Monday, May 22, 2023

MAY 21 Last Week

 It's hard to believe that we have made it to the end of the 2022-2023 school year. I appreciate all each of you have done to make this school year a success and one that positively impacted students. The hard work that you have put into preparing our students to be success ready does not go unnoticed. We have one more mad dashed week before you can give your minds a well deserved break. 


That being said, everyday this week is filled with something, so it is important for all of us to finish strong. Keep students in their classrooms, do not allow them to roam. Keep holding students accountable to the expectations you have set all year. 




Celebrations



Orchestra students preparing for their spring concert. (Global Society) 



Staff engaging in our last staff meeting of 2022-2023 school year. (High levels of Learning)

Students in Mr. Gegg’s room engaged in a hands-on project that dealt with measurement. (High levels of learning for ALL)

Mrs. Frazier’s kindergarten students participate in A-Minute-to-Win-It activities that assess their learning for the year. (High levels of Learning for ALL)

7th grade students from Pride Team enjoyed a lunch with Mr. Wells after they saved up their class participation gold and won this awesome gift during a raffle. (Safe Community)

Elementary students participated in Field Day 2023. We had amazing weather and students had so much fun.

Students in Mrs. McGinnis’s class stepped out of their comfort zones and did oral presentation in front of her peers. (Safe Community and High Levels of Learning for ALL)


Mr. Knopf took time to pass out incentives for students that scored a specific mark on an assessment. (Safe Community)

Ms. Miller’s class stopped to celebrate students that will be moving up to Glendale with a banana split celebration. (Safe Community)




Coach Peak’s triplets are Co-Valedictorians at Glendale. (Just because this is AWESOME!!!)




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

April 21st PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 

Galileo Results Resources
Intervention Groups HERE Middle School
Galileo Alignment by Test HERE (Both Middle and Elementary)

Summer Professional Learning Calendar

Summer Professional Learning

There are many summer professional learning opportunities this summer for leaders and teachers. View offerings here and sign up accordingly. Questions? Reach out to the Department of Professional Learning.



Operational

District Announcements

The official last day of school will be May 25, 2023. There will be an early release of 2 hours on that day. Please plan accordingly. 





Please refer to the email sent by Mrs. Barron last week about the specifics of this event.

9:10-11:10- 6th Grade

11:10-1:10- 8th Grade

1:30-3:30- 7th Grade



EOY Student Device Procedures 









The Foundation’s Back to School Grant Program is open for you and your teachers! The deadline to submit a grant is July 19.

The grant application can be submitted online at: https://www.supportsps.org/back-school-grant-application/



Events
April 28- Last day to check out books
May 1st - May 19: MAP/ Galileo Window 
May 2- District 2nd grade Springfield Cardnials 
May 5- 8th Grade field Trip 
May 8-12th Teacher Appreciation Week 
May 10- Nurses Day
May 16- Final Staff Meeting: Spring Band Concert: 
May 17- Elementary Field Day
May 22- 6th Grade Park Day/ Elementary 4th Quater Celebrations 
May 23- Middle School MAP/Attendance Celebration: Kindergarten Promotion @ 6pm 
May 24-  8th End of year Celebration 
May 25- 8th grade Promotion/ 5th grade Promotion 
May 25- Last Day of School 
May 30-31-  Lead Forward (SPLS Guiding Coalition PLC Days) 


Staff Birthdays

4/29 Sally Guillams

4/30 Ieisha Campbell

5/1 Debbie Grant 
5/1 Kyrie Miles 
5/12 Kathleen Castillo