Captain's Log #15 Oct. 8-12

Quote

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

                   Martin Luther King Jr

What's happening...

We are hosting Board Advisory Council 8 this evening (Oct. 8).    The meeting begins at 6:30.  Susan Evans, our Board of Education representative conducts the meeting.  On the agenda this evening is school capacity. The invitation is open to anyone who would like to attend.

Celebrations!

PLT coverage schedule is posted on OCE wiki!  Please note the time for PLT coverage is 8:45-9:15.  Teachers will be in the room at 9:15 ready to begin the day. 

Tracked out
Track 4
Lorrie Sardiello
Sonja Beckham  Media Center will be closed unless with an adult from 11:30-12:00 daily until Sonja returns.

Thank you!

Great breakfast on Friday!  Thank you First and Fifth grade for the goodies! 


Thank you for the  gift card donations.  Yes, we are still collecting them for the family.  Also, several asked Janet if they could contribute cash.  Janet said she would be happy to go to store and purchase the grocery gift cards if you preferred to donate cash. 

Professional Development:

Dreambox

Lorrie sent a google doc survey concerning Dreambox.  Please make certain you completed the survey.  We want to schedule our professional development with the trainer as soon as possible.
 
What is the difference between monitoring progress and Progress monitoring?

Monitoring progress is what you do each day.  It's a quick assessment of core classroom instruction.  Progress Monitoring is the 1 minute "check up"/"probe" of an intervention being implemented on the most foundational skill.   Think of it this way...if we were training for a triathlon, and we knew running was our weakest area, how would we monitor our progress?  We would create a plan and monitor our progress during our workout.  Then one day each week, we would put our work to the test with a "time trial"/ "progress monitor".  After reviewing the data we decide, if our running plan is working and either continue with our plan or make a revision if necessary based on the "time trials".

SIP Committee meetings

THIS FRIDAY---SIT meeting in the Media Center---Everyone is welcome.
I have been working on "tagging" SIP and PLT minutes and other information on our wiki and have found some SIP notes missing. Please e-mail Heather, Rachael, Larry and myself the information for the following committees:

Cafe Committee- 9/28 Minutes
Staff Climate- 7/27 (facilitator, note takers,facilitation) minutes, 8/17 minutes and sign-in sheet
Student Climate- 8/17 & 9/28 minutes
Math Committee- 8/17 & 9/28 minutes

Team Time Committee-- 9/27 SIP Survey for Progress Monitoring
 

Transportation Information

BusesIt appears our buses have settled into a pattern. Our last bus is leaving the campus at between 4:20 - 4:30. Please remember to let the office know WHO on your grade level is keeping the students for late buses. Thank you to the grade levels who have kept us informed. It does make a difference.


CARPOOL:

I am so proud of our Kindergarten and First grade students! They know their carpool numbers as soon a they are called. Well...as soon as they can hear them being called. Second and third grade students are random but our fourth and fifth grade students. I continue to be amazed they do not know their numbers. Let me know if we need to tag their backpacks to help them out.

Updates:

Copiers:

The copiers have had the "Repair Needed" sign on them frequently lately.  Unfortunately, if we are not told there is a problem, we don't know to follow up with a phone call to the repairman.  We have also noted, that when we do check the copiers don't need to be repaired, they are jammed.  Before placing the sign on the machine, PLEASE follow the steps on the copier, checking all the little areas it tells you about, and remove any papers which might be "stuck" in the copier.  Thank you for taking care of this. We might cut down on the amount of time the copiers appear to be "broken", and find more time in our day.
 

Looking Ahead:

Our first Cultural Arts Program, Baystreet Brassworks, will be Monday Oct. 15th at 1:15 & 2:15.

Case 21- Track 4

Track 4 will take Case 21 the week of Oct 21-26 and follow the schedule as below.
No special or lunch time for any grade levels will be impacted by Case 21.

Tuesday, October 23 Reading

Wednesday, October 24 Math-Calculator Active

Thursday, October 25 Math-Calculator Inactive

Friday, October 26 Science (5th Grade only)

3rd Grade	10:30-11:45
4th Grade	9:20-10:25
5th Grade	11:50-1:00

Benefits Staff Meeting: November 5 at 8:00 AM
We will have a Staff Meeting on Monday, November 5 at 8:00 AM, for the purpose of being made aware of benefits offered to employees. I tried to schedule the meeting on a track in day, but was unsuccessful. If you are tracked out, no worries. I am working with the representatives to be available to meet with individual staff members later in the week or following week.

