Weekly Updates

• · Progress Reports go home October 19th
  oMark your calendar: January 25th and April 26th are the other dates for Progress Reports
  · Make sure to include lockdown and fire drill procedures in your sub plans. Refer to Jen's email for specific information
  · Charles and 10 other NHA principals are scheduled to visit October 23rd. Remember they will be looking for two things:
  1.      Rigor
  2.      Student Engagement
  · Descarte has been updated. Please make sure to go into the NWEA data base and check it out. You will need to print new DesCarte documents as many things have changed.
  · Hero-ween: students can wear a costume that represents a "real life hero" (police officer, astronaut, etc.) ...not a super hero or fictional book character. Also, feel free to have an autumn celebration in your classroom preferable the last hour of the day. Have fun with this!
  · Achievement Board:
  1.      You pick your achievement board location
  2.      The U-drive, achievement board folder, contain pictures if you need ideas
  3.      Achievement boards need to be changed four times: November 15th, January 15th, March 15th, and May 15th
  4.      November and March will be friendly competition. The winner gets to pick a day to leave an hour early or come in an hour late!   
  ·         October 21^st-25^th: I will be in Grand Rapids!

  o   Susan, Janelle, and I will be in Grand Rapids, October 21-24^th for New Teacher Orientation. Janelle and Susan will be returning October 24^th, but I will remain in Grand Rapids on October 25^th for Dean Training. If you need anything during that week, please see one of the other deans. Jen Bookout will handle MEAP Make-Ups for that week. (Hopefully, there won't be any!)

  
  

  ·         Please do not forget to email me a copy of your newsletter EVERY week! Thank you to those who have continuously done so.

  
  

  ·         Friday, October 19^th is the Staff Potluck and U of M vs. MSU Jean Day!

  §  I don’t own t-shirts for either of those schools, anyone have one I can borrow? J/K J

  §  I will be making my infamous (well at least I think so), delicious buffalo chicken dip for the potluck

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!