Weekly Update

If you plan to recommend retention for someone in your class please follow the procedures below:
1) Set up a meeting with Mrs. Tyner to discuss - please bring the students PST folder to the meeting
2) Set up a meeting for the parents to meet with you and Mrs. Tyner - during this meeting the parents wishes and your recommendation will be documented





You may get a request from a parent to allow the sibling of one of our GaTE students to stay after school and wait for Marketplace to start.  This is an absolute NO.  GaTE students have written permission to stay with Miss Morrison.  All other students will got home either as a walker/biker, car rider or bus rider. If you have any problems, please tell them to email me.


To cut down on the number of Visitor's Forms this week, I allowed you to complete this google form  Guest Readers  PLEASE make sure you have this updated with the guest name, the date and the time they are coming.  Also, remind them that they will need to bring their DL for check in with Mrs. Nancy.  Please SEND pictures or tag me in the ones you post.  This is a magical week for our children and such a fantastic opportunity for our community to see all the great things you are doing.





Staff Meeting tomorrow
2:15 - in the gym - discuss school safety and debrief from our Lockdown Drill
2:30 - reflect on the Olympics
3:00 (or sooner) - myOn training for K and 1 in the collaboration room - bring your computer! 

Grade Verification Sheets are due Tuesday, so we'll skip "planned" collaboration.

Duty
AM
Front Porch: Wright
Car Line: Pennington
Breakfast: Young
Kindergarten: Shorter
First Grade: Bonovitch
Back Hall: Feild, Philpot, Marshall
PM
Car Line: Gudgen, Osburn, Meredith
Bus: Odom
Top of Ramp: Rish
Intersection: Wessel

It's time to Nominate for Team Member of the Month!  This month we're choosing from our classified personnel.  This includes assistants, para-professionals, cafeteria, custodians, and office.  Previous honorees from this group are Nancy Estell and Barbara Seal.  Send me your nominations!






Thank you all for supporting our Book Fair by forwarding all the information to our parents.  Everyone has a shopping time this week during their library time.  They may also shop with Dads and/or Granddads Tuesday and Thursday morning until 8:20.  And, they can shop Thursday evening 4-7.  We will not pull students from instructional time to shop.

This is what is coming up this week - PLEASE CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK THE WEIGHTING OF GRADES!!

1. Posting will be turned OFF at 8:00AM Monday, February 26.
2. Grade Verification Reports will be printed and put in your boxes for you to CAREFULLY Check.  Let me know immediately if you need to make any changes and I will turn posting back on for you.  I will reprint the verification report after you complete you corrections.
3. Grade Verification Reports are due to me at 8:00 Tuesday, February 27.  Last page needs to be signed and dated, all other pages need to be initialed.
4. Report Card printing will begin and they will be given to Mrs. Tyner for her to look over.  She will let you know of any corrections she sees that need to be made.  Once again, I will turn posting on for the corrections to be made, verification will have to be reprinted as well as report card(s).
5. Report Cards will go home on Thursday, March 1.

Dancing Drums Alternate Schedule for Tuesday - February 27

All typical specials and PE will be canceled.  Please follow the schedule below and bring your students to the gym at their designated times.  You do not have to stay with them.  The program will last approximately 50 minutes.  The specialist will supervise and walk them back to your classrooms when the program is over.

2nd Grade:  8:15-9:05

3rd Grade: 9:15 - 10:05

4th Grade: 10:15 - 11:05

5th Grade: 11:15 - 12:05

Kindergarten: 12:45 - 1:35

First Grade: 1:45 - 2:45

Wednesday is our PaceSetter Party for Kindness - 2:00 in the cafeteria

Our Kindergarten and First Graders are having a Book Character Parade Thursday Morning.  We'll ask that all other students line the hallways to watch the parade immediately following announcements Thursday morning.

Thursday Night is our BIG Open House -  Please plan to be here during the times designated for your grade level.  Students should have work samples and their data notebooks (updated) to share with their parents.  If you aren't in your room, PLEASE lock up! 

Our Trimester Celebration will be Friday afternoon at 1:45.  It's an Olympic Theme and our Show Choir will get us kicked off with some great music before we celebrate our students.  The format will be the same as last trimester and you'll sit in the same sections.

Your doors will be judged Wednesday and Thursday.  I'll have the ribbons placed before Open House Thursday night. 

Leadership Team Notes

In our last Cahaba Leadership Team Meeting the following items were discussed:

- Construction on our 9 new classrooms should begin in the next few weeks.  This is the latest drawing.

- The addition of new classrooms does NOT necessarily mean that we are adding 

additional teaching units.

- The suggestion was made to have our Cahaba Tech Night at the beginning of the 

school year next year. I think this is a great suggestion!

- The team recommended that I purchase some new Ellison cut outs for our machine.  Please let me know if there are some particular patterns/shapes you would like.

