MCP3 Staff News
Week of 10/12/26
Peterson's Message- K3 Director
Greetings MCP3 Team!
The next couple weeks are going to be busy weeks! We have a lot of fun and exciting things happening, which can increase our scholars' wiggles. Let's remember to continue to be clear in our expectations and directions, maintain our consistent RAPs and following our schedule! Be sure to prepare scholars with the new events or upcoming changes in advance- change out the schedule to reflect the change, or add an image to your calendar to discuss daily for these fun events. This will help to settle the nerves and support all of our scholars with the exciting things and changes.
Supervision in Rauh Room
Reminder of expectations in the Rauh Room so that ALL scholars are safe. ALL staff need to be actively monitoring and supervising scholars in the Rauh Room- this means eyes constantly looking about and watching kids. Staff constantly intervening when needed or proactively redirecting when possible. Staff should be split up around the Rauh Room to ensure every area of the Rauh Room has an adult supervising.
Educator Effectiveness Project- Lead Teachers
We spent time on our September PD going through our Frontline accounts, completing the Self-Assessment and entered our SLO (Student Learning Objective). The rest of the Goal Setting plan needs to be completed by October 15 at 4:00 p.m. This is a UWM requirement, and the process takes time, so please plan ahead. I will be at the Lead Teacher Fab Collab to support with next steps, which involves writing the PPG (Professional Practice Goal).
Feel free to use this as a resource for PPG if needed: Goal Setting Plan Guide 2026-27 (slides 18-24)
Report Card Info & Timeline
Report Cards Completed by 12:00pm 10/23- email Peterson when completed.
Peterson Print and Review for editing needs by 10/28 (special prize for teachers that have 0 corrections to make!)
Teachers make final revisions as needed by the end of the day on 10/30
Peterson saves Final Report Cards to the shared drive by 11/2
DOE Week- 10/27-10/30
DOE Week is a special week MCP celebrates our excellence with a themed spirit week! Be sure to read through this document for details of special daily activities and share the flyer below with families on Dojo! MCP3 DOE Spirit Week ***Please note that we will be doing Chant Fest***If you need help with creating a special chant- reach out to colleague and or find me! I will look for some videos to share examples of past chats MCP3 classes have done. *No Second Step this week so provide special time for DOE Week Activities.
Joy Factor Walkthrough
Perine and Ill be using the Joy Factor Walkthrough instead of our High Expectations Walkthrough the week of 10/19. This will be a quarterly 7-10 minute check-in focused on joy in learning. Please take a moment to review the rubric so you are familiar with what we will be looking for during these upcoming visits. Joy Factor Walkthrough
With all the Love and Respect,
Peterson
Staff Out/Coverage
Monday- Perine is out. Minor will cover the main office.
Tuesday- NA.
Wednesday-Clayton Leaves @ 3:00. Peterson will support Golden Eagles as needed & Blevins will support aftercare.
Thursday- Carroll is out. Minor will support Panthers.
Friday- Patterson is out. Keifer will support Antelopes. Carroll is out. Minor will support Panthers.
Upcoming Important Dates & Happenings:
Monday-
- Dress Down Day (Scholars & Staff- please dress appropriately for work)
- Aftercare moves to 122.
- Monthly Principal Meeting 9-12:00
- Lead Teacher Fab (We will work on finishing Goal Setting for Educator Effectiveness Project)
Tuesday-
Wednesday-
Thursday-
- T/EA Time 1:15pm (Portfolio checks)
Friday-
- Fun Friday in the Rauh Room
Attendance Matters
Monthly Attendance Incentives at MCP3
- Each month we will celebrate the class with the overall highest attendance percentage with a special treat from Ms. Peterson and Ms. Perine and they will be awarded the traveling trophy oar to hang in their room!
- Each month individual scholars will be recognized and celebrated at assembly for having 100% attendance, which includes being on time! These scholars will be rewarded with a certificate and special shout out at assembly and their names recognized in our newsletter! These scholars will also get their names entered into a raffle to pick out of the BIG PRIZE BIN!
WAY TO GO PANTHERS FOR TAKING THE ATTENDANCE TROPHY FOR HAVING THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER!
World Series of Attendance October Challenge
Let's Play BALLLLLL!!!!!!!
This month, we will be celebrating attendance with a special fun baseball theme!
- Daily attendance will be our "innings" and will be tracked with a visual in the main foyer.
- Daily homeroom average attendance will correlate to the number of "hits" your class earns as follows (80%=8 hits, 90%=9 hits, 100%= 10 hits).
- Daily "hits" will be totaled each week to make your classroom team's score!
- The class with the highest score at the end of the month will be our World Series Champions!
I can't wait to see the hype and energy and the number of "hits" our teams will score this month!
Save the Dates for Family Engagement
This year we will be having quarterly family engagement opportunities! This is an excellent way to connect with our families and scholars in unique and fun ways!
Quarter 1: Friday 10/16, 9:30-11:15am Fall Fest
Quarter 2: Thursday 1/14, 4:00-5:30pm Family Fun Night
**The 1.5 Mandatory Hrs for all staff on 1/14 will be used from the December PD.
Operations Reminders & Updates W/ Ms. Perine
Meal Service Garbage and Returning Service Equipment
Please be mindful to throw away all trash from meal service into a garbage can (food wrappers, paper towels, foil from bin coverings, etc.) There has been trash that is being left on the carts and making its way back up to the kitchen and our kitchen staff should not be responsible for throwing away garbage from us. Let's be sure to send our service equipment back up to the kitchen in an orderly and trash free manner.
October Lunch Duty- Harvell
ClassDojo
We want to ensure we have 100% of families connected on Dojo! Here is where we are currently at:
- Panthers- 95%
- Tigers- 100%
- Antelopes- 100%
- Bulldogs- 100%
- Golden Eagles- 100%
**Be sure to edit your class if you have scholars that are unenrolled and add students to your class when you get new scholars!
**Friday means it is time for your classroom dojo incentive! Scholars should be rewarded for their good behavior from the week. Remember- not everybody gets a cookie. So if scholars have not earned the prizes/incentives that's ok. They can try again next week. Be specific with which classroom expectation and rule they need to work on. If you need support with setting up your classroom dojo incentive please reach out!
Field Trips🚌
Quarter 1 Field Trips are scheduled and on the calendar.
**Make sure to reference the MCP calendar when scheduling field trips.
**Classrooms may wish to buddy up with other rooms for Field Trips.
**Once Field Trip is scheduled- staff should fill out the Field Trip form on the MCP Launch Page.
**Classrooms have a $2,600 budget for the year for Field Trips.
Curriculum Pacing & Portfolios
Frog Street: Theme 2 Week 3 (I will be working on updating Theme 3 Planning Maps and plan to have this completed by the end of this week)
- My Family Project HC (Picture of hard copy if too large to fit) Displayed in Classroom By the End of Theme 2
- Scholar Classroom Interests/Friends (Picture/Anecdotal Record) By the End of Theme 2
- Progress to Monthly Goal **See Monthly Goal Form
Heggerty -Week 7
Second Step- Unit 1: Skills for Learning Week 7 Identifying Feelings
**Shout out to all of the EAs for having their support groups up and running this week! The various activities have been super engaging and scholars are really enjoying this time!**
Laundry Schedule
121- Monday
122- Tuesday
123- Wednesday
124- Thursday
125- Friday