One Team One Dream!

• Amira Testing K-3 August 24-27

• Dream Team Pickleball Challenge August 27 2:45

• Discovery Labs August 24-September 4

• Husky of the Month August 26

• Leadership Meeting August 31 2:45

• Labor Day Holiday September 7

• STEAM Night September 15 (4:30-6:00)

• Fall Break September 21-23

• Professional Development Day September 24

• Teacher Workday September 25

• Fall Pictures September 29

Teachers, please plan to meet for your TKES Pre Conference during the first 15 minutes of PLC time on Tuesday, August 25th in Stephanie Blamires room if you did not meet with me on Wednesday. At that time, we will review the TKES process and input our goal/plan.

Reminders:

• Art Club after school program begins on Monday. They will meet in room A169 which is at the end of the 1st grade hallway in Ms. Reimann's room from last year. They are dismissed with Carpool.
• Laminator, poster maker and copier- If you run into trouble with any of our machines, please report it immediately to the front office.
• Please do not send students to the clinic between 11:00-12:00 unless it is absolutely necessary. Thank your help as we navigate our students with severe medical diagnoses.
• If you ae reading this Staff Smore carefully, you may wear school appropriate athleisure on Thursday. (Pickleball day)
• Please go into the TKES platform by August 31 to complete your TKES online Orientation, then your Self Assessment. For the Sefl Assessment, you must click the down triangle and Share/Finalize, then Submit for it to be complete. You get to this platform through Infinite Campus/Ga Doe/SLDS. If you need any help, please reach out!
• FCS Annual Required Trainings are due August 31. You can access a course overview (with instructions) and course link from this page within the Professional Learning internal hub: SY26-27 Annual Required Trainings. Don't wait until the last minute- the trainings take a few hours!

Below is the timeline for posting grades. Non-academic grades are not required at this time. Continue working collaboratively with your team to ensure consistency and alignment in grading practices. Let us know if you need assistance with grading and reporting.

August 3-September 2

September 1-September 4

Friday September 4

Tuesday, September 8

Tuesday, September 8

The posting and verification window closes at 4:00PM.

Friday, September 11

All grades are entered and posted from the Semester 1 Average grading task.

• Teacher resources can be found on the Campus Instruction Toolkit in the Posting Grades section

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​FCS Posting Grades​​​​​​​​​

• CC Post Grad​​​​​​​es

• CC Post Grades for Multiple Sections

• CC Post Grades using the Post Grades Tool

The following Assessment Reports will go home with students on Friday, September 11, 2026

• Envelopes labeled Important Information for Parents will be placed in homeroom teacher mailboxes.

• Each envelope will contain all assessment results for one student.

• i-Ready Reading and Math (K-5)

• GKIDS (K only)

• Amira (K-3)

I am delighted to share that we have achieved a 100% completion rate in i-Ready Reading and 98% completion in Math. By the end of the day Friday, we expect to reach 100% completion in both Reading and Math!

Thank you to all of our teachers for your commitment to ensuring that all students were assessed. A very special thank you to Lisa Tackett, Jeanie Weiermiller, and Lisa Solik for coordinating and completing all makeup testing sessions.

In addition to teachers' data analysis, Brian Madej, Math Coach, and Lindsay King, Literacy Coach, will review and analyze the assessment data with each grade-level team during upcoming Curriculum Chats and instructional planning meetings. Linda Herrington, MTSS/RTI Support, will analyze the data to identify students who may qualify for additional services, such as EIP Reading and/or Math. Stephanie Blamires, CST, will also review the data as part of our Continuous Achievement analysis. In addition, our TAG teachers will examine the results to determine whether any students may need a second look for gifted services.

The purpose of these assessments is to identify our students' academic needs so that we can target instruction, provide appropriate support, and maximize growth and achievement for every learner.

