Kleckner's Korner

This year has been like no other. We have overcome COVID, Snowmageddon, never-ending rain, dual teaching, ever-changing class numbers, Canvas, and so much more. You stepped up to support students, staff, and families. Together our campus made the best of this crazy year! I am incredibly proud of what we accomplished and I am ready to do the work we need to do for next year.

This next week we are going to be wrapping up EOY LPACs but also having a lot of fun during our FIELD DAYS. I can't wait to see kids engaging with each other in some good old competition but it's always great to see teachers get involved and compete as well (feel free to wear shorts for field day if you'd like to, free dress for kids). I can't wait!

The 4th cycle's template is in the awards folder with the schedule of times already assigned, closely matching your intervention schedule. Don't forget to create a link and sent it out to parents. Please include it on the spreadsheet so the front office has a copy for parents when they call.

5th grade - you will need to do the same so that we are able to live stream the event.

Grades lock on Thursday, June 3rd at 11:45 p.m. Assuming there are no corrections and all grades have been entered, we'll run A/B lists on Friday and you'll need to put the names in prior to your awards time.

June 9th at 8:45 a.m.: PK-4 please line the hallways from Mrs. Johnson's room to Mrs. Koteski's room to celebrate the senior alumni that will join us and our 5th graders. 5th graders will enter the cafeteria through the door closest to the serving line for their 5th grade promotion ceremony. The 5th grade ceremony will start at 9am.

Link to the spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b23HIlxCISZR5_5voU-n8hrprk3tGGDf8Bm_K0CnU_8/edit

Please send the consumables home with your students to make room for next year’s, including Social Studies Weekly. We have received textbooks for next year and we ask that you collect and store them before you leave for the summer.

You will be receiving an email from Jocelyn about EOY LPACs - they will be held next Tuesday or Wednesday during conference times, please be flexible as we are working around Tuesday's ARD schedule. No PLCs due to LPACs. :)

We'll wrap up our CNA planning on June 8th by meeting in the cafeteria right after dismissal to work on strategies for each of our goal areas (math, reading, writing, science, discipline and family engagement). Please be thinking about strategies you want to continue next year as well as areas we need to improve in and want to monitor as we go throughout the school year to show growth in 21-22.

Here is a list of all of the technology checked out to our students. At the bottom are tabs by grade level. Unfortunately, it does not pull lists by homerooms so students are organized by last name but I’ve created a column for those of you who want to label them.

PreK-2 – some of your students have a hotspot, chromebook AND an IPAD. Please, please, start getting your face to face students devices back from them and left here at school.

When students bring their hotspots please send them to Sueli so she can mark them off as returned. IPads and Chromebooks need to be returned to the carts and left there. Sueli will be coming around to classrooms to scanning them back in the last week of school.

For students that cannot decide if they want to be remote or face to face (GRRR) I would err on the side of remote and let them keep their devices – at least they are logging in at home for attendance…

All Face to Face students should have devices on campus by June 1st.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/123LvlUPav_Bv3F8Can3peHWMr1h03xlYpWxUU4lDGJQ/edit#gid=1031094178

Here is a great article on Student Emotional Support:

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-students-need-emotional-support-when-returning-to-school-in-person-heres-how/2021/03?utm_source=eb&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=appreciation_teachers2&M=59955758&U=2953728&UUID=2f246191f0de4d8e866fa5a07a5e4c57

An amazing shout out to GRACE for the BEST career day yet (like in all of my 16 years). I heard kids talking in the hallways about the presenters and excited about the next session! Maybe, just maybe virtual is the way to go when you have professionals who can't get away from their offices?!?! GREAT JOB GRACE!!

Here's the link to this week's information. The pdf information is housed in the Park Crest Shared Drive in the Weekly Administrative information Packet Folder. We're all accountable for knowing the information.

1. FinPath June and July Virtual Workshops - information

2. Grand Canyon University Summer Information - information

3. June 9 - Special Education PD - SPED staff

4. June Intersession - intersession teachers

June

2 - PreK Field Day during specials

3 - 3rd-5th Field Day (free dress)

4 - K-2 Field Day (free dress)

4 - DRA Deadline

***4 - School Supply Lists Updates Due

7 - 5th grade Cook Out Celebration - noon

***7 - PK - 4 End of Year Awards Celebrations at Intervention Times

***8 - 5th Grade Promotion Ceremony @ 9am (Seniors will walk kids into the cafe) PK-4 please line the hallways from Mrs. Johnson's room to Mrs. Koteski's room to celebrate the seniors and our 5th graders. 5th graders will enter the cafeteria through the door closest to the serving line.

8 - Early Release - afternoon campus PD (Completing CNA)

9 - Full Day District Staff Development meet in cafe at 8am - registration via Eduphoria

If you need assistance with individual concerns or counseling services, please reach out to Mrs. Medrano-Johnson at gmedranojohnson@garlandisd.net,

or fill out the following Park Crest Request for Counseling Services form.