Feb 26

 Celebrations

The countdown until Spring Break is here. We have 9 days left with students and as we look forward to our time off we must remember to continue to hold up the Pershing standard. Keep pushing our students to learn at high levels as well as making our building expectations a priority. Remind students of your classroom social contracts and building expectations. This is a time that we absolutely sweat the little things, because if we do not then the small things will become big things.

Kindergarten receiving a clue from Mrs. Patton during their scavenger hunt. 

Students stopping me because I had to listen to the song they were practicing for Mrs. Grant.

STUCCO and Mrs. Polhman put on a great Valentine’s Dance. Both students and Adults had fun.

Instructional

PLT Team Meetings:

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

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


How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative)
What do we do when they don’t? (Interventions-Tier 2 and Tier 3)
What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments)

Objectives should be posted somewhere permanently in the room and those objectives should be referred to often to maximize student learning.


Staff Meeting Slides - Oct. HERE
Nov. PBIS SLIDES

Jan. MOY Galileo

Feb  Intervention 

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin

We will have Team meetings this week. You will need a device as we will work to create CFA's and Formatives using Galileo  

6th Grade- Mr. Ash's room 

7th Grade- Mr. Tilman's room 

8th Grade- Mr. Gegg's room 

Learning Walks

• LEARNING WALK FEEDBACK FORM 

Galileo Results Resources
Intervention Groups HERE  Middle School 

Galileo Alignment by Test HERE (Both Middle and Elementary) 

Operational

Principal for a Day:

This will occur on March 29th, please see details below.

Talent Ed (EOY) Growth Plan

All certified staff must complete your end of the year growth plan in Talent Ed by Feb 26th. Linked HERE you will find instructions.

The Professional Learning Advisory has 4 open positions for the 2023-24 school year. If you are interested in serving a three-year term on the advisory, please use this form to indicate interest no later than Friday, March 3. Your name will then be included in the election on the annual Professional Learning Needs Assessment that is administered in March. Should you have questions about the work of the Professional Learning Advisory, reach out to Martha Doennig or Angela Boyer in the Department of Professional Learning.

District Coaching Update

Instructional coaching for teachers and leaders has been a part of the instructional framework in SPS for some time.  In the current model, we recognize the level of support provided may be inequitable in some sites and divisions within the system.  In order to better align academic work in SPS and establish consistent support for teachers and leaders, we will be modifying coaching supports for the 2023-2024 school year.  This endeavor is a collaboration between the Curriculum, Learning Development and Federal Programs teams and will result in dedicated coaching support at each site from a district instructional coach.  Additional information regarding the district coach who will be supporting your site, as well as specifics of the role will be forthcoming.

Nominations for the FSPS Linda Luke Librarian of the Year are now open! 

• The nomination deadline is March 1.  To learn more or nominate your school librarian visit:  https://www.supportsps.org/linda-luke-librarian-year-award/

• All nominees must be school-level librarians.  Previous recipients are eligible to receive the award again.  Teachers, principals, peers, parents, students, PTA members, business partners, and community members may submit nominations. 

 Events 

  

        Feb 9 - Proposition S staff meeting 8-8:30 am

        Feb 15- Proposition S PTSA & PTA meeting @ 4:30

        Feb 20- President's Day (No School)

        Feb 21- Staff Meeting @ 7:50-8:50

        Feb 23- Football Parent Meeting @ 5:15

        Feb 24- 7th and 8th grade Dance

        

        March 7- Proposition S Community Presentation

        March 10- Teacher Work Day (No Students)

                           End of 3rd Quarter

        March 13-17th Spring Break

        March 21- Kindergarten Roundup

        March 28- Staff Meeting (7:50-8:50)

        March 29- Chamber of Commerce Visit

        

Staff Birthdays  

      

    2/1 Dale Anne Draper

    2/5 Robert Kaiser

    2/10 Vicki Steineke

    2/19 Madison Morgan

    2/21 Robert Muench

        
        3/5 Michael Eyerman

        3/6 Elaine Farrar

        3/9 Angie Cox

        3/17 Megan Lannholm

        3/23 Allison Holiman

        3/28 Lauren Parrish

        

Feb 20

 Celebrations

PTSA and PTA showering teachers with Valentine’s Treats 

6th Grade Science finishing Presentation on Weather 

Alyssa Hosack was celebrated because she was the only student that went through the 2nd Quarter with All A’s, Perfect Attendance and No Discipline. 

