Week 10: October 31st-November 4th

Bullock Brief

B week for duty.  

Habit 7 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	B	C	D	E

Upcoming meetings and events for October 31st-November 9th.
The most up-to-date calendar is located online on the Bullock Google calendar. 

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Celebrations
Check out the Celebration Station.  There are many new additions.  

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The focus this month: Be Proactive

Habit #1 is be proactive.  Being proactive means that you take control of your reactions and choices.  The central theme of being proactive is that you are not a victim to your circumstance.  Complaining and finding fault in the system or in people is a choice.   It is a choice that we are faced with daily as we navigate deadlines, high expectations, time sensitive tasks, and demanding workloads.  I know it can be difficult. However, the the fact remains that we have a CHOICE to make.  You can choose to find fault, or choose to look for the positive and find solutions.  One thing I know is that we have a beautiful school that is focused on three important pillars...loving, learning and leading.  You have a chance to change lives which is something very few people can claim on a daily basis.  I look that this incredible group of people and feel blessed to do this work with you each and every day.  

I hope that you will work within your teams to celebrate positive and solution based discussions.  Complaining never produces results.  Positive people produce positive results.  It's the law of attraction.  Remember that the things that frustrate you are just a solution away. 

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K-2 RtI:  November 1 at 2:45pm in Stone's room.  

Q1 Testing Make-Ups:  Ms. Perrell is busy arranging make-up testing for 30 students.  Please stay tuned for locations and details.  

PLCs:  Wendy and I were unable to hit 3-5 PLCs last week with the overlap.  On Thursday, Wendy will visit 5th at 2:45.  I will visit 4th at 1:00 and 3rd at 2:45.   Please bring student writing samples and testing data (if available) for discussion.  The following week on November 9th, Wendy will visit 1st at 12:10 and K at 2:45.  I will visit 2nd at 2:45.  We will discuss patterns and the item analysis from Q1 data in our meeting. 

Wonders: The county is providing additional Wonders training for our teachers. The sessions are schedule from 2:00-4:00pm.  We will be arranging coverage internally (no subs).  More info to come. 

• Tuesday, Nov. 1 for 5th grade
• Tuesday, November 29 for 4th grade
• Tuesday, Dec. 6 for 3rd grade
• Tuesday, Dec. 13 for 2nd grade.  

Clustering:  I think I was able to speak to every grade level in regards to providing feedback about clustering.  Please include feedback here.  I would like all feedback by November 4th.  

IMPORTANT...Open Enrollment:  Due tomorrow, October 31st.

Election:  Bullock will be an election site on November 8th.  We are anticipating heavy voter turn-out.  We will have an optional teacher work day that day.  Please park outside the 1st quadrant to provide parking for voters.   

Grade Cards Due:  November 1st 

RtI:  Please reference the email sent clarifying RtI and tutors.  The habit 7 teachers will be assisting with RtI interventions starting on November 11th.  The following Habit 7 teacher has been assigned to each grade level.  They can provide RtI interventions from 9:00-9:30.  The grade level facilitators should provide guidance on the students who could benefit from this RtI intervention support from our wonderful Habit 7 team.  

• Dossenbach = K
• Stephens = 1st
• Cole = 2nd 
• Wiltshire = 3rd
• Ashworth = 4th
• Bradian = 5th

Leader on TRACK celebration:  We will have our second Leader on TRACK celebration for first quarter tomorrow on Monday, October 31st from 1:00-2:15. We will watch a movie in gym for our wonderful Leaders on TRACK.  Brag tags will be awarded at that time. Please bring a slip of paper with the total number of Leader on TRACK, attendance and AR brag tags needed.  

Character Day Reminder:  Monday, October 31st is Halloween.  We would love for our staff to promote literacy and celebrate the day by dressing-up as your favorite book character.  

