Week 9

  Oct 16 Week 9

Instructional 

PLT Team Meetings: As you meet this week as PLT and Grade level teams I need you to consider the following; 

We are moving from Question 1 to Question 2 of the PLC Questions. 

1. What do we want our kids to learn? (Essential Standards, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum)  

2. How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative) 

3. What do we do when they don’t?  (Interventions-Tier2 and Tier 3) 

4. What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments) 

Staff Meeting 10/18/22 7:50-8:50 

This week's instructional focus will be on learning objectives and how are we chunking our students learning to maximizes mastery of standards. 

Middle School 

During PLT's this week we are to think about our teams SMART goals based off data and how/when are you going to give CFA. Each team is to give a CFA by Nov. 1st. Let Admin know when you are going to give it. 

Resource: Protocol for Developing an Assessment HERE

Elementary School 

The first quarter grade card window is now open and available in Teacher Access Center.  Thank you for your patience as we worked to ensure all updates to the grade card competencies had been made.  Below you will find a handout and a video tutorial to assist you in completing your grade cards.

 

• Teacher Access Center | Elementary Grade Cards

• Video Tutorial

Resource: Protocol for Developing an Assessment HERE

Pershing DATA 

Pershing Elementary MAP Analysis Summary HERE (Not to be publicized or shared still embargoed) Pershing Middle MAP Analysis HERE  (Not to be publicized or shared still embargoed)

Pershing K-8 Galileo Benchmark HERE

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin 

7th Grade - J. McClure's room

6th Grade- Coach Ash's room

8th- Mr. Gegg's Room

Related Arts- Tammy Cook's room

Growth Plans

Thank you for working hard to have your growth plans finished through TalentEd. Growth Plans will need to be finalized by 10/21/22. We have had many meeting with each of you and will finish up meetings this week.

Operational 

Pershing Picture Day 

Tomorrow is Picture Day Ms. Douglas communicated the schedule during team meetings and placed a schedule in Elementary teachers  boxes. 

Dr. John Mulford Visit

Dr. Mulford will be here Thursday 10/20/22 @ 8 am for a voluntary meeting to discuss the recommendation for Pershing to be one of the projects on the next bond issue. This will be a time for you to listen and ask questions because one of the topics for consideration is converting Pershing into a true middle school.

Benefits Enrollment  

This year’s dates to enroll are October 17, 2022, through November 4, 2022. All benefit eligible employees must enroll in order to obtain, continue or waive benefits that begin January 1, 2023. 

 

Since there are several changes and enhancements to our benefits this year, we are requiring all employees to meet in person with a Benefits Counselor who will be at your site/building to educate employees on all benefit options and to help you decide what is best for you and your family. Schedule your meeting with a Benefits Counselor HERE.

• Pay It Forward by sharing Dr. Lathan’s kickoff message

Volunteers Needed

Mrs. Pohlman and STUCCO is still needing volunteers to help with the 6th grade Costume Ball. Lets all chip in and help in any way possible. 

End of Quarter

Mid Quarter- Sept 21 

End of Quarter-  Oct. 20th 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conference Schedule is listed below. We are flexing out the time worked on these days in order to be off on Oct. 31st. 

Tuesday Oct. 25th Thursday Oct. 27th 

7:30-8:30 am 7:30-8:30 am

4:15-7:15 pm 4:15-6:30 pm 

Staff Flu Clinic Oct. 27th

Activate SPS:

All certified staff members will participate in 3 hours of professional learning on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. No registration will be required, as all will be assigned to a session with job-alike colleagues from either 8:00-11:00am or 12:00-3:00pm. A “Save the Date” went to teachers last with full details communicated in late October. 

 

Events 

Oct 3-7  Spirit Week 

Oct 7- Middle School Madness 

        Oct 10- National Junior Honors Society Induction ceremony

Oct 17- Picture Day 

Oct 18- Staff Meeting 

Orchestra Concert

        Oct 19- Student Flu Clinic

        Oct 20- 1st Quarter ends 

6th Grade Costume Ball 

Oct 21- Professional Day (No Students) 

Oct 25- Parent Teacher Conference 

Oct 27- Parent Teacher Conference 

Staff Flu Clinic 

Oct 28- Elem Monster Mash and Trunk or Treat 

Staff Birthdays  

10/6 Megan Patton 

10/7 Johanna Adamson 

10/20 Damika Bowden 

11/1 Megan Ebert 

11/18 Kevin Kleiner 

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell 

Week 8

 Oct 9 Week 8 

Celebrations 

Thank you to member of our SPED department for stepping up and helping Ms. Miller when she needed it. Being short handed is hard enough but having people in place to lend a helping hand makes things a little bit easier. 

