When you return to school on Monday it will be May. Can you believe it? As I look at the calendar below there is a lot going on. And what's on the calendar doesn't include everything that you're doing in your classrooms with our students. I've seen all sorts of things from poetry to classroom assessments to worms to read alouds to tennis to snapcircuits to pancakes to small groups at white tables to choir and band rehearsals to weaving to tennis to presentations. You get the picture. I saw all of this over the course of 4 days this week. It shows me that you are all keeping our kids engaged. The more our kids are engaged, the quicker your classes go and the better the kids behave. I look forward to being in classrooms today and in the weeks to come.
Tuesday, May 3rd Final Choir Concerts 7:00PM
Wednesday, May 4th Building meeting 7:45AM
Friday, May 6th Merton only Student Senate Dance
Wednesday, May 11th District meeting 7:45AM
Friday, May 13th Career Day for 6th-8th grades in the AM/ District Celebration after school
Friday, May 13th-Sunday May 15th PTO Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, May 18th Content meetings 7:45AM/ PTO Culver's Night
Monday, May 23rd Student Achievement Committee 4:30PM/ School Board meeting 6PM
Tuesday, May 24th Final Band Concerts
Tweets, quotes, and blogs
"Be driven, be focused, but enjoy every moment, because it only happens once."
Alicia Keys, singer-songwriter, musician
(from Inspiring Quotes)
"Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need them both."
Barbra Streisand, singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."
Bertrand Russell, philosopher, logician, mathematician, social critic, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
A-team meeting updates
Technology:
Testing for panic buttons- need a date that allows for us to test 911 message alerts. Discussion on date and time. Plan to have this occur at 8:00AM, communication will be sent to families, community members, and staff regarding this. Date will be set in the future.
10 I-PADS for individual students’ needs will be purchased for 2022-23. 4K-1st grades will have Chromebook Tablets ordered to update our classroom needs.
Building & Grounds: Looking to hire; thank you to everyone for the additional support.
Finances: Curriculum & Tech Curriculum expense tracking will be something that we are working on to allow staff to know what we have and what staff has access to in order to support our students.
Curriculum & Instruction:
Student Achievement May 23 begin @ 4:30.
May 11 District Wide 7:45 @ IS- Little Theater
August 15-17 New Teacher Induction Dates
Family smore
Some of you may be wondering what happened to our family smore. I do send it out every week. It's on
my webpage and on the Twitters and the Facebook. Although I need to add more pictures to complete this week's smore,
here is the link.
Personal day requests
There are no more requests for personal days on May 20th. Please see me if you have any questions.
Thanks for stepping up and stepping in
Yesterday we had a number of people step up to cover classrooms as we were in a pinch for guest teachers. You have all been so helpful covering classes this year but yesterday took a village. Thanks to Matt, Mary, Janine, Janice, Becky O., Becky F., Leah, and Dave. Not only did you step up, you did so with a smile. Thank you!
Tonight after school the PTO has a Mother-Son baseball night. Ron and I are grilling for the moms and sons before they head off to the Brewers versus Cubs game tonight. Stop on out on the blacktop if you'd like to "grill" Ron and I before you head home tonight.
Have a great weekend, and make time for yourself, your family, and your friends.
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
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