Instruction:  

Each child should be able to write a well constructed paragraph (Main idea, capitalization, proper punctuation, 5 sentences) for each year they are in school (1st=1, 2nd=2, 3rd=3, etc).  Have you included authentic and rigorous writing activities in your instructional program? This is a great discussion point within PLCs.

I recently learned that the county has purchased iReady for the entire year.  iReady should be used in lieu of ABCya or other less rigorous web resources (the diagnostic has to be completed prior to use). I am not requiring iReady for all students at this time, but it should be used instead of free resources (and less rigorous) during center rotations.  iReady is also an excellent intervention tool with embedded resources.  All student login information was provided by Ms. Thompson via email.  Please notify Joy with questions. 

We used Q1 to get up a running with AR.  It is an expectation that all classrooms are using AR in Q2-Q4.  Please make sure that all students are reading AR books and taking AR quizzes. AR is a requirement for all 1-5 students at Bullock.  AR would be an excellent computer rotation.  

Young Authors entries are due November 4th.  

Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me. 

Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):

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Due this week:

• Grade cards due - November 1st
• Fall Portrait retakes -  November 2nd
• Fall Portrait Retakes - November 2nd
• Cluster feedback due - November 4th

Upcoming due dates:

• Grade cards go home - November 7th
• Optional work day _ November 8th
• Staff meeting - November 7th
• CogAt testing - November 9th-10th
• Veteran's Day Holiday - November 11th

Week 9: October 24-28

Bullock Brief

A week for duty.  

Habit 7 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
C	Q 1 ELA test D day for K-2 12:10-12:50 K 1:00-1:40 1st 1:50-2:30 2nd	Q 1 Math test D  day for 3-5 12:10-12:50 3rd 1:00-1:40 4th 1:50-2:30 5th	Q 1 science test E  day for 3-5 12:10-12:50 3rd 1:00-1:40 4th 1:50-2:30 5th	F Club day 8:30-9:30 No 3rd grade resource

Upcoming meetings and events for October 24th-October 31st.
The most up-to-date calendar is located online on the Bullock Google calendar. 

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Celebrations
There is so much to celebrate.  Please continue to add to our Celebration Station.

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The focus this month: Private Victories

The habits are timeless principals practiced by individuals who have been successful in business, education, relationships and life.  I hope that each week you are taking the time to read the Leader in Me boosters in the Bullock Brief.  We must start within ourselves to impact change in our students. What a worthwhile endeavor!

The private victories are about the first three habits.
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first

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Action Team Reflection:  Teams, As I read the minutes from the last action team meetings I was so impressed at the great ideas and synergy taking place.  Your hard work impacts the lives of children.  That is no small feat. Well done crew.  

SIT Team:  The  SIT team will meet on Monday, October 24th at 2:45pm in the Platform. 

Q1 Testing:  We will have Q1 testing this week. Our testing guru, Ms. Perrell, has prepared a thorough testing plan as always to make sure things run smoothly.  The plan was shared over email and can also be found here.

Reminders:

• 1st and 2nd grade test materials will be checked out in the front conference room.
• 3rd thru 5th grade test materials will be checked out in Mrs. Perrell's office.
• All scores should be emailed to Becky Maddox (3-5 only Science) and Lisa Foushee (1-2) by Monday, Oct. 31st. Carbon copy Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Perrell when you send scores. Spreadsheets for you to complete should be sent to directly from CO.

PLCs:  Wendy and I will be visiting your PLCs this week to learn more about our kids and how we can meet their needs.  Stef:  K, 2nd and 4th.  Wendy: 1st, 3rd and 5th.  K and 1st can use the provided study guide to prompt discussion questions from the book study.  2nd-5th could choose to: bring writing samples to review, discuss the data reflections from the data committee located at "Data Team Meeting- BOY Data Talk" to determine grade level implications and next steps, or review grade level assessment data for trends.  Or, you might have another professional learning topic that takes priority at this time.  

IMPORTANT...Open Enrollment:  Open enrollment continues through October 31st.  All employees are required to complete the open enrollment.  