Both 7th grade and 8th grade Volleyball teams came in 2nd in the All City Tournament

Mrs. Patton's class helped her celebrate her birthday and being 5 years cancer free by wearing pink and giving gifts.

Instructional 

PLT Team Meetings: As you meet this week as PLT and Grade level teams I need you to consider the following; 

We are moving from Question 1 to Question 2 of the PLC Questions. 

1. What do we want our kids to learn? (Essential Standards, Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum)  

2. How do we know they learned it? ( Data, Common Formative Assessments, Formatives, Summative) 

3. What do we do when they don’t?  (Interventions-Tier2 and Tier 3) 

4. What do we do when they do? (Extensions and Enrichments) 

Middle School 

During PLT's this week we are to think about our teams SMART goals based off data and how/when are you going to give CFA. Each team is to give a CFA by Nov. 1st. Let Admin know when you are going to give it. 

Resource: Protocol for Developing an Assessment HERE

Elementary School 

We are going to discuss how we are going to approach looking at data during Rise and Shine. 

Resource: Protocol for Developing an Assessment HERE

Pershing DATA 

Pershing Elementary MAP Analysis Summary HERE (Not to be publicized or shared still embargoed) Pershing Middle MAP Analysis HERE  (Not to be publicized or shared still embargoed)

Pershing K-8 Galileo Benchmark HERE

Galileo Results compared to other schools.

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin 

We will be back on our regular schedule this week with Rachel. It is the expectation that you and your team have the Essential Standards document filled out and ready to go. The Links below help with this process. The only side that needs to be filled out is the description of standards. 

Slide Deck- HERE  

Digital Essential Standards Document- HERE 

7th Grade - J. McClure's room

6th Grade- Coach Ash's room

8th- Mr. Gegg's Room

Related Arts- Tammy Cook's room

Growth Plans

Thank you for working hard to have your growth plans finished through TalentEd. We are working on individual times to meet with each of you to discuss your plans. Be looking for invitations from either myself, Mr. Cooper or Ms. Douglas. 

Operational 

School Board Building Visit

We will have members of our School Board, Superintendent and Executive Directors in our building on Monday Oct 10th 8:30-9:30 am. They will be looking at our facilities.

Remember: Cell phones, airpods, headphones, and earbuds are only allowed before school, afterschool and lunch. This is a building expectation and we all must work hard to stay consistent. If we see a student not meeting these expectations, say something to them and ensure that they put those things away. 

Middle School Madness and Spirit Week 

We had so much fun at Middle School Madness. Thank you PTSA, Mrs. Pohlman, STUCCO and everyone who helped and volunteered for this event.  It takes a community to make things happen. 

Dress Code Violation: Teachers please do not send students to the nurses office for dress code violation. The clothing that the nurses office has are for emergency situations. Contact a member of the admin team with your concern. 

Name changes: We are only allowed to call students by their legal name or a nickname if parents give us written permission. Once that permission is given, we are allied to address a student by the name we have permission on. We will not change names on official documentation like eschool, galileo, etc.. Those things require a legal name change. 

Staff Flu Clinic Oct. 27th 

Wellness Message from Mrs. Moorehead our Wellness Champion

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Friday, October 14th SPS will go PINK! You can make a donation of any kind to wear PINK and all funds collected will be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks. I will also have super awesome PINK bracelets available to show your support. Stop by and drop off your donations in room 225. Additionally, Mercy will be offering a breast screening for SPS employees and spouses on Saturday October 15th from 8-4. See the attached flyer for more details. 

 

Activate SPS:

All certified staff members will participate in 3 hours of professional learning on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. No registration will be required, as all will be assigned to a session with job-alike colleagues from either 8:00-11:00am or 12:00-3:00pm. A “Save the Date” went to teachers last with full details communicated in late October. 

End of Quarter

Mid Quarter- Sept 21 

End of Quarter-  Oct. 20th 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conference Schedule is listed below. We are flexing out the time worked on these days in order to be off on Oct. 31st. 