5th and Kindergarten collaborating during buddy time.

Instructional

PLT Team Meetings:

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

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


How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative)
What do we do when they don’t? (Interventions-Tier 2 and Tier 3)
What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments)

Objectives should be posted somewhere permanently in the room and those objectives should be referred to often to maximize student learning.


Staff Meeting Slides - Oct. HERE
Nov. PBIS SLIDES

Jan. MOY Galileo

Staff Meeting will be Tuesday Feb 21st 7:50-8:50 am in the library 

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin

We pick back up with meetings with Rachel this week. 

6th Grade- Mr. Ash's room 

7th Grade- Mr. Tilman's room 

8th Grade- Mr. Gegg's room 

Learning Walks

• LEARNING WALK FEEDBACK FORM 

Galileo Results Resources
Intervention Groups HERE  Middle School 

Galileo Alignment by Test HERE (Both Middle and Elementary) 

Operational

Talent Ed (EOY) Growth Plan

All certified staff must complete your end of the year growth plan in Talent Ed by Feb 26th. Linked HERE you will find instructions.

The Professional Learning Advisory has 4 open positions for the 2023-24 school year. If you are interested in serving a three-year term on the advisory, please use this form to indicate interest no later than Friday, March 3. Your name will then be included in the election on the annual Professional Learning Needs Assessment that is administered in March. Should you have questions about the work of the Professional Learning Advisory, reach out to Martha Doennig or Angela Boyer in the Department of Professional Learning.

Bus Evacutation

On Feb 23 all students must be shown the Bus Evacuation video. Middle Teachers will show video during your 5 Star class and Elementary teachers please make time to show video preferable at the end of the day. Please click HERE. for the video is 10 minutes long. Watching this video is a DESE requirement for students.

District Coaching Update

Instructional coaching for teachers and leaders has been a part of the instructional framework in SPS for some time.  In the current model, we recognize the level of support provided may be inequitable in some sites and divisions within the system.  In order to better align academic work in SPS and establish consistent support for teachers and leaders, we will be modifying coaching supports for the 2023-2024 school year.  This endeavor is a collaboration between the Curriculum, Learning Development and Federal Programs teams and will result in dedicated coaching support at each site from a district instructional coach.  Additional information regarding the district coach who will be supporting your site, as well as specifics of the role will be forthcoming.

Nominations for the FSPS Linda Luke Librarian of the Year are now open! 

• The nomination deadline is March 1.  To learn more or nominate your school librarian visit:  https://www.supportsps.org/linda-luke-librarian-year-award/

• All nominees must be school-level librarians.  Previous recipients are eligible to receive the award again.  Teachers, principals, peers, parents, students, PTA members, business partners, and community members may submit nominations. 

Football Co-Op for 23/24

Next school year, Hickory Hills and Pershing will combine football teams.  Not only will this allow the programs to thrive in the Glendale feeder pattern but it will allow us to continue with 7th and 8th grade teams.  Coaches from both schools will remain in place and schedules are set to come out before Spring Break.  New uniforms will be in order as the Falcons Jr. High team debuts in August!  A parent meeting will be held on February 23rd at 5:15 pm in our Cafeteria.

 Events 

    

        Feb 9 - Proposition S staff meeting 8-8:30 am

        Feb 15- Proposition S PTSA & PTA meeting @ 4:30

        Feb 20- President's Day (No School)

        Feb 21- Staff Meeting @ 7:50-8:50

        Feb 23- Football Parent Meeting @ 5:15

        Feb 24- 7th and 8th grade Dance

        

Staff Birthdays  

      

    2/1 Dale Anne Draper

    2/5 Robert Kaiser

    2/10 Vicki Steineke

    2/19 Madison Morgan

    2/21 Robert Muench

        
        3/5 Michael Eyerman

        3/6 Elaine Farrar

        3/9 Angie Cox

        3/17 Megan Lannholm

        3/23 Allison Holiman

        3/28 Lauren Parrish

        

Feb. 5

 Celebrations

I look forward to seeing everyone together for an entire week. As we prepare to push our students toward academic success it is important to remember our mission. "Pershing K-8 is a safe community where all students learn at high levels to be prepared for a global society". 

