Week 20

Great Things We Noticed: 

• Family Math Night with 264 participants!  Thank you, Mr. Comeaux for organizing and for teacher volunteers, Mrs. Ebie, Mrs. Masi, Mr. Wible, and Mrs. McVey, for helping us! 
• PBIS Team working hard at training!
• SLT Team diving into writing with Innovate Ed
• Hawthorne Science Fair Winners!
  

  Bronze	Hawthorne Elementary	Snail Shells	Isabelle Zubak
  Silver	Hawthorne Elementary	Are Fingerprint Patterns Inherited?	Aubrey Harper

Silver

Hawthorne Elementary

Vitamin C

Anastasia Niemeier

Nuts and Bolts: 

• 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Walk-a-Thon
• January 20th, 2020 marks the 27th Annual MLK Walk-a-Thon here in Riverside. Beginning at Bordwell Park’s Stratton Center and ending at Riverside City College’s Digital Library, it is a great opportunity for the RUSD community to participate in celebration Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Registration for adults is $25, while for $20 for students. For more information on how you and your site can take part in this Riverside tradition, please click HERE for the event flyer or contact Rochelle Kanatzar.
• Reserve your spot for our Equity Conference - We will be inviting RUSD on Monday 1/6 and sessions will fill upquickly!  Each participant will recieve a copy of My Teacher Believe in Me by Dr. Victor Rios.  

• bit.ly/ArlingtonClusterES 
• Breakout sessions topics include: 
• Big Brothers Big Sisters matched youth facing adversity with a one-to-one caring mentor. We believe that every child is born with potential. Through these strong and enduring professionally supported relationships, a child’s potential is ignited. Our program is free to children between the ages of 6-16 and all matches are professionally supported by a bilingual staff member.
• Boots on the Ground: Please join the RUSD tag team also known as “The Dynamic Duo,” “Starsky and Hutch,” and “The Blues Brothers,” for an entertaining, yet informative and serious discussion about how we can best serve our students! We will focus on the following topics with the goal of empowering educators by adding valuable information and best practices to their existing “bag of tricks!”
  * Gaining a better understanding of our diverse student populations
  * Learning about the history of our community and its potential effects on students
  * Understanding different types of barriers and home environments that can affect a student’s education
  * Identifying the root cause of the problem by “Peeling the Onion” and addressing it appropriately
  * Knowing and utilizing resources available at your school site, district and community levels
• Challenging the status Quo: This session elicits candid conversations about race, culturally relevant pedagogy, and compassionate dialogue that are frequently missing within most organizations. Participants will learn sustainable communication techniques aimed to manage conflict in both professional and personal settings. Participants will explore common communication barriers that perpetuate division in team dynamics. Using the RIR protocol, participants will have the opportunity to practice active listening and thoughtful communication using Conversation Starters. Participants will walk away with key strategies to build internal capacity, deepen understanding around becoming ambassadors for equity in their school/district.
• Classroom Management for All: Participants in this session will gain insight into Culturally Responsive Classroom Management and learn practical, immediately actionable strategies to take back to their classrooms. Culturally Responsive Classroom Management (CRCM) bolsters classroom management systems by determining and using the cultural behaviors and needs of our students to create an environment that emphasizes respect, rapport, and relationships while setting boundaries through the strategic use of a positive, proactive, and preventive plan. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or electronic device to assess materials.
• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Participants in this interactive session will understand what Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
  is, how to implement  Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in the classroom, and how Culturally Responsive Pedagogy can help in building student relationships and increasing a positive classroom culture. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or electronic device as they will have access to a digital choice board with tools to move the needle and interrupt the status quo. 
• MTSS and Equity:Participants will develop a deeper understanding of the components of a Multi-Tiered System of Support and how it can increase the success of ALL students within our classrooms, throughout our schools, and across our District. In addition, participants will unpack the characteristics of an expert learner, investigate how "The Myth of Average" challenges the notion of an "average student", and how this leads to embracing the natural variability of our learners. Learn practical approaches to removing barriers to maximize learning by giving students options and choices that empower them to take control of their own learning and reach rigorous state-standards.
• Powering the Disempowerd: Students have been subjected to the highest number of ACES often feel powerless and are inadvertently disempowered by our school systems—the most restrictive environments, the highest number of disciplinary consequences, and simply feeling that they do not belong with their school-age peers. Yet, these very students who have faced the most trauma are often the strongest leaders: the most charismatic, the strongest interpersonal skills, resilience, grit, creativity and passion. This session will provide specific exemplars of ways we are power sharing with our students mislabeled as “at-risk” or “at-promise,” along with big ideas—philosophical and paradigmatic shifts that will empower us to empower our students. Through their humanization and empowerment, our wounded healers we can see our students do the impossible. This dynamic presentation will leave you inspired and recharged to engage in our difficult and meaningful work of transforming students’ lives.
• Providing Real World Relevance to Engage Students: In the continuing education context, creating an opportunity to access relevant and meaningful experiences that connect to subject area content is a must. Students attending Lincoln High School are credit deficient for a variety of reasons but all share an education experience that has not worked for them. Breaking down personal barriers to learning can be achieved by tapping into topics and questions that are grounded in the daily lives and community experiences of our kids, connecting knowledge with understanding of phenomenon familiar to students. Utilizing topics such as air quality, environmental degradation, robotics, and social justice can lead to student engagement and academic success.
• Removing Barriers to Learning through Family Engagement: The RUSD Family Resource Center (FRC) focuses on building protective factors that support healthy development and family well-being. We recognize that family systems do not function in isolation and acknowledge the unique characteristics and circumstances of each family. Our goal is to develop meaningful relationships and provide parents and caregivers the tools needed to support student wellness, student learning, and pathways to college and career.
• The Archaeology of the Self: How Culture & Identity Impact Teaching, Learning, and The Brain:  We all bring our culture and identity into our classrooms. As teachers and learners, culture plays an important role in our lives both in and out of school. In this session we will interrogate the ways in which our experiences shape the perspectives we bring into our classrooms. Join us as we become archaeologists of the self and excavate our identity while making connections to learning and brain research.
• The Smoking Mirror: Culutral Proficiency for Student Success: This workshop introduces learners to the concepts of cultural proficiency and encourages learners to explore and reflect upon how their personal experiences, biases, assumptions, and culture impact the educational experience of our students.  Activities are designed to challenge assumptions and increase awareness of the every evolving population we serve.  
• NEW SESSION! Lit and Literate: Authentically Increasing Student Engagement  Have you ever wondered if students are bored with your classroom instruction? Do your students seem unable to make connections or retain content knowledge? Are you afraid to venture out of your comfort zone and allow student choice and voice to change the trajectory of learning and teaching in your classroom space? Well, employing culturally responsive, relevant, and sustaining pedagogies can help teaching and learning take on exciting and interesting avenues as students learn that they can be lit AND literate. This session will provide you with materials and strategies to help you increase authentic student engagement thereby increasing attendance and content retention. Come READY to sing or speak about it. 
• If you have any pictures of activities in or out of your classroom, please send to h.e.yearbook@hotmail.com and they will be included in the Yearbook.
• The 100th day of school will be celebrated on Friday 1/24  
• We would like to try a school wide "All Call" - Please practice teacher or staff member says "Hawthorne" and the students respond with "Hawks" and then settle down.  
• Floor Crew will be cleaning our floors 1/21-1/28 from 3:30-11:00 - Lorenzo sent out the schedule in gmail
• Hector Dlegadillo with be our long term sub while we work to fill our Head Custodian Vacancy.  Take a moment to introduce yourself to him next week! 
• Science and Engineering Fair Winners:
• Congratulations to the 2020 RUSD Science and Engineering Fair Winners! Click HERE for a full list of winners. Gold medal winners in the Elementary and Junior Division as well as Gold and Silver medal winners in the Senior Division will be moving on to the Riverside County Science and Engineering Fair on Monday March 2-3 at the Riverside Convention Center.
• Census 2020
• The census is coming! Every ten years the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count of all the people living in the United States. These numbers are used to determine representation in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as federal funding to the states. In 2010, only 69% of Californians were counted. RUSD is working with the U.S. Census Bureau, RCOE and the Civic Engagement Research Group from UCR to get an accurate count of those in Riverside. We will be getting information out to parents through flyers to send home with students, and posters that you will be able to put up on your site. Teachers can use this time to target some of their instruction to the census. Resources are available at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis.html for all grade levels and content areas. Finally, we will provide opportunities for parents, staff, and community members to complete the census at events throughout RUSD between March 12th and April 30th. RCOE will have mobile units available to set up booths at any event we think it would be beneficial. If you have an event (Open House, Parent Night, etc.) where you would think a mobile unit would be beneficial, or if you have any questions, please reach out to Carolyn Power. x53016.

