Monday Memo - 9/3/12

Welcome to the start of the 2012-2013 school year! Let’s make it the best year yet!  

Remember, every parent wants their child to feel fully known, fully understood & fully loved. If we can do this for ALL students, then we will be the best school in the country!

Parents are hoping you will find the uniqueness and light in their child. Don’t give up until you discover it for each of your students!

Finally, please collaborate & be kind with one another. I truly believe you are here at Dodgeland because you are the best in your field, or have the potential to be the best in your field. Learn and share with each other.

Let’s make this the best year ever!

Events this Week:

Tuesday - First Day!! Recess Orientation: 9:30-9:45 5th grade, 10:15-10:30 5K, 12:30-12:45 1st grade
Wednesday -Elementary PD Meeting at 3:05 (room to be determined). Please bring your reflection journals.
                    Recess Orientation: 9:30-9:45 4th grade, 10:15-10:30 3rd grade, 12:30-12:45 2nd grade
Sunday - Dodgeland Staff Apparel orders are due by midnight.  Go to http://stores.inksoft.com/Ameriprint/, click on "Stores" at the bottom and then select Dodgeland to start shopping! :)  If you want to try any items on they are in the conference room next to my office. 

"Nuts & Bolts" Notes

*Student Handbooks/Quizzes are in your mailboxes. Please do not send them home until you go over the most important parts with students.  As the forms get returned to you, please alphabetize them before you bring them to the office (makes Sarah's job a little easier).

*When I read to your class this week, I will give students this letter to bring home to explain Bucket Filling to their parents.  

*In your mailboxes you will also find a dental form to go home with all students. This year we are fortunate to be having  dentist come to our school to provide basic dental services to students without insurance.  As these get returned, please send them my way. 

*Just a reminder that when you have student birthdays to send them to the office to pick out a book of their choice as their birthday gift!

*We received another shipment of consumable supplies in case you were waiting for file folders, construction paper, or glue sticks.  We're still waiting for additional back-ordered items.

*If you haven't already subscribed via email to bucketfillers101.com, here is their first week of school newsletter.

*Just a reminder that you receive my Monday Memo and Friday Focus via email, but you can always go to johnsonmemo.blogspot.com where all the posts are stored, along with the google calendar of staff events, my shelfari (to see what I've been reading). If you're looking back and can't remember which post something was in, but do recall the month, it should be fairly easy to use the "blog archive" feature on the right side to find links to each post instead of having to continuously scroll down the page and click "older posts." Here's what the archive looks like:

Just sharing:

*I recorded my Open House presentation for parents and put it on the website. If you're interested, you can see it here. 

*I know some of you are super excited about the iPads and just can't wait to get started (don't worry if you're not thinking about it yet). For those of you that are wanting to start exploring how you can use them, I've started another page on my blog to add resources for you.  Just go here.   If you find anything for me to add to it, please let me know!

*Have you thought about starting blogging with your students?  Here is a great blog post from a teacher in Madison to get you started.  I used this post to get started with my students for my summer school class.