Habit 7 Schedule
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A summary of the events in the coming week are summarized below. For upcoming meetings and events, please see the Bullock Master calendar.
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Monthly focus: Begin with the end in mind
Last week, I asked each of you to write or reconnect with your mission. I do hope that you have taken time to do that. Knowing your mission and aligning your time and priorities with your mission is of paramount importance. You must first start with "you" before we move onto guiding our students. Our school mission is something that we repeat daily. However, I would like for us all to pause and think about how we are living that mission at Bullock.
To love
How are you loving your colleagues? How can you show love to people who have differing opinions? Is there a broken relationship or hurt feelings that you can repair? How do you show love to our Bullock kiddos?
To learn
How are you ensuring that learning is happening all the time? In what ways are you making learning fun and relevant?
To lead
Have you found where you can lead in our school using your talents and skills? How can you honor the skills, talents and ideas of others? How are you making sure our students have leadership opportunities?
Beginning with the end in mind....
Last week, I asked each of you to write or reconnect with your mission. I do hope that you have taken time to do that. Knowing your mission and aligning your time and priorities with your mission is of paramount importance. You must first start with "you" before we move onto guiding our students. Our school mission is something that we repeat daily. However, I would like for us all to pause and think about how we are living that mission at Bullock.
To love
How are you loving your colleagues? How can you show love to people who have differing opinions? Is there a broken relationship or hurt feelings that you can repair? How do you show love to our Bullock kiddos?
To learn
How are you ensuring that learning is happening all the time? In what ways are you making learning fun and relevant?
To lead
Have you found where you can lead in our school using your talents and skills? How can you honor the skills, talents and ideas of others? How are you making sure our students have leadership opportunities?
Beginning with the end in mind....
Who would you like to be your accountability partner? What teammate can you connect with to restore your soul, share ideas and keep you on track? We will be meeting with our accountability partners in the new year as we return from break. Start thinking about who your accountability partner will be?
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Staff Meeting: We will have a staff meeting on Monday, December 12th from 2:45-4:00. Our teacher assistants will be able to leave after the housekeeping portion of the meeting. Agenda here.
Quarterly testing in 1st-2nd grade: Please see Wendy's testing schedule for details. ELA will be tested on Tuesday, December 13th and math on Wednesday, December 14th.
PLCs: Admin visits in K-2 this week.
- 1st grade: 12:10-12:50 Wendy
- 2nd: 2:45-3:25 Stef
- K: 2:45-3:25 Wendy
3-5 PD in PLCs: Brandon Morehouse will be visiting 3rd-5th grade PLCs this week to review the LCS Wiki resources and calculator use from 2:45-4:00 on Thursday, December 15th. Grade levels can decide if they would like to meet for PLCs an additional time during their planning time on Thursday, since they will have a PD session afterschool. I am in contact with Brandon/Susie in regards to the length of this session since it is conflicting with Mr. Bradian's shower. More tom come.
Action Teams: Action Teams will meet on December 19th at 2:45pm.
RtI: K-2 RtI this week in Ms. Stone's room on December 13th starting at 2:45pm.
Mrs. Lacy's Magnolia House Luncheon: The admin team and our PTO would like to give you the gift of TIME and a lovely lunch at Mrs. Lacy's. Please reference your email for the invitation and schedule. Enjoy!
Secret Santa: Secret Santa begins this week. Don't forget to shower one of your co-workers with love this holiday season.
Staff dress-up days: Join in the fun with our staff dress-up days.
- Monday - Dress like your favorite holiday character
- Tuesday - Wear your favorite holiday headgear
- Wednesday - Ugly sweater day
- Thursday - Wear red and green day
- Friday - Wear red, white and blue for the American Legion dedication (All staff and students)
- Monday 12/19 - PJ day
American Legion: The American Legion is donating an American flag for our Depot. They will be dedicating the flag and teaching the students about flag etiquette on Friday at 1:30am. Thank you to Ms. Falk for arranging this patriotic event for our students. Please invite student to wear red, white and blue on Friday.
Baby and bridal showers: Come celebrate baby Chaney with a baby shower on Tuesday, December 13th at 3:00pm. We will celebrate the upcoming marriage of Taylor and Michelle on December at 3:15.
Read-A-Thon: We will have a read-a-thon on Friday, December 16th.
Clubs: Clubs will be held on December 20th from 8:30-9:30am.
Holiday Party: The Holiday Party was wonderful. Thank you to the Environment team who prepared for the event. It was so nice to have time to celebrate this glorious season together.
Safety: Deputy Seagroves clarified lock-down best practice in regards to bathrooms in the K-1st pods. Students should seek cover in the locked classroom unless the bathroom is nearest or only safe place to seek cover. Please remember that you MUST have a walkie at recess. It is a safety concern to be outside the building without a means of communication. Thank you for synergizing with your grade level to make sure that is happening.
Lunch and recess (3rd-5th): I have noticed there is a large traffic jam at 1:00pm as 4th/5th leave the Dining Hall and 3rd returns from recess. Please be prompt in returning from recess or leaving the lunchroom. Please consider using a different hall to move to Habit 7 or take a bathroom break at a later time (or in small groups rather than whole group). Regardless, please remind students that hallways should be orderly and quiet.
Streamlining email: Please be thoughtful when using bullock-staff email for communication. When communicating, please use an "action tag" to note the importance of the communication. Some tabs to use: READ BY (DATE), ACTION NEEDED, IMPORTANT, FYI, INSTRUCTION, DUE BY (DATE), etc. That small step will help folks prioritize important information. Thanks for your help.
Point of contact: Thanks for the reminder Jennifer Babb.
- mClass- Jennifer Babb
- i-Ready- Jennifer Babb
- AR- Ana Frausto
WONDERS TRAINING for 2nd GRADE - December 13th from 2:00-4:00 at Central Office
- 1st-TAs to report to 2nd grade at 1:45pm. Shepard/Chesney, Falk/Sellers, Spaulding/Williams, Gross/Hairston, Carter/Woodell, Roberts/Mills.
Instruction:
Phyllis will be providing some instructional reminders during the staff meeting. Students must use calculators every day. I need to see the calculators out and in use.
Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me.
Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):
- Midterm - December 1st
Due this week:
- Wonders training for 2nd- Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 2:00-4:00
- Read-a-thon - December 16th
- Quarterly testing (1st-2nd) - December 13th and 14th
- Staff meeting - December 12th
- PLC training 3-5 - December 15th
- Chaney shower - December 13th
- Bradian shower - December 15th
Upcoming dates:
- Clubs: December 20th
- Early release and the start of Christmas break - December 20th
- Data Deep Dive K and 1st - TBD
