Last Monday, our teaching staff engaged in some work around our beliefs and mindset. Below is a few thoughts for ALL staff to think through our beliefs...
Friday, October 3, 2025
October 3 Update
Last Monday, our teaching staff engaged in some work around our beliefs and mindset. Below is a few thoughts for ALL staff to think through our beliefs...
Friday, September 26, 2025
September 26 Update
- Elementary Slideshow
- Resources (developed 2 years ago w/new links)
Friday, September 19, 2025
September 19 Update
Just a reminder of today's Homecoming Picnic plan.
Thanks for your work around this week's fire drill. Moving forward, we will be using Raptor for communication (reporting students with you, staff accounted for, and your location). If you have feedback on your experience with Raptor Wednesday, please add it here before Monday at 8am.
Just a reminder - we have collaboration Tuesday (SEL) and Friday (MTSS groups). Linked is the plan for quarter 1's collaboration dates (subject to change if days 1-5 switch).
Introducing... Book an Appointment with Demmer
Guest Blogger Katie Demmer, Teaching and Learning Coach
This week I learned how to create appointment slots on my Google Calendar. This will allow anyone with the link to schedule an appointment to meet with me. It already looks at my Google calendar for times I have available in my schedule, without having to wait for an email back from me about when we could meet! Click the link below to check it out!
TLC Demmer Appointment Calendar
So, if you'd like to find a time to connect on something or have me visit your classroom, click on the booking link above and select a time that works for our schedules. You'll then have the option to select the location (my office, your classroom, virtual), and add any notes about what you'd like to meet about or anything you'd like me to have prepared for our meeting. We'll both get it added to our calendar and get an email reminder a day before that we are meeting. You can schedule same day appointments (2 hours prior) up to 30 days in advance. Appointment times are set for 30 minutes, but if you feel like you need longer, you can book multiple appointments or we can cut the time shorter if it's a quick check-in. I've added the link to the Virtual Office as well if you need to come back and find it later. You can also find a new sign on my office door with where I am and a QR code you can scan to open my appointment calendar. I'm hoping this helps streamline communication and make it easier for everyone to find times to connect when needed!
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-Justin
Friday, September 12, 2025
September 12 Update
- Please start checking on family plans for early release (12:40) on Friday.
- Linked is our plan for the picnic. Please take a minute to read this closely. All students must be checked out in the office if they are leaving early. Also, it was great having teachers eat lunch with their class last year (and a great way to engage with families). If you are able, I would greatly appreciate it.
- Early Release is at 12:40pm; parade is at 1:30pm.
- Teachers - normal work hours. Two options - supervise at the parade or stay here at school and work.
- EA's - clock out at 12:40pm
- Paras - Three options - supervise at parade, clock out at 12:40pm, or stay back and work on your required trainings. Please let me know your choice.
Friday, September 5, 2025
September 5 Update
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Welcome Back 2025-2026!
Friday, May 30, 2025
May 30 Update
End of Year Stations:
Linked are our end of the year stations for Friday, June 6.
Friday, May 23, 2025
May 23 Update
Friday, May 16, 2025
May 16 Update
- The library closes next Thursday for the rest of the year.
- PTO Ice Cream Social is next Thursday from 5-6:30pm. Stop and enjoy some ice cream!
- Class list process starts Monday!
- Last day of interventions is Friday, May 30.
Friday, May 9, 2025
May 9 Update
Friday, May 2, 2025
May 2 Update
Reminders for Fastbridge benchmark assessments:
If, for any reason, you feel a student's score is invalid, please contact the building principal and coach to discuss whether the test needs to be re-administered. Our district coordinator monitors if a test is taken more than once to ensure the validity of district-wide results. Teachers should not be deleting scores and re-administering assessments.
Refrain from pre-teaching or practicing specific test items or passages.
Friday, April 25, 2025
April 25 Update
Thursday, April 17, 2025
April 17 Update
No smartphones before high school. Parents should delay children's entry into round-the-clock internet access by giving only basic phones (phones with limited apps and no internet browser) before ninth grade (roughly age 14).
No social media before 16. Let kids get through the most vulnerable period of brain development before connecting them to a firehose of social comparison and algorithmically chosen influencers.
Phone-free schools. In all schools from elementary through high school, students should store their phones, smartwatches, and any other personal devices that can send or receive texts in phone lockers or locked pouches during the school day. That is the only way to free up their attention for each other and for their teachers.
Far more unsupervised play and childhood independence. That's the way children naturally develop social skills, overcome anxiety, and become self-governing young adults.
Friday, April 11, 2025
April 11 Update
Thursday, March 27, 2025
March 27 Update
October 3 Update
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