware that this is their first impression of our school and I look forward to showing off our amazing students and staff. Tours are from 1:15-1:45.

Superintendent Visit

Cultural Performances

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-

I am asking that you have your Valentines Challenge visible as a reminder to students the importance of being here every day and to support our cause to increase attendance. Thank you! I will be going into classrooms and ask students to show me their calendars.

Chillin w/the Principal-

After planning with the SGT, the idea of Chillin w/the Principal has been developed. The first date has been set. This coming Thursday, 2/15/18 @ 1:50 you will send 2 students with the highest amount of Caught Being Good Slips and 2 students who had their names drawn out of the jar of all your Caught Being Good Slips. This recognition will be like a VIP treatment for those students who consistently demonstrate character traits or meet the schoolwide expectations.

Military Kid's Club-

Every Thursday for 8 weeks starting next 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

The support staff will initially walk to your classroom to introduce themselves and discuss with you the logistics of each grade level's transition.

If there is a need to communicate with the support staff their names are Cindy Pirazzini ( cindy.pirazzini@navy.mil ) April Gonzales ( april.gonzales.ctr@navy.mil ).

The students that were not selected will be a priority in the next round of services (TBD)

Important Upcoming Events

Please note that ILT and the professional developments for the next two weeks have been moved up. As I finish my long-term planning for the next couple of months I will communicate with you and mark it on the master caledar.

M 2/12 Big Smiles- In nurse's office

W 2/14 Attendance Assemblies (K-2 @ 8:30, 3-5 @ 8:45) in Auditorium

W 2/14 Certificated prep after school

Th 2/15 "Chillin w/the Principal"

F 2/16 No school-President's Weekend

M 2/19 No school-President's Weekend

T 2/20 SSC meeting in room 9 @ 2:30

W 2/21 Area Superintendent Kimie Lochtefeld visit from 7:37-11:00

W 2/21 PLC in room 9 @ 1:00

Th 2/22 Yokohama Sister's Society Cultural Performance from 2:10-3:10 in the auditorium

Recess Duty-

Group B

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

2/5/18 - 2/9/18

As I have been walking through classrooms, I have been reviewing the Critical Concepts and observing strong instruction in the areas of opinion and argument writing. This writing involves critical thinking and is truly engaging to the students. I appreciate your diligent planning utilizing the Critical Concepts and having your students highly engaged in high DOK leveled tasks.

Instructional Focus

As I observe and give feedback, I will continue to refer to your weekly general calendar, so please ensure that it is updated. I will also be referring to the Critical Concepts and the Proficiency Scales and look for the attributes in the instruction and the tasks you set up during your lessons. Like I often say to students, "I will be coming in watching what students are doing." referring to the engagement level in any lesson or assigned task.

School Tours

Every Tuesday Cathy and I will be hosting open house walk-throughs of your classrooms with potential parents of Crown Point. Please be aware that this is their first impression of our school and I look forward to showing off our amazing students and staff. Tours are from 1:15-1:45.

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-

I am asking that you have your Valentines Challenge visible as a reminder to students the importance of being here everyday and to support our cause to increase attendance. Thank you! I will be going into classrooms and ask students to show me their calendars.

Military Kid's Club-

Every Thursday for 8 weeks starting next 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

The support staff will initially walk to your classroom to introduce themselves and discuss with you the logistics of each grade level's transition.
If there is a need to communicate with the support staff their names are Cindy Pirazzini ( cindy.pirazzini@navy.mil ) April Gonzales ( april.gonzales.ctr@navy.mil ).
The students that were not selected will be a priority in the next round of services (TBD)

Our 5th Graders

Congratulations to our CPJMA 5^th graders who qualified for the National History Bee Regional Finals!!

Room 17

Brooklyn Thiel

Brianna Polston—standby

Devin McClure

Ivan Smits

Kaden Miller

Parker Waits

Phoenix Rains—standby

Zachary Smith

Room 15

Andy Petersen

Gideon Mandel

Haley Ha

Isabel Cadena

Jacob Ray Mello

Kai Schommer

Nathan Ferrer

Rory Monroy

Sky Hirasawa

Soussan (Naia) Tannouri—standby

Vanessa Abreu

Important Upcoming Events

T 2/6 Coffee with the Principal @ 7:40 in Auditorium

F 2/9 SST Day please check your appointments sent by Tania. We will have a roving sub to release you. As always be prepared with adequate data in and current levels in all content areas. Also be prepared to show grade level samples of the expectations of the content areas.

M 2/12 Big Smiles- In nurse's office

M 2/12 Staff meeting in room 9 @ 2:30

T 2/13 SSC meeting in room 9 @ 2:30

W 2/14 Attendance Assembly (K-2 @ 8:30, 3-5 @ 8:45) in Auditorium

W 2/14 Certificated prep after school

F 2/16 No school-President's Weekend

M 2/19 No school-President's Weekend

W 2/21 Area Superintendent Kimie Lochtefeld visit from 7:37-11:00

W 2/21 PLC in room 9 @ 1:00

Th 2/22 Yokohama Sister's Society Cultural Performance from 2:10-3:10 in the auditorium

Recess Duty-

Group A

Monday, January 29, 2018

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

1/29-2/2

Congratulations to Crown Point's very own Sarah Nichols for being selected Teacher of the Year!!!!