We believe that learning at high levels means to learn at grade level or above for ALL. There are 25 school days left before the EOY testing window opens and we still have a lot of work to do as we prepare our students for academic success in our class, on Galileo, and on the MAP. With that in mind we prepare our students by teaching bell to bell, assess our students with CFA's, formatives, and summatives that mirror high stakes questions, and lastly we intervene and extend based on the data of student performance on the formatives. 

The Chief's are in the big game as well as the Pershing Generals as we head for the MAP test. 

Also, Happy Birthday Mr. Kaiser !!!!!!

National School Counselor Week (Feb. 6th-10th) 

Help me celebrate our school counselors Mrs. Lauren Parrish, Ms. Brooke Shivers, and Mr. Elijah Green for the wonderful job they do for our Pershing Family. They are an important piece to our family and this week we celebrate them. 

Instructional

PLT Team Meetings:

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

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


How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative)
What do we do when they don’t? (Interventions-Tier 2 and Tier 3)
What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments)

Objectives should be posted somewhere permanently in the room and those objectives should be referred to often to maximize student learning.


Staff Meeting Slides - Oct. HERE
Nov. PBIS SLIDES

Jan. MOY Galileo

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin

We pick back up with meetings with Rachel this week. 

6th Grade- Mr. Ash's room 

7th Grade- Mr. Tilman's room 

8th Grade- Mr. Gegg's room 

Learning Walks

• LEARNING WALK FEEDBACK FORM 

Galileo Results Resources
Intervention Groups HERE  Middle School 

Galileo Alignment by Test HERE (Both Middle and Elementary) 

Operational

Proposition S Staff meeting 

An informational presentation about the upcoming bond issue, Proposition S, will be provided for all Pershing K-8 staff on February 9th @ 8 am-8:30 am in the Library. As SPS employees, it is important that all of us understand these projects and how they will impact students. As such, it is a district expectation that everyone on our team attend this 30-minute meeting.

District Coaching Update

Instructional coaching for teachers and leaders has been a part of the instructional framework in SPS for some time.  In the current model, we recognize the level of support provided may be inequitable in some sites and divisions within the system.  In order to better align academic work in SPS and establish consistent support for teachers and leaders, we will be modifying coaching supports for the 2023-2024 school year.  This endeavor is a collaboration between the Curriculum, Learning Development and Federal Programs teams and will result in dedicated coaching support at each site from a district instructional coach.  Additional information regarding the district coach who will be supporting your site, as well as specifics of the role will be forthcoming.

Feedback Requested from Dr. Holt Regarding EOY Testing Windows:

Last spring, the 2021-22 Assessment Committee provided input that informed the design of this year’s assessment calendar.  One notable difference in the 2022-23 Assessment Calendar is the date of the EOY Galileo (formerly iReady) testing window.  We value teacher feedback and would like to extend an additional opportunity for all teachers to provide input to a potential shift to the current Galileo EOY testing window.  We appreciate you submitting feedback through THIS form no later than Friday, February 10th.

Nominations for the FSPS Linda Luke Librarian of the Year are now open! 

• The nomination deadline is March 1.  To learn more or nominate your school librarian visit:  https://www.supportsps.org/linda-luke-librarian-year-award/

• All nominees must be school-level librarians.  Previous recipients are eligible to receive the award again.  Teachers, principals, peers, parents, students, PTA members, business partners, and community members may submit nominations. 

Football Co-Op for 23/24

Next school year, Hickory Hills and Pershing will combine football teams.  Not only will this allow the programs to thrive in the Glendale feeder pattern but it will allow us to continue with 7th and 8th grade teams.  Coaches from both schools will remain in place and schedules are set to come out before Spring Break.  New uniforms will be in order as the Falcons Jr. High team debuts in August!  A parent meeting will be held on February 28th at 5:15 pm in our Library.

 Events 

    

        Feb 9 - Proposition S staff meeting 8-8:30 am

        Feb 15- Proposition S PTSA & PTA meeting @ 4:30

        Feb 20- President's Day (No School)

        Feb 21- Staff Meeting @ 7:50-8:50

        Feb 23- Football Parent Meeting @ 5:15

        Feb 24- 7th and 8th grade Dance

        

Staff Birthdays  

      

    2/1 Dale Anne Draper

    2/5 Robert Kaiser

    2/10 Vicki Steineke

    2/19 Madison Morgan

    2/21 Robert Muench