Captain's Log #14 Oct. 1-5

Quote of the Week

"If nobody said anything unless they knew what they were talking about, a ghastly hush would descent upon the earth."     

 

                                                                                                            Sir Alan Herbert

Celebrations!

Welcome Dr. Larry Savage, our Assistant Principal!

Welcome back Track 1!

Happy Birthday!

October 4 – Karen Crighton

Tracked out

Track 4
Lorrie Sardiello


Thank you!

To those of you who have contributed grocery gift cards.  If you are looking for the envelop, it  is under the candy jar in Janet's office.

To our presenters last week at our Early Release.  Each of you did a FANTASTIC job!

Many of you know we were planning on giving some of our office clerical time to Pete, to help get books and technology cataloged so we could begin using them. All Media Centers lost their Media Assistant  a couple years ago.  That said, in checking with several of my friends, we could provide relief through the office clerical for certain task.  So...relief is here!  Now that Annie is back, she will be moving to the Media Center beginning Tuesday, October 2.




Transportation Information--Update on the no longer existing Route 5

BUS: NO route 5 any longer.  Students who previously rode route 5 and live in Pearson Farms ride route 3.  Students who previously rode route 5 who live in Scots Mill ride route 9.  If you are not certain which bus your student might ride, we have the complete list in the office.

CARPOOL:  Our students in the upper grades do NOT know their carpool numbers.  This is creating a delay in the carpool line, which is causing a great deal of problems.  Please assign carpool numbers as homework this week, and give an "assessment" to make certain they know their number.  Everyone who has and will be on carpool duty greatly appreciates your help on this.

Professional Development:

Dreambox

A few questions have come up about Dreambox Learning and how many students we can place on the program.  ALL students will have access to the program both at school and home.  There is no limit to OCE student access.  Please let us know if you would like us to move forward with the scheduling the professional development to support us with utilizing this resource.


Military Forms

Teachers please complete the information for the Military Forms.  If you have any quesitons, please contact Niti Wade our school Social Worker.

 

Teachers compile their classes completed questionnaires, complete the SMF report form and submit all paperwork to my box.  Track 1: 10/5

Track 1 please send your forms out when your students return on 10/1-Teachers received packets (SMF questionnaires and SMF report form) -

 

Thank you so much for your attention to this. Please note - discard any reports that do NOT indicate military status.

 

Case 21

Just a reminder---Case 21 for Tracks 1, 2 and 3 are this week.

Tuesday, October 2         Reading                             Tracks 1, 2 and 3

Wednesday, October 3    Math-Calculator Active     Tracks 1, 2 and 3

Thursday, October 4       Math-Calculator Inactive    Tracks 1, 2, and 3

Friday, October 5           Science (5th Grade only)    Tracks 1, 2 and 3 

 

3rd Grade	10:30-11:45
4th Grade	9:20-10:25
5th Grade	11:50-1:00

SIP Committe meetings

Remember to complete the Google Form and submit.  We want to continue to support and monitor our progress.

Updates:

Clipper deadline in Oct 5th.  Please make certain you send your articles to clippernews@yahoo.com 

 

Looking Ahead:

Case 21- Track 4 

Track 4 will take Case 21 the week of Oct 21-26 and follow the schedule as below.

No special or lunch time for any grade levels will be impacted by Case 21.

Tuesday, October 23 Reading

Wednesday, October 24 Math-Calculator Active

Thursday, October 25 Math-Calculator Inactive

Friday, October 26 Science (5th Grade only)

3rd Grade	10:30-11:45
4th Grade	9:20-10:25
5th Grade	11:50-1:00

Benefits Staff Meeting: November 5 at 8:00 AM

We will have a Staff Meeting on Monday, November 5 at 8:00 AM, for the purpose of being made aware of benefits offered to employees. I tried to schedule the meeting on a track in day, but was unsuccessful. If you are tracked out, no worries. I am working with the representatives to be available to meet with individual staff members later in the week or following week.