March 26

 Celebrations

8th Grade students represented Pershing well during the assembly presentation by Mrs. Peoples. (Community & Global Society)

Mrs. Carlson makes an adjustment to a lesson. (High Levels of Learning)

Ms. Miller and her Functional Skills class getting ready to bake cookies together. (Community)

Mr. Gegg starts his class with an affective learning objective that drives the instruction for the day.

Mr. Muench uses fist to 5 to check for understanding of students ability to analyze a source and gauge its credibility. (High Levels of Learning)

Mr. Johnson incorporated Oregon Trail into his lesson as he introduced a new unit. (High levels of learning)

Mrs. Pohlman provides consistent monitoring of students while they are trying to match Spanish phrases to pictures and writing the English translation. (High Levels of Learning & Global society)

Mrs. Frazier leads multiple family members and future Pershing Generals during K prep night. (Community)

PTSA showers middle school teachers with sonic drinks. (Community) 

Mrs. McGinnis teaches students how to analyze text to provide answers and evidence. (High Levels of Learning)

Mr. Tindle using a video as an anticipatory set to introduce plate tectonics . (High levels of learning)

Mrs. Stieneke structures her class to provide intervention for students that need it. (Learning at High levels)

Mrs. Nasby’s class learns through inquiry and using a cooperative learning structure. (High levels of learning)

Mrs. McCord’s learning by inquiry during a science lesson. (Learning at High levels)

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 

March MAP TEST/MSIP 6 

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin

    We will have regular team meeting this week. .

    6th- Mr. Ash room, 7th Mr. Tillman room, 8th Mr. Gegg room.

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.

 Events

        

        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 23- SPS University @ Central 5:30

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

        March 29- Chamber of Commerce Visit 

        March 29- Elementary Third Quater Celebration 9:15am

        March 30- Elementary STEAM Night 5:00-6:30pm

        April 3rd-7th Assistant Principal/CSI appreciation week

        April 4- National School Librarian Appreciation Day

        April 4- Election Day

        April 5- Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

        April 25- National School Bus Drivers Day

        April 26- Administrative Professionals Day

        April 28- Last day to check out books

        

Staff Birthdays  

        3/23 Allison Holiman

        3/28 Lauren Parrish

        4/2 Megan Johnson Ponsar/ Tommy Wells

        4/3 Christina Burt

        4/11 April Hughes

        4/16 Chris Tillman

        4/19 Alisha Davis

        4/20 Kelsey Barbigiovanni

        4/21 Hannah Swearengin

        4/22 Emily Carlson/ Morgan Thomas

        4/29 Sally Guillams

        4/30 Ieisha Campbell

March 19

I hope everyone had a wonderful relaxing Spring Break. We had pretty days and days like today where it feels like 17 degrees. I’m told that it is normal for southwest Missouri weather. I admit I’m still adjusting to this weather.

However, as we prepare for the last quarter of the school year and our academic Super Bowl of MAP testing, we will look up and the end of the school year will be here before we know it. Lets keep holding students to a high standard both behaviorally and academically. We do this by reminding students of your social contracts and building expectations, preparing our students to answer depth of knowledge (DOK) level 2,3,4 questions, and practicing academic stamina by exposing students to MAP test like questions that require reading. These are just a few of the many examples many of you are already doing.

Each of you have worked hard to teach our students at a high level and we want our students to demonstrate their learning on the MAP test. So exposing our students to what they will see will help them transfer the knowledge gained from the year and celebrating their success is the key to Pershing Success.



I look forward to seeing you all.

Celebrations




Jenny Thomas doing ELA intervention small groups (ALL students learning at high levels)



8th boys basketball team having an excellent season (Being prepared for a global society)



Angie Cox inspiring to find the joy in reading (Global Society)



Community members came out to tour our school and ask questions about the upcoming Prop S bond proposal. (Safe Community)






7th grade Pride team participating in a scholar bowl against students during ICU celebrations. (Community)






Coach Tillman taking time to community with a parent at the car line. (Community)








Related Arts team enjoy pancakes cooked from Mr. Cooper and enjoying down time before spring break. (community)

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 regular team meeting this week. .

    6th- Mr. Ash room, 7th Mr. Tillman room, 8th Mr. Gegg room.

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.

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.

 Events

        

        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 23- SPS University @ Central 5:30

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

        March 29- Chamber of Commerce Visit 

        March 29- Elementary Third Quater Celebration 9:15am

        March 30- Elementary STEAM Night 5:00-6:30pm

        April 3rd-7th Assistant Principal/CSI appreciation week

        April 4- National School Librarian Appreciation Day

        April 4- Election Day

        April 5- Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

        April 25- National School Bus Drivers Day

        April 26- Administrative Professionals Day

        April 28- Last day to check out books

        

Staff Birthdays  

       

        3/23 Allison Holiman

        3/28 Lauren Parrish

        4/2 Megan Johnson Ponsar/ Tommy Wells

        4/3 Christina Burt

        4/11 April Hughes

        4/16 Chris Tillman

        4/19 Alisha Davis

        4/20 Kelsey Barbigiovanni

        4/21 Hannah Swearengin

        4/22 Emily Carlson/ Morgan Thomas

        4/29 Sally Guillams

        4/30 Ieisha Campbell

March 5

  Keep Holding Students Accountable for Excellence 

We are working hard as a school to hold Pershing students to a high standard of excellence. You are working hard to teach students at a high level so that they are learning at high levels. I see it, our students feel it and our parents and community appreciate it. Keep it up. 

I want to encourage you to remember that learning at high levels requires our students to be stretched both academically and behaviorally. So, continue to hold students accountable for their learning and their behavior. Address those small issues before they turn into big issues. As a building we do this by following our school discipline protocol, calling parents, focus seat, focus room and if there is not a change in behavior, do an office referral. We know our students excel the most when there is academic rigor in an encouraging environment that is consistent and structured. And when they excel, take the time to celebrate them.

We have 4 days with students this week then we all get a much needed break. Also, Happy birthday to Mr. Eyerman (March 5) and Mrs. Farrar. 

Let's have a wonderful Week!!! 

Celebrations

Pershing Bands earning exemplary ratings at competition. (Global Society) 

Elementary students participated in the talent show. They all did an amazing job showcasing their talents. (Global Society) 

Art students showcased their amazing talents. (Global Society) 

Pershing Assistant Principal’s collaborating together. Yes, we are part of a professional learning team (PLT ) as well. (Safe community) 

Our 6th grade math PLT collaborated together to form a CFA using Galileo. (Learning at High levels) 

Students on deck to participate in a debate. This project is a collaboration of 7th grade science and ELA. (Learning at High Levels) 

Ms. Hailey holds students accountable by calling parents. (Safe Community) 

Mrs. Beth leads us in learning how to navigate Galileo to create assessments. (Evidence of Learning at High Levels) 

Elementary participates in spirit day and coach Shular teaches them how to bowl. (Global Society) 

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

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.

 Events

        

        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  

        3/2 Jennifer Coffman 

        3/5 Michael Eyerman

        3/6 Elaine Farrar

        3/9 Angie Cox

        3/17 Megan Lannholm

        3/23 Allison Holiman

        3/28 Lauren Parrish