The Weekly Words

At Noble Elementary, we believe that every student has the right to learn and grow in a safe and respectful environment. We also believe that every student has the power to make positive choices, learn from mistakes, and become stronger leaders in our school community. Noble Elementary empowers all students for college and career readiness through AVID’s schoolwide focus on WICOR, student success skills, and a growth mindset.

The Noble PTA teamed up with Ms. Wallace last week to transform the Media Center into a vibrant reading oasis for the Scholastic Book Fair. Working together to unpack boxes, organize display shelves, and create engaging book stations, the volunteers and staff ensured everything was ready for students to explore and discover their next favorite stories this upcoming week. Thank you all!

Team,

In our second year together, we have a unique advantage: we aren't starting from scratch, we are refining our craft, raising our collective bar, and building on a shared foundation. As you reflect on the past 7 weeks, approach your practice with an asset-based mindset, focusing on what is within our control: changing our instruction to meet diverse student needs, building effective habits, and inspiring our students daily. We’ve hit some early turbulence, but moving forward requires us to refocus, reset, and elevate beyond basic management into true student ownership of our classroom community.

Firmly remind students of our expectations, but always meet them with love and radical empathy. I will say it again, power struggles never win against students who are still learning to regulate. When tension arises, de-escalation, connection, and calm consistency will carry us far further than reacting in the moment. Let’s ground ourselves in clarity, reset our standards, and lead our classrooms.

Mr. Walker, M.Ed.

Principal

• October 5 - 9: PTA/Noble Scholastic Book-Fair
• October 5 - 22: General Interim Window (Grades 3-5)
• October 19 - November 6: Grade 3 ELA OST
• October 26 - 30: Grade 3 Math Interim
• October 6: 5th Grade Roadmapping (p.m.)
• October 6: October PBIS Meeting, 3:45 p.m.
• October 7: Picture Day
• October 7: October DLT Meeting
• October 8: October Principal Meeting - Walker OOO
• October 8: 'Operation Warm' Coat Distribution, 5:30 p.m.
• October 8: Vision to Learn Screenings (a.m.)
• October 8: Specialists PD/Collaboration Time
• October 9: 4th Grade Roadmapping (p.m.)
• October 13: October BLT Meeting
• October 13: October Fire Drill, 2:45 p.m.
• October 14: October PTA Meeting
• October 16: Quarter 1 Ends
• October 16: Noble/CLC Fall Fest, 5:30 p.m.
• October 20: October TAP Meeting
• October 21: Unity Day
• October 22 - 23: Records, Parent-Teacher Conferences, and GLTM
• October 22: October Principal/AP Meeting - 3:45 p.m.
• October 27: World Occupational Therapy Day
• October 29: October Staff Meeting
• October 30: Trunk or Treat Event

Help us celebrate the amazing things happening at Noble! Use this form to:

• Give a shout-out to a staff member, student, class, or moment that has demonstrated one of the Noble Big 4.

• Share feedback or ideas that will help make Noble an even better place to learn and work.

Your voice matters, let’s lift each other up and keep moving forward together!

Shout-out to our incredible custodial and cleaning team, comprised of Mr. Crawford, Mr. Carter, Ms. Rucker, and Mr. Jacobs for keeping Noble shining, and huge thanks to the Noble PTA for celebrating them with "Nacho Average Custodian" gift baskets on National Custodian and Cleaner Day!

Shout-out to Ms. Hagan and her spirit squad for bringing so much fun and energy to Spirit Week!

Shout-out to Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Underwood for keeping the Spirit Week energy flowing in Pre-K with their awesome twinning!

Shout-out to Mrs. Hui for taking the time each day to introduce every single Pre-K scholar to our school community!

Shout-out to our Second Grade team for launching another exciting year of Case Western Reserve Book Buddies to inspire a love of literacy!

Shout-out to our Noble Explorers for welcoming John Carroll University tutors into our classrooms for mentorship and academic growth!

Shout-out to Ms. Gaines for leading our 5th graders in removing over 100 pounds of trash and debris during the Annual Lake Erie Beach Clean Up project!

Shout-out to our Fourth Grade team and students for representing Noble and CH-UH so well during their Nature Center visits at Shaker Lakes!

Shout-out to Mrs. Barrancotto for engaging students in productive struggle with hands-on math dice games!

Shout-out to Mrs. Boyles and her students for putting powerful writing on display and embracing productive critique to refine their work!

Shout-out to Ms. Sonya Sims and the Noble PTA for putting together and distributing the October Survival Kits for our staff!

Don't See you name? Please be sure to complete our Staff Interest Survey!

