Sunday, February 4, 2024

Feb 4th

Good things 







Elementary Team selected to participate in SPS Shop-with-a-Hero program. (Safe Community) 


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


December Staff Meeting Slides - HERE 


How to mitigate and respond to name-calling


January 3rd Staff Meeting - HERE

Instructional 


Professional Learning Teams (PLT’s) 
This week schedule will look like the following

Elementary
Rise and Shine: Instructional Strategy Bring Back 

Middle School
Feb 5- Regular PLT 
Feb 6- Instructional Strategy Celebrating Success 
Feb 8- Bring Back and Data Day 

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




February  Staff Meeting 
Feb 13th 7:30 am -8:30 am 
Feb 27th 7:30 am -8:30 am 


FY24 District Assessment Calendar HERE


Galileo

Benchmark 1

Aug. 28th-Sept. 1st

(6th-8th Grade)

Benchmark 2

Dec. 4th-Dec. 8th

(6th-8th Grade)

Benchmark 3

Mar.4th-Mar. 7th

(6th-8th Grade)


MAP & ALG 1 EOC



April 22nd-May 17th

(6th-8th Grade)


District Common Assessment DCA

eduClimber

District ID: 1729

Oct. 9th-Oct. 19th

Dec. 18th-Dec. 22nd

Feb. 26th-Mar. 1st

(updated) 





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


Progress Reports

We will send mid quarter grade home Wednesday of this week.


Mid-Quarter Dates

September 22

November 17

February 2

April 19 


Operational 

Minimizing Barriers, Increasing Belonging Training - Crystal Magers

The Minimizing Barriers, Increasing Belonging self-paced, online training module is ready for certified staff in Kick-up. This 1-hour training module is only required for certified staff and can be accessed by logging into the Kick-up portal. The deadline for completion of the training is the end of 3rd quarter (Friday, March 8th).


Pershing Shout Out 

This is a way for you to celebrate your colleagues by sharing with the school the great things you witness them doing. Click the link below to send in a celebration. We will publish celebrations weekly in the blog.


Nominate them HERE







Oracle

Linda Luke Librarian of the Year Award - Lori Finke, SPS Foundation

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

 

The nomination deadline is February 16.

To learn more or to nominate your choice for this award, 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.

Dance



  • Students must have 90% attendance from 1/22-2/16 to attend

  • No students with referrals ISS or OSS from 1/22-2/16 may attend

  • Students need to be present the day of the dance to attend

  • Mercy can buy tickets during 8th hour the week of ticket sales

Please reach out if you would like to be added to the dance volunteer list! The more the merrier and we need all the help we can get. 🙂 We need helpers from 5:45-7:45 p.m.


Mrs. Pohlman 



Positive Office Referrals- LINK

Please send in Positive Office Referrals the link is above and permanently to the right of the page. 



Attendance News

For elementary our leading homeroom will receive the traveling trophy for a week, along with a sweet treat.

  • The winner this week is……………………….Mrs. Fleetwood’s class with 95.22%.  Congratulations and your trophy & sweet treat will be delivered soon.

 

On the middle school side, the grade level with the highest percent will receive an additional day of free seating today. Along with each team’s highest seminar percent for the winning grade level, will also receive a sweet treat.  

  • The winning grade level this week is………………………8th grade with 93.16%. Congratulations on earning one extra day of free seating at lunch for today. 

  • The winning seminar from each 8th grade team who will receive a sweet treat is……………………

    • Mr. Satterfield’s Seminar with 94.95% and Mrs. Barbagiovanni’s seminar with 95.87%

 

Congratulations to all winners and keep up the good work!


 Ms. La’Tonya Douglas

 




Health Room Procedures 


Currently, administration is working with the nursing office to develop a triage protocol. A protocol will ensure students' concerns are handled appropriately and along with protecting instruction time. Until the protocol is ready to implement, below are items to review and follow until further notice.
  • 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.


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.



Elementary Parent Newsletter 

https://www.smore.com/1v9hk


Important Dates 


February Birthdays

5- Robert Kaiser 

10- Vicki Steineke 

23- Dolan Parnell



February 
    
2- Mid Quarter

6- Literacy Night Brentwood Library (6pm-8pm)

7- 100th Day of School

8- Incoming 6th grade Scheduling Night (5:30pm)

13- Staff Meeting 7:30-8:30 

14- Valentines Day

16- 7th and 8th Grade Dance

19- Presidents Day (No School)

21- PTSA Meeting 6:30 pm

27- Staff Meeting 


March

8- Professional Day (No School for Students)

11-15 Spring Break

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