The Weekly Words

At Noble Elementary, we believe that every student has the right to learn and grow in a safe and respectful environment. We also believe that every student has the power to make positive choices, learn from mistakes, and become stronger leaders in our school community. Noble Elementary empowers all students for college and career readiness through AVID’s schoolwide focus on WICOR, student success skills, and a growth mindset.

Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Fall Fest such a success! Despite the rain, our amazing students and families braved the weather and brought so much energy, fun, and spirit! We want to extend a thank you to our staff members who stayed late to support the event and ensure everyone had a great time. A very special shoutout goes to Ms. Threatt for her incredible leadership and effort in organizing every detail to make the fest possible. We are also grateful to the PTA for their support, and to AVI for providing the wonderful dinner that kept everyone fed throughout the evening.

Team,

As we close out Quarter 1 and step directly into Parent-Teacher Conferences this week, this is a natural moment to reflect on our progress, reset our intentionality, and set the standard for the remainder of the year. Conferences give us a powerful platform to bridge the gap between school and home. As you share data and growth areas with families, remember the core mindset driving our school culture: We cannot control every student's choice, but we have full ownership over how we respond.

Every single morning is a brand-new day for our students. As we navigate the demands of Week 10, ask yourself:

• Can we extend genuine empathy while holding non-negotiable standards of accountability?

• Do our tone, body language, and immediate actions communicate that we care, even in the middle of a behavioral redirection?

Our students will succeed having firm boundaries, calm and predictable adult responses, and the genuine opportunity to reset without ever being defined by yesterday’s choices. Moving into Quarter 2, continue to tighten your classroom routines, address off-task behaviors proactively and consistently, and approach every single student touchpoint through this lens: clear is kind, accountability is necessary, and relationships matter.

Mr. Walker, M.Ed.

Principal

• October 5 - 22: General Interim Window (Grades 3-5)
• October 20 & 21: Grade 3 ELA OST
• October 26 - 30: Grade 3 Math Interim
• October 20: October TAP Meeting
• October 21: Unity Day, Wear Orange
• October 21: 3rd and 5th Hearing/Vision Screenings
• October 22 - 23: Records, Parent-Teacher Conferences, and GLTM
• October 26: Level 2 Lockdown Drill, 10:15 a.m.
• October 26: After School Enrichment Begins
• October 27: October Principal/AP Meeting - 3:45 p.m.
• October 27: World Occupational Therapy Day
• October 29: Noble All-Star Assemblies
• October 29: October Staff Meeting
• October 30: Trunk or Treat Event
• November 1: 4th/5th Grade Little Shop of Horrors, 2 p.m.
• November 3: Professional Learning Day, No Students

Help us celebrate the amazing things happening at Noble! Use this form to:

• Give a shout-out to a staff member, student, class, or moment that has demonstrated one of the Noble Big 4.

• Share feedback or ideas that will help make Noble an even better place to learn and work.

Your voice matters, let’s lift each other up and keep moving forward together!

Fall Fest: Our Fall Fest was an absolute success! Despite the rain, dozens of families came out to celebrate, connect, and enjoy the festive fall activities together!

Seasonal Storytelling: Huge shout-out to Ms. Wallace for transforming the Literacy Lobby with immersive soundscapes to bring seasonal storytelling to life for our students!

Creative Literacy in Pre-K: In Mrs. Hui's class, students are building expressive language skills by narrating humorous bug adventures using the wordless animation series Minuscule at the end of the day!

After-School Programs: A variety of fantastic after-school enrichment activities are up and running this fall! Please help us spread the word to all of our families!

3rd Grade OST Prep: Fall OST is right around the corner for our 3rd graders! Loved building momentum and reinforcing expectations during our energetic Kick-off Assembly on Thursday!

2nd Grade Math & Halloween: Shout-out to Mrs. Craven for designing an engaging Halloween place value lesson where all 2nd graders get to create their own place value monsters on Friday!

Arts & Theater Experience: Our students were treated to a phenomenal performance of The Ugly Duckling at Playhouse Square, and the reviews from our students were glowing!

PTA Appreciation: A huge shout-out to our incredible PTA for surprising our staff with treats this week, including an awesome cereal bar!

Given our shortened instructional week due to Parent-Teacher Conferences, TBT meetings are optional this week. Use this time to focus on your family conversations and quarter-end prep.

Looking ahead, we are streamlining our collaborative workflow for Quarter 2. At our next staff meeting on October 29, we will walk through our new Common TBT Worksheet.

What to Expect from the New Template:

• Grade-Level & Department Business: Dedicated space at the top of each meeting agenda to cover operational announcements, logistics, and grade-level announcements before transitioning into data.

• Upfront Preplanning: Clear alignment on priority standards, prerequisite skills, and explicit "I Can" statements and success criteria before instruction begins.

• Data-Driven Analysis: Standardized sections to track student proficiency levels, analyze common misconceptions, and identify specific skill areas for intervention.

• Actionable Next Steps: Structured protocol for agreeing on 1–2 shared instructional/differentiation strategies to implement between formative assessments.

Don't See you name? Please be sure to complete our Staff Interest Survey!

October Birthdays

October 4: Mrs. Doyle

October 6: Ms. Oberfield

October 11: Mrs. Nalepa

October 17: Ms. Hubbard

October 22: Mrs. DiDona

October 30: Mrs. Barrancotto

On October 21, our school will be joining schools across the nation to celebrate Unity Day!

Unity Day is the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month. The message is simple, powerful, and clear: wear and share ORANGE to show unity, kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. When we wear orange, we send a visible message that no student at Noble or staff member stands alone and that our school is a safe, welcoming community for everyone.