PST Schedule for Thursday, February 22nd

8:15  -  Johnson
8:55  -  Aldrich/Dickerson
9:35  -  Higg/Wessel
9:50  -  Ellison
10:15 - Bonovitch
10:30 - Latham
10:40 - Harrison
11:35 - Almon/Wilkerson/Wilson
12:15 - Shorter
12:30 - Jones
12:45 - Segers
1:00   - Shannon

*The schedule was created from the Google Forms. If you are not on the schedule and should be please let me know.

Weekly Update

Please talk to your students about 

building security this week.  

1. Never open an exterior door for an adult.  This include PTO and other parents.  People should be told to walk around and come in the office doors.  This is still a problem with the Historical Front doors.  

2.  Students should always travel in pairs or in view of a teacher

Don't forget the Door Decorating Contest for Read Across America Week - Doors should be completed by February 27th.  They should represent an author or a book.



Collaboration Tuesday:  Grades 2-5 will meet in the collaboration room for the entire planning time (PE and Specials)  Please bring your computer. Our Literacy Team will be working with you on the best ways to use myOn to support Lucy Calkins, AR and the principles in Reading Reconsidered.  Grade K and 1 do not have to come to the Collaboration room Tuesday. Use this time to plan together!  Your training will be next Monday afternoon.



Cahaba is hosting a Matilda Jane sale, Tuesday afternoon in the Teacher Workroom. Our school will receive a percentage of the sales.  This event is for the Staff Only.




Class pictures will be made Wednesday.  We'll call for your class to come to the porch when it's your turn.

Join us for a Baby Shower for Ian Thomas Almon! 

Wednesday at 3:00 in the Library

Thursday is Family Fitness Night at Cahaba ~ 6PM








We will have a "surprise" intruder drill late this week.  Please give your kiddos a heads up.  With the recent events in Florida, I don't want to create any unnecessary drama.  However, we've got to get this done!

PLEASE make sure you have the google form for Guest Readers filled out by Thursday of this week.  Every homeroom teacher should invite at least one person as a guest reader.  The form should have their name, the date and the time filled in.  Nancy will use this in lieu of the Guest Speaker Form for this week ( 2/26 - 3/2) only.  Please invite our School Board Members and friends from the BOE and local celebrities such as pastors.   Guest Reader Schedule

Wednesday, February 21st is the DEADLINE for signing up for Dads and Granddads Breakfast!  Please remind your students and send out reminder to parents.

Duty
AM
Front Porch: Feild
Car Line: Prickett
Breakfast: A Smith
Kindergarten: Segers
First Grade: Ellison
Back Hall: Wright, Aldrich and Rish
PM
Car Line: Gudgen, Young, Pennington
Bus: Bamberg
Top of Ramp: Johnson
Intersection: Marshall

TAC - Jan. 25

1. Now that collaboration is only during specials time, are specialists still sending students on their own on Tuesdays? Ron will be available to help with student supervision when we meet across PE and Specials.  If we only meet during Specials, students transport will be the same as any other day.
2. What is the process to get our school news published in “The Loop”? Would it be possible for one person to be in charge of sending school news? As of mid January, I’m sending most everything posted on our Cahaba FB page to Mrs. Vernon.
3. Can teachers be notified about events directly rather than through facebook?  Ex. 100 day was shared on facebook before teachers saw the communique. The information posted on FB about 100th day of school was emailed to me by each grade level.  Maybe with so many people being in and out sick, someone missed the email?  It was also on the CES calendar for over a month.
4. Can we sent a Notify Me when we cancel walkers/bike riders? All of our parents have not subscribed to Notify Me. Every teacher should already have a “weather plan” in place for every walker. If an individual teacher is having a problem with the plan, please come share with me your problem so I can help. As far as the office staff knows, our plan is working well.
5. When an entire grade level is out, would it be possible to give one of these subs a key to use to get in and out of the gym and school?We have 2 swipe cards that are programmed for the outside doors to the main building and the gym to give one of the subs. We’ll be more diligent to communicate who has the swipe when the entire grade level is out.
6. Could there be more clarification on the clearance requirements for university students to observe our classes (I brought this up at the meeting and no one knew what I was talking about-JG).  Universities and Colleges that require their students to observe or intern in a school should always contact the school and/or District.  If they come to you first, refer them to Mrs. Tyner
7. When students check in, is there a way that they could be told if they are in specials at that time? Students have been found sitting alone in their classrooms while the class is at a special. It is our policy to tell students where to go when they check in.  You may also want to leave a note on the door or whiteboard. Please notify the office immediately if you see a student alone in a room.
8. Would it be possible for a sidewalk to be built at the end of the new extension to meet the sidewalk that leads to the gym? (cleaner gym & less disruption through the school)  It doesn’t appear that a sidewalk like this is in the plan.  However, it can always be added to the request for Capital Improvements.