Spartan Staff Weekly

Rhett Barrett, Assistant Principal

Aaron Tinnin, Assistant Principal

Email: cjennings@sdale.org
Website: sms.sdale.org
Location: 17051 E Hwy 412, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: (479)750-8821
Facebook: Link

Whether for work or your personal life, March is a great time to reset your intentions and focus on goals. There are brighter, warmer, more colorful days ahead to boost morale and motivation. Have a great week!

*National School Social Worker Week*

Monday, March 2:

• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (Science Priority)

Tuesday, March 3:

• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (ELA Priority)
• SMS Track & Field (Y-Timing Invitational) @ SHS, 3:30
• SMS Soccer vs. JOKMS @ SHS, Girls 6:00 & Boys 7:20

Wednesday, March 4:

• CTM Time @ 2:10
• Extended Huddle @ 3:15-3:45 (Project Adam Info @ 3:15)
• Empower grades due

Thursday, March 5:

• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (Math Priority)
• Leadership Team Meetings: Guiding Coalition & RTI Team Meeting

Friday, March 6:

• WIN: Clubs!

Sunday, March 8:

• Daylight Savings (Spring Forward)

The Scholastic book fair will begin this Tuesday (3/3) & be open through the following week, including the evenings of conferences. To help get our students excited to shop the fair, there is a 10 minute video of book trailers that highlight some of the books that will be here.

Advisory teachers, please show these videos to your advisory class one morning this week. (FYI: If the Scholastic site gives you any issues, the refresh button always fixes it for me.) Book fair fliers will be in your box by the end of the day on Monday. You could wait & pass those out the same day you show the trailers, if you'd like.

All teachers -- Swing by the book fair & fill out a "Wish List Slip" or two (or more!) to hang up on your team's board. Some students get more excited about purchasing a book for their favorite teacher's classroom than they do for themselves! This gets you books in your classrooms & every purchase helps the library.

The book fair is the library's fundraiser--so thank you for your support & help getting our students excited to visit!

Time to start scheduling parents for conferences! Here is the Advisory Checklist for Spring Conferences. Empower grades need to be updated by 3/4 to appear on conference progress reports.

Wednesday, 3/4 - Huddle Training/Q & A

Thursday, 3/5 - Safety team rehearsal

Friday, 3/6 - Drill for re-designation

Here is the agenda. Some details are subject to change, but it allows you to plan ahead!

• PT Conferences - 3/10 & 3/12
• ELPA Bootcamps (expect absences)
• March 10 - 6th grade (63 students)
• March 12 - 7th grade (81 students)
• Other 58 will receive support in ELD.
• PD/Parent Contact Day (No School) - 3/13
• 3rd Qtr RISE Assembly - 3/16
• ELPA Testing - 3/17-18
• 7th Grade @ Crystal Bridges - 3/20

• Spring Break - 3/23-27

Fluency improves comprehension, and struggling readers benefit from hearing text read fluently first. Here are practices that can be used in any class on any day to support reading fluency:

• Repeated reading of short, complex passages
• Partner reading (stronger reader models first)
• Echo reading (teacher reads, students repeat)

• Choral reading for key sections

Thank you to Brittni Helms for her hard work and dedication to supporting our students and families. Happy National School Social Worker Week!

Shout out to our Weekly Warrior, Molly Haywood, who received the sword from Jeff Taylor.

Thank you again to Mrs. Haywood, Mrs. Morrison, and Mrs. Martens, as well as to our amazing students, for presenting at the School Board luncheon and making it a success. Also, Mrs. Granata did a great job organizing the Author Visit...as always!

Ashlee Friend/Anschutz 8

Seneca Lassiter 12