Crusader Weekly Staff Memo

11/10: *PD day (1/2 site day PD and 1/2 data dig day)-No school for students

11/11: Veterans Day; Grade Level PLCs; Staff meeting (1 hour)

11/14: Friday school wide assembly (8:30 a.m. in the gym)

11/17-11/21:Fall Book Fair

11/18: Grade Level PLCs; Staff meeting (30 minutes); Family Night at the Book Fair (open until 5:00 p.m.)

11/20: MTSS Meetings during Grade Level Specials Time

11/24-11/28: Thanksgiving Break (no school for students and staff)

*More details for these dates below*

The link that takes you to our Cross Country team will take you straight to the schedule. The links that take you to the Flag Football and Volleyball schedule do not take you straight to the schedule. You will have to select "Qual Creek Crusaders" first then scroll down to see the schedule.

Below you will find the links to access our flag football, cross country, and volleyball team schedules.

Cross Country

2025 Cross Country YMCA OKC Elementary School Sports League Standings - QuickScores.com

Flag Football

3rd / 4th Grade Flag Football Standings - QuickScores.com

Link to submit staff shout outs: https://forms.gle/4W9jzybRcrbWsL5e7

We will use this section to let you know when Mrs. Burris, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Robles, or Ms. Lewis come in to your classroom, what we will be looking for. As the school year unfolds, we will provide teaching staff with immediate feedback from our walkthroughs.

Classroom Walkthrough focus: Reading Horizons, HMH, Ada Math, and Calendar Math

**District challenge: When students speak with one another or answer a question aloud, have them practice speaking in complete sentences. Modeling and providing students with sentence starters are a great way to set our students up for success!**

• Teachers will greet students at their classroom doors by 8:05 a.m. to foster a welcoming and structured start to the day.

• Small group instruction will be implemented consistently and adjusted regularly based on students’ most recent assessment data to ensure targeted support and academic growth.

• All assessments must be administered according to the district’s assessment calendar, including but not limited to NWEA, district benchmarks, common formative assessments (CFAs), and interim assessments. Deviations from this schedule will not be permitted.

• Staff members are expected to be punctual for their assigned duty posts and are responsible for securing coverage in the event of an absence.

• Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings are protected time. Teachers are expected to avoid scheduling appointments or phone calls during this time and should come prepared to engage in active, collaborative participation.

• Weekly lesson plans must be submitted to the designated Google Classroom by Monday morning at 8:00 a.m., ensuring alignment with curriculum expectations and instructional goals.

Link to school wide procedures: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PUXmaGl1kHir2mc96PaO2x0thc3t_76k0Yxy3cckw_k/edit?usp=sharing

Classroom doors should be locked at all times!

Each homeroom teacher should have a copy (physical or digital) of how each of our students goes home. This information must come from the parent. For safety reasons, we do not rely on the word from the student.

If you would like for your class or grade level to present a special presentation on something you all have been learning about, please reach out to Mrs. Burris and Mrs. Anderson and we will work to get it scheduled during a Friday assembly.

OKCPS has a language link line you can use for our families who don't speak English.

Language link

Call 1-866-477-5343

Enter account number 24326 followed by # sign

Then you will be asked which language you need interpretation for and you will need the number for the parent as well

Once an interpreter is on the phone they will connect your call to the parent (like a 3 way call)

If there is no answer, they will ask if you want to leave a message.

You can use the same interpreter for multiple calls

Here you will find MTSS resources that we will utilize throughout the school year.

Before sending a student to the nurse's office, please make sure they come with nurse's pass so Mrs. Harrison knows why they are coming to visit. Nurse passes can be found in the staff workroom (they are highlighter yellow).

Per CBA, teachers and staff are allowed to leave campus during their duty free lunch. Please make sure do the following prior to leaving:

2. Fill out the sign out sheet that is located on the top of Mrs. Harrison's desk in the front office.

3. Sign back in when you return to campus.

If a student elopes, please inform the office so that an administrator can be notified. For safety reasons, there should always be eyes on the student. The student should not be unsupervised.

Here you will find the link to the procedure reset slideshow that was discussed during the September 30th staff meeting: https://www.canva.com/design/DAG0a7xBoLQ/Ye4RoUQGvVIDZLHbS8Qnbw/view?utm_content=DAG0a7xBoLQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h1bb1d738a1#2

If you are needing to request supplies from the supply closet, please email Ms. Harrison (email: mrharrison@okcps.org) and Mrs. Greer ( email: agreer@okcps.org) the supplies you are requesting. They will respond to your request within 24 hours.

**This information has been shared with our students' families. This is a district wide change to ensure the office area is not overcrowded and increase our safety measures.**

Checking in a scholar when tardy: Our attendance clerk, Ms. Harrison will be located at the front entrance of the school beginning at 8:20 to ensure that students who are tardy are signed in by their parent/guardian and receive a tardy slip before heading to class.

Checking out a scholar from school: Parents/guardians will present their ID to our front office staff on the camera located by the door that leads to the front office (there will be signs by this door). Once verifying the parent’s/guardian’s information, the parent/guardian will wait in the mini walkway area that leads to the door where they presented their ID. Then, the student will be called down from their class and will walk out the door to their parent/guardian in the waiting area in the mini walkway.

If you have a student in your class who is consistently not in uniform, please email Mrs. Harrison so that she can reach out to the parent. We will not be sending a student home because they are not in uniform.

PLCs will be held every Tuesday during your grade level plan time. We will meet in room D102. Please be on time so that we can maximize our time together!

Date: Tuesday, November 11th, 2025

K: Update Letters/Letter Sounds Tracker and WIN time follow up/support

1st grade: Reading Horizons brief data review, Progress Monitoring Data Review, and Math CFA check-in

2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade: ELA Module 4 interim assessment (QITA strategy for priority standard questions)

Items to bring: laptop

Please report for our PD day on Monday, November 10th at 8:00 a.m. We will begin the day with breakfast and fellowship!

K-4th:

Please bring a worksheet that you would like to do with your students to the training. Each grade level teammate should bring a different subject (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies).

Ms. Callaway and Ms. Powell will be coming into classrooms the week we return from Fall Break to teach Tier 1 Character Strong lessons. It is the expectation that teaching staff stay in the classroom while they are doing these lessons. They will be pushing in once a week.

If you have a student or students who you believe would benefit from meeting with Ms. Powell or Ms. Callaway, please fill out the counseling referral form: https://forms.gle/7HhKHMYDBSGHKLeZ9

If Ms. Powell or Ms. Callaway request more information regarding the student, please respond in a timely manner.

Imagine Learning is available through Clever. The expectation is for students to engage on the platform for 20 minutes a day.

We want to provide PD that meets your unique professional learning needs. Please submit your feedback to the attached survey. It was close on Sunday, November 2nd at midnight.

Link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-CXBQrxyf2K-tqvDyL_GUsrqTiljCzD27VipUjZrY9I6Fdw/viewform

If you have any questions regarding Talking Points, please reach out to Mrs. Burris or Mrs. Anderson!

Beginning Friday, August 22nd, students will be able to pay $1 to dress out of uniform. You will receive an envelope in your teacher mailbox from Mrs. Nguyen to collect your class dollar dress day money. It will be placed in your mailbox on Thursdays. Please make sure Mrs. Nguyen receives the envelope on Friday.

Our Fall Book Fair will take place beginning Monday, November 17th-Friday, November 21st.

Our Wednesday, November 19th, we will be having a light breakfast to celebrate our grandparents and shop at the breakfast! More details to come!

If you haven't done so, please utilize and turn in the PTA reimbursement form.

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