Sept. 25th – 29th

Last week’s week-long professional development experience was a resounding success, bringing forth a wealth of growth and reflection. Every moment was a testament to our commitment to providing exceptional education. With an enriched toolkit of knowledge and innovative strategies, we are poised to make some great strides in our instruction around reading.

We also reflected on the need to communicate more clearly with each other and vertically between grade levels. We learned where we have gaps and we have a better understanding of the gaps our students have and need to overcome. We reflected on the challenges of meeting every learner where they are and we talked about possibilities and ideas.

Please consider pushing the boundaries this week, rather than falling back into a routine. Try something from last week. Invite someone into your room to watch you teach or talk about ideas. Try to find one way to keep the learning from last week going into this week.

Playground committee

I am still missing G1 – G5. representation. Please let me know if you would like to be a part of this.

Dragon News

Athletics Announcements

Purple Moments

To Craig for the creation and implementation of the Instructional Planning Sheets. They are a comprehensible and complete, and centers the supports our students need. Thank you!

To all Homeroom teachers for being vulnerable and open-minded throughout the week of vertical PD in the science of reading. Our students will benefit so much from your expertise!

To all Homeroom Teaching Assistants for being flexible and supporting their teachers and students during this busy week and for being life-long learners!

To all Specialist Teachers for being flexible about any schedule changes to allow for professional learning in literacy for all our ES Homeroom Teachers!

Phu – for sharing the makerspace “My space is your space” “

To the C&C for taking care of filming, editing, learning with teachers, and supporting labsites!

The week Ahead

Monday, September 25th

9:00 – 10:30 – LLT

1:00 – 1:30 – Playground Committee meeting

Tuesday, September 26th

3:10 – 4:30 – PDT

Wednesday, September 27th

2:15 – Fire Drill

3:15 – 4:30 – Full Faculty meeting

Thursday, September 28th

1/2 day for students

1:00 – 3:30 – WASC

Friday, September 29th