December 22, 2023

What's Happening at Dodgeland?

• NEXT Week - Winter Break 
• I hope you all have a great holiday and get lots of rest!

• Monday, Jan 1 -  No School

• Tuesday, Jan 2
• Bus Duty: Caine-Arnes, Chambers, Zastrow, Koenings (3K/4K playground)
• New Support Staff Duties
• AM Breakfast - Lexi, Vicky
• AM Circle Drive - Karissa
• PM Circle Drive - Ann, Sandi
• Happy Birthday Trisha Pieper
• NO Lunch Detentions this week
• Social Media Posts due to Jessica: Zastrow, Schuett
• Paraprofessional Meeting in IMC @ 3:15pm-3:45pm

• Wednesday, Jan 3
• Workout Wednesday
• Academic Data meeting - 3rd gr 12:05-12:55pm

• Thursday, Jan 4
• Jenny has to leave at 3:30 for a dr appt

• Friday, Jan 5
• Happy Birthday Sarah Patton
• Jenny at Cesa from 11-3pm

Nitty-Gritty

• SANTA is COMING!!!  I KNOW HIM!!!
• On Friday, December 22, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting Dodgeland Elementary to spread some cheer.  They will have a bag of treats for each teacher to hand out at a time of your choosing.  (They greeting MS/HS students before school and then will make there way down to the elementary wing!)

• Mid-Year Assessments (i-Ready and FastBridge)
• The window for mid year assessments starts on Monday, January 8th.  Please coordinate with interventionists and/or special education teachers regarding the assessments so that students have access to the accommodations they need to do their best work.  In addition to the reading and math assessments, the SAEBRS and mySAEBRS assessment should be done by the end of January as well.

• iPads during Break
• Please make sure that iPads for students in grades 4K-3rd grade are in the case and plugged in so that they can be updated during the winter break.  Any devices that are not in the case and plugged in will not be updated and will most definitely have no charge left when school restarts in January.

• Group Photos for Class pictures
• The photographer(s) will be here on Friday, Jan 12 to take the group photos of each class starting at 8:15 in the morning.  At this time, the photos will be taken in the commons near the new Dodgeland wall.  Please encourage your students to wear purple/Dodgeland apparel that day.

• Summer School???
• Did you forget to sign up to teach summer school this year?  This year there are two sessions again.  The first is our regular session, and the second is a Jumpstart session for invited students only.  The dates are June 10 - July 11, Mon-Thurs only.  July 1-2 only during the 4th of July holiday.  There are a number of options to teach.  If you are not sure what you would like to teach, please let me know and we can talk it through.  Please let me know your interested by clicking HERE.

Recess Information

Next Junior Coach Meetings in the PLTW Lab:

• 4th grade - 1/8/24 at 9:45 
• 5th grade - 1/8 at 2:15

Behavior Specialist Info

In order to have a consistent message, please sign-up for an expectations review time for me to come into your class and review our common spaces and recess expectations after our winter break. It would be great if you plan to be part of the conversation, and paras, if possible try to attend one of the review sessions with a classroom to ensure we are all on the same page with what expectations are and how to enforce them. Sign-up here.

TechKnow Tip

Ho ho ho! It's that time of the year again when we all get excited about the new gadgets and gizmos

that Santa might bring us. But what about the old ones that we no longer need or want? Do we just toss

them in the trash and forget about them? No way! That would be a waste of resources and a threat to the

environment. Instead, we should e-recycle them! E-recycling is the process of safely disposing of electronic

waste and recovering valuable materials that can be reused or recycled. E-recycling is not only good for

the environment, but also for your wallet and your community.

 

How do you e-recycle in Wisconsin? Well, it's easy and convenient. Wisconsin has a statewide e-waste

recycling program called E-Cycle Wisconsin. E-Cycle Wisconsin collects fees from electronics

manufacturers and uses them to reimburse registered collectors and recyclers who accept eligible

devices from households and schools. Eligible devices include TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards,

mice, printers, fax machines, DVD players, VCRs, DVRs, and cell phones. You can find a list of

registered collectors and recyclers near you on the E-Cycle Wisconsin websiteor by calling 1-800-RECYCLE. Take a look at this helpful Infographic for more information!

 

So don't let your old gadgets gather dust in your closet or end up in the landfill. E-recycle them today

and make a difference for tomorrow!

Friday Funny

Last night, this week's Friday Funny just "fell in my lap!"  I am not sure if this is titled, 'Mom Fail' or 'Are you Serious?!'  

Mason called me last night around 7:30 to ask me how to wrap presents.  Initially I started to giggle, but it turned into a full belly laugh when he explained that he has already watched a YouTube video and the crazy lady in it is talking about how to avoid seams on the gift! His response to that was, "Who cares about SEAMS!" So, I start to walk him through it and he is being a very good student.  Then he gets confused on the corners, so I switch to FaceTime, where he gets stuck on the "weird" cut he made and how the tape is much too skinny to wrap presents with.  Listening to him complain about the tape and the presents and then, "How did you do this when we were kids?"  and "I am never having kids so I don't have to do this!"  But, the victory pose at the end makes me laugh even harder.  But wait...Did I fail to teach my son life skills???

BONUS!

The Holiday Photo Booth was entertaining as usual.  Ella, Lexi and I went to get a picture taken last night and we couldn't help but look through the other photos.  When we came across this one, I had to share.  Can I ask what is going on in this picture?  Should I be worried about Brent?