SLT Meeting
Our first SLT (School Leadership Team) meeting will be on
Monday at 3:30pm in the Library. We
talked about this team at our back to school meeting so I just wanted to give a
quick refresher about this meeting, who attends and the purpose. The SLT meets once a month, unless otherwise
noted on the calendar schedule. The SLT
is comprised of team leaders, department leaders and anyone who wants to serve
on the team. The SLT will represent the
greater faculty and help the administration problem solve to make things better
for kids. SLT members will also share
out the information to teams and departments. The only requirement is that SLT leaders need
to commit to the entire year, which also includes a summer retreat (one-day
retreat). If you are not a team leader
or department leader and would like to serve on SLT, please email me and let me
know. I am looking forward to our first
meeting.
WGSD Foundation
At our DLT (District Leadership Team) meeting last Thursday,
the WGSD Foundation joined us to share information about the direction the
foundation is moving, fundraising events coming up and changes to the grant
awards.
The Foundation will be awarding grants again this year. Major grant awards are $5,000 and will be
given in two cycles, one in November and the other April. Mini grant awards are $1,000 and will be
awarded in September, October, January, February and March.
There are also different fundraisers that the Foundation
holds to raise money for our schools.
They are committed and passionate about serving our community, teachers
and schools. Please consider
volunteering or attending a fundraiser to show our Foundation leaders how much
we appreciate their support.
Faculty Briefcase
2.0
Our Faculty Briefcase is undergoing a facelift. In the next week, Aimee and I (really Aimee, thanks Aimee),
will be moving files from the old Faculty Briefcase into our new organized
structure. Our hope is that it is more user
friendly, easy to navigate and helpful if you are just looking for some
specific information.
New Website
The district will be moving to a new website and Edline will
be going away. Pat Weaver is currently
migrating the entire district over to the new website. I was able to get a
preview of the new site and it’s nice and shiny and up to date with current
websites. It will also be mobile
friendly. The district is hoping it will
be ready to launch in January. I’ll be stopping by and talking to folks next
week who are missing items but in the meantime, please check your websites to
make sure they have the basic 4 district requirements. I realize that there may be confusion around
our new team websites and the old teacher websites and it is completely on
me. I sincerely apologize for the
confusion and the mixed messages around the websites and technology. I have a better understanding now and realize
the confusion I have caused. Here is
what we need to do for Pat:
On the team website, there is a
link with your name on it that takes you to your individual Edline page. On that page, all you need are the 4 district
requirements. Please add that to your
individual Edline page.
Pat will be migrating everyone’s page over to the new
webpage to save you time. HOWEVER, if you do not have the 4 district
requirements on the page, SHE WILL NOT MIGRATE YOUR PAGE. What this means is that you will have to
migrate your own page over to the new site after you attend a PD session. If you need help adding to your website,
please do not hesitate to reach out to Pat.
Personal Object
Picture
At the back to school meeting, Ashley presented about our
personal object pictures. I’ve gotten
some from folks and am waiting until I have everyone’s before printing them out
and delivering them. We will put them in
the frames that you turned into Kathy.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Field Trip
Reminder
Just a gentle reminder to make sure field trips are placed
on the school calendar at least 2 weeks before they are set to occur. Last minute field trip additions that
involves kids across both grades makes it difficult for teachers to plan and
reschedule assessments, etc.
Vending Machines
and Pizza
Our vending machines are coming! They are set to arrive on Friday, September
29th. They will be set on a
timer and will not be turned on during the weekdays until 2:00pm and shut off
at 7:30am. On the weekends, they will be
turned on the entire time.
Our first JETS pizza fundraiser was a big success. The manager at JETS was excited and shared
that it was the largest they have ever had.
We are still waiting on a final number but THANK YOU for buying pizza
and supporting our kids.
Technology Care
Our technology is fragile as half of the Chromebooks are on
its last leg. Tech support is reporting
that there is an increase in broken Chromebooks, misplaced Chromebooks and lost
Chromebooks. Please remind kids about
their responsibility to care for Chromebooks.
The increase in repairs ends up affecting our overall building
budget. Please be mindful of how kids
care for their tech. I would like us to
start looking at the building budget and work towards creating phases to also
improve other areas of our school such as replacing classroom furniture.
This Week
This week, I will be out of the building at a meeting on
Wednesday from 10:15am-1:00pm. I will
also be out on Thursday from 11:00am-3:15pm with the PBIS team visiting a
National School of Character.
It is hard to believe that tomorrow will be week 7. Time has certainly flown by. Have a great week!
With Gratitude,
Grace
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