Hear Ye, Hear Ye
- The data meetings are going well and I appreciate the collaboration between staff to make decisions to help our students succeed. Thank you so much to you all!
- Staff members coming to share feedback, questions and concerns with me respectfully and passionately. I love working in a system where our staff want to work together to solve problems to help us all grow and for our children to thrive in our system. Thank you for this!
- Shout out to Sue, Andrea, Brenda, Alexis U, Bethany T (and our 2 subs, Julie and Vanessa) for working so hard to get AimsWeb testing done this past month. I know that it meant missed intervention sessions and students coming in and out of your classrooms. Thank you all for the extra work to learn to give these assessments and then giving them with fidelity!
What's Happening at Dodgeland?
- Monday, Feb 3
- Bus Duty: Zastrow, CaineB, Schulte, Donovan (3K/4K playground)
- Lunch Supervisors:
- 12:00 - Wagner
- 12:30 - Arnes
- 1:00 - Bingen
- Seals on Wheels Visit - starting at 8am until they are finished (fluoride treatments)
- Kids Heart Challenge starts today (send home the flyer)
- National School Counseling Week starts - Wear your favorite team jersey
- Jenny in meeting from 8:30-10am
- HS Forensics Conference Meet - Commons and HS area will be full 3:30-9pm
- Tuesday, Feb 4
- Social Media Posts due to Jessica - Juech, Turcotte, Zastrow
- Crazy Hat Day
- Modified schedule for HS affects 5th gr. music and 2nd gr art between 8-9:45am
- 1st Gr. Data meeting at 11:35-12:25pm
- Para Staff meeting in IMC at 3:15pm (3K/4K/EC paras meet in elem. conference room)
- Wednesday, Feb 5
- PJ/Comfy Day
- Jenny in meeting from 8:30-10am
- Thursday, Feb 6
- Wear your Bright Yellow to brighten someone's Day
- Friday, Feb 7
- Dodgeland or College Apparel Day
- Saturday, Feb 8
- Happy Birthday Mr. Gischia
Nitty-Gritty
- Lockers and Clean out Procedure
- Each Friday, please, please, please make sure students clean out their lockers, especially of all food items. We have uninvited and quite frankly unwanted guests that are enjoying a feast around some of our classrooms and lockers. In order to help James, it is very important that all food, etc is taken out of lockers every Friday until further notice. Thank you for helping out with this!
- Referendum Info
- As you read in Mrs. Johnson's memo on Tuesday, the board is planning for communication regarding the operational referendum coming up in April. It is very important for us to understand what this referendum is asking our community and voters to make decisions about. An operation referendum is asking the community to exceed our revenue limits in order to pay for the operational expenses of running the district. This is not the same as the last referendum and this is the first time our district has ever asked our voters this. There are optional informational sessions for staff to hear about the details coming up soon. I encourage you to attend if at all possible. You will notice one of the dates is our regularly scheduled staff meeting. Our staff meeting will be replaced by this important session. (it is still optional, but could help you to answer questions that might come your way at Parent/Teacher conferences the following week.)
- Feb 11 at 3:15pm in IMC
- Feb 12 at 7:15am and 3:15pm in IMC
- Feb 18 at 3:15pm in IMC
- February already!
- I hate to be an alarmist, but it is VERY important that you remember that every second that students are with us is precious. We have about 6 weeks before state testing, then a month of testing before spring break and then only 6 weeks left before summer. Not trying to stress you out, but I feel like this is going to FLY BY! Please make sure that you are pacing your lessons well to help our students learn at the highest level they can! If you have concerns, please let me know!
- Attendance Initiative
- For the month of February, we are using a class challenge for attendance. When your class is all present for the day, you can fill in one of the letters on the chart. (Look for your chart in your mailbox by Monday.). When the chart is full, let me know and I will bring the Trojan cart to your room for all students to choose a prize.
- Update your laptop!
- Brad's email this week has directions on how to update our laptops. We should all be on MacOS 15.3. If you are not, please update as soon as possible. If you need directions, see the links below. (and see the TechKnow Tip below for more info as well.)
- Directions on Updating: https://support.
apple.com/en-us/108382 - Video Directions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cYvCQBZqQvk
- Mid-year assessments and Report Cards
- Keeping parents informed of how their child is doing in school is very important. Report Cards will be sent home electronically by the end of the day on Friday, 1/31. The i-Ready, FastBridge or AimsWeb data will be sent home to families as well. We will work on compiling this in the office and give to you to send home with your students. Thank you in advance for your patience.
PD Spotlight
We are on the letter R this week and it is something that we have talked about a lot in the last few years. R stands for relationship. Having relationships with your students helps them learn from you, enjoy your classroom, improve the classroom management in the room and address behavior. See below for good reminders.
TechKnow Tip
Urgent: Save It and Update It!
Take a moment today to ensure you are regularly saving your digital files to OneDrive or Google Drive. Storing your files in the cloud ensures they are backed up and accessible even if your computer experiences issues. Please make this a regular practice to avoid potential data loss.Your files can then be accessible on all your school devices!
Also, update your laptop to macOS Sequoia 15.3. This update includes critical patches for device security and AirPlaying. You can update by:
Settings -> General -> Software Update -> macOS Sequoia 15.3
This update will take about 30-40 minutes, with your device needing to be at 50% charge or plugged in. If you need assistance with saving your files or updating, reach out to Brad, Sam, or Christina for assistance.
Friday Funny
The dog's face is hilarious in this picture. I remember when my son first started to play the trumpet. My husband and I would not let him practice in the house. We sent him to the porch to practice each time! That way the whole neighborhood could share in that musical joy! :-) - I realize that Noah gets to do this all the time, but that first few months of learning a new instrument was painful for me! :-)