July 31, 2025
Staff Newsletter
November 17, 2025
News
NOVEMBER 17-21 AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
NOVEMBER 17
Midterm ✅
PK Monitoring files DUE!
NOVEMBER 18
NMS MINI Math 3:30-4:30
Robotics Competition depart from NMS at 8:10am ( competition is from 9-2)
Letrs Live 5:00-8:00PM
NOVEMBER 19
Prep and Plan- Early dismissal
Assistant Principal's meeting 1:00
NOVEMBER 20
Morgantown Reward Trip-6-8 perfect Attendance
Parent teacher conferences for kindergarten only this evening 3:15-6:00
NOVEMBER 21- NO school for Kindergarten 🚫
Midterms mailed ✅
Parent teacher conferences for kindergarten only all day.
NOVEMBER 24-28 Thanksgiving Breakf- No school for Students
NOVEMBER 27-🦃 🚫
DECEMBER 1-19TH- MYSTERY ANNOUNCER FUN
DECEMBER 2
Special Education Day
DECEMBER 3
NAEP Training 4:00-6:00
Tentative Attendance reward grades 1-5
DECEMBER 4
PRINCIPAL'S MEETING
DECEMBER 9
Stalder's Field Trip for PK
DECEMBER 10
3rd Grade Tech Express
Tentative fundraising items Delivered
DECEMBER 11
Elementary Principal's Meeting
PK Stalder's Trip
1st Grade Parent Involvement Christmas Stations- Please let the office know the day before what parents are coming in.
DECEMBER 12
Kindergarten Christmas Program 1:30- give Ashton a list of parents attending the day before so we can get a head start on printing visitor tags. This helps greatly! Students will sign out with the classroom teacher if leaving with their parents.
Day basketball game at Tyler
DECEMBER 15
Reindeer Games for 6/8
DECEMBER 16
Christmas Band Concert 6:00. (4-6 & 7/* choir)
DECEMBER 17
Career Day 6/8
First Grade Christmas Program 1:30-give Ashton a list of parents attending the day before so we can get a head start on printing visitor tags. Students will sign out with the classroom teacher if leaving with their parents.
DECEMBER 18
PK Christmas Program 1:00-give Ashton a list of parents attending the day before so we can get a head start on printing visitor tags. Students will sign out with the classroom teacher if leaving with their parents.
DECEMBER 19
Faculty Senate
12:15 Dismissal for students 🚫
Dr. Muhammad Guest Speaker at MHS 8:30-2:00
DECEMBER 22- No students
Professional Learning Day
Schoology Finalization✅
JANUARY 5
Students return from Holiday break
3rd 9 weeks begins
JANUARY 6
Schoology Finalization
JANUARY 7
Print Report Cards
JANUARY 8
Principal Meeting
JANUARY 9
Mail Report Cards
JANUARY 16
Spelling Bee List Week 1
JANUARY 23
Spelling Bee List Week 2
JANUARY 30
Spelling Bee List Week 3
FEBRUARY 13
Spelling Bee Class Spell off
FEBRUARY 26
TITLE I NIGHT
FEBRUARY 27
School Spelling Bee must be held by this date.
November Resources
November is Native American Month. Great multiple-disciplinary projects should be in the classrooms for this month. https://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/promo/NativeAmerican
Veterans Day is November 11th. Veterans Day 2025: Founding, Fact & Meaning | HISTORY .
There is a rise in mental health issues. If you are struggling or know someone who is, get this article out to them and all staff members. And publicize the contact numbers throughout all facilities. Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance or to offer it: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/youre-not-alone-counselors-see-rise-in-calls-to-988-suicide-crisis-lifeline/article_4ca9d537-6ea3-4388-91d4-ad36a430ab7e.html
PEIA. They are having listening tours. Attend. Learn. Make your voice heard: PEIA plan year 2027 input needed, statewide public hearings scheduled for November – Real WV
Self-Care
Emphasizes how important it is to be out in nature. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/31/forest-bathing-nature-health/
A national self-care Zoom on December 2: Coaching for Personal & Professional Growth and Staying Healthy Over the Holidays
November is Read One Book month for all educators. Start planning on choosing your book for the Thanksgiving break, when sitting in a deer stand or when you wake up from a nap:
Most popular books published in November 2025 | Goodreads
Teaching About Thanksgiving
Resource Links
iReady Padlets
iReady Padlet Resource with Useful Information
2025-2026 New Walk Through Look Fors
Calendars
Prep and Plan days
Wednesday, September 24th , Early Dismissal-
Wednesday, October 22nd, Early Dismissal-
Wednesday, November 19th, Early Dismissal-
Wednesday- February 18th, Two-hour Delay-
Wednesday- March 18th, Two-hour Delay-
Wednesday, April 29th, Two-hour Delay-
Staff Spotlight
🌟 Staff Shout-Outs 🌟
As we enter this season of gratitude, I want to take a moment to express how truly thankful I am for each and every one of you. Your dedication, creativity, and compassion shape our school community in ways that matter every single day. You juggle schedules, support students, solve problems, and somehow manage to keep smiling—even before the coffee kicks in. That’s real talent!
Thank you for showing up with kindness and commitment to our students and families. If gratitude could be measured, we'd need a much bigger bulletin board.
Wishing you all a season filled with warmth, rest, laughter, and maybe even a moment where no one asks you where the scissors went. You are appreciated more than words—and certainly more than the copy machine could ever express.
We are so lucky to have such a dedicated and supportive team. 💙
