Monday, October 19, 2015

10/19/15 - Welcome back from Fall Break!

I hope everyone had a restful, relaxing and rejuvenating Fall Break!

2 more weeks left in October?1?  Wow....only 10 more school days left in October and then we are on to November.

Dr. Shelley Vail-Smith shared this article with principals over the weekend on maximizing our time to saving time on "Learning Time Loss".

"Learing time loss: Why bell-to-bell learning matters"

This article can really help us focus on maximizing the time we have with students each day of the school year.

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Boosterthon Pep Rally is tomorrow:

1:00 - K, 1, 2

1:40 - 3, 4, 5

Pep rallies will be in the gym.

This is our biggest and our only fundraiser for the school year.  Boosterthon has become a really fun tradition at CES.  We are looking forward to another positive and successful year with this program.

Oct 29 - Fun Run

8:30 - K & 1
9:30 - 2 & 3
10:30 - 4 & 5

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Storytelling Festival is this week!

Wed - 3rd grade - AM (9:00-10:50)
Wed - 4th grade - PM (11:30-2:00)
Thu - 5th grade - AM (9:00-10:50)

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Walkthroughs this week:

I am working with the Instructional Coaches this week to schedule Instructional Walkthroughs.  Our main focus will be on Reading Intervention times.

Kindergarten (9:05-9:35)
1st grade (7:35-8:05)
2nd grade (11:25-11:55)
3rd grade (8:45 & 10:45)
4th grade (1:35-2:05)
5th grade (7:35-8:10 & 8:10-8:40)

I will send an email out later today or tomorrow concerning walkthroughs.  We are looking to involve teachers going into other teachers classes for walkthroughs this year.

We want to make sure we are utilizing our Intervention times wisely for all levels of learning.

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Morning Cup of Inspiration from Dr. Kevin Elko - I was fortunate to see Kevin Elko speak in Huntsville a few weeks ago and I signed up for his Monday morning podcast emails.  Just thought I'd share last week's (it lasts 4:13 but it is well worth the listen).

Morning Cup of Inspiration from Dr. Kevin Elko

Dr. Elko speaks on "building your wall, grit and keeping the main thing the main thing."

Take 5 minutes today and listen.  :)

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Upcoming Dates:

10/20 - Boosterthon pep rally
10-26 - CES Leadership Team meeting (discussion of CIP)
10/27 - PST meetings
10/28 - PD - 1/2 day @ CES
10/29 - Boosterthon Fun Run

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Have a great first week back from Fall Break and have a GREAT Monday!

Thx MS













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