Sivells Elementary Staff Newsletter
Week of: May 18, 2026
Upcoming Dates
- May 18th - PreK3 Changing Ceremonies @11:15, 11:45, 12:15 in room 41.
- May 18th - PreK4 Changing Ceremonies @1:00 in classrooms
- May 19th-21st - Grab n' Go Lunches; Dismiss @ 12:35 pm
- May 19th - March of the Tigers @ 9:00 am
- May 19th - First Grade Awards @ 10:30 am
- May 20th - Kinder Graduations @ 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 in the cafeteria
- May 21st - First Grade End of Year Celebration in classrooms
Current Classroom Focuses
Classroom Connections
- "So often you find that the students you're trying to INSPIRE are the ones that end up inspiring you." How have your kids inspired you this year?!
ZEARN
Please remember that students are expected to complete a minimum of 2 lessons per week on Zearn! This is a great resource to incorporate into your math stations and/or WIN time.
Duties
Teachers & Paras, please remember that it is very important to actively monitor and support students during each duty. A reminder of duty expectations are below:
- Cafeteria Duty: actively walk around monitoring your table(s), assisting students to open their food items and reminding students of behavioral expectations (voice level, remaining seating, not getting up to throw away trash, etc.)
- Recess Duty: actively monitor students in zones across the playground (not congregating in groups at the table or in chairs), reminding students to follow playground rules and remain safe
- AM/PM Duty: be on time to your duty spot & staying there the entire time, walkie talkies on the appropriate channel, reminding students of behavioral expectations and supporting a safe and efficient arrival or dismissal
Reminders
- A special retirement luncheon for Ms. Arma will be in the PLC room on Monday. Check the sign up in the email for what you signed up to bring.
- Please let admin. know if you need to run out on conference in effort to know where everyone is at all times for safety.
- Keep your kids engaged!
- Keep phones in your pockets especially on recess and dismissal duty.
Staff Shout Outs
There are so many wonderful things happening around our school each day! This week:
* Thank you to Mrs. Kim Williams and Mrs. Cathy Hernandez for completing all the testing for us!
* Shout out to Ms. Mata for being the calm amongst the storm with some behaviors!
* Thank you to Ms.Coleman for always being there with positivity!
Important Notes:
* A schedule for our PD days will be coming through email.
* We have 9 ARDs this week; thank you in advance for being flexible again.
Donna Grissom
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