Author: wpadmin

 I hope everyone was able to unplug a bit this weekend! Shout-Outs are in order for Liz Hendrickson for organizing an awesome unit-related field trip to Family Medical for the KG students and to Jacob for running our first Emotional Coaching parent workshop. More shouts-out go to the Grade 3 team for so graciously breaking down their auditorium set-up to accommodate HS students who needed the space this weekend.  More appreciation goes to Binh, Trang, Phuong and Uyen for giving up their personal planning time to help cover an art class and to Lucinda for finding a way to get admin, parents, teachers, and outside consultants all in...

 Enjoy your “My Day” and your whole week! Shouts-outs are in order for everyone whose class was able to participate in Alan’s assembly and for Binh for stepping up to be our SSIS Dragon. It’s a hot and sweaty job and an assembly highlight. Kudos also go to the Grade 5 team for organizing what turned out to be an impactful, adventurous field trip for their students.  Another special shout-out goes to Kattina who worked with Mandy, Alfredo and Dan’s principal budget to pull-off a fantastic MakerSpace event.   Health Screenings for children K-5 run Oct. 5-Oct. 15.  Homeroom teachers, please take a...

Happy Monday! Shout-outs are in order for our ES musicians David, Steve, Jason & Greg, for entertaining the crowd during Family Fun Day! A special thank you to all who were able to attend. Events like this make SSIS an extra special place to be for our students and their families. This week parent conference sign-ups begin. As you continue to score literacy and math assessments, make notes of your students’ areas of strength and areas needing growth and you will be well on your way to preparing for parent conferences. Need a form for parent conference notes? Don’t reinvent...

 There are many shout-outs this week! Special shout-outs go to Ms. Truc, Mr. James and all of the TAs for showing dedicated service by delivering needed items to orphanages during the last few weekends.  More shout-outs go to our very own Elaine Eastwood for joining with Jody Fetterolf (HS), Bill Fossgreen (HS), and Bonnie Bertoia (MS), to deliver an outstanding Critical Friends Group training, CFG.   Still more shout-outs to all of the teachers who traded their weekend time to engage in the CFG seminar. The next ES assembly will be on Thursday, September 22nd. Please contact Alan Heatwole if your class has an accomplishment they...

I hope everyone was able to enjoy a few extra hours of relaxation time this weekend. Here is what’s up this week: Monday, Sept. 5 8:15                  Fire Drill (Unannounced to students)                            DSA and F&P Assessments, all week                            ES School Class and Individual Photos, all week                             Happy Birthday, Tara! Tuesday, Sept. 6 Wednesday, Sept. 7 12:15    ...

Happy Monday! See Dan’s post below “Moving Morning Messages to a Faculty Blog” for information about this new format for the Morning Messages. Here is what’s up this week: Monday, Aug. 29 3:15                  ASA Season 1 begins                            Narrative Writing prompt assessment this week Tuesday, Aug. 30 8:30AM           Workshop for new ES parents, Flex Room Wednesday, Aug. 31 3:15-4:30         Full Faculty Home Group Data Review, Aud. Thursday, Sept. 1 8:15AM            Principal’s...

Dear elementary teachers, This Tuesday is Curriculum Night.  As you prepare for the evening, I would like to remind you of a  few points about the evening: Presentations are done by individual teachers in the classroom, not presented as a group.  However, I suggest you prepare one basic slide show for your grade level so there is consistency (parents do compare notes). As part of our Parent Engagement initiative, we want to ensure that this night is presented at a high quality level.  Please remember that Curriculum Night is a good time to start getting parents to sign up for...