October Birthdays

October 4: Mrs. Doyle

October 6: Ms. Oberfield

October 11: Mrs. Nalepa

October 17: Ms. Hubbard

October 22: Mrs. DiDona

October 30: Mrs. Barrancotto

Purpose: To enable teachers and staff to expand educational and enrichment opportunities for Noble students.

Procedure: PTA Mini-Grants are available for two grant cycles during the academic calendar. Please make a copy of this document and then edit the second page for submission.

Please put completed requests in the PTA mailbox.

FALL deadline: Friday, September 18 - Friday, October 9, 2026

The Scholastic Book Fair is returning October 5–9! Please help promote the event to families now, especially highlighting the Scholastic eWallet for cash-free shopping and the call for parent volunteers. Behind the scenes, we need to begin organizing key logistics to ensure smooth execution, including securing the setup space, building the master classroom shopping schedule, and planning teacher preview hours.

Our school community raised $7,833, with 125 donors! This was simply an incredible and unbelievable turnout! Our Noble PTA thanks our students, staff, and community for leaning into this fundraiser with full support!

Picture Day is Wednesday, October 7 in the Gymnasium. Please review the schedule and share feedback/suggestions via commenting on the document.

Vision to Learn (VTL) will be on-site on Thursday, October 8, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM in RM 209 - (Ms.Patton) to conduct vision screenings for Noble K-5 students. The process is very quick and easy.

Key Details:

• Target Audience: All students in K-5.

• Duration: Screenings take 10 minutes or less per class.

• Location: Ms. Patton's Room

• Sign-Up: Please sign up for a class timeslot using this sheet Vision to Learn Screening Schedule. Any classes that have not signed up by the deadline I will reach out to you directly to schedule or assign a time.

• Free Exams & Glasses: VTL will return to Noble with their mobile clinic to provide free eye exams to any students who do not pass the initial screening. Glasses will be dispensed at a later date. Dates TBA

• Broken or Lost glasses: Students will also be able to receive free replacement pairs of glasses for 2 years in the event of lost or broken glasses. *Please let me know if you think a student could benefit from having a 2nd pair to be kept at school.

Please Note:

This is a one-day-only event. If you have students who could benefit from this program, please encourage them to be present on screening day To keep the process stress-free for students, opticians will use code words for the results: "Perfect" indicates a pass, and "Fantastic" indicates a fail.

Please join us for our annual Noble and CLC Fall Fest on Friday, October 16 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Noble Elementary! This is a great opportunity to connect with our families, engage with community partners, and celebrate our scholars outside the classroom.

With extra doors to monitor and fewer staff members this year, our team is spread thin. Every absence and delay severely impacts building safety, making your punctuality at assigned duty posts essential.

• Arrival Window (8:30 – 8:45 AM): Duty has been reduced to just 15 minutes before instruction to ease the morning load. Please be at your post promptly at 8:30 AM.

• Absences & Coverage: If running late or absent, notify leadership immediately and try to arrange backfill coverage with a teammate.

• Dismissal Timeline: Building transitions begin at 3:15 PM for primary and 3:15–3:20 PM for upper elementary to pack up. No classes or students may exit the building prior to 3:25 PM.

As we kick off the new school year, we want to ensure your voice and concerns are heard. Please use the TAP form to log any building climate concern(s).

The District has adopted a plan for communications with persons with disabilities, which is available at the following link: Communication Plan. The plan establishes procedures to ensure that the District's communications with persons with disabilities, including applicants, participants, members of the public, and companions with disabilities, are as effective as its communications with others.

Noble’s TBTs meet from 8:15 to 9:05 a.m. to collaborate, analyze leading data, and refine instructional practices to boost student outcomes. Teachers are expected to arrive prepared with completed data forms, relevant resources, work samples, and a focus on backwards design and active participation. Grade team leaders hold the autonomy to set agendas, select content, and direct TBT time—allocating roughly 75% or more to academics while using the remainder for foundational culture needs as appropriate. At the end of each session, leads reflect upon the meeting’s success ,using our Success Criteria.

Our Grade-Level MTSS Meetings wrapped up as a success, with teams coming together to deeply analyze student data and craft targeted academic and social-emotional supports. Thank you to everyone for your intentional collaboration and commitment to driving positive outcomes for all our scholars. All meeting materials, updated data trackers, and action planning resources discussed during these sessions can now be found in the shared MTSS Drive folder.

Use this form to communicate a student concern and request initial support or problem-solving. The Student Concern Form is the entry point to the MTSS/RFA process. Providing a concern does not automatically result in a formal RFA or change in intervention.

Mind maps are diagrams that can be used to visually organize information. A mind map is hierarchical and demonstrates the relationships among increasingly smaller pieces of a larger concept. Mind maps are usually created around a single central concept, which is placed in the center of a blank page as the

“parent.” Then, associated “child” ideas, such as images and words, are added. Ideas can branch off as much as needed.

