Good things
It’s hard to believe we have made it to the end of another school year. As we talked about in PLT’s last week, we have accomplished a lot and we look forward to building upon those accomplishments. The message for this week is to simply finish strong. Everyday this week we have things going on that are outside of the normal school day, however, keep holding students accountable to the building expectations we have set. If we continue to do that we will have a great week.
Kick-Off Slides 2023
Why collaborate- presentation HERE
October Staff Meeting Slides - HERE
December Staff Meeting Slides - HERE
How to mitigate and respond to name-calling
Instructional
Elementary
NO PLT'S THIS WEEK
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
Map Testing Schedule
September 22
November 17
February 2
April 19
GOCSD Innovation Summit
GOCSD provides an excellent conference each year for regional school districts. This year GOCSD Innovation Summit will be held August 1-2 at the Branson Convention Center. SPS has room for up to 200 teachers, coaches, and leaders to attend. Beat the rush by registering today. When you register, please use your school email address rather than allowing the system to pull your Google account.
Summer Professional Learning
There are many professional learning opportunities available in Kickup. View this quick guide to support you as you explore and sign up for learning. In addition to seated learning, there are book study options. View this overview of the texts offered and then sign up in Kickup under Self-Paced Courses.
Professional Learning
The intention of the Site Professional Learning Log is to give credit to professional learning that you have done at our site that is not tracked through district sign-in sheets. This year the process has changed and lives in Kickup.
In place of signing and turning in your Site Professional Learning Log, confirm your attendance of completion of at least 21 hours of site learning by using this link to Kickup. Complete this task by Tuesday, April 30. If you are short hours, let me know. If you have tracked your hours on paper this year, that document is for your records. Questions? Feel free to reach out to me or to Martha Doennig (mdoennig@spsmail.org) in the Department of Professional Learning.
Operational
If you would like to have summer work opportunities with SPS
MS Device Collection
We will collect devices this week. Below are the action steps I need everyone to complete.- Submit a roster/Inventory of Chromebooks collected to Coach Obrien so that we can contact parents of missing devices
- Noting damaged, missing, etc..
- Who turned device in and who did not
- Have students to remove all stickers from devices as best as they can
- This includes the student label sticker
- No device will be sent home or distributed after Wednesday.
ATTENDANCE CELEBRATION SCHEDULE
Tuesday- Attendance Celebration
9:15-11:15- 6th Grade
11:20-1:20- 8th Grade
1:30-3:30- 7th Grade
*If you have these kids at this time, supervise them outside. Thank you! : )
Explore @ Pershing
Pershing will be one of the host sites for explore (summer school) for the month of June. If you have personal belongings or things that you do not want tampered with , please ensure those things are put up.
BACK to School Grants
Back to School Grant applications are now open!
The Back to School Grant program is the Foundation for SPS’s yearly grant cycle that provides teachers the opportunity to apply for funds that meet needs in the areas of innovation, engagement, and collaboration. Grant winners are selected by committees made up of the Foundation’s board members, donors, and community members.
All certified district employees are eligible to apply! Let those at your school know about this great opportunity! The deadline to apply is June 21, 2024, but don’t put it off. Apply TODAY!
Here’s the link to all of the guidelines, categories of grants, and a list of the criteria used for selecting the winning applications: https://www.supportsps.org/back-school-grant-application/
This year’s grants will be awarded on September 13, 2024!!
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.
Positive Office Referrals- LINK
Elementary Parent Newsletter
https://secure.smore.com/n/1gwax
Important Dates
MAY Birthdays
1- Debby Grant
3- Kara Martin
29- Darlene Kilgore
