Friday Forecast

Mission

At WKE we are committed to educating ALL children by building lasting relationships and nurturing each child for success.

Vision

Empower Each Child To Design Their Future

ALL MEANS ALL

System Commitments

1. All students, regardless of circumstances, advance on time, prepared to graduate and ready to enter college, the military or industry with certification.

2. Teaching and learning develop power skills in all students.

3. Our schools are service-oriented centers of learning, committed to family and community partnerships.

4. Every adult will be equipped with the skills and resources necessary to advocate for and ensure the success of all students.

January 13 - Collaborative Conversation - Mid-Year Check Point Protocol

January 13 - Report Cards Issued

January 13 & 14 - Kate Bishop Visit

January 15 - ELA Debrief about Kate Bishop

January 16 - Google Training, Grades 3,4 and 5 and debrief after school

January 17- PTO Biscuit Sale, Chick-fil-A

January 17 - Please get January Cub names to Missy Freeman

January 20 - MLK Holiday

January 22 - ESOL, Jennifer Gillespie Professional Learning

January 24 - Cub of the Month Celebration

January 27 - Collaborative Conversation - Disrupting Poverty Chapter 5

January 29 - RTI Connect - Professional Discussion

February 7 - Father Daughter Dance

*Please remember that Wednesdays are reserved for Professional Learning. There will be times that the coach may trades dates, however expect to meet.

**February 14 - Professional Day - All Certified staff - As a reminder, we will use that day as professional development. We expect all staff to be in attendance for any training that will take place here or another location in the district.

**February 17 - Weather Make-up Day, Teachers and Students Report to school

Mentor Program - As we discussed in the fall, we are excited to begin our WKE mentor program here this spring. We appreciate you informing us of students you feel may need an extra support system here at school, who otherwise do not have an advocate. We have put together a list of mentor teams to work together to support student success and seeking the best interest of the student at all times. We will roll this out at a collaborative conversation in January and move forward from there!

"Every child deserves a champion- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."

New After School Program - Our district social worker, Alma Puente Ruiz, recently was awarded a grant for an after school tutoring program. We are fortunate to be the site she selected to host this program. We will be asking to use classrooms for tutoring, more to come on the logistics of this. We are in need of one instructional assistant who would like to work with this program Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:15 - 3:30, at the rate of $15.00 an hour. Please let Ms. Mitchell know if you are interested.

Please Welcome - Wanda Veal is a new member to our WKE family as part of our custodial team. She will be working on the 600 hall as well as other duties.

Please Welcome - Savannah Harris is joining our WKE family in January. She will be a member of the second grade team. She is a recent graduate from CIU. We are excited to have her!

Please Welcome - We are fortunate to have Dianne Steelman join our family Monday through Thursday. She will be working with math RTI tier students. If your class is impacted by this schedule you would already be informed. She begins seeing students Tuesday, January 14th. In some cases she will be pulling students out and in other cases she will be pushing in. We will share her email as soon as possible so that you can communicate with her what you would like her to work on with your students.

Father Daughter Dance - Please let us know who from each team will be attending/helping with the Father Daughter Dance. Thank you

Google Training: GRADES 3,4 & 5 - We have confirmed the dates for our initial Google training: Thursday, January 16th during your planning period with follow-up discussions after school. This was the only time that could be worked out. Our focus will be Google Docs for Collaboration and Google Classroom for Workflow. Please save those dates on your calendar. All teachers in the above grades are expected to attend the training.

Live Every Moment.....Laugh Everyday.....Love Beyond Words!

From our heart to yours,

Nicole, Martha & Angelo