Other characteristics might include:

• An overall theme

• The use of images, shapes, and colors to make the mind map more visually stimulating

• More flexible formatting than a concept map would have

• Clarifying text (words and phrases)

The Academic Services Team is looking forward to beginning District Learning Walks in all CH-UH schools. First semester Learning Walks begin the week of December 7 for Noble.

You can access the District Learning Walk form here for your review. After a team member completes a Learning Walk, the teacher, and co-teacher if applicable, will receive feedback from the Learning Walk via email. As a reminder, District Learning Walks are not Evaluative and the purpose of the Learning Walk is to provide BLTs and the district team with feedback on implementation of the district and building One Plans. District Learning Walks also help the Academic Services team align our district instructional practices to High Quality Instructional Materials.

Use this link to access the Curriculum Connections Newsletter for the week of 10.5.26.

Please use the NWEA MAP Class Reports to analyze the data and complete your assigned tab in the spreadsheet above.

The fall Interim Assessment testing windows are approaching. Please see the dates and subjects for each grade level below:

Grade 4 (Monday, October 5 – Thursday, October 22)

• Grade 4 Math and ELA
• Grade 4 Science (proctored in IlluminateEd)
• Grade 5 ELA, Math, Science

Grade 3 Math (Monday, October 26 – Friday, October 30)

• Grade 3 Math

Step-by-step guidance for before, during, and after testing, plus answers to frequently asked questions, can be found in our Before, During, After (BDA) document. You can access it on Clever or at tinyurl.com/CHUHBDAs.

Please note that updates have been made to the interims to align with current pacing and curriculum changes. To start, complete the first step of the Data Analysis process: take the interim yourself and jot down your predictions and curiosities about how students will perform. Where do you expect common errors, strong performances, or struggles?

October is here and that means signing up families for parent-teacher conferences. You have 2 options using district digital tools: Google Calendar or ClassDojo. There are advantages and disadvantages to both; pick the one that works best for you.

Google Calendar Appointment Schedules

Reusing an Appointment Schedule

1. Open Calendar and select the dropdown menu for Booking pages. You will see all the Booking pages you've created.
2. Click on the Booking page you made for conferences and select the pencil to edit.
3. Under Availability, change the dates for this year's conferences: Thursday, October 22nd and Friday, October 23rd.
4. Click Next → Save
5. Share the Booking page link with families

Setting Up an Appointment Schedule (If you'd rather see it than read it, check out this video.)

1. Open Calendar and select the dropdown menu on the Create button. Select Appointment Schedule.

2. On the next screen, complete the details for your conference block.

• Give it a title
• Change the duration of the appointment blocks
• Change the availability to does not repeat
• Add the conference days and times under availability
• Set a buffer time if needed in booked appointment settings

3. Select Next to go to the following menu, where you will finish customizing your conference block.

• Set the location and conferencing to none/to be determined later
• Add directions for people scheduling a conference in the description
• Under booking form add items for people to say their conference type: virtual or in-person and student's name
• Do not check to require email verification
• Set when you want Calendar to send a reminder email (I suggest 1 week before and 1 day before)

4. Select save, go to the schedule on your calendar, and select share to get a link to the booking page to share with parents.

Printing a Day View of Your Calendar

1. Press Ctrl + P, or go to the Settings gear → Print
2. In the print preview, change the print range to 3/19 -3/20
3. Make sure the view is set to day
4. Select print

ClassDojo Event Signup

Creating an Event in ClassDojo (directions for the website not the app)

1. Go the Class Story in your class
2. In the Upcoming box select + Create Event
3. Title your event and update the event information
4. In the Signups box select the Parent-Teacher Conferences button and adjust the prompt as needed. Be sure to click the suggest spots button (blue star with other shapes in the box) otherwise your spots will not be created.
5. Have it generate the spots and check that they are correct
6. Toggle how many reminders you'd like to have on for the event
7. Create

1. Go to the event page
2. Click on the printer in the top right corner

As a reminder, the One Plan will be central to our daily work this year. We will regularly revisit, review, and reflect on it during our staff meetings, professional development days, and key touchpoints throughout the school year to ensure we stay aligned and driven toward our common goals.

Upcoming Fire Drill: Our October fire drill will take place on Tuesday, October 13, at 2:45 p.m. Please ensure your posted evacuation map is clearly visible by your classroom door and review drill expectations with your students.

Please review the Staff Attendance Memo for the 2026–2027 school year:

Attendance Memo

The next LPDC meeting will be held on October 19. Please ensure that all items requiring LPDC approval are submitted and uploaded by October 16 so they can be reviewed prior to the meeting.