Thursday, March 30, 2023

March 31, 2023

 Hear Ye, Hear Ye

  • Math Counselors were awesome ambassadors for our math classrooms at math night on Tuesday.  It was exciting and so impressive to see your students leading others through the math strategies and work places.
  • Shout out to Mandy and Sue (and everyone else assisting with the planning and set-up) for providing a really well designed Bridges Math night!  I think we should do this again in the fall!
  • 4th grade teachers coming together to plan ways to encourage students to do their best and be in school each day for the Forward Test!  I love being a part of your brainstorming discussions.
  • 1st graders are learning about how to use their "pause" button before they react.  Is this a small or big problem?  What should their reaction be? I like the simplicity and tone that pause has versus the word stop.  I am going to use this when interacting with students too!


What's Happening at Dodgeland?

April 3-April 7:Spring Break!  Enjoy the week. I hope you get to spend time doing what makes you happy and relaxed!

  • Monday, April 10
    • 1st Gr SEL data meeting - 12:05-12:55pm
    • EP meeting in the IMC - 3:15-4:15pm
    • Bus Duty: Bingen, Juech, Vertz
  • Tuesday, April 11
    • Social Media Posts due to Jessica: Juech, Schuett
    • Jenny in a meeting from 8:30-10am
    • 5K SEL data meeting - 12:05-12:55pm
    • Paraprofessional meeting at 3:15-3:45pm 
      • Please bring the article from last month with your thoughts about what stuck out to you.  Also, we will do proctor training for the Forward as well.
    • Talent Show Participation Forms Due
  • Wednesday, April 12
    • Workout Wednesday
    • Student Nurses visiting (8:30-2pm) - Schedule is HERE
    • 3rd Grade Academic Data meeting - 12:05-12:55pm - Can we meet in a 3rd gr room?
    • Staff meeting in IMC at 3:10-3:55pm
  • Thursday, April 13
    • Brewers Day - Wear your Brewers attire
    • Student Nurses visiting (8:30-2pm) - Schedule is HERE
    • Jenny in meeting from 8:30-9:30am - District office?
    • State send off for FBLA/VAC @ 2:15pm
  • Friday, April 14
    • "The Bully" Assembly 10-12pm
    • Academic Interventionist Meeting @ 2:15pm


Nitty-Gritty

  • XPD - Apple badges
    • If you need items for your alt comp form, please see Jessica's email from March 30 about Apple Badges. To get started click HERE.  Once you have completed the badge(s), download a pdf of the progress report and submit it to me with the alt. comp form.  If you have questions, please refer to the email or check in with the tech department if needed.
  • EP Meeting
    • On Monday, April 10, there will be an Effectiveness Project meeting to discuss the documentation log and end of the year SLO.  For staff in the first three years, you are encouraged to attend with your mentors if possible.  You may have time to begin working on these items or planning for them. 
  • "The Bully"Assembly
    • The assembly is called The Bully and includes some magic tricks along with it.  After communicating with the performer, I need to plan this assembly for the morning.  The 4K-2nd graders will attend the assembly from 10-11am and the 3rd-5th graders will attend from 11am-12pm.  Watch for a schedule of specials for that day that may include some rearrangements and/or cancellations of some specials.
  • Math Site
    • Did you check out the site that Mrs. O'Toole sent us with your classes yet?  The site is 99math.com and includes some engaging ways to practice math skills and facts. It goes all the way through 12th grade so could be used for remediation, but also for enrichment!  I'd love to hear what you think too!
  • Personnel Update
    • Please make sure to let Josh know how much you have appreciated his hard work in the tech department.  His last day is during our break, so Friday is our last day to work with him! I am happy for him and his new adventure.  Come back and visit us anytime Josh!
  • Summer School Registration
    • Summer School registration will remain open for a number of weeks.  I continue to keep track of how many students are signing up for each course so I can close them when they are full.  Please let me know if you get any questions from parents that you need help answering.
  • Looking ahead
    • On Friday, April 21, at 1:30pm, there is an all school assembly (K-12) on wheelchair basketball that will be held in the HS gym.  The presenters will be describing the sport and some older students will have a chance to experience this sport as well.  On Saturday, there is a fundraiser follow-up activity for the community as well.  The assembly will probably last until the end of the school day.


TechKnow Tip

Do you know the benefits of signing into our Dodgeland Help Desk system? 

You can access the help desk system through the app on your iPad, the link on our staff resource page, or through the link on Self Service. 


Once opened, select “Log in to check your tickets” in the upper right hand side. Select “Login with Google” and enter your school information in. 


