Friday Forecast

Mission

At WKE we are committed to educating ALL children by building lasting relationships and nurturing each child for success.

Vision

Empower Each Child To Design Their Future

ALL MEANS ALL

System Commitments

1. All students, regardless of circumstances, advance on time, prepared to graduate and ready to enter college, the military or industry with certification.

2. Teaching and learning develop power skills in all students.

3. Our schools are service-oriented centers of learning, committed to family and community partnerships.

4. Every adult will be equipped with the skills and resources necessary to advocate for and ensure the success of all students.

December 16 - Holiday Social - 4:00 - 6:00

December 17 - Leadership Grades Due to Shelley

December 18 - No Professional Learning Today

December 1-20 - STAR 360 Benchmark Assessment

December 20 - Half day for students, lunch will be served

December 20 - End of 2nd Nine Weeks

December 23 - January 3 Winter Break

January 6 - Teacher Work Day (FLEX Day for some)

January 7 - Students return

January 8 - ALL Grades Due to Shelley

January 8 - No Professional Learning Today

January 10 - WKMS presents to 5th grade, 9:00

January 13 - Collaborative Conversation - Mid-Year Check Point Protocol

January 13 - Report Cards Issued

January 15 - ELA Debrief about Kate Bishop

January 20 - MLK Holiday

January 22 - ESOL, Jennifer Gillespie Professional Learning

January 27 - Collaborative Conversation - Disrupting Poverty Chapter 5

January 29 - RTI Connect - Professional Discussion

*Please remember that Wednesdays are reserved for Professional Learning. There will be times that the coach may trades dates, however expect to meet.

**February 14 - Professional Day - All Certified staff - As a reminder, we will use that day as professional development. We expect all staff to be in attendance for any training that will take place here or another location in the district.

**February 17 - Weather Make-up Day

Please welcome - Savannah Harris is joining our WKE family in January. She will be a member of the second grade team. She is a recent graduate from CIU. We are excited to have her!

Not Goodbye, but see you soon - A special thank you to Stephanie Hill for stepping in and teaching Mrs. Barker's 5th grade class. We appreciate all she has done for our students! Come see us soon!

Welcome Back - We are excited to welcome Mrs. Barker back after her maternity leave. We have missed you and know that you have had a sweet time with Graham!

Knoll News

After a short break, Knoll Nonsense is back! Two challenges were added earlier this week and look for two additional to be posted sometime this weekend.

Here is an update on points:

Kindergarten - 500

1st Grade - 600

2nd Grade - 1300

3rd Grade - 1900

4th Grade - 2400

5th Grade - 3700

RATS - 1100

RTI - 1000

Special Areas - 300

All challenges are available to complete at any time during the school year, so it's definitely not too late! Especially for those teams who do not have any points yet.

Keep up the "nonsense" Knollians!

Flex Day, January 6 -

This is the first Flex day for team summer planning.

Holiday Celebrations - Please remember to have all celebrations completed by Wednesday, December 18th.

Holiday Gathering - Our holiday gathering will be at the Old Mill Monday December 16th 4pm - 6 pm. Please remember to pay your $5.00 to Amanda!

Google Training: GRADES 3,4 & 5 - We have confirmed the dates for our initial Google training: Thursday, January 16th during your planning period with follow-up discussions after school. This was the only time that could be worked out. Our focus will be Google Docs for Collaboration and Google Classroom for Workflow. Please save those dates on your calendar. All teachers in the above grades are expected to attend the training.

Live Every Moment.....Laugh Everyday.....Love Beyond Words!

From our heart to yours,

Nicole, Martha & Angelo