Teaching Museum Field Trip Experiences (scheduled by FCS and assigned to us):

• PK: Tiny Tales on May 3 at 9am at SHE
• PK (SN): Garden Tales on May 3 at 9am at SHE
• 2nd: Cherokee and Muscogee Tribes on October 22 at 10am at Chattahoochee Nature Center
• 5th: Electricity and Magnetism SteamBUS on August 19 at 8am at SHE
• 5th: Physical and Chemical Changes SteamBUS on March 29 at SHE

Teaching Museum Extra Experiences (FCS gave us the opportunity this week to request certain other trips that weren't yet full. I have submitted our name for these experiences, and will let you know if we are selected. The dates were very narrowly defined and don't necessarily match up with when the content is being taught, so this is a work-in-progress.)

• KK: Shapes in Music at SHE
• 1st: Ben Franklin at SHE
• 3rd: The Word Collector at SHE
• 4th: StarLab at SHE

SHE-sponsored Field Trips (The following trips are in the works. Our PTO will pay for coach buses for grades 3-5. FCS school buses will be utilized for grades K-2.) If a specific trip is not listed for your grade level yet, please come and see me or invite me to an upcoming team meeting to discuss options.

• KK: Art Barn in April
• 1st: Georgia Farm Life (looking at Fall dates)
• 2nd:
• 3rd: Tellus Museum on February 11
• 4th: Franklin Gold Mine
• 5th:
• 5th Overnight: Rock Eagle October 22-23
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My goal is to have all field trips scheduled and arranged by Monday, August 31st. This would be a big improvement for me over the past few years. Help me meet my goal!

Our Academic Support Team (Lindsay, Brian, and Stephanie) will review iReady results for incoming students to see if it appears that they need changes to their Continuous Achievement placement.

For example: A new 5th grade was placed in an on-level class. Their iReady Reading was overall 6th grade, and you notice they are very competent in class. That student might need to be moved to an Advanced roster. This is usually pretty easy to do, because most classes include a combination of On and Advanced-level learners. Movement to an Accelerated roster typically involves a more dramatic schedule change and will require much further discussion to make sure we have enough data to make an informed decision.

Our next meeting is Monday, September 14th at 2:45. We will end by 3:30pm.

Dates for the rest of the semester:

• October 3
• November 16
• December 14

Curriculum Chats

• K and 1st- We will be reviewing your Amira data. Please bring your computer and something to write with.

• 4th and 5th- We will be looking at data and resources. Please bring your computer, TE, iready data dig, and RELA folder.

Please email me if you want to find a time to meet for anything you need :)

As we are completing assessments (iReady and Amira) please keep the literacy flow chart in mind when reviewing the data! We need to be focusing on students scoring below 30th percentile on iReady and students scoring yellow or red on Amira.

The Elementary ELA team is excited to share a new option for professional learning for teachers, literacy coaches, and school leaders!

The On Demand Professional Learning Library is a space that provides you with flexible access to professional learning based on your needs and schedules. You can explore sessions at your own pace and return to them whenever support is needed.

Each session includes learning outcomes that provide a preview of the session’s focus and what you can expect to learn, the recorded session, and the slide deck to support your learning and allow you to revisit the content as needed.

The Elementary ELA On Demand Professional Learning Library is just one click away! Watch the video to learn more about it: On Demand ELA Professional Library.mp4

I will begin observations for all homeroom teachers related to whole-group math lessons next week. I will be taking notes to generate data as a baseline for our on-going work towards our math goals. I will not provide targeted feedback unless requested, rather, I will share general trends and noticings from all observations combined. If you have any questions, please ask.

Unit one assessments are around the corner. Please reach out if you need anything before the first assessment. I will be reviewing data once the assessments are completed. Please note, recovery of assessments should NOT be done in illuminate in order to preserve the data from the initial administration.

• Aug. 24th - K, 5th, and 6th
• Aug. 31st - 2nd
• Sept. 8th - 1st, 3rd, and 4th

2nd: Review unit 2 assessment and unpack the first two weeks of instruction.

3rd: Use iReady data to form skills groups.

