Spartan Staff Weekly

Sonora Middle School

Chelsea Jennings, Principal

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

Monday, January 19:

MLK Jr. Day (No School)

Tuesday, January 20:

WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (ELA Priority)
Art Demo #3 w/ Crystal Bridges for Arts Integration Steering Committee Only
Marshallese Youth Initiative Graduation, 6pm (for participants and invited guests)

Wednesday, January 21:

CTM Time @ 2:10
Huddle @ 3:30 in LMC

Thursday, January 22:

WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (Math Priority)
Leadership Team Meetings: Guiding Coalition & RTI Team
Boys' Basketball vs. Ramay @ LJHS, 5:30
Girls' Basketball vs. Ramay @ Ramay, 5:30

Friday, January 23:

WIN: Clubs!

Deadline to Spend TAF $$

For 6th grade teachers who receive TAF money, please plan to spend your allotment by the end of January. This allows us to allocate any remaining funds to other instructional funding needs before the spring deadline. Funds may not be available to use or reimburse after February 1st. Thank you!

EAST Support

The following flyer was made by students in search of projects they can help teachers with around the school.

Professional Development Requirements

Springdale requires certified staff to complete 60 hours of professional development yearly.
Teachers need to enter their own professional development hours into the reporting system. You can log PD that takes place during or outside of contracted time. You can also log 9 hours for Huddle Staff Meetings.
Linked in the Dashboard, I have created a set of slides that walks you through required PD and instructions for reporting Back-to-School Week PD hours.

The state requirement this year is Mandated Reporter training (here is overview of requirement rotations each year).
Make sure you also completed the district Cybersecurity training.

Evidence of PD hours is part of the May checkout process, but the district will want you to work on the online PD if we have any inclement weather "catch up" days, so it's good to take care of it in advance!