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Vol 2020 Ed 24

We Lead, We Learn, We Love

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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.

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March 5th - Martha Goff

March 7th - Maria Bolen

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WKES Cares

Continued prayers are needed for Maria Bolen's father. His condition is declining.

Please continue to keep Mary Cromwell and her spouse, Rita, in your prayers.

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Have You Noticed?

We have 26 students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students who have met the goal of reading 3 or more SC book award nominees. We love a reader!! Congratulations to these students!!

Important Dates

March 2-6 - Career Week

March 2nd - LC 3:00 -3:15 Read a Thon PTO Presentation bring device;

Grade Level Data Meeting

March 2nd Read Across America Day

March 3 - SpED/Literacy Coach/Admin Team - Virtual Meeting 2:45 - 3:20

March 5 : Seussical K-2 Musical Assembly - All grades bag lunches/Seussical 6.30 pm 3rd grade; Leadership Skills Report Card Due

March 8- Daylight saving - Spring Forward

Save The Date

March 9th - Read a Thon Kick Off

March 9th - Disrupting Poverty - Chapter 7 - Next Steps

March 11 - ALL Supply lists due to Amanda - Final Call

March 12 - 2nd Weather Make-up Day (Holiday)

March 13 - No School for Students or Staff

March 16 - Spring Pictures/ALL grades due by 3:00pm

March 16 - 3rd Nine Weeks Grades Due by 3:00pm

March 16 - March 30 SLO Final Conferences Begin- Schedule to follow

March 20 - 3rd Nine Weeks Report Cards Issued

March 25 - Collaborative Planning Day - 11:30 Dismissal - Lunch Served

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

Power Up PL Summit - Summer 2020

Please see the information about Power Up PL in your email from Natalie Smith.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the Power Up PL Summit happening the week of June 15—18, 2020. The summit will be a mix of national expert keynotes, peer to peer discussion, and collaborative planning around topics such as equity, book access for all, experiential learning, and researchers workshop. We also will host data inquiry cycle work for school or department teams to tackle problems of practice in their setting. All of this learning is free and open to any educator in Lexington County School District One. With participation you can earn recertification points towards your license renewal! Registration for this event will be available in April.

Access Testing - Our ELL students continue to be involved in Access testing. The whole group testing is completed. We have make-up testing and individual speaking sessions to complete. Thank you for your understanding with this process.

Yearbook Cover Contest: We will have an art contest to select the cover and back page of our 2019 - 2020 Year book. Artwork due to the office March 6, 2020. Students will win a $25 Gift Card and a FREE Yearbook. Please encourage your students to participate.

Student Engagement Survey Grades 3 - 5 - Please make sure you have included your name on the following schedule.

3rd & 5th Grade Student Engagement Survey 2020

Students who need the survey administered orally will be given a different time.

Software Update - As a reminder, ALL software must be approved prior to install on any device. Please plan ahead as the approval.process has several steps that will take a few days.

Updated Board Policies: Please take some time to review the following updated and new board policies. Please pay close attention the the Revised Employee Conduct. Thanks.

POLICY GBEB FINAL 2.14.20

Student Use of Animals in Schools

Internal Procedures for Student Use of Animals ...

Employee Use of Animals In Schools

Admin Rule - Employee Use of Animals in Schools

Visitor Use of Animals in Schools

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Learning Commons

Let’s Celebrate “Read Across America Day” Monday, March 2. Details of how you are invited to celebrate can be found here.

We will soon have a school winner for the SC Picture Book Nominees! All kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders have voted. Now it’s time for our 3rd graders to vote. 4th and 5th graders will be voting this coming Thursday, Feb. 27 for the SC Children’s Book Nominees. We will find out the winners by March 5.

Thank you for using the new library pass to send students in groups to the LLC. This form helps everyone know their purpose for visiting the LLC and keeps everyone on time. If you need more passes just let me know.

Need Assistance -collaboration, read aloud, book talks, reader’s advisory, makerspace projects, extra set of hands, mental moment, etc.

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Counselors' Corner

Hi everyone! Here is our schedule for Career Week next week. We are also attaching a video for Monday to go along with the activity. The worksheet will be in your boxes by this afternoon. Please let us know if you have any questions. Angela, Ruth, and Elizabeth

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=06fb8c18b1&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1659807550038805410&th=1708d22c37930ba2&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_k76j0ob00

https://doc-04-2o-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/8kpf6f8q51hllm7lgt2jf5tbfokbc6d1/u6bp57eps5pfeikokcog392jfb7740t6/1582940400000/14197321016659293687/06277327252745667131/1c1_sjVTu1vEnW8zq7UvXrlDHOjuOzdHR?h=15425084129782966782&e=download&authuser=0

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Helping Hands

Monday: Chicken Noodle Soup and toasted ham and cheese croissant

Tuesday: Beef Tostitos, Fresh pico and Queso

Wednesday: Chicken Marsala, mashed potatoes and roasted zucchini

Thursday: Chicken filet sandwich, roasted potatoes and steamed cabbage

Friday: Turkey and dumplings and breaded okra

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Math

Number sense routines are structures for talking about numbers, number concepts and number sense. They are designed to be flexible yet intentional by targeting specific components and engage students in mathematical discussion. Your Math in Practice books can be a valuable source resource. Here is a list of where you can find Eliminate It and Focus on the Question examples at each grade level. Both of these are a great way to change up the start of your math workshop time. If you don't have a Math in Practice book, check with me. We have gotten a few more copies and I would love for you to have one to use in your classroom.

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Literacy Corner

For Everyone-

I found this Two Writing Teachers blog post around background noise very interesting. Did you know that the optimum background noise level could be around 70 decibels?

K-2 Teachers-

Here is a great blog post from Two Writing Teachers about using punctuation in writing.

3-5 Teachers-

As we begin thinking about work in Literary Essay and TDA< here is a great Facebook video comparing and contrasting the two. Lee Motley is so smart and her teaching never disappoints!

In addition, here is a resource that I am currently working on that might help you choose books for this work. This is a work in progress, so some of the text links don't work yet. I'll continue to work on this.

Let me know how I can support your work!!

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RTI

Thanks for a great collaboration time on Wednesday! Y’all are great! Please remember to progress monitor your students this week. Thanks so much!

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Enjoy your weekend!

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

From our heart to yours,

Nicole, Martha & Angelo

We Got This!

We Lead, We Learn, We Love!

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