It's "B" Week!

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Blue

Tues: Yellow

Wed: White

Thurs: Pink

Fri: Green

Duty This Week

AM

Kindergarten: Jones

First Grade: Harrison

Cafeteria: Garrett

Car Line: Harrington and Franklin

Zone 1: Marshall

Zone 2: Rish

Zone 3: Bramlett

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Osburn

Monitor Car Line Kids: Windham and Latham

Intersection of front Hall: Young

Front Lawn (buses): Prickett

On the Calendar

United Way Campaign

Mon: Mrs. Bryant will be in the collaboration room 

Tues: 3-5 add grades for progress reports added

Wed: September PaceSetters announced - AEA in workroom 7-8

Thurs: Progress Reports go home 3-5- Flu Shots - STAFF PICTURE

Friday: 4th & 5th grade PST - Prize Patrol - Team Member of the Month

Star Students

Mon: Windham

Tues: Collins

Wed: Rish

Thurs: Kibbey

Friday: Johnson

next Monday Vincent

Please take a few minutes to nominate one of classified staff members for Team Member of the Month.  This category includes the cafeteria staff, our nurse, office workers and our assistants.  Last year we honored Officer Antonio and Cissie Harrington from this group.

Remember to Wear your new green staff shirt this Thursday.  We have a professional photographer coming to take our picture at 2:30, Thursday afternoon.

Here's the link for the 5-Deep plan.  Please look through the list as soon as possible and write your name beside the students that you know.  To me, "knowing" means that you can tell me something about them.  5-Deep Activity

PowerSchool 3-5

Please make sure you are updating your grades in PS weekly.  All grades for Progress Reports should be in by 3PM Tuesday.

Please take a minute to print your Classroom Behavior Plan in LincSprings and send me a copy.  You can place it in my box or send by email.

We need to make sure we have your cell phone number for Crisis planning.  Please use This Google Form to send us your most updated number.  We will not share it with others without your permission.

The Leadership Team will meet again Thursday afternoon to discuss; cultural observances, Flocabulary, Nearpod and timing for Trimester Celebrations.  If you have other questions or input into any subjects mentioned, please pass them along to your Leadership Team rep or me.

Flu shots are on the calendar for Thursday!  If you signed up to get a shot when you have students, you may bring them with you and seat them in the hall.  Please don't not leave them in a classroom unattended.

🌺 Leadership Team Notes

How are Morning Meetings going?  Everyone seems to be enjoying the time and the students are responsive.  Third grade asked if they could start their MM at 8:15-8:20 instead of immediately after announcements.  We agreed that was fine, and I am thankful for the information! It helps us when doing walkthroughs. 

Are we making any changes to the Wall of Fame?  Last year we used only the fluency score for AIMSWeb qualifications.  This year we will use the composite score. This is for Reading and Math.  I expect more students will qualify.

Considering our new commitment to Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, should we add in some non-verbal commands?  We decided to move away from the "time out" signal that has been used in the past and all use the "hushing husky" sign to indicate that everyone needs to stop talking.  We'd also like to add "3 fingers" as a sign to Check Yourself for compliance of the 3 R's. 

Can we still have outdoor picnics with parents for lunch? Yes, but we do have some conditions.  Let's limit to one in the Spring and one in the Fall.  It should be the entire grade level on the same day and please let me know so I can add to the calendar.  Officer Antonio will be outside with you.

Can we have common morning hallway expectations?  We decided that students should come to your designated area and get out a book to read.  Students must have teacher's permission to be on a Chromebook and Chromebook activity should be limited to Successmaker or AR.

We didn't know about the "wear gold for cancer" day until we saw it on FB.  Can we be notified first?  I'm sorry about that.  That is always my intent. I posted on FB and sent the email to you for distribution within the same 10 minutes late Sunday afternoon, but I'm not sure which one I did first!  This was a last minute choice. I'll do my best to think ahead a little better. 

May we expect students to place all Chromebooks in their backpack before they leave the classroom and to go directly to the bus. No stopping at the eraser machine.? YES!  I'll reinforce during announcements

Can we dress up with the High School during homecoming week?  If we did, we would be dressing up two weeks in a row!  Our Red Ribbon Week is the week after homecoming.  I'm going to look at some of the home game Friday themes.  Maybe we can join in some of those. Dressing up two weeks in a row is just too disruptive.

Are there guidelines for Mystery Readers, Guests and field trips?  Yes the BOE gave us guidelines.  The biggest change is the number of Field Trips for our K-2 students.  I've added this document to the Teachers Resource drive.  Protecting Instructional Time

 

 

It's "A" Week and Book Fair Week at Cahaba!

