Nov. 13th

 GOOD-Things 

Mrs. Burt’s class won the Middle School Name that tune challenge. 

Mrs. Pohlmen and STUCO led Pershing through Red Ribbon Week Spirit Days 

Mrs. Pohlmen’s Spanish classes put their hard work of learning Spanish in to practice with a visit to the churro food truck Xurro. The goal was to make their order in complete Spanish.

Mrs. McGinnis and Mrs. Burt join in the dress up days 

Mr. Salley jumps in and helps whenever he is needed. Just some one-on-one time with students. 

Mrs. McCord utilizes the QSSSA strategy (Questions, Stem, Signal, Share, Answer) as a way for students to process learning and increase response rate.

Mr. Gegg uses data for students to track their progress. 

Mr. Viele starts class in a way that is engaging and leads to the learning objectives of the day. 

Mrs. Nasby was a risk taker this week and taught a strategy that was new to students. The strategy was called Roving Sentence.

Kick-Off Slides 2023 

Day 3- Kick-off Slides 

Day 2- Kick-off Slides 

Day 1 - Kick-off Slides 

Why collaborate- presentation HERE

October Staff Meeting Slides - HERE

Instructional 

Professional Learning Teams (PLT’s) 

This week schedule will look like the following

Elementary
Rise and Shine- CFA Data - Bring student work and formative 

Middle School

We will focus on our 2nd Essential Skill planner in Educlimber. This focus will help us stay on track of meeting our goal of going through the teaching and assessing cycle 4 time this school year. 

Thursday: Bring student Work and Formative Data 

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

Grading Expectations Reminder

Pershing Grading expectations is at least 2 grades per week entered into Eschool.

Instructional Considerations for Backwards Planning 2nd Quarter:

• There are 5 days of school between Monday and Thanksgiving Break and then 20 additional days until Winter Break.
• Galileo Benchmark 2 the Elementary side is December 4th-15th
• Galileo Benchmark 2 for the Middle School side is December 4th-8th

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 

Positive Office Referrals- LINK

Please send in Positive Office Referrals by Thursday this week. This gives us enough time to print certificates etc.. the link is above and permanently to the right of the page.

ATTENDANCE 

Expectation: Attendance should be taken within the 1st 15 minutes of class.

Frazier – 94.28%
Steineke – 95.80%
Patton – 94.65%
McCord – 91.45%
Thomas – 94.31%
Nasby – 93.39
Fleetwood – 91.42%

Congratulations to Mrs. Steineke’s class again with 95.8%

6th grade – 93.51%
8th grade – 93.28%
AND 7th grade for the win AGAIN – 93.85%

The two winning homeroom are Mrs. Grindstaff with 96.02% and Burt (AGAIN) with 95.26%.

Trophies will be on display at lunch then will be moved to the winning homeroom by Seminar. Next week grade levels will be competing for the most increased attendance percent from this week to next week. Keep working hard Generals!

Ms. La’Tonya Douglas

Elementary Parent Newsletter 

https://www.smore.com/dets2

Many will teach about Native American history and cultural practice, but before you do, we implore all teachers to familiarize themselves with the broad principles in the guides below, and to reach out for more assistance as needed.

Guides for Teaching about American Indians:

Boston Public Library’s Best Practices when Teaching About Native People

Teaching about Native Americans in Preschool & Kinder Dos and Don’ts adapted from Guy Jones & Sally Moomaw

American Heritage Month Resources: Context for Teachers localized learning by SPS

Frequently Asked Questions answered by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian

And, of course, our vetted resource guide:

American Indian Heritage Month Enrichment Resources

Important Dates 

November Birthdays

11/1 Megan Ebert 

11/6 Aaron Salley 

11/18 Kevin Kleiner 

11/20 Justin O’Brien 

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell

November

    1st- Churro Food Truck day for Spanish Classes

            Dr. Shaw- Deputy Superintendent Pershing Visit

    6- P/T Conference trade out day

    7 Professional Day

    8th- Student Access Training - 7:30-8:30 am - Mandatory

    13- 4th and 5th Music Performance

    14- Staff Meeting 7:30-8:30 am Mandatory

            Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate - School Board Member Site Visit

    15- Make Up Picture Day

            Elementary 1st Quarter Celebration

    16- District SPS University @ Glendale 5:30pm

    20-24 Thanksgiving Break

    28- Staff Meeting 7:30-8:30

December

    6- Alice/Mental Health Training 4:30-6:30 pm