 

Once in, you can save time when creating a new ticket by not having to enter in your full name and email. You can check on the status of your tickets (via dropdown arrow next to your initials in the top right corner) and view any comments posted from the tech department. You can add a response to your ticket letting the department know about any updates with the issue. You can also close the ticket when the issue gets resolved!





Friday Funny

Didn't it seem like this was the looooongest week of the year???




Thursday, March 23, 2023

March 24, 2023

 Hear Ye, Hear Ye

  • One of our 5th graders is helping out a 1st grader by taking his time each day to let her read to him to give her extra practice.  I love when we can see this leadership in action!
  • Staff giving lots of great ideas for ways to prepare and help our students do their best work on the Forward next month.  I love working with such intelligent and creative professionals.
  • Shout out to the tech team for helping me work on the registration link for summer school.  I can not imagine how hard this task would have been without them!
  • Watching staff members that stepped in to help with the musical this week (especially today!). AND an extra special shoutout to Paris R. who stepped right in and helped the final rehearsal run smoothly.  Ben has directed a great show for us to enjoy this weekend.
  • Also, special shout out to Lexi who has volunteered her time to help supervise the rehearsals for the past month or so and has helped out in a variety of ways including getting the programs ready as well.


What's Happening at Dodgeland?

  • Monday, March 27
    • Bus Duty: Chambers, Schweitzer, Johnson
    • Wear Neon/Bright Colors
    • Jenny in meeting from 8-9:30am
    • School Board meeting @ 6:30pm
  • Tuesday, March 28
    • Social Media Posts due to Josh: Jenkins, Schwoerer
    • Jenny gone to Cesa 6 for the day
    • Wear what you want to be when you grow up (Don't forget to have the kids use the Green Screen!)
    • 1st Grade SEL data meeting 12:05-12:55pm
    • Elementary Math Night 6-7pm
  • Wednesday, March 29
    • Workout Wednesday
    • Wear any College Clothing
    • Jenny in meeting from 8:30-10am
    • 4th gr Academic data meeting 12:35-1:25pm
  • Thursday, March 30
    • Jenny will at a conference all day.
    • Wear Medals/Something you are Proud of or Fancy Clothes
  • Friday, March 31
    • Remind students to check lockers for food before the end of the day.
    • World Autism Awareness Day for us:  Wear an autism or blue shirt. OR Wear Purple to celebrate Dodgeland's Hard Work


Nitty-Gritty

  • Musical Performance on Friday, 3/24
    • Please start arriving in the gym at 2:05 on Friday so that Mr. Schweitzer can have as much of his PE class as possible.  The performance will start at 2:15pm and will last about 35-40 min. Students performing in the musical should report to Mr. Johnson's room at 1:15pm. (for grades 4/5 - Students should eat their lunch first and then report to the music room.). Students will change into their costumes right away in the bathrooms and then those needing mics will meet Mr. Modaff in the gym, while the rest wait in the music room.  If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Johnson.
  • Career and College Week
    • The committee worked hard at planning a week to help our students think about their future and what they would like to do when they are done with high school.  It is important for kids to begin thinking and talking about their future.  This helps them think about all the possibilities that are available to them.  Thank you for being their "Dream Managers" to quote Dr. Thompson!
  • MyView Curriculum
    • We are now at the end of March and it is time to make a final decision on the MyView Curriculum.  In order to make this final decision, I am looking for your feedback from those that have been piloting.  In addition, I would like to hear from those that are supporting students through it or others that may have questions.  It is an important decision that will affect student achievement and all of our teaching and planning.  Please click HERE to fill out the survey with a few short questions.
  • Forward Exam in April
    • If you missed this week's staff meeting and you will be proctoring the Forward, please see me.  I need to go over a few things so that you are officially trained to be a proctor for the test.  For all paras, we will go over this after spring break at our para meeting on Tuesday, April 11.


TechKnow Tip

If you use the i-Ready lessons, there is one thing that might happen to students that are completing the work.  If a student fails an assessment on a lesson twice in a row, it locks it from the student so that teachers can go over those skills with students and then unlock it for them.  You find this by going into the i-Ready site.  Click on the assess and teach tab and then click on instruction on the left hand side.  From there, choose to see class progress.  Any student that needs to go over a lesson will be marked with a red x next to their name.  In order to reset it, click on their name to get the list of lessons, click on the lesson they failed and turn the domain back on.  If you need help with this, please let me know.

Friday Funny

Is it any wonder that learning to read and spell can be so complicated for our students?!  :-)