Star Students

Mon: Wilkerson

Tues: Mills

Wed: Bramlett

Thurs: Wessel

Fri: Mann

Windham will have Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: White

Tues: Green

Wed: Blue

Thurs: Pink

Fri: Yellow

Duty This Week

AM

Kindergarten: Bamberg

First Grade: Bridges

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Garrett and Young

Zone 1: Lipford

Zone 2: Kibbey

Zone 3: Windham

PM

Radio: Prickett

End of Car Line: Osburn

Monitor Car Riders: Mann and Harrison

Intersection of the front hall: Fulmer

Front Lawn (buses only): Smith

Book Fair Week 

United Way Campaign

Tuesday: Fall Pictures

Thursday: Staff Meeting w/ Dr. Poovey - 

Family Night (book fair, food trucks)

Friday: Friday Freeze ~ Husky Paw Prize Patrol

 

Students shop during their regularly scheduled Counseling or Library time.  We will not allow guest (parents, grandparents, lunch guests) to shop with students during the school day.  We have Family and Community shopping Thursday 4:00- 7:00.  The book fair will be set up in the car line area.  We will also have Food Trucks and tables for families to sit.

Educator Effectiveness

Teachers complete the SPARK, REFLECT and TINKER section with the EE learning cycle by September 30

Our School-Wide Indicator is Well Managed Classrooms

Lunch Visitors

We saw an upswing in lunch guest last week!  The office staff is following the lunch schedule located in the Teacher Resources Drive.  We will only allow guests to come to the cafeteria area 10 min earlier than the time on the schedule.  Mrs. Ellis also made a poster of that schedule that is located in the sign in area.  We must all use the same schedule!  If we are running out of space at the "Guests Tables" please let me know ASAP and we set up tables in front of the library for overflow.

PLEASE check your mailbox in the front 

work room 

at least once a day!

 

 Please fill out this short survey for April.  

Survey for April S

 It's "B" Week

On the Calendar......

Encourage Great Attendance !

Mon: Testing Team will finish K and make-ups 

Tues: Collaboration with Dr. Berry during Specials- Spirit Night at Bendy's -

Wed: Special Treat in the back work room -Deadline for completing AlaKids (K)

Thurs: Wear Gold for Kid's Cancer Day -Staff Meeting

Friday: Constitution Day 

Star Students

Mon: Pennington

Tues: Jones

Wed: Bamberg

Thurs: Shorter

Fri: Wilkerson

Moore will have Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Pink

Tues: Blue

Wed: Yellow

Thurs: White

Fri: Green

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Summers

First Grade: Patterson

Cafeteria: Garrett

Car Line: Harrington and Searcy

Zone 1: Johnson

Zone 2: Mann

Zone 3: Wilkerson

PM

Radio: Jackson

End of Car Line: Ellis

Monitor Car Line: Collins and Bridges

Intersection of the front hall: Young

Front Lawn (buses) : Osburn

Remember, if you can't do your assigned duty,

 please change with someone else! 

Thank You for working hard on your sub folders.  Please make sure Barbara has your no later than Friday!

Please send me your team's AR plan this week.

The Leadership Team will meet Monday.  If you have ideas or concerns that you would like for us to discuss please communicate those to Bamberg, Patterson, Odom, Rish, Collins, Moore, Jackson or Prickett.

From one of my favorites, Jon Gordon...........

No matter what anyone says, just show up and do the work.

If they praise you, show up and do the work.

If hey criticize you, show up and do the work.

If no one even notices you, just show up and do the work.

Just keep showing up, doing the work, and leading the way.

Lead with passion.

Fuel up with optimism.

Have faith.

Power up with love.

Maintain hop.

Be stubborn.

Fight the good fight.

Refuse to give up.

Ignore the critics.

Believe in the impossible.

Show up.

Do the work.

You'll be glad you did

True grit leads to true success.

 It's "A" Week!

Duty this Week!

AM

Kindergarten: Shorter

First Grade: McDonald

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Garrett and Fortenberry

Zone 1: Odom

Zone 2: Collins

Zone 3: Moore

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Wessel

Monitor students: Bramlett and Dickerson

Intersection of Front Hall: Searcy

Front Lawn (buses only): Ellis

Remember, if you can't do your assigned duty,

 please change with someone else! 

This Week...

Kindergarten - AlaKids 

Tues: ACAP Data Meetings for 2-5 - Pennington's Chat Night -

Wed: PaceSetter breakfast in the library

Thurs: Testing Team - Makeup ORF and start Kindergarten LNF - SHINE tryouts afterschool

Fri: Testing Team - Makeup ORF and start Kindergarten LNF - Prize Patrol

Tues: Patterson

Wed: Bridges

Thurs: McDonald

Fri: Pennington

next Monday is Summers

Walker Pass Colors

Tues: Blue

Wed: Pink

Thurs: White

Fri: Yellow

I'll be working hard to join your Morning Meetings again this week! Just a reminder., All students will participate in a classroom Morning Meeting every morning immediately following announcements. This is a District expectation that I wholeheartedly support.

Let's help out our delivery trucks and general functioning of parking areas by always parking in a designated parking spot! 

September is officially designated as School Attendance Awareness Month.  Students who have perfect attendance Sept. 6-30 will receive a bracelet and popsicle party.  Students who have 1 absence will receive the bracelet.  Students must be at school 51% of the day to be considered present.

AR Info:- Students in grades 1-5 should have and AR plan that includes monitoring test scores, monitoring/setting expectations for frequency of test taking, accuracy, personal goals and incentives.  Please meet with your team and let me know the plan!