4th: Review unit 2 assessment and unpack the first two weeks of instruction.

5th: Review unit 2 assessment and unpack the first two weeks of instruction.

I will begin creating study guides for unit 2 and they will be placed in Teams channel (Math folder - Study Guides or Family Letters folder - Unit folder). Moving forward teams will be part of the study guide creation process. Please follow the guidelines below for sending home the appropriate elements the first week of math unit 2.

K-1: Send home ONLY the Family Letter that matches each student's Continuous Achievement level.

2-6: Send home the Family Letter as well as the study guide. Please note the difference for ADV and ON. Also, please communicate to parents about the weekly progression of teaching that correlates with the questions on the study guide. Staying on pace with the FCS planner is important since this progression will support the study-guide practice at home.

Deadlines and Pacing

2nd: Send home Unit 2 supplies on Sept. 4.

Study Guide Problem Pacing: Week 1 - problems 1-3, Week 2 - problems 4-8, Week 3 - problems 9-12

3rd: Send home Unit 2 supplies on Sept. 11

Study Guide Problem Pacing: Week 1 - problems 1-9, Week 2 - problem 10, Week 3 - problems 11-13

4th: Send home Unit 2 supplies on Sept. 11

Study Guide Problem Pacing: Week 1 - problems 1-6, Week 2 - problems 7-9, Week 3 - problems 10-12, Week 4 - problem 13

5th: Send home Unit 2 supplies on Aug. 28

Study Guide Problem Pacing: Week 1 - problems 1-6, Week 2 - problems 7-10, Week 3 - problem 11

6th: Under Construction

Anytime throughout the year that you have feedback on curriculum or unit assessments, please take a moment to complete the appropriate form. We regularly review the feedback and use it to improve on our curriculam resources and unit assessments.

Elementary ELA

Secondary ELA

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Unit Assessments

Parent letters will be sent home next week. PLEASE reach out to your parents and let them know to expect these letters. Many were in EIP last year, but we do have new families that may not know about the program. You can always direct parent questions to me!

I will be placing Language Checklists in your mailboxes next week. Please complete and return to me. I will enter in IC for you!

Please sign off on all 504 plans in Infinite Campus.

Special Education Teachers - Please sign off on plans for students that may be in your co-teacher classes. If you have a student that you do not serve in a small group but are rostered to, please send me that students name.

Specials teachers - You signed off last year and will not need to resign until plans are updated throughout the year.

How to Find your 504 Staff Dashboard & Sign Off on 504 Plans

• Login to Infinite Campus
• Under the Main Menu, locate 504 Module
• Click the + to open the tab and click on 504 Staff Dashboard

• Click on the 504 student name
• Physically click the checkbox next to each accommodation
• Sign the document using your mouse or touchscreen
• Date the document
• Click Sign

Hi everyone! I hope all introduction lessons went well. The SSS pre-inventory is to be delivered the week of August 24th. This is for 3rd-5th grades. Remember, this year the inventory is through the ReThink Ed platform.

I'm attaching the slides you'll put on your board that tell students how to access, as well as your script. The inventory is assigned at the district level, so all students should already have access. Please let me know right away if you have any issues, as we are required to complete the inventory within a specific timeframe.

*Please note, I've heard there are more questions this year. It could take longer to complete. If you need to break if up across two days, that's fine. Keep me posted so I can share with other teams as we discover how it works!

Pre-Inventory Resources:

1. Pre-Inventory Slide Deck – to be used by teachers
• Pre-Inventory Instructions Script (also embedded in the slide deck above)

For quick reference:

scope and sequence.

As always, let me know if you need anything else from me!

Applications go live Friday August 21st at 9am.

Have a scarecrow idea that could wow the crowd? Our judges will be looking for the best crow in these categories; Laugh out Loud Crow, Spookiest Crow, Recycle Crow and Best in Show Crow

Winners will be announced at Boo Bash, featured online in the local paper, and best of all, they get first pick of next year’s prime patch locations.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY when application goes live this Friday

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