It's "A" Week!

Star Students

Mon: Pennington

Tues: Jones

Wed: Bamberg

Thurs: Shorter

Fri: Wilkerson

next Monday will be Moore

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Yellow

Tues: Green

Wed: White

Thurs: Blue

Fri: Pink

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Jones

First Grade: Harrison

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Garrett and P. Franklin

Zone 1: Marshall

Zone 2: Rish

Zone 3: D. Franklin

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Wessel

Monitor Car line students: Patterson and Kibbey

Intersection of the front hall: Young

Front Lawn (buses only): Prickett

On the Calendar this week............

Last week for the Kid's Heart Challenge

ACCESS Testing Continues

Mon: PST for 5th, 3rd, 2nd and 4th

Fri: Lockdown Drill and Reading AIMS data meetings during Specials

Don't forget to fill out and turn in a Guest Form for your Valentine Party

Welcome Mr Corey Hall.  Mr. Hall is completing our TCS mentor program and will be spending time at Cahaba over the next several weeks. He currently works at HTHS as an Assistant Principal. 

Officer Antonio asks that we please remind students that they shouldn't open an exterior door for anyone!  Not even him!

Winter always brings on a little slump in attention to the details.  I know you would all agree, the little things accumulate into big things that can have a negative impact on our overall attitudes and the efficiency of the school.  Please take a minute to read through these simple reminders.

Please review your classes schedule and BE ON TIME!  Arrive on time for PE, Specials and lunch. Pick up on time for PE and Specials.  When you are not intentional, it's a ripple effect that creates problems for other classes.

Require your students to walk quietly in the halls. When you go to lunch, PE and Specials, the classrooms you pass are in the middle of instructional time. Please model this behavior for your students. It's really important.  If the weather permits, walk outside.

Secure your walker passes and have a plan for handing them out to the correct students daily. 

Never, ever leave your class unattended.  If students are in a room, an adult is in the room with them. 

 It's "B" Week!

On the Calendar this Week.....

ALL AIMSWeb Reading Assessments Finished this week

Mon: Kindergarten Celebrates 100 days of school - First Grade Presents @ 1:45 

Tues: First Grade Celebrates 101 days of school - Go Guardian Training offered 

Wed: ACCESS Testing - Collaboration w/ Dr. Berry during Specials

Thurs: ACCESS Testing - myOn/Flocabulary PD for K, 1 and 2 - ACAP meeting 3,4, and 5

Friday: ACCESS Testing - Prize Patrol- Announcing PaceSetters for January

Mon: Bridges

Tues: McDonald

Wed: Latham

Thurs: Harrison

Fri: Pennington

Summers will have next Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Green

Tues: White

Wed: Blue

Thurs: Pink

Fri: Yellow

Duty This Week

AM

Kindergarten: Bamberg

First Grade: Bridges

Cafeteria: Garrett

Car Line: Harrington and Searcy

Zone 1: Lipford

Zone 2: Kibbey

Zone 3: Windham

PM

Radio: Prickett

End of Car Line: Osburn

Monitor Car Line students: Latham and Johnson

Intersection of the Front Hall: Fulmer

Front lawn (buses only): Ellis

Please take a minute and nominate one of our Classified Staff members for Team Member of the Month.  Our most recent honorees have been Nurse Amy and Officer Antonio.

All Valentine Parties will be on February 14th.  Each grade level should send Nancy your time.  No more than 3 parents, please and they cannot come more than 30 minutes early.  No parties may start before 8:45 and all must be finished by 2:30.  Please plan for your parties to last no longer than 45 minutes.

Thank you to our Leadership Team for creating our School Vision Board and giving us such impactful statements.  I'm working on uploading all information/directions into a folder labeled "Vision Boards" in the Teacher Resources drive.  Team Vision Boards are due on February 7th.  However, that can be negotiated.  Just let me know if you need more time.

Please remember that ACCESS Testing is just like any other State Test.  The testing rooms are the Coaches Room and the Collaboration room.  Those will be quite zones! January 25-27

 

Maintain a Well-Managed Classroom with GoGuardian!

 

Join Rachel Brockman and April Chamberlain

On Tuesday, January 24^th

from 3:30 – 4:30

in the 2^nd floor BOE Training Room

 

Receive 1 hour of PD Credit in PowerSchool Professional Learning

Registration Link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAKVAR0l_rJrbHCMm53CTYKE4wQx0hKtu9tILPkEOCZFsv6A/viewform?usp=sf_link

 Together we will learn how to utilize this powerful tool to:

1. Access or create GoGuardian classes
2. Maintain student focus on content using GoGuardian sessions
3. Create and apply scenes that block or allow particular sites you choose
4. Receive off-task alerts
5. Differentiate GoGuardian sessions based on student needs
6. Run class-wide timeline website usage reports
7. Run individual student reports for conferences or documentation

 

 Seating for the program Monday...........

Playground Side 

Fifth Grade - Closest to the Stage

Third Grade - Middle

Lipford and Marshall - closest to the gym foyer

 

ACTA Side

Fourth Closest to the stage

Kindergarten - Middle

Odom and Dickerson - closest to the gym foyer

 

   

 

 

 

It's "A" Week!

Duty this Week.....

AM

Kindergarten: Summers

First Grade: Patterson

Cafeteria: Harrington

Car Line: Garrett and Young

Zone 1: Johnson

Zone 2: Mann

Zone 3: Wilkerson

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Ellis

Monitor Car Line Students: Harrison and Rish

Intersection of the front hall: Searcy

Front Lawn (buses only): Osburn

On the Calendar....

Complete all online portions of  AIMSWeb Reading

Tuesday: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th grade Math teachers meet with Mrs. Bryant

Thursday: Staff Meeting

Friday: PST for 1st, K and 4th - Prize Patrol - Friday Freeze

Star Students

Tues: Marshall

Wed: Dickerson

Thurs: Lipford

Fri: Patterson

Bridges will have next Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Tues: Green

Wed: White

Thurs: Blue

Fri: Pink

We have FOUR student interns joining us from Samford that will serve two placements, both here at Cahaba!   Please help them feel welcomed.

Alyssa Gross interning with McDonald and Collins

Margaret Henry interning with Latham and Mills

Rachel Moore interning with Odom and Moore

Hallie Reynolds interning with Bamberg and Rish

If you have students with low averages, C's or lower, please start the process for conferencing with these parents now.  I would prefer that we  make the first contact and not wait on them to "ask for help". This is also appropriate for K, 1st and 2nd grade students.  If the student is performing in the bottom 20% of your class, it's time for a conference!  Conferences should be scheduled after school M, T, or W and any day during your planning.  You will need to check the calendar for planned collaboration days. Let me know if you need me to attend.  AND - write them in the book in the office so you'll have a conference room secured.  

Thank you for your diligence in motivating our students through AIMSWeb.  The initial data looks good and I'm proud of you and our students.  There is much work to be done before ACAP in April. I urge you all to use the Test Blueprints to guide you. If that means stepping outside of the norm, do it.  Take advantage of all the practice information offered in Schoology and LINCSprings and set our kids up for success. Please let me know how I can support you.