The Cue Admin conference that I attended this weekend pushed my thinking and fueled my brain in ways that I did not think was possible! The image above is a perfect illustration of our school....where we are as a team and the work we need to do!
We need to continue to be FEARLESS in our passion for changing the lives of kids!
We need need to revisit our VISION and reflect on the work!
We need have faith and BELIEVE in our work and ourselves!
We need to continue to HUSTLE...our kids deserve it!
We need to remain FOCUSED!
We need to GET OUT THERE...think outside the box...innovate!
We need to MOTIVATE our students and one another!
We need to continue to INSPIRE!
Last week I posted about the "Power of Yet." The image above is a perfect parallel to the "Power of Yet." I often ask myself:
Am I fearless as a leader? Not enough....YET!
Am I a refection of the Thomas Jefferson vision? I am not sure...YET!
Am I a constant believer in myself? Not always...YET!
Do I hustle enough? No not...YET!
Am I focused on the vision and end goal? Not always...YET!
Am I out there in classrooms enough? NOPE..YET!
Am I motivating in an authentic and meaningful way? I am not sure...YET!
Am I making leadership moves that inspire? I am not sure...YET!
I share this with you all because I am humbled by your work and I know that we all have "YETS" that we need to embrace as a team in order to continue to make Thomas Jefferson the BEST place to be! As my kids say on a road trip, "Are we there...YET?"
- Kirsten
Award Assemblies
Our first Character Trait Awards Assembly will be this Friday! We will be celebrating the character trait of Cooperation. Please celebrate two or three students in your class who have embraced the character trait of Cooperation. (The goal is that every child in your class be recognized by the end of the year.) Every will come to the front of the MPR, by grade level, to recognize the students who will be acknowledged. The students will come the front of of the MPR to be celebrated! We will also be celebrating the students who have perfect attendance for the months of August and September. The names of the students that have perfect attendance will be called and the will stand up to be acknowledged. Margaret will deliver Perfect Attendance Certificates to you box. Please ensure that they are given their certificated before they go home.
Please contact parents of students who are receiving a Character Trait award. Please send home an invite too. I have created an invite for you to print out and use if you wish. If you have another personal invite, via email or card, please feel free to use them. It is very important that parents are informed about this celebration in advance.
Awards Assembly Invite
Awards will be available in the staff room Tuesday morning.
The assembly times for the assemblies are below:
Please contact parents of students who are receiving a Character Trait award. Please send home an invite too. I have created an invite for you to print out and use if you wish. If you have another personal invite, via email or card, please feel free to use them. It is very important that parents are informed about this celebration in advance.
Awards Assembly Invite
Awards will be available in the staff room Tuesday morning.
The assembly times for the assemblies are below:
9:00 TK-2
9:55 3-5
Fire Drill
Thank you all so much for a great fire drill! We cleared the campus on 4 minutes and 44 seconds! I was able to observe the fire drill and the support staff was able to debrief our next steps in order to ensure the safety of our students. We will be making the following changes to the process:
- We will assign designated classroom spots on the playground.
- Doors are to be unlocked and closed
- Safety Backpacks will assigned to each classroom.
I am sure there is much work to do in the area...and a Safety Committee is coming!
PBIS
Thank you to our PBIS team who will be attending the PBIS Year One PD meeting on Thursday at PCOE. It is exciting to see how big our team is and that we will representing Thomas Jefferson Elementary! I am confident that the day of learning will impact our site.
REPORT CARDS AND PARENT REPORTING
Progress reports are to be sent home on Friday September 30, 2016. These reports are fillable PDF documents, which can be downloaded and saved to your computer and filled in to provide parents and guardians an update of how their student(s) are currently progressing in classes. Please see the email that was sent from
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The ES Progress Report contains drop down menus School, Grade, and Terms.
that they must put their final grades into PowerSchool grade book to print out report cards at the end of the trimester. Grades should be into PowerSchool by Tuesday, November 8.
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