Science class starts this week:  Woohoo! Ms. Dossenbach will resume science classes this week.  Thanks for your patience while we made the transition. 

Clubs:  We will have our first club day on Friday from 8:30-9:30.  Stay tuned for more details from Mr. Hurdt.  

Leader on TRACK celebration:  We will have our first Leader on TRACK celebration for first quarter.  K-2: Friday, October 28th from 12:30-1:30.  3-5: Monday, October 31st from 1:00-2:15. Students who have been leaders for the quarter may attend.  The criteria may be determined by classroom teachers/grade levels.  We will have a movie in gym for our wonderful Leaders on TRACK.  Brag tags will be awarded at that time. 

Fall Festival and Leave a Legacy:  Fall Festival is this Thursday, October 27th from 6:00-8:00pm.  The evening is going to amazing.  The Ms. Cole and the traditions team have an incredible job planning for the event.  It is a requirement for all our staff to attend, however, you won't want to miss it.  Please continue to encourage votes for Mr. and Ms. Leave a Legacy.  The winner will be announced on Thursday.  

Building closing:  Our building will start to close at 6:30pm starting on Monday, October 24th.  

Character Day:  Monday, October 31st is Halloween.  We would love for our staff to promote literacy and celebrate the day by dressing-up as your favorite book character.  

Red Ribbon Week:  Ms. O'Shaughnessy has sent very detailed information about an exciting Red Ribbon week.  She will provide information about drug awareness including a question of the day on the Bengal Broadcast.  We will all dress-up this week for Red Ribbon week.  Thank you Ms. O'Shaughnessy for teaching our kids healthy life habits in such a fun way.

• Monday: Red Ribbon Week kick-off.  Wear something red today.

• Tuesday: Follow your dreams for on-track Tuesday.  Wear your Pajamas today.

• Wednesday: We take care of our bodies and say no to drugs.  Wear your gym shorts, sweatpants, workout gear, or extra curriculum activity uniform.

• Thursday: Our future is bright with our careers in mind.  Wear the attire of a possible future career or college today.

• Friday: Say BOO to drugs.  Wear your orange and black today.

Instruction:  Ms. Thompson shared Big Universe accounts with us last week.  Big Universe is an excellent way for students to access books online.  The Login: https://www.biguniverse.com/signin.  SIGN IN FOR STUDENTS
https://www.biguniverse.com/signin.  The usernames & passwords are on the spreadsheet shared by Joy.  Group username is: lcs.  Ms. Ashworth has also shared information about accessing Follett at home.  Thank you to both of these ladies for providing alternative ways for our students to access books any where and any time.  
The Young Author competition is underway.  I would really like for all our students to have a chance to participate. The details are located here.  The entries are due November 4th.  

When life gets complicated.  Keep it simple.  Include the Focused Five.  

Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me. 

Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):

• Order with Dr. Bryan's money - October 21st

Due this week:

• Leave and Legacy push - October 28th
• Q1 testing  - October 25th-27th
• Red Ribbon Week - October 24th - 27th
• Fall Festival - October 27th
• End of 1st quarter - October 27th

Upcoming due dates:

• Grade cards due - November 1st
• Fall Portait retakes -  November 2nd

Week 8: October 17-21

Bullock Brief

B week for duty.  

Habit 7 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
D	E	F	A	B

Upcoming meetings and events for October 17th-25th.
The most up-to-date calendar is located online on the Bullock Google calendar. 

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Celebrations
There is so much to celebrate.  Please continue to add to our Celebration Station.

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The focus this month: Private Victories

The first private victory habit is "Be Proactive."  Habit 1: Be Proactive is about choosing your own weather.  Check out this video about choosing your response to any condition.  

Check out the video here

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Action Team Meetings:  Our amazing Action Teams will meet on Monday, October 17th at 2:45pm (or as soon as possible).  Action Team chairs, please make sure to create the agenda and share the minutes. I am so impressed at the great ideas and projects coming out of these committees.  

