Week 36

Great Things We Noticed: 

• Raquel and Doree attending Hour of Code Training - I cannot wait to see what your students create!
• Breakout EDU - Congratulations to TEAM 3 - you win Breakfast on Friday and a day of your copies being done for you! (Barnett, Ebie, Wakefield, Forsythe, OK, Wilbur, Montgomery, Esquivel, Wible, Pudey, Armentrout)
• An awesome welcome to our new staff members Longi, Tina and Rhonda - Welcome to Hawthorne! 
• Digging for fossils in Ebie's class
• The last SOM assembly - I love seeing those students that have had some "ups and downs" be recognized for improvement - GROWTH MINDSET! 
• If you didn't know, we have an AWESOME preschool program - Kudos to Suzanne Armas and her team! 

 

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Nuts and Bolts:

• Checkout paperwork will be in your boxes soon - Here are some items to work on and complete before the end of the school year:
• Classrooms:  Please make sure that you properly store all materials to avoid any damage during deep cleaning.  Boxes and personal items must be properly stored in your storage closets or rolling cabinets.  Take home anything you did not use this school year.  This is the perfect time to clear all clutter, if you have any.  Remember - some of our classrooms will be used for summer school (more information coming).  
•  Cums: Please feel free to begin to work on cums- they are time consuming.  To give our office staff enough time to check all cums, you must complete them by June 12^th.  Let Paulina (New Irene)  know when your cums are done.  
•   Moving:   There are only a few clearing out classrooms.   If you are moving, start packing now, but please leave your boards for last.  If you are not moving, do not clear your bulletin boards before June 4^th.  Students will disengage and discipline issues will rise if your room is cleared too soon.  All electronic hardware changes must go through Lisa.  You may take your computer laptop because this item has been assigned to you, not your classroom. 
•  Report Cards:  Report cards are due for review on Friday, June 1^st.  Let me know if you need more time. 
• EUREKA:
• Eureka Math Manipulatives were delivered to pods/classrooms yesterday. Boxes are labeled with your names.  (6^th grade, I still have yours in the library).  TE’s and student books should be here next week.

• ENVISION:  DO NOT KEEP ANY ENVISION MATERIALS! 
• You may start sending up your enVision teacher boxes/materials next week. Pleeeeaaase make sure you send up everything.  The list of teacher materials is below.  Student books will not come up to me until the week of June 4^th. I will send an email when I am ready for them.  Consumables can be tossed or given to students.

• Please let me know if you are interested in attending the Excellence through Equity Conference  - If you went last year, give someone else a turn ;) The conference is September 20-21, 2018

• I have noticed teachers making copies for next year.... Please do not do this.  We are running low on both funds and paper and need to wait until next years budget hits in July before we can start using supplies for next year.  If you have any questions let me know. 

• Lot's of teachers will be out for SLT and AVID next week - let's work together and support our substitutes with student behavior.  

• Be visible as much as possible over the next weeks - this helps support student behavior

• Everyone should be current through 5/15 with your PE monitoring forms... the last two are due 5/30 and 6/13 - see Debbie if you have any questions.

• I appreciate your desire to complete your checkout in a timely manner, but please don't take everything off the walls.  The students need routine and consistency all the way through... and we have a visit on Friday from a board member and Asst. Superintendent.  

• STAFF MEETING ON JUNE 6th - EOY Pot Luck - Sign ups will be in lounge!  

Focus: 

This might seem like a crazy idea, but why not try something new at the end of the year? 

We all have that one thing (or many things) we’ve been wanting to try, but just haven’t gotten around to. So this is your chance — give it a whirl! The excitement and energy of trying something new (and letting your students know you’re trying something new — they love that), is a feeling that’s hard to replicate and one that can help you stay excited till the end of the year.

Short on ideas? Here are 12 great Teaching Channel resources to get the ideas flowing.

• Critical Creativity in the Classroom
• Spoken Word Poetry
• Inviting Curiosity and Socratic Questioning in the Classroom
• Writing Commentaries
• Conver-Stations
• Life-Size Graphic Organizers
• Analyzing Texts with Storyboards
• Pinwheel Discussions
• Comic Book Templates
• Creating Found Poems
• Infographics for Change
• Teaching and Learning with Minecraft

Here are some ideas for Memorial Day Activities: 

   

Upcoming Events:

• 5/28 - NO SCHOOL!  
• 5/29 - Shared Leadership Team - Bourns Technology Center - 8:00
• 5/29 - PIQE 8:30am and 6:30pm
• 5/30 - Lunch on the Lawn
• 5/30 - Leadership Team - 2:55
• 6/1 - Visit by Dr. Farooq (School Board Member) and Dr. Lewis (Asst. Supt. Instruction) 
• 6/1 - Minimum Day - Students dismissed at 12:05
• 6/4 - RUSD Volunteer of the Year recognition (Delnita Brown is Hawthorne's VOY) CMS
• 6/5 - PIQE Graduation 
• 6/6 - 4th grade recorder performance - 9:00 MPR
• 6/7 - PL Team PD Day - 8:00 in Library
• 6/8 - Skills Day - 9-11
• 6/12 - Eureka PD - 5th Grade
• 6/12 - Kinder EOY Performance - 9:30 MPR
• 6/13 - 6th Grade Promotion - Arlington High School - 9:30
• 6/13 - 6th Grade Family Reception - MPR 
• 6/14 - Awards Assembly - Grades 3,4,5 - MPR 
• 6/14 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!  Students dismissed at 12:05!!