💙 This week we are grateful that Andria and her family are celebrating a very successful surgery for their daughter Grace. She is at home and doing great after her surgery.
💛 Thank you to everyone involved with conferences this week. Your thoughtful conversations and efforts to partner with our parents are what sets SJPS apart from other schools. Way to go, team! Our parents appreciate ALL of our staff!
💙 Sub folders are a priority for us. We are looking to make them useful, comprehensive, and welcoming. If there is anything that you feel would be useful that we may not have thought of in the office, please let us know!
💛 As we learned in our staff meeting this week, effective schools are those that trust in each other. Many of you have commented on the power of how our thoughts, feelings, and actions affect our students and their learning. As we work together to build trust and support each other, remember that lifting others when they are down is part of building our culture of trust.
💙 Please remember that everyone should be cleaning up after themselves in the lounge! Please don't leave your dishes for others to wash. Thank you!
💛 Our late start meeting for certified staff will be at Brown School this week. We will learn the timeline for our HVAC construction that will occur this year! If you are in the building early that day and notice that many people are missing now you know why. The meeting will end at 8:45, and we will return to Lincoln after that.
💙 If you want to do a learning walk, please let me know what your optimal time would be. If our new building sub, Trena Sanders, is not subbing in a classroom, we can send her your way! Learning from each other is a way to elevate our trust, learn best practices, collaborate with team members, and be the best we can be! I would love to help you with this!
💛 As we kick off reading month this week, you are welcome to wear jeans if it fits your dress-up day wardrobe better :0)
💙 Keep in mind that Flashlight Friday can bring big emotions for students that forget to bring flashlights. Prepare students ahead of time for when flashlights will be used and how they can be shared between groups for anyone that forgets or doesn't have one available.
Week at a Glance and a Peek Beyond
This Week
P2: Humor
SEL: Tier 2
02/27
Lisa at ad staff (9:00 - 11:30)
4:30 IRIP Harmening
Dress Up day: BEAR wear
02/28
Lisa at MSTEP Training (10:00 - 11:00)
Dress Up Day: "Read my Shirt"
03/01
Late Start at Brown
First Day of Women's History Month
Dress Up Day: Wear your favorite Color
03/02
Dress Up Day: "Reading keeps us warm" Wear hat & gloves
Initinal REED 9:15 - 10:15 (Fiesbeck covered by Charlene Jones)
Lisa out of building in the afternoon
03/03
Half Day
Dress Up Day: Flashlight Friday & PJ Day & Popcorn Friday!
Next Week
P2: Teamwork
SEL: Tier 1
03/06
Lisa at Ad Staff (9:00 - 10:30)
Fire Drill #4 at 2:00
IEP Results Meeting 11:00 - 12:00 (Bartz)
Grades due by 4pm
03/07
3/08
Late Start
1st grade Music Rehearsal
ELA Committee Meeting at Central (4:00 - 5:30)
3/09
Talent Show--all classes in gym at 2:00
3/10
Author Visit (See schedule below)
2nd Grade Maple Syrup Sugaring (9:00 - 11:30)
Future dates to know...
3/15 First Grade Performance all classes in gym 2:00-2:30
3/17-3/26 Spring Break
4/13 VIP Breakfast (Last Name A-K) 7:45 - 8:15 am
4/14 VIP Breakfast (Last Name L-Z) 7:45 - 8:15 am
4/19 Second Grade Performance 2:00 - 2:30
4/25 Science and Culture Night 6 - 8 pm, School Bus Driver Appreciate Day
5/31 5th Grade Performance 2:00 - 2:30
Please Welcome Our New Building Sub--TRENA SANDERS!
Grades Due At 4:00 PM On Monday, March 6th
The office will be printing NWEA reports for your report cards. You will find them in your mailbox with your report cards. If you have already printed yours and do not need them, please let Mallory know.
Author Visit Schedule--March 10th
4th/5th Grade: 9:45-10:45
Y5/K/1st Grade: 1-2 pm
2nd/3rd Grade: 2:30-3:30 pm
All teachers will stay with their classes for the author presentation. This time will allow for a shared experience between the teacher and students and the learning can be referenced throughout ELA instruction this year.
Specials will occur at your normal times. If you have Media Center that day, your time will be covered by a substitute in your classroom. Sarah has sent an email regarding book checkout at a separate time.
We appreciate all of the flexibility that EVERYONE has shown to ensure this schedule fits the needs of everyone the best we can.
Reading Month--A Message from Sarah and Julia
Please check out our Reading Month website to be in the know, as some of the fun starts right NOW!
Important Dates to Remember:
February 27 through March 3: Dress Up Days (please see photo). Please share photos from the dress-up days here.
Wednesday, March 1: All door decorating needs to be completed.
Monday, March 6 through Friday, March 10: Take your student on a "gallery walk" through the building to see all of the creative doors.
Friday, March 10: Ruth McNally Barshaw Author Visit Day in the Media Center! I will communicate the schedule for each presentation soon.
We will be providing students with a small notebook that they will use during Ruth's presentation; please have students bring a pencil with them when they come for the presentation.
Wednesday, March 8 through Monday, March 13: A Google Form will be sent to you so you and your students can vote on their favorite door. Voting needs to be completed by Monday, March 13, at the end of the school day.
Wednesday, March 15: The winning classrooms will be revealed and will have donuts delivered to their classroom!
Thanks for all you do to foster book love in our students. You make a difference!
Please let us know if there is anything we can do to support you this reading month and beyond,
Julia and Sarah
Lincoln Elementary School
Email: lknuth@sjschools.org
Website: www.sjschools.org
Location: 1102 Orchard Avenue, St. Joseph, MI, USA
Phone: 269.926.3700