News & Notes
February 23, 2024
Hello & See you Soon
I'm sure you noticed that Amanda hasn't been speeding down the halls on her scooter this week. Amanda is home with both legs (sans cast) propped up while she waits for Baby Boy Bo to arrive. Amanda, we will see you soon (but not too soon).
Please be sure to say "Hello" to Josephine Donnally when she arrives on Monday for her long term stay in 5th grade.
The Great iPad Rollout (and return) of 2024 is just around the corner!
Here is what you need to know now
- Date: March 21st
- Time: In the afternoon
- Where: They will be coming to you/your class
- Who: K-5 (PK already has theirs)
- Communication to parents I am sharing the district letter in JtF next week. I have also scheduled a reminder letter in Parent Square to go out on March 18th.
- You will ALSO need to share the district letter/details to your classes.
- The letter includes some specifics that you will find beneficial as well.
Extra Details:
- The iPads will come with new cords and plugs. They won't work with the old cords and plus.
- The new iPads should have a 10 hour battery life.
- The port is a USB-C.
- The headphones you have won't plug into the iPads - Great News...the district has ordered headphones the will work. They also ordered ePens.
- The headphones and ePens will be a part of your inventory and checked out to you. You will want to make sure you create a plan for how to manage them.
- The headphones and ePens WILL NOT go home with kids.
In the meantime:
- If you are not sending the learner iPads home with them you will want to be ready to gather their cords and bricks so they can be returned/exchanged when they come.
- Please add the blurb from next week's JtF to your upcoming newsletters.
- Update and prepare your own iPad for the exchange.
- Think about how you want to manage and store the headphone/ePens.
- Question? Ask. :)
CTC
TELPAS testing will continue next week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday starting at 8:00 in B101 and B105. Thank you for the team effort to maintain quiet in B hall during testing.
MAP & mClass Parent Reports
Follow the REPORTING PARAMETERS to run MAP reports. Please DO NOT run reports until February 24th. The district mean will not show up on the reports if you run them before this date. Lakeside will send MAP and mClass reports on Friday, March 1st. Please remember to attach the parent letters. mClass MAP
Accommodations Reminder
Are your learners using their accommodations routinely, independently, and effectively? Learners need these scaffolds to support their learning. They are not just for testing.
It is time to submit your third round of monitoring forms for your active Emergent Bilingual learners. You will need to submit the following form for each active EB from your list (this includes parent denials).
Please use this form for the 3rd Nine weeks: Active EB Linguistic Accommodation Form
👏👏👏Thank you to second and fourth grade teachers who were the first teams to complete all their forms and earned a prize!
One week of TELPAS testing down, one more to go! Thank you for your support with keeping our learners quiet as we pass through B hall!
