Week 13

 Nov. 13th 

Celebrations

Nov. 13 Week 13 

5 days until Thanksgiving Break!!!

Below you will find some of the many celebrations from the week. STUCCO led Pershing in celebrating Veterans Day with a gift bag drive through for Vets. 

Mrs. Nasby had guest Chief Petty Officer Vaughn and Mrs. Davis, Pershing Director of Bands, speaks about their experiences as well as their particular branch of the Military and their job.  

McDonald’s on Sunshine had a McTeacher night. Mrs. Patton’s class was able to raise $527.50 dollars. 

April Barron was nominated for the McDonald’s Outstanding Educator Award and was selected. Maybe she’ll share if you ask nicely. 

Megan Johnson, an Elementary Staff member, tied the knot this weekend. Congratulations Megan and Hayden 

Instructional 

PLT Team Meetings:

We are moving from Question 1 to Question 2 of the PLC Questions. 

1. What do we want our kids to learn? (Essential Standards, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum)  

2. How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative) 

3. What do we do when they don’t?  (Interventions-Tier 2 and Tier 3) 

4. What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments) 

This week's instructional focus will be on learning objectives and how are we chunking our students learning to maximizes mastery of standards. We are also looking for positive reinforcement of learning. 

Objectives should be posted somewhere permanently in the room and those objectives should be referred to often to maximize student learning. Below is the slides from Oct. staff meeting. 

Staff Meeting Slides -  HERE 

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin 

There will be No PLT meeting Thursday with Rachel. This is extra time to use as needed, make parent phone calls about academic progress of students etc... 

ELD Grading 

If you have an English Learner (EL) student who is at risk of receiving a D/F by mid-quarter (November 18th), reach out to our ELD Specialist, Hannah Swearengin, so she can collaborate with you about grading guidance.  As a reminder, per federal law, it is required that teachers of EL students provide accommodations and modifications to enable students to succeed in the classroom. Documentation of accommodations/modifications is recommended. The ELD department has created a form that will guide these conversations and provide a way for you to document the evidence of accommodations and modifications. 

 

We want to make sure we provide support for you and your students prior to semester grading.

MOY Galileo 

The MOY Galileo benchmark assessment window is open from Nov 28th  through Dec 16th.   Middle school teachers will be giving the ELA portion of the assessment on Wednesday, November 30th and the Math portion of the assessment on Thursday, December 1st.  This allows for students who may have missed any or both days of the assessment their first make up opportunity is on Friday, December 2nd. Please reference an email from Megan Lannholm for more information. 

Staff meeting will be Nov. 15 whole staff will meet in the library. Bring your own comfy chair. 

Building D/F Building Expectation 

It is a building expectation that we call parents about academic progress before it’s too late. Parent phone calls will need to be made for students who have a D or F in your class. HERE is a link about the importance of making parent phone calls as well as a template of how to do that.

Operational 

Fall Snacktacular is Friday, November 18! In the library. HERE you will find a sign-up sheet if you would like to bring snacks. If you don't bring any come anyway. 

Alice Training and Mental Health will take place Dec. 1st 4:30-6:30 right after school in the cafeteria. 

For those you can not make our Alice or Mental Health here are some other options. At this time we are the only Tier 3 School having this training until the end of the year. 

PTSA Homeroom Challenge: 5 Star 

Room Temperatures 

If your room is super hot or really cold please let Ms. Amy know so she can put in a work order. We want both you and students to be comfortable. Also, do not alter or place bags, lamps or any other object around/on the thermostat.

Dr. John Mulford Visit

Dr. Mulford was here Thursday 10/20/22 @ 8 am for a voluntary meeting to discuss the recommendation for Pershing to be one of the projects on the next bond issue. He discussed the process as well as various different considerations the board will have as they proceed. HERE is the link Dr. Mulford was working from during the presentation.

Copy Machines 

After months of waiting, the copiers have finally been moved into the halls for teacher convenience. Below are the names of the printers for teachers to connect.

 

8^th grade hall: per-work-tosh2

7^th grade hall: per-work-tosh

Workroom: per-work-tosh1

Events 

        Nov 1 - Activate SPS

        Nov 10- SPS-University (District Wide) @ Glendale 5pm

        Nov 11- Veterans Day

        Nov 15- Staff Meeting (Whole Staff in Library)

        Nov 18- Mid Quarter

        Nov 21-25- Thanksgiving Break

        Nov 30 and Dec 1 - MOY Galileo

        Dec 1- Alice and Mental Health training (4:30-6:30pm)

        Dec 9- Picture Re-takes

        Dec 16- Dr. Lathan Pershing Visit

        Dec 19 - Pershing Choir Concert (Glendale)

Staff Birthdays  

11/1 Megan Ebert 

11/18 Kevin Kleiner 

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell 

        12/1 Susan Griffith

        12/9 Beth Hailey and Krysten Muench

        12/18 Kathy Null

        12/25 Jennifer Teal and Matt Campbell