Hear Ye, Hear Ye
- I observed so many teachers building relationships with their students this week. This will definitely pay off during the rest of the year! Thank you for the hard work you have put in to those plans.
- Great job to everyone for our first successful safety drill of the year! The kids are following our lead and for some of our students, this was a brand new experience for them. Thank you for making it smooth for them!
- The beginning of the year always has a lot of confusion at pick up with figuring out students' methods of getting home. Thank you to all of the staff that are helping students and families get home safely each afternoon. I appreciate it so much!
What's Happening at Dodgeland?
- Monday, September 8
- Morning Duty:
- Blacktop: BCaine, Miller, Bingen
- 4K/5K Playground: Donovan, Wagner (meet buses first)
- Breakfast: Vertz, Zastrow
- Lunch Duty:
- 12:00 - Braunschweig
- 12:30 - BCaine (or Klink?)
- 1:00 - TCaine
- Afternoon Duty:
- Blacktop: Mantei, Lucht
- Circle Drive: Rollins, Maddy, Brittany (4K/5K area)
- Special Board Meeting @ 6:30pm
- Tuesday, September 9
- Picture Day - Please thank Marcia Modaff for helping us out today. She will be organizing the classes going through the photographers on the stage. Yay! :-). Staff pictures will start at 7:30am and we will start with 3K/4K/5K students right away in the morning.
- Social Media Pictures due to Jenny: Miller, Stampfl, Schuett
- Happy Birthday Roxanne!
- Para PD meeting in IMC @ 3:15-3:45pm (elem. only)
- Wednesday, September 10
- Workout Wednesday
- Jenny at a Dentist appt and arriving around 10:30ish
- Staff Meeting @ 3:15-4pm in IMC
- Thursday, September 11
- Administrative Hold Drill at 2:15pm
- Friday, September 12
Nitty-Gritty
- Building Security Reminders
- Starting at 3:30 each day, the doors to the hallways of each respective building will be locked. Please go to escort any people that you want to meet with you in your classrooms after 3:30. (Dodgeland Den kids and staff will continue to stay within the Elementary wing.
- Classroom Doors: There have been questions about when these should be locked. During the day, you don't have to lock the door every time you leave. But, you should shut the door and shut off the light every time you leave your classroom. The exception to this is on non-student contact days. Please lock the door when you leave the building on those days.
- Lights and Displays: Please make sure to shut off lights and the display boards when you leave for the day. In addition, during the school day, shut off lights and displays when you leave the room and make sure the displays are shut down before you leave for the day.
- District Assessments
- i-Ready window is now open. Students in grades 2-5 can take the reading and math i-ready diagnostic when you are ready. Please make sure to coordinate with the interventionists and the special education team to be sure that students' testing accommodations are provided as well. At this time, the read aloud setting for all students mirrors the settings of the Forward Testing; directions, questions and answer choices are read aloud, but NOT passages in reading.
- AIMSweb Plus is now has my name attached, so we are getting one step closer! The goal is to be ready to train staff as soon as we have everything up and running. 5K and 1st will have numerous subtests for math and reading and Grades 3-5 will be giving the Oral Reading Fluency benchmark tests and a math fact fluency assessment. The goal is to be able to keep track of the students growth in fluency throughout the school year. Stay tuned for more details and training dates/times.
- Dismissal Time
- This week I noticed a few days where students were leaving the building and/or showing up at the Dodgeland Den rooms prior to 3:05. It is very important that we using every minute of instruction that we have. Please make sure kids are not being dismissed until the bell rings at the end of the day.
TechKnow Tip
The core purpose behind ClassLink is to create a secure, simple, and streamlined way for everyone in our district- from students, to teachers, to administrators- to access the digital tools we need. ClassLink’s philosophy is “one login, endless possibilities”. What this means for you is you get more time for teaching, with less time spent juggling multiple logins. It is also a central hub for everything your students may need to use with your curriculum. Please remember, if you have any site or app your students are signing into, it is best to have them go through ClassLink. If the app or website isn’t already in ClassLink, reach out to Sam who will get it on your student accounts lickity-split.
Friday Funny
My family has a group chat that includes my two sisters, my brother and my parents. (as do many of us I am sure). However, sometimes the text thread of these people makes me literally laugh out loud, especially when my brother adds his two cents. I thought you'd like this conversation thread!
