Boulevard Staff Update

Greetings Boulevard Team,

I can hardly believe tomorrow marks the first day of autumn! 🍂 Pumpkin spice everything is officially back!

As we begin a new week, I’d like us to take a moment to think about one goal we want to focus on. What is one thing you want to accomplish this week, and what will you need to make it happen?

My goal this week is to intentionally connect with more of our students through meaningful conversations—taking time to listen, learn more about them, and make sure they know they are seen, valued, and heard.

I hope you enjoyed the extended weekend and had an opportunity to relax .Let’s come back ready to make it another great week at Boulevard!

One Person. 1% Better Every Day. 💙

Principal Mahoney-Curry

Joi 🌰 🍂

A special thank you to Chandre Ford, Jackie Young, Kristin Campbell, and John Clay for making this event really special!

• Please bring a graded formative assessment for review.
• BLT leaders enter data in protocol before the meeting
• Teachers in grades 3-5 Review Interim Tests (reading, math, and science grades 4 &5)
• Review Testing Calendar Interim TBT's for grades 3-5 week of October 5th
• Bring Teacher Resources.
• New Content focus begins this week (3 week cycles)

Key Before Testing Reminders

• Take the Interim Yourself: Review the test in the Interim Folder or preview it online to anticipate student misconceptions and model effective scratch-paper strategies. Record your predictions and curiosities about student performance on the Data Analysis Worksheet.

• Prepare Student Materials: Print test tickets from TIDE (for OST-tested subjects) or set up your online portal in Renaissance (for Grades 4, 6, 7 Science). Ensure students have pencils, scratch paper, and approved calculators/reference sheets. Pro Move: Set up the paper with students and number the page so you can collect their work and understand why they chose an answer when reviewing results later.

• Frame the Purpose: Remind students that interims are not graded - they are tools to help us see what standards have been mastered, what needs review, and how to prepare for the OST.

Have questions on test setup or accommodations? Use our On-Demand Interim Assessment Chatbot for immediate answers!

• Mark your calendars- MTSS 2 hour meetings are scheduled for September 29th and September 30th
• Please review the MTSS schedule link below.
• MTSSI meetings will occur during these meetings after review of assessment data and groupings.

There will be a PBIS assembly on Friday, September 25th in the afternoon. There will be two scheduled times K-2 and 3-5 assembly. The purpose of the assembly is to review our PBIS expectations. A short slide show will be presented to the students.

The window to enter and post progress grades for the first quarter closes Wednesday, September 23 at 11:59 PM. If you have questions about entering progress report grades, refer to the Grades and Gradebook Slide Deck.

It’s time to let our students SHINE!

Each month, we will highlight one student from each classroom who is an exceptional example of our Learner Power of the Month. This initiative is part of Building One Plan - Action Step 2 for Behavior and gives us an opportunity to celebrate students who are demonstrating positive learning behaviors.

September Learner Power: ENGAGED

We are looking for students who:

• Listen to the speaker with their eyes, ears, and body

• Focus on learning and stay on task

• Participate and share their ideas

• Connect new learning to what they already know

Think about the students who are showing up each day ready to learn, participate, and engage!

A Google Document is included for you to submit your selected student and a brief description of how they demonstrated being ENGAGED.

Submission Due Date: September 28