Juarez-Lincoln Elementary School

Monday, 11/8/26-Friday, 11/13/26: VAPA/Collaboration

Wednesday, 11/11/26: Veteran's Day - No School

Thursday, 11/12/26:

• 8:30am-11:00am: Reyes @ Literacy and Learning PD with 3rd/4th Grade Teachers
• 3:00pm: SSC Meeting

Friday, 11/13/26, 1:45pm-2:45pm: Staff Meeting - Comprehensive School Safety Plan

Monthly Attendance Rewards: Attached to the weekly newsletter is the list of students that had perfect attendance in October. Please send students in the following order to collect their perfect attendance "coupons": 4th-6th to the attendance office at 9:30am, 1st-3rd at 10am, and TK-K at 10:15am.

If students redeem a coupon with you, please return them to the Health Office so we can reuse them.

Federal Forms (Yellow): The annual Federal Impact Aid Survey Forms (yellow forms) have been placed in teacher mailboxes and should be sent home with students, with every effort made to collect completed forms by Friday, November 20, before Thanksgiving Break. Please remind families of the importance of returning these forms to support district funding, and remember to mark SDC, RSP, or LSH in red ink in the upper right-hand corner of forms for students receiving these services.

Progress Wall - November: Please submit this months progress wall students to Bianca by Tuesday, 11/10.

• Progress monitor student progress on district adopted curriculum assignments and local measures (particularly focus 5 students).
• Example: Review student performance on Benchmark Phonics assignments. Which lessons need to be retaught whole class? Which students need to be pulled into a small group?
• Reminder: Leverage mCLASS small group recommendations and assignments/tasks
• Prepare for CAASPP task and email Mayra when you will engage in a CAASPP math or ELA task.

We are excited to share that teachers can now reserve dedicated instructional support time with Patrick De La Cruz, our shared resource teacher!

Patrick will be available on Tuesdays for 40-minute sessions to collaborate, plan, and provide targeted instructional support based on your needs.

Areas of support include:

• ELD Instruction: Supporting English Language Development using Benchmark Advanced.

• Literacy & Assessment: mCLASS DIBELS progress monitoring activities.

• Instructional Resources: Creating ELD choice board activities using Canva.

• Collaborative Planning: Partnering with a thought partner to plan lessons, brainstorm ideas, and strengthen instruction.

• Math & Visible Learning: Exploring Visible Learning strategies using Microsoft Copilot or MagicSchool AI.

📅 Ready to Collaborate?

Click Here to Book Your 40-Minute Session with Patrick

A special shout-out to our 1st and 2nd grade teams, who have already begun signing up! 🙌

Let's take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to collaborate, strengthen our instructional practices, and continue creating meaningful learning experiences for our students.

Think. Talk. Make Meaning. 💙