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!

Staff News Letter 4/30/12-5/4/12

I wanted to express appreciation to our Kindergarten for doing such a wonderful job with their Kindergarten program.  The turnout was fantastic.  I also wanted to thank the 1^st grade for doing the AR program Wednesday.  The program taught me to be a mean lean recycle machine.  Just in case you are wondering, you cannot recycle children.

With testing upon us, I would like to remind everyone to please limit noise in the hall near the computer labs.  To go along with the testing, I will have the reward tickets in your boxes.  Good luck on all of the tests.  Your students will do great.

Time left in school:

19.8232 Days

475.7500 Hours

28544.8167 Minutes

1712616 Seconds

It looks like the weather will be fantastic this weekend.  I hope you all get a chance to get out and enjoy it.

Thought: How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself.  So always think positively.  Norman Vincent Peale

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Staff News Letter Apr. 23-27

Just in case you were wondering, we have; 24.99994 days, 599.9833 hours, 35,998.766 minutes, and 2,159,917 seconds left in the school year.   It is amazing how fast each school year passes.  Not that I am counting.

I wanted to express appreciation to all of you for your hard work in preparing your students for the myriad of tests coming up.  I know it takes a tremendous amount of work to have students prepared.

Just a reminder that all home cleaners need to be removed from classes, as well as, classroom microwaves.  Rumor has it that Mr. Coates may have one, but that has not yet been verified by an official investigation.  We are expecting the Fire Marshall to do an inspection any time now.

It looks like it will be a beautiful weekend.  I hope you all get a chance to get out and enjoy it.

Thanks for all you do!     

Thought: “It's Friday, it’s payday, and the sun is shining.  That’s as good as it gets.”  Sherri Isom

 

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Staff News Letter Apr. 16-20

I hope you all had a fantastic week.

In place of our collaboration next week, we will have a second iPad training.  Please plan on brining your iPad and any questions you may have.  Because time will be limited, please plan on arriving early enough that we can start promptly at 8:00.

I have included a note that I would like you to copy and paste into your next newsletter regarding students who arrive at school too early.  There are times when we see students arrive up to 1½ hours early.  There aren’t a huge number of students arriving early, but enough to make it a challenge to be prepared for the day.  We would like students to arrive no earlier than 8:30.  Students who are in the building earlier than 8:15, we need to send them out to play, or, have them wait on the stage.  The exception would be if you would like to have them working in your classroom.

A note from the Principal

Dear Parents,

I would like to ask for your support in helping us address the issue of students arriving at school too early.  We ask that students not arrive earlier than 8:30 AM.  This allows for appropriate supervision for the students and ample time for teachers and staff to prepare for the day.  I would like to express my appreciation to you for your willingness to support us with this issue. 

Sincerely,

Steve Burton

Principal, East Elementary

Thought: The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.  ~Ellen Glasgow

Have an incredible weekend!

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Staff News Letter Apr. 2-6

I hope you are enjoying the books you are reading for your calendar.  I have enjoyed reading your positive comments for each day.  I would like to continue to encourage you to look for the good things that are happening, especially in your classrooms.  With the end of school coming, if you would please put in your newsletters that parents who would like to submit class requests for next year, they are due by Apr. 16^th.  I need to have the class lists on the system earlier this year.

You may be interested to know that our school will be receiving an award at UVU on Monday.  We were nominated through SUU’s Service Learning Committee for our work with volunteers and after school programs.  I appreciate all of you who have been so effective with volunteers in your class rooms.  We also have volunteers with after school programs that have been supported by many of you as well.  The committee recognized Kim Sauceda for her work and leadership in working with volunteers, as well as, East Elementary.  Kim and I will be gone Monday to accept the award.  It represents just a portion of the wonderful things you all do, and an appreciation for SUU and its volunteers who are so willing to spend time in our school. 

This is a portion of the e-mail I received explaining the award:

In case you're wondering about this award, we are recognizing an individual or organization that:

• Strengthens community involvement at our institution
• Provides meaningful service and learning opportunities for our students
• Enhances their agency's mission/programs/goals by partnering with us

You all deserve a fantastic weekend!

Thought: How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself.  So always think positively. Norman Vincent Peale

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Staff News Letter Mar. 26-30

I would like to thank Jennifer, Shelby, and Jeff for the wonderful job on the Science Fair.  A special thanks to Jeff S. and Kathy for the setup.  It seemed to flow exceptionally well.  We had 190 projects!  Thank you so much for all of your support with the Science Fair.  Please congratulate all of your students who participated.  I would also like to thank all of you for the artwork you posted and those of you who were able to attend last night.  We had a wonderful turnout. 

In working with the Kindergarten teachers to find a way to minimize the disruptions during CRTs in the computer lab and still have Kindergarten program practices, they set their K program to Apr. 24^th at 6:30 PM.  This will be prior to CRTs.  I appreciate our Kindergarten teachers for helping.

I’m excited to see what each of you list on your calendars for good things that are happening each day.  They will be due to me on Thursday.  No late work will be accepted, and if you cheat, the result will be eternal damnation.

Thought: You are today where your thoughts brought you;  you will be tomorrow where your thought take you.  James L. Allen
 

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Have a fantastic weekend!