September 23

 

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. The first days of fall bring a welcome sense of anticipation—anticipation of cool weather, changing leaves, fall home decor, and, for some, pumpkin-spiced treats. For schools, fall often evokes words like routine, cycle, and finally getting into the rhythm of the school year. As we hopefully settle into a good school routine, I want to remind you of the focus for the year:

Initial Systemic Action.
How can you be intentional and systematic in the actions you take to ensure all students are learning at high levels in your class? This may require trying something different or being a risk-taker with a strategy you’ve never attempted before. Just know that when you take that risk, you are not alone. You have a whole community of experts to lean on for advice and tools they’ve acquired over the years.

I know we will have a wonderful week. 

Good things 

Mr. Johnson uses the bell ringer and student presentations to preview the unit as an anticipatory set before the unit is taught. (High levels of learning)

Mrs. Barbagiovanni celebrate students by students work where all can see (Safe Community) 

Mr. Tindle displays and refers to his learning targets throughout the lesson (High levels of learning)

Students try to solve the mystery put together by Mrs. Cox in observance of Mystery Month (Safe Community)

Springfield Foundation delivers Mrs. Thomas and Ms. Dueing a grant to their classes with several projects. (Safe Communityand Global Society)

Mrs. Thomas uses a proficiency scale to aide students in building a sandwich (High levels of learning) 

Instructional 

Kick-Off 2024 Slide Deck

Sample lesson from Mr. Wells (LINK HERE)

Professional Learning Teams (PLT’s) 

This week schedule will look like the following

Elementary

RISE AND SHINE  Thursday Sept. 26 @ 8:30 am 

Middle School

Will meet in room 214. Below is the graphic of what to expect in the coming weeks in PLT's. 

September  Staff Meeting 

September 5: SPS U/Open house 5-7pm 

September 24: Whole Staff  7:30-8:30 am 

Grading Expectations Reminder

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

Lesson Plans/Focus Boards

Focus Board Expectation

• Permanently placed in the room and clearly visible to the back of the room.
• Teacher reference Focus Board throughout the lesson

Lesson Plans Expectation

• Lessons are turned into the hub Thursday by end of day
• Lessons reflect the implantation of district curriculum and anticipation/differentiation to meet the needs of your students.

Mid Quarter Dates 

This week serves as Mid quarter week. Please have grades entered into Canvas by the end of the week. We will begin to run Progress Reports on September 23rd.

09-20-24

11-15-24

02-07-25

04-25-25

 

Operational 

Principal for a Day
Pershing will host Mr. Brandon Wall as Principal for a Day on Friday September 27, 2024. Mr. Wall will be with us from 8:30-11:30 am. We will visit several classrooms and he may or may not have questions for you.

Parent Teacher Conference Window

P/T conference window will be Oct. 21st-Nov. 1st. Our late night will be Oct. 22nd until 7:30 pm

Safe Schools 

Begin now working on your Safe Schools Vector training. The 1st deadline will be Oct. 21st, 2024. Please don’t let this date sneak up on you. 

Middle School Handbook Distribution (Middle School)

Middle School teachers will receive guidance this week from Dr. Bartels and Mr. Cooper on the distribution of student handbooks. Please be on the lookout for this communication.

Important Date

Sept 5- SPS University
Sept. 13- Middle School Madness
Sept. 24- Fall Pictures

September Birthdays

2- Brooke Shivers, Rebekah Ferguson

4- Jennifer Boyster

6- Amy Rader

13- Heather Murray

17- Gabby Dueing

24- Paige Fleetwood and Kate Mittman