Staff News Letter
12/3-12/7

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I hope you all had a wonderful week.  I wanted to express my appreciation to all those who have been so diligent in posting objectives.  As I have visited with several of you, it sounds like it has been beneficial to cover learning objectives with your students.

Reminder: We will be reviewing the 2^nd chapter of Leader in Me at our next faculty meeting on the 5^th.  I know that many of you have read beyond that, but if you would take a minute to read it if you have not, and review it if you have.

As Christmas is on the way, please e-mail me with names of students who may need assistance this year.

I wanted to express my appreciation to all those who have checked in on how my family and I are doing after sending my son, Austin, to the MTC.  As many of you who have already had the experience know, it is difficult, but wonderful experience at the same time.

As many of you know, Sherri now has a broken foot and is using a wheel chair to get around.  Speaking from experience over the past couple of days, please use caution when you come into the office, Sherri is a crazy driver and might just take you out.  You don’t want to go home with wheel chair tracks across your face.  I really don’t want to get a call from your spouse, like the call I received last night from a parent, asking about why another student was jumping on her son’s face yesterday.  In this case it would be to ask why their spouse has tire track on his/her face instead of footprints.

Thought:  A little You Tube laugh for you.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QuwgoIFgQpY

Have a fantastic weekend!

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Staff News Nov. 5-9

I hope you all had a wonderful week.  A special congratulations to our 5^th grade who will undergo the highly coveted maturation training today.  I will be extremely grateful to have such highly matured 5^th graders.

If you would each take just a moment to visit with all of your students about not taking food out at lunch.  Most students are pretty good, but Jeff is still spending quit a bit of time cleaning up juice containers…that have been brought out at lunch.

As I have been in and out of many of your classes, I have found that we are exceptionally consistent at not posting or reviewing objectives.  If you could look for ways to post objective in your rooms.  I will be finding incentives for those who have them posted.  If you can find ways to review simple understandable objective with your students, I think you will find them much more meaningful than simply listing them on the board.  We will visit more about this in our next faculty meeting.  I promise that if you will begin using your objectives, your life will reach new heights of celestial and spiritual enlightenment.

I wanted to thank those of you who were able to help with the Fall Carnival last Saturday.  We had a wonderful turnout.  I know that helping meant a lot of extra time at school and I appreciate your willingness.

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Thought:  Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets it gets you know where.  Glenn Turner

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I hope you all had a wonderful week.  It was nice to have a normal week after such a busy SEP week.  I will be sending out a Google Doc to collect your SEP percentage of attendance.  We have been at about 98% attendance for the past several years.  If you need to catch a family or 2, we could approach 100%.  Right now 3 Peaks has the 100% bragging right.  Of course, they could be cheating.  You just never know.  If you could just do your very best to catch your parents. 

I wanted to remind you that ESL Night will be held on Tuesday of next week.  Please remind your ESL students on Monday that we would love to have them and their families to attend. 

We also have the Data Fair on Tuesday the 23^rd at the District Office.  If you are able to drop by, it would give me goose bumps and chills.

When you have students who are sick, whenever possible, if you could be the one to call home.  There are times when a student comes to the office to call home sick and the parent has questions that only the teacher can answer.  If you are unable to come break away to call, please send a note with your student so Sherri can have a little information to share with the parent.  If you are the one who is sick, it is OK to call your parent though.

Thanks again for all of your hard work.  I appreciate all that you do.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thought: The mind works more effectively when you’re telling it what to do rather than what not to do.  Casstevens, Mind Gym p.11.

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Thank you all so much for all of your hard work and extra time with SEPs this week.  They seemed to go exceptionally smooth this year.

If you would please make a special note that our next AR assembly will be on Wed. the 24^th this month.  This is to better accommodate Red Ribbon Week.  Please note also that the fall carnival will be on Saturday, Oct. 27^th, from 11-3:00.  I know there will be scheduling conflicts, but I would love to see you there if you can attend.  It will fun to try it outside.

Please take just a few minutes this next week and reinforce with your students that they need to keep all food and drinks in the lunchroom.  Jeff spends an extensive amount of time cleaning up juice boxes… that are taken out of the lunchroom.

I wanted to pass on a special thanks to Mary Belle for teaching the Leader in Me in to our students.  Please be sure she is able to have her scheduled time to teach your students so that it is consistent throughout the school.

Above all, have an incredible weekend!

Thanks for all that you do.

Thought: Treat a man as he is and you make him worse than he is.  Treat a man as he has the potential to become and you make him better than he is.  Geothe.
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Staff News Aug. 27-31

I hope you all had a wonderful first full week of school.  I cannot express enough how much I appreciate all of the hard work you put in to prepare for another year.  It felt like a very smooth beginning to the school year.

Just a reminder to please reinforce with your students acceptable lunchroom and hall behavior.  Also, if you would please train your students to say, “thank you” to those who are serving them at lunch.  It is just one of the skills we would like our students be begin developing.  

I hope you have noticed the banners hanging in our entryways, “Together we learn.  Together we lead.”  It is part of the atmosphere we have talked about with the Leader in Me program.  Thanks for your input in choosing the phrase. 

Thanks again for all you do.

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Thought:  Treat a man as he is and you make him worse than he is.  Treat a man as he has the potential to become and you make him better than he is.  Geothe

Have a fantastic, well-earned, weekend!

Staff News Letter May 14-18

It has been wonderful to celebrate Teacher Appreciation this week.  Thank you so much for all you do.  I know that with testing upon us, life at East Elementary may feel a bit stressful, but I sincerely appreciate all you do.  We will have another special celebration next week called “No Emotional Breakdowns Week”.  During this week, emotional outbursts will strictly limited to times between 9:30 PM and 4:30 AM on odd days only.  Please make a log of the outbursts.  

With the Walkathon coming up next week, please take a little time and encourage your students to work hard to get pledges and to participate.

If you have students coming to school in clothes that are not in compliance with our dress code (Short shorts, spaghetti strap shirts…), please have them change.  We have a few items of clothes in the nurse’s office, or they can have a parent bring clothes.  We don’t want them to feel bad, but we do need to be consistent.

We have a wonderful school because of your hard work.  Thank you once again for all you do.

Time left in school:

Days 9.8186

Hours: 235.6433

Minutes: 14138.4167

Seconds: 848294

Thought: Lately I have been reading John Wooden’s book “They Call Me Coach”.  In his book he brought out the point that satisfaction comes as we help others reach their potential during the course of the journey, not necessarily what happens in the end.  He measured success on how close his players came to reaching their potential.  I hope your journey has been a wonderful one as you have helped your students learn their potential.

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Have a fantastic weekend!

Staff News Letter May 7-11

I hope you all had a fantastic first week of CRTs and DIBELS.  I appreciate all those who have worked so hard to make the testing go so smoothly.  It looks like students are working hard to do their best.  I still have not chosen the reward movie.  Please let me know if any of you have movie suggestions.  The East Elementary’s Big Adventure reality show might be a possibility, but I believe it is rated Pg.  We could check out the edited version.

As I have been in and out of a lot of classes over the past several months, I have been impressed with how well the Big 8 Engagement strategies are being implemented.  So many of you are experts at what you do.  Thanks for working so hard and doing such a wonderful job. 

Time left in school:

Days 14.9969

Hours: 359.9228

Minutes: 21595.0050

Seconds: 1295667

Thought: Don’t be afraid your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.  Anonymous

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Enjoy a fantastic weekend!