Lighthouse Meeting:  The Lighthouse Team will meet on Tuesday, October 18th at 3:15pm in the front conference room.  

Time:  In order to afford our grade level teams more time to plan using the new Wonders reading series and discuss instruction using the "Next Steps of Guided Reading" in K-1st, Wendy and I will be meeting with grade levels in PLCs afterschool every other week for kid talks, data discussions, PD, etc.  Teams can use the alternating weeks to dig into team planning using the new series and guided reading materials.  Our hope is that teams can leave the session with plans and common assessment that will save individuals from writing plans alone.  Happy synergizing.  #findingawinwin.  

ACTION NEEDED...SIT plan:  Thanks for all who reviewed and approved the SIT plan. We know you are busy.  If you have not yet reviewed, please do so.  We want make sure this plan represents our entire school's priorities.  We want to continue to make Bullock an excellent place to work and learn. Please review and approve  at the links provided.  

Open Enrollment:  Open enrollment continues through October 31st.  All employees are required to complete the open enrollment.  

75$ for classroom supplies:  Please let Ms. Dowdy know what materials you would like to purchase as a grade level.  Please have items ordered by this week, October 21st.  If that time frame poses an issue, please let me know.  

R2A Testing:  4th grade will be taking the Read to Achieve test on October 19th.  Please look for a detailed test plan from our testing queen, Mrs. Perrell.  All classes please be cognizant of the testing environment on First Things First Freeway (4th grade). 

Field trips:  See calendar above to stay "in the know."

New TA:  I am pleased to announce that Sarah Swindell will be joining us on Monday as a new kindergarten TA.  Sarah is a graduate of NC State and has experience working with students through her work as a director at the Boys and Girls club.  We are excited she'll be joining the Bullock family.  She will be working with Ms. Asper in kindergarten.  

Science class:  We will continue to divide classes on Science day from October 17-21 as we transition Ashley into the science position. Science class will resume on October 24th.  WooHoo!  Thanks for you patience and flexibility.   Thank you also to our dynamic Habit 7 team who are taking the 6th class each period to protect planning time.  

Health-a-Rama:  We will be having Health-a-Rama on Monday-Wednesday next week. Teachers should have selected a convenient slot using the sign-up sheet in the teacher's lounge.  Please bring your pink health cards and a class report. Thank you for Nurse Phillips for her hard work planning and preparing for Health-a-Rama.  

• Directions to print the report: Reports in your grade book,  Choose Student Roster (click on the small arrow beside the report title)  You will see a Student Info line, please check all items in that row.  Below that you will see a line that has  Blank 1 - Blank 6.  Please click on each of these.  Clear the words Blank and the number in the box and replace it with the following headings :    Vision R ,   Vision L,  Vision B,   Hearing R,   Hearing L,   Height/ Weight.

Leave a Legacy:  We will determine the top ten for Leave a Legacy top ten on Wednesday, October 19th.  Please send DoJo messages and other communication to encourage votes. The voting forms should have been sent home last week.  

Y Learning...reminder:  Y Learning looking for more teachers to serve our 2-5 students.  If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, they can apply here.

Instruction:  The Young Author competition is underway.  I would really like for all our students to have a chance to participate. The details are located here.  The entries are due November 4th.  

Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me. 

Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):

• Review SIT and approve (and/or provide feedback) - October 11th
• Submit "Leave a Legacy" names - October 11th

Due this week:

• Top ten for Leave and Legacy - October 19th
• Health-A-Rama - October 17th-19th
• R2A Assessment for 4th grade - October 19th
• R2A Symphony for 4th grade - October 18th
• K Field trip - October 21st

Upcoming due dates:

• Q1 testing  - October 25th-27th
• Red Ribbon Week - October 24th - 27th
• Fall Festival - October 27th

Week 7: October 10-14

Bullock Brief

Our thoughts are with the Lee County community, our neighboring counties and states, and those who live abroad who have experienced damages or power outages due Hurricane Matthew. You all remain in our prayers. 

