Back to School Business

As I walk the halls, I know that many of you have been in your classrooms working quite a bit. I didn't get to see when each of you were here, but the evidence of many hours of hard work is already in your classrooms being ready for the start of the school year, so I know you can relate to the meme above!  I feel as if I still have so much on my to-do list to accomplish before next week and have so many ideas that I know I need to prioritize, because they just won't all get done in time. Ready or not, here comes a new school year!

As you see in your back to school agendas, you have quite a bit of time in your classrooms. Because our time together as an elementary staff is limited, I'm sharing as much "nuts & bolts" items for the first week that I can here. In other words-- If you can read it instead of me having to tell you it, then it's in here!

For our times together at In-Service: We will be meeting in Room 120.

• Please bring your iPad to Monday's meeting at 12:30. Support staff are invited to join us for the first hour of our time together. 
• Support staff-please plan to bring your iPads to our meeting on Tuesday.  We will also meet in Room 120.

"Nuts & Bolts:"

• Detention duty sign up is HERE. Please sign up for 2 days. 
• Please sign up for a time for me to read to your class in the first week: Mrs. Johnson's Sign Up
• Please use THIS GOOGLE DOC to sign up for 2 event committees. 
• Future All Stars Academy (FASA) will be located in 124--a much better location for many reasons!

First Day/Week of School Business:

• 1st Day start of day: All teachers in hall by classrooms, all specials outside on blacktop. Marie will give specials teachers packets of all class lists to help students find where to line up.
• First week of school  is a modified schedule for MS/HS. Lunch will be 11:35-12:05/12:05-12:30. Music times are affected for some (I sent an email to those affected with proposed changes).

• Recess Rules Orientation outside with Mrs. Jaeckel (teachers: please stay with your class)

Thursday

9:30-9:45 3rd grade

10:15-10:30 2nd grade

11:20-11:35 4th grade

Friday

9:15-9:30 Kindergarten

9:30-9:45 1st grade

10:15-10:30 5th grade

• Lunch Room Rules Orientation with Mrs. Johnson (teachers: please stay with students). This orientation will be before am recess for K-2 and after am recess for 3-5 so we can also rehearse the line/hallway procedures for transitions for lunch/recess.

Thursday

9:15-9:30 1st grade

10:00-10:15 4th grade

10:15-10:30 5th grade

Friday

9:45-10:00 2nd grade

10:00-10:15 3rd grade

*Kindergarten yet to be scheduled

• If you have any student events during September, please email Marie and I to make sure we have it on the September newsletter/calendar.

• 1st assembly in the elementary gym: Friday, September 2nd at 2:35.  This will be a very brief assembly to talk about Code of Conduct, Bucket Filling and Friday celebrations.  Please have students packed up before coming to the assembly.

*Please review assembly expectations with your students prior to coming.

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  Don’t assume that your students know how to do anything! Use the Bucket Filer’s pledge/Bucket Filler’s books. Teach the procedures, practice them, reinforce them, practice them, and practice them again!

*Classroom *Hallways *Bathrooms

*Lunch Room -beginning and end of lunch *Recess-to and from

*Arrival/Dismissal *Assembly *Lockers

Blogs, Tweets & Pins...Oh My!!!

*The 40 Book Challenge Revisited - a great reminder of why we challenge students to read a lot and push individuals to expand their reading, not require a certain number of books with required/tedious book reports that crush the enjoyment of reading. 

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