Monday Message

• Monday, 10/20: Conference Day, 9 am - 5 pm (*professional dress please)
• Tuesday, 10/21: no events
• Wednesday, 10/22: Open Enrollment 2026-onsite support, 8 am-3 pm
• Thursday, 10/23: Q1 Data Dig during planning (ABC’s - attendance, behavior, content mastery)
• Friday, 10/24: Vision to Learn at VWES

• 10/27: *Red Ribbon Week; Mandatory Testing Meeting
• 10/28: *Red Ribbon Week; Vision to Learn Eye Exams - 1, 3, & 5
• 10/29: *Red Ribbon Week; Kindergarten Field Trip
• 10/30: *Red Ribbon Week; *Title I Spooky Science Night, 5:30 - 6:30
• 10/31: *Red Ribbon Week; Vocabulary Parade, ***Required Milestones Training Due

• Deadline to update Sub Folders is 10/27/25. Please click the link for the checklist.
• Be sure to include special instructions for students (ex. meds, modified schedule, etc.)

The four foundational questions should continue to guide the work:

1. What do the students need to know? (standards, instruction, HLP)
2. How do we know they know it? (assessment, learning activities)
3. What do we do if they still don't know it? (remediation, reteach)
4. What do we do if they already know it? (acceleration)

All teachers are expected to bring evidence each week (per PSD). This is primarily assessment data but may include student work samples (ex. writing).

Reteaching is expected as a part of the CUA Data Analysis Protocol and the Formative Assessment Data Protocol subsequent to administering assessments. Assessment data will reveal learning gaps and necessitate reteaching to master standards. Please allow MAP assessment data alongside formative and common unit assessment data to inform your practice. Upload completed documents to the lesson plan folder.

1. Exact Path
2. Accelerated Reader
3. Study Island

*Please remember to incorporate these weekly

PSD Employee Handbook

PSD Social Media Agreement

PSD Staff Accidental Device Protection Plan

Field Trip Request form

Fundraiser Request form

Emergency Drill letter to parents

Dear Van Wert Family,

As we approach Parent Conference Day, our purpose is to share evidence of learning, celebrate progress, set clear next steps, and strengthen the home–school partnership. The key messages to communicate include each student’s growth and strengths (not just benchmarks), specific and observable successes across academics, social-emotional learning, and positive habits, the essential role of families as partners in students’ learning journeys, and clear next steps with supports and timelines.

Morning conference sessions run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, a lunch break from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, and afternoon conference sessions run from 1:00 to 5:00 pm.

During conversations, use starter prompts that foster mutual respect and clarity, such as asking what the family has noticed at home that they’d like us to know, what the child is most proud of this quarter, what goals they’d like us to focus on next, how we can best support routines and learning at home, and whether there are barriers to learning we should be aware of (e.g., technology access or transportation). When presenting data, highlight a balanced mix across domains: reading (fluency, comprehension, retell accuracy, sight word growth), writing (narrative/opinion/argument progress, stamina, editing habits), math (fluency, problem-solving strategies, reasoning explanations), social-emotional learning (collaboration, self-regulation, conflict resolution), attendance/punctuality (improvements and supports), and engagement (participation in class activities).

To support families, provide plain-language explanations and avoid jargon, emphasizing growth and support rather than deficits, and offer a written summary of discussions along with next steps. Include concrete resources and follow-up options such as phone, email, or video calls to accommodate families’ schedules.

Materials that you can include for the conference: sign-in sheet, MAP assessment, class grades, attendance, and behavior.

Warm regards,

Will Zwingmann, Ed.S.

Principal

• Please, continue to review our safety protocols.
• Please ensure that all students go through the metal detectors in the morning.
• Please ensure that all classrooms doors are locked during the school day.

• Be at your doors during transition times. You may sit in a chair if you have health issues.

• Closely monitor students if they leave your classroom for restroom breaks. No students on Orange Hall should report to the restroom without an adult watching students go in/out of the restroom.

• Classes should be in separate areas during recess. Visits to the clinic tend to increase when multiple classes are in one space.

• Faculty/Staff should not be on cell phones during instructional time. Emergency calls are understandable

Please click and complete the Time Off Request Form for leave less than two hours. Once you have accumulated two hours, we will deduct it from your sick leave. All staff should use Frontline for leave that is two hours or more.

Please see the flyers below for announcements

Criteria for Fab Friday are as follows:

• Referral/Pink Slip (school or bus)
• Notice of Concern
• Visit by Mr. Williams
• Below 90 in conduct

We will be putting students in cars at 2:35 pm.

Here is how the announcements for dismissal will take place each day:

• 2:25 pm - Prepare your students for dismissal

• 2:30 pm - Please release all bus riders; first 10 car rider names called

• 2:35 pm - Car rider names will be called on channel 16

W.I.N. time will take place from 7:30-7:50. We ask that this time be used for providing interventions, Exact Path, Accelerated Reader, and Raczynski Writing. *Please use student achievement data to guide your decision should you deviate from this at any point.