Instructional Focus-

As I observe and give feedback, I will continue to refer to your weekly general calendar, so please ensure that it is updated. I will also be referring to the Critical Concepts and the Proficiency Scales and look for the attributes in the instruction and the tasks you set up during your lessons.

PBS/Character Counts-

We will continue to focus on playground and cafeteria for PBS expectations and lessons.

For our Character Counts Program the focus will be kindness. Please ensure that you are teaching those lessons and having conversations/discussions with your students on a regular basis.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tu 1/30- SSC Meeting- please bring your laptops

W 1/31- Certificated Prep

Th 2/1-Mission Bay Cluster Meeting at CPJMA @ 6:00pm in the Auditorium

T 2/6- Coffee with the Principal in auditorium @ 7:40 am

Th 2/8- ½ day release SGT, ½ release 1^st grade (make-up for 1^st grade)

Recess Duty-

Group D

Monday, January 22, 2018

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

1/22-1/26

Instructional Focus-
As I observe and give feedback, I will continue to refer to your weekly general calendar, so please ensure that it is updated. I will also be referring to the Critical Concepts and the Proficiency Scales and look for the attributes in the instruction and the tasks you set up during your lessons.

I am noticing more formative assessments being utilized in informing your instruction. This on-going practice is highly effective and should be implemented on a regular basis.

Guided Reading is powerful and instrumental in moving student up in their reading levels. The data from the DRA and running records is critical in determining the appropriate groupings for your students.

Family Game Night was awesome! Although I lost to my wife in Yahtzee, it was a great time and the children all had a great time as well. I hope to see you at our next event.

PLC-
We have been receiving professional development in unpacking the Critical Concepts and the proficiency scales as well as a process for formative assessments as a grade level. As we move forward this week please be sure to continue working with your colleague during PLC to continue working on common formative assessments. Please also let me know what room your grade level will be working in. This will be critical when grade levels break away and work on the PLC cycle as have learned from our readings in professional developments.

Field Trips-

As a reminder, certain steps need to be taken in preparation for field trips in advance. Please do not wait until the last minute. This causes a strain in the office.

Below is an email reminder from the nurse that was sent on Friday from the office.

Dear Teachers,

Please be sure to notify health office staff via email at least two weeks before any scheduled field trips. If you choose to provide a hard copy of the field trip notice in addition to the email that is ok too, but the email is preferred. Lori Benson is only here on Tuesdays and I am only here on Fridays and we are finding that papers are getting misplaced or lost. To ensure that there is adequate supervision for our students with health concerns we require sufficient time to prepare and, if needed, provide staff to accompany students on the trip. Our cluster is short staffed and so without the advance notice, we may have to cancel a field trip if we are not able to ensure the safety of students. We greatly appreciate your cooperation. Email both Lori Benson: lbenson@sandi.net and Charlene Pattillo: cpattillo@sandi.net with any upcoming field trips. Thank you to the teachers that have already made this a regular practice.

PBS/Character Counts-

We will continue to focus on playground and cafeteria for PBS expectations and lessons.

For our Character Counts Program the focus will be kindness. Please ensure that you are teaching those lessons and having conversations/discussions with your students on a regular basis.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tu 1/23- 2/3 and 4/5 grade formative assessment 1/2 day release

Tu 1/23- Staff Meeting in room 9 at 2:30

W 1/24- PLC room 9 @ 1:00-3:00
Tu 1/30- SSC Meeting- please bring your laptops
W 1/31- Certificated Prep

Recess Duty-
Group C

Friday, January 12, 2018

Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

1/16/18-1/19/18

Thank you once again for working hard during our Wednesday PLC. Your focus on the five students for the remainder of the year is critical in making the connection to formative assessment, data, and the work you do in PLC overall. Thank you for your diligent work!

I think everybody would agree that the Dairy Assembly was a great assembly and gave us each a chance to laugh as well. Thank you Marylin for setting this up!!!!

Instructional Focus-

As I observe and give feedback, I will continue to refer to your weekly general calendar, so please ensure that it is updated. I will also be referring to the Critical Concepts and the proficiency scales and look for the attributes in the instruction and the tasks you set up during your lessons.

PBS/Character Counts-

We will continue to focus on playground and cafeteria for PBS expectations and lessons.
For our Character Counts Program the focus will be kindness
Here is the link to the schedule and some resources for the PBS/Character Counts Program.
Here is the link to the Google Drive Shared Folder with the lessons for PBS. Please ensure that you are teaching those lessons and having conversations/discussions with your students on a regular basis.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tu 1/16- ILT full day release-formative assessments

W 1/17- Certificated prep

Th 1/18- K/1 formative assessment 1/2 release

F 1/19-5th grade walking field trip to PBM

Tu 1/23- 2/3 and 4/5 grade formative assessment 1/2 day release

W 1/24- PLC room 9 @ 1:00-3:00

Recess Duty-

Group B