Tuesday Oct. 25th Thursday Oct. 27th 

7:30-8:30 am 7:30-8:30 am

4:15-7:15 pm 4:15-6:30 pm 

Events 

Oct 3-7  Spirit Week 

Oct 7- Middle School Madness 

        Oct 10- National Junior Honors Society Induction ceremony

Oct 17- Picture Day 

Oct 18- Staff Meeting 

Orchestra Concert

        Oct 19- Student Flu Clinic

        Oct 20- 1st Quarter ends 

6th Grade Costume Ball 

Oct 21- Professional Day (No Students) 

Oct 25- Parent Teacher Conference 

Oct 27- Parent Teacher Conference 

Staff Flu Clinic 

Oct 28- Elem Monster Mash and Trunk or Treat 

Staff Birthdays  

10/6 Megan Patton 

10/7 Johanna Adamson 

10/20 Damika Bowden 

11/1 Megan Ebert 

11/18 Kevin Kleiner 

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell 

Week 7

 Oct. 2, 2022

We are at the start of Week 7.  I hope everyone had a great weekend. My Arkansas Razorbacks lost to a really good Alabama team this weekend. But I still enjoyed the time watching football and playing outside.

Instructional 

PLT Team Meetings (Some carry over from last week) 

As you meet this week as PLT and Grade level teams I need you to consider the following; 

1. How are you going to have those grade level 1 on 1 meetings with students about where they are on the Galileo assessment and what goal will they have for the MOY? And what date will these be done by? This is something that is in our SAP. 

2. How are you and your team tracking student achievement per priority standard? What tools are you using to keep up with this? Examples can be found HERE

3. Based on the data protocol we used what SMART Goals have we created. TEAM SMART GOAL PLAN

We are seeing some great things and great conversations during PLT, here are a few

• 8th grade ELA has created a tracker document to have individual conversation with students 

• 7th grade math are in the process of creating tracker documents and are intentionally looking at data at where students are on current standards. 

• Elementary has planned their 1st Quarter celebration assembly 

• Jenny Thomas has created a data protocol to help track her students

• Ashley McCord is working with Colleen Dorsey, our math coach, to determine what types of interventions each student in her class need.

Team meeting with Rachel Bodoin 

Remember there will be no meeting with Rachel this week. It is the expectation that you and your team fill out the Essential Standards document and have it ready to go by the following week. The Links below help with this process. 

Slide Deck- HERE  

Digital Essential Standards Document- HERE 

Essential Standards must answer these questions:

1. Endurance: Will this standard provide students with knowledge and skills that are valuable beyond a single test date? 2. Leverage: Will this standard provide knowledge and skills that are valuable in multiple disciplines? 3. Readiness: Will this standard provide students with essential knowledge and skills essential for success in the next grade or level of instruction?

This process helps us to ensure Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum as well as High Levels of Learning

• Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum: What we are guaranteeing students will learn within the 9 months they are at school.
• High Levels of Learning: Grade level or above

Growth Plans

Thank you for working hard to have your growth plans finished through TalentEd. We are working on individual times to meet with each of you to discuss your plans. Be looking for invitations from either myself, Mr. Cooper or Ms. Douglas. 

Operational 

Remember: Cell phones, air pods, headphones, hoodies and earbuds are only allowed before school, afterschool and lunch. This is a building expectation and we all must work hard to stay consistent. If we see a student not meeting these expectations, say something to them and ensure that they put those things away. 

Middle School Madness and Spirit Week 

Name changes: We are only allowed to call students by their legal name or a nickname if parents give us written permission. Once that permission is given, we are allowed to address a student by the name we have permission on. We will not change names on official documentation like eschool, Galileo, etc.. Those things require a legal name change. 

Staff Flu Clinic Oct. 27th 

Activate SPS:

All certified staff members will participate in 3 hours of professional learning on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. No registration will be required, as all will be assigned to a session with job-alike colleagues from either 8:00-11:00am or 12:00-3:00pm. A “Save the Date” went to teachers last with full details communicated in late October. 

End of Quarter

Mid Quarter- Sept 21 

End of Quarter-  Oct. 20th 

Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conference Schedule is listed below. We are flexing out the time worked on these days in order to be off on Oct. 31st. 

Tuesday Oct. 25th Thursday Oct. 27th 

7:30-8:30 am 7:30-8:30 am

4:15-7:15 pm 4:15-6:30 pm 

Events 

Oct 3-7  Spirit Week 

Oct 7-   Middle School Madness 

Oct 12- Flu Clinic 

Oct 17- Picture Day 

Oct 18- Staff Meeting (7:50-8:50)

                    Orchestra Concert 

Oct 20- 1st Quarter ends 

Oct 21- Professional Day (No Students) 

Oct 25- Parent Teacher Conference 

Oct 27- Parent Teacher Conference 

    Staff Flu Clinic 

Oct 28- Elem Monster Mash and Trunk or Treat 

Staff Birthdays  

9/21 Laura Mullins 

9/24 Paige Fleetwood 

10/6 Megan Patton 

10/7 Johanna Adamson 

10/20 Damika Bowden 

11/1 Megan Ebert 

11/18 Kevin Kleiner 

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell