GOOD-Things
Mr. McClure and Mrs. McClure help students during the All City Wrestling tournament. (Global Society)
Positive Office Referrals - These students received positive office referrals this week. (Safe Community)
Mr. Gegg’s class participates in peer reviews over their project. (High Levels of learning.)
Our staff participates in a time of reflection and writing affirmations to our colleagues. (Safe Community)
Kick-Off Slides 2023
Why collaborate- presentation HERE
October Staff Meeting Slides - HERE
December Staff Meeting Slides - HERE
How to mitigate and respond to name-calling
Instructional
Elementary
Rise and Shine- CFA Data - Grading DCA's
Middle School
Science- Julie McClure’s room
ELA- Christina Burt’s room
Social Studies- Kevin Kleiner’s room
Math- Maria Grindstaff’s room
Elementary- Mrs. Fleetwood's room
Instructional Considerations for Backwards Planning 2nd Quarter:
- There are 5 days until Winter Break.
DCA’s
The District Common Assessment window will be Dec 18th-22nd. The goal will be for us to have these graded and uploaded into Educlimber by the end of day on the 22nd.
Mid-Quarter Dates
September 22
November 17
February 2
April 19
Kickup Coaching Update (Update)
When you work with your coach, (Aaron Salley) you may notice the coach completes a coaching log. The purpose of the log is to track focus areas of support. Beginning November 13, when a log is complete that is connected to a team or a specific teacher, the teacher will receive an email notification of what has been included in this log. Thank you for your patience in the oversight that this was not viewable to the team or teacher.
Operational
Congratulations to Mrs. Tammy Cook and Maria Grindstaff in the announcement of their retirement.
December Days
Staff Fun Days
Dec. 12- Optional Funny Hat Exchange to wear during Spirit Week (School appropriate please)
Dec. 14- PTSA Cookie Exchange in the library
Dec. 18- Find an Elf, Win a prize!
Dec. 19- Elementary PTA providing lunch for all staff
Dec. 20- Coffee and Bagels
Dec. 21- Special Gift
Dec. 22- Staff Crockpot Cookoff (formally the chili cook off) in the library; Winter Music AssemblyThis week’s attendance traveling trophy goes to the grade level the highest attendance percent for the quarter.
- The high percent for Elementary is….. Mrs. Nasby’s class with 95.06%. Congratulations and your trophy and candy will be delivered soon.
- The high grade level percent for Middle School is 7th grade with 93.91%. Congratulations on earning two extra days of free seating at lunch for today and tomorrow.
- Candy will be delivered to the highest attendance percent from each team’s homeroom. The winner from the STRIDE team is Mrs. Burt’s Seminar with 94.06% & the winner from the Pride team is Mrs. Martin’s Seminar with 94.83%.
Ms. La’Tonya Douglas
Positive Office Referrals
Health Room Procedures
- No students should be sent to the Nurses office during passing period.
- When a student is sent to receive care, a blue pass must be filled out by the teacher that contains the teacher’s name, students name, reason to be seen and a time the student left the classroom.
Minimizing Barriers, Increasing Belonging Make-up Session - Michelle Gavel
The Office of Student Access & Opportunity is providing a final make-up session for the Minimizing Barriers, Increasing Belonging training scheduled for December 15, 2023 from 3:30pm-4:30pm in the Kraft Administrative Center rm 135A. Registration is now open in KickUp. As a reminder, this training is only required for certified staff.
Robin Robertson (College and Career)
Early Notification & Incentive Deadlines
All Eligible Employees
Eligible contracted and non-contracted employees may receive a $1,500 incentive if they provide notification of their intention to resign or retire by Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Please refer to Early Incentive-$1,500 Contracted/Non Contracted form for eligibility criteria.
Eligible Contracted Employees
Eligible contracted employees who do not take advantage of the $1,500 incentive may receive one of the following incentives if notification is provided to Human Resources by the stated deadline:
Friday, Jan. 5, 2024: $1,000 early notification incentive
Monday, Feb. 5, 2024: $750 early notification incentive
Tuesday, March 5, 2023: $500 early notification incentive
Note: Employee groups operating under a Collective Bargaining Agreement may have additional requirements for eligibility. Reviewing the “benefits” section of the respective CBA is recommended.
Eligible Non-Contracted Employees
Eligible non-contracted employees who do not take advantage of the $1,500 incentive may receive one of the following incentives contingent upon the number of days in advance they provide notice and their eligibility per Board Policy GCPB:
90 or more days in advance: $1,000 early notification incentive
60 – 89 days in advance: $750 early notification incentive
30 – 59 days in advance: $500 early notification incentive
Note: Some employee groups are required to work the entirety of the school year to be eligible. If applicable, this requirement will be noted in the respective Collective Bargaining Agreement for that group.
Security Update
- Contractors started last nigh installing the security film on the 1st floor windows of Pershing. They will be working all week to complete.
- All interior doors should be shut and locked
- If you go out of an exterior door make sure it is shut behind you
- If there is a maintenance issue please let us know ASAP!
Elementary Parent Newsletter
Important Dates
1- Jodi Swanner
9- Elizabeth Hailey
25- Jennifer Teal
29- Jeremy Cook
6- Alice/Mental Health Training 4:30-6:30 pm
4-8- Middle School Galileo Testing