Focus: 

Here is a great video from EducationWeek regarding student motivation and autonomy - Remember one of the tenents of Personalized Learning is Student Choice and Voice: 

https://video.edweek.org/detail/video/6114305569001/student-motivation-why-autonomy-matters?autoStart=true&cmp=eml-enl-vid-p1

100th Day Activities and Ideas: 

100th Day is Friday, 1/24!

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/celebrating-100th-day-school/

https://www.signupgenius.com/school/ways-to-celebrate-the-100th-day-of-school.cfm

https://www.signupgenius.com/school/ways-to-celebrate-the-100th-day-of-school.cfm

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/100th-day-of-school.html

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/100th-day-of-school.html

Upcoming Events:

1/20 - No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday 

1/21 - Mr. Lopez last day 

1/22 - Coffee with the Principal
1/22 - SARB Meetings - Longi out 10-12

1/23 - K-12 Principals Meeting - Carrie out 8-1

1/23 - SSC Meeting - 3:10 - E103

1/24 - 100th Day - Dress up Day (100 year old or 100 items on shirt) 

1/25 - Arlington Cluster Equity Symposium - Arlington High School 8:00-12:30

1/29 - Student of the Month Assemblies 

1/29 - 6th Grade Field Trip 

1/29 - Staff Meeting - Danielson Training
1/30 - Restorative Practices Training - Longi out all day

1/31 - Vision and Hearing Screening - 2nd, 5th and SPED 

1/31 - GATE Testing - 2nd Grade

1/31 - All in Attendance Day - 100% Attendance! 

1/31 - Tie Dye Dress up Day 

Birthdays: 

1/22 - Patrick Wible - 5th Grade 

1/25 - Iona Borza - 1st Grade

1/30 - Erin Masi - Title I Intervention Teacher