A combination of a full moon and Friday the 13th..... We will survive!
STEAM Gear - Students & Staff:
Monday is our day for students and staff to wear STEAM gear! This includes jeans, if you'd like. Yes, I just made your Mondays much easier. I will take Starbucks as a thank you... :)
PLC Goals:
PLC goals should be entered into Standards for Success (formerly Stages) by October 15.
Garbages & Recycling:
Our Buildings & Grounds Crew is requesting that we move our garbage to the back of our room each night. They are having a hard time getting all the cleaning done each night - this would help greatly.
Also, please make sure that only recycling is ending up in your recycling bins. We get charged (monetary) when other items end up in there - it's been happening. Please help remind students.
Library Transformation:
Thanks to feedback from our students, we will be doing some transformation of our library to make it into more of a learning space, rather than just a space with books (not that books aren't important!). The transformation will begin on Thursday, October 3 and be finalized on Friday, October 4. This is Homecoming Week - we will still be able to use the space for 1st Grade's Teddy Bear Parade. More information to come; however, please know the library space will be closed October 3 & 4.
MTSS/Intervention Subouts:
Reserve the date - Monday, September 30 & Tuesday, October 1 for MTSS/Intervention subouts. This is a time (2 hours) where we will go through each students' data and determine the appropriate intervention for him/her. This is similar to the work we did last year. Subs have been entered for classroom teachers - more info on Special Education & EL subs soon! Save the date!
Love Them First - Kare 11 Documentary:
I'm not sure how many of you watched this documentary last night about an elementary in North Minneapolis who is doing everything they can to create an environment of love, relationships, and high expectations. If you missed it, below is a link (they said the whole video would be online). It's well worth the hour to watch... very, very powerful. In fact, I cried during many parts of this.
The documentary also helped ground me (again) in the work we are doing. At many times during this documentary, I thought of McKinley Staff - or each of you individually. You are making a difference of our students.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/education/love-them-first-lessons-from-lucy-laney/89-68e00dad-647d-428b-9580-322274cd0338
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This picture stood out to me on the day that we listened to Casas - "Remember what you said you were going to do for students when you sat in that interview chair?" Are you doing this? Doing more? Very powerful!
Have a great weekend, everyone! Enjoy some time to celebrate YOU!
-Justin
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