A week for duty.  

Habit 7 Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
No school for staff and students	A	B	C	D

Upcoming meetings and events for October 10th-.
The most up-to-date calendar is located online on the Bullock Google calendar. 

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Celebrations
I have started to see some new affirmations on our board.  Love it!  Keep filling those emotional bank accounts.  

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The focus this month: Private Victories


The first private victory habit is "Be Proactive."  Habit 1: Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. Proactive people recognize that they are "response-able." They don't blame genetics, circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. They know they choose their behavior. Reactive people, on the other hand, are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn't, it affects their attitude and performance, and they blame the weather. All of these external forces act as stimuli that we respond to. What lies in your circle of control?  What lies in your circle of influence?  What is in your circle of concern that you do not have control over? #chooseyourweather

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Lighthouse Meeting:   We will have a Lighthouse meeting on October 11th starting at 2:45pm.  Some folks might also have 3-5 RtI.  Folks who are new to Bullock should plan to stop by for the first 10-15 minutes of the meeting to touchbase about the awesome upcoming training.  

ACTION NEEDED...SIT plan:  The SIT plan for 2016-17 is ready for your review. WooHoo! Thank you to the SIT team for their hard work in collecting their team's feedback and analyzing data.  The first three goals are entered in a new format through AdvancED.  The safety goal, related to bus safety, is include the the old format because it cannot be shared publicly.  Please review and approve (and provide feedback if you chose) the SIT plan at the links provided by Tuesday October 11th end of day. 

Career Day:  The K-2 career day will be held October 14th.  Ms. O'Shaughnessy has lined-up some incredible guests and shared the schedule for the day.  

Open Enrollment:  Open enrollment continues through October 31st.  All employees are required to complete the open enrollment.  

75$ for classroom supplies:  Please let Ms. Dowdy know what materials you would like to purchase as a grade level.  

Science class:  We have made a recommendation for the open TA position.  She will likely not be able to start until October 17th.  Therefore, classes who have science next week can split the students among the remaining 5 Habit 7 classes.  This is a change from last week in order to preserve planning for all.  Thanks for working together as we convene the perfect team to serve our students.  

Leave a Legacy:  Please submit your Leave a Legacy names here.  You should send home the voting directions on Tuesday if you do not do so on Friday. We can extend the classroom voting until October 18th.  We'll narrow to the top ten at that time.  

Clubs: Please see Mr. Hurdt's email in regards to clubs.  The club list can be found here.  The spreadsheet to submit your student choices can be found here. Clubs are such an awesome way to broaden our students' horizons.  

Calculator training:  Please let Susie or me know if you would like a calculator demonstration/lesson in your classroom.  This is the time to teach calculator skills that can be reinforced all year long.  

Wonders training:  Some have asked about getting another round of Wonders training now that you have materials in hand and know more of what to expect.  I have requested that training and will let you know when/if it is arranged.  


County calendar committee:  I am looking for a volunteer to serve on the county calendar committee.  If you are interested in having voice in next year's calendar, please let me know. 

Y Learning:  Is looking for more teachers to serve our 2-5 students.  If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, they can apply here.

Instruction:  The Young Author competition is underway.  I would really like for all our students to have a chance to participate. The details are located here.  The entries are due November 4th.  

Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me. 

Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):

• Class vote on Mr. and Ms. Leave a Legacy - October 7th

Due this week:

• Review SIT and approve (and/or provide feedback) - October 11th
• Submit "Leave a Legacy" names - October 11th
• K-2 Career day - October 14th

Upcoming due dates:

• Health-A-Rama - October 17th-19th
• R2A Assessment for 4th grade - October 19th
• R2A Symphony for 4th grade - October 18th
• Q1 testing  - October 25th-27th
• Red Ribbon Week - October 24th - 27th
• Fall Festival - October 27th