Our October Noble All-Star Assemblies are Thursday, October 29! Please make sure your All-Stars are selected 4 days in Advance and families are notified to attend. Please update slides by 10/28! I am printing certificates this year!

After inventorying t-shirts, we have enough for all All-Stars this year. I will distribute September All-Star shirts this week!

Noble All-Star Assembly Information

On Friday, October 30, we will host our annual Trunk or Treat celebration out on the Noble blacktop beginning at 1:45 p.m. (volunteer vehicles will arrive at 1:00 p.m. for setup). To make this a memorable, community-centered event for our Tigers, we need all hands on deck to spread the word and get our families involved!

How You Can Support:

1. Recruit Family Volunteers: Encourage your classroom families and community contacts to participate by decorating a vehicle trunk and handing out treats! Interested volunteers should email me directly at c_walker@chuh.org.

2. Promote the Candy Drive Challenge: Starting this week, launch the Candy Drive Challenge in your homeroom! Share Mr. Walker's tracker with your students' donations, the classroom that collects the most candy by weight (in pounds) by the deadline of 10/29 will win a PRIZE!

3. Enforce Safety Guidelines: Please remind families that Noble is a strictly NUT-FREE facility. All donated treats must be peanut- and tree-nut-free to ensure a safe, inclusive environment for all students.

Thank you for building excitement, reinforcing expectations, and helping us create an incredible fall experience for our students!

With extra doors to monitor and fewer staff members this year, our team is spread thin. Every absence and delay severely impacts building safety, making your punctuality at assigned duty posts essential.

• Arrival Window (8:30 – 8:45 AM): Duty has been reduced to just 15 minutes before instruction to ease the morning load. Please be at your post promptly at 8:30 AM.

• Absences & Coverage: If running late or absent, notify leadership immediately and try to arrange backfill coverage with a teammate.

• Dismissal Timeline: Building transitions begin at 3:15 PM for primary and 3:15–3:20 PM for upper elementary to pack up. No classes or students may exit the building prior to 3:25 PM.

As we kick off the new school year, we want to ensure your voice and concerns are heard. Please use the TAP form to log any building climate concern(s).

The District has adopted a plan for communications with persons with disabilities, which is available at the following link: Communication Plan. The plan establishes procedures to ensure that the District's communications with persons with disabilities, including applicants, participants, members of the public, and companions with disabilities, are as effective as its communications with others.

Grade-Level Team Meetings are on Friday, October 23. Detailed schedules, location, and room assignments will be sent out by the Learning Team tomorrow. To help you plan, please expect high-leverage sessions focused on Science instruction, Wonders curriculum implementation, and EL differentiated instruction. Thank you in advance for your active engagement as we continue refining our instructional practices to support all students.

Use this form to communicate a student concern and request initial support or problem-solving. The Student Concern Form is the entry point to the MTSS/RFA process. Providing a concern does not automatically result in a formal RFA or change in intervention.

Our AVID Strategy of the Month focuses on structured Close Reading, guiding students through a multi-pass process to deepen comprehension and critical thinking. Students begin with a initial read for the "big picture," follow with a second read using targeted text markings to isolate key details and confusion points, and conclude with a focused pass to analyze visuals and margin notes to connect ideas to the author's main idea.

The Academic Services Team is looking forward to beginning District Learning Walks in all CH-UH schools. First semester Learning Walks begin the week of December 7 for Noble.

You can access the District Learning Walk form here for your review. After a team member completes a Learning Walk, the teacher, and co-teacher if applicable, will receive feedback from the Learning Walk via email. As a reminder, District Learning Walks are not Evaluative and the purpose of the Learning Walk is to provide BLTs and the district team with feedback on implementation of the district and building One Plans. District Learning Walks also help the Academic Services team align our district instructional practices to High Quality Instructional Materials.

Use this link to access the Curriculum Connections Newsletter for the week of 10.19.26.

The fall Interim Assessment testing windows are approaching. Please see the dates and subjects for each grade level below:

Grade 3:

3rd ELA OST: 10/20 - 10/21

3rd Math: 10/27 - 10/29

Grade 4

4th Science - 10/6

4th Math - 10/9

4th ELA - 10/13

Grade 5:

5th Math, ELA, & Science: 10/12 - 10/14

Step-by-step guidance for before, during, and after testing, plus answers to frequently asked questions, can be found in our Before, During, After (BDA) document. You can access it on Clever or at tinyurl.com/CHUHBDAs.

Please note that updates have been made to the interims to align with current pacing and curriculum changes. To start, complete the first step of the Data Analysis process: take the interim yourself and jot down your predictions and curiosities about how students will perform. Where do you expect common errors, strong performances, or struggles?

As a reminder, the One Plan will be central to our daily work this year. We will regularly revisit, review, and reflect on it during our staff meetings, professional development days, and key touchpoints throughout the school year to ensure we stay aligned and driven toward our common goals.

On Monday, October 26, we will have our first Lockdown Drill of the 2026-27 school year. The drill will begin at 10:15 a.m. and will last a few minutes until we have an all-clear. Lockdown drills are a state and district requirement and should take place 2-3 times a year. This drill will be a Level 2 lockdown.

This means:

• Level 2 Lockdown

• Classroom/Office Doors are closed and locked

• Instruction continues normally

• Hallways are closed

The District is organizing lunch and transportation for the Professional Learning Day on November 3. To assist in planning, please fill out this form by October 23 with your preferences.

Lunch will be available for purchase for $5 in the Heights High School cafeteria from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Additionally, to accomodate limited parking options at Heights High School, busing will be provided. View the form for more details.

Please review the Staff Attendance Memo for the 2026–2027 school year:

Attendance Memo

The next LPDC meeting will be held on October 19. Please ensure that all items requiring LPDC approval are submitted and uploaded by October 16 so they can be reviewed prior to the meeting.