Here are some announcements to help you start your week.
PLTs will be used for intellectual prep for our upcoming math lessons.
Coverage – updated 10/23
Monday- HOMie Ambassadors
Tuesday- 1st Grade
Wednesday- 2nd Grade
Thursday- 3rd Grade
Friday- 4th Grade
Welcome to the Team
Welcome, Ibeth Alfaro Argueta, to the Shark family. Ibeth will join our team on Thursday, 11/2, primarily working in 220 and 221.
Also, welcome to Jessica Guy! She is our new building-based substitute and starts on Tuesday. She will be working three days a week and full-time starting in December.
Specialist +
Round 2 starts Monday. I highlighted the row we are on- HERE.
Panorama Survey Opens
The Panorama Fall SEL Survey Window OPENS on Wednesday, November 1. Students in grades 3-4 will take the survey using this link: surveys.panoramaed.com/chelseama. Students will enter their access code (Student ID) to access their survey.
Teachers in grades 1-2 will receive an email to complete their perceptions of students’ SEL skills. More direction and guidance will be shared soon.
Staff SEL will be administered at the next staff meeting or PLT.
Safety Reminder
If you’re ever outside and see an unknown person on school grounds, loitering along our fence watching, trying to get in a door, etc, please:
- Trust your instincts. If something or someone looks or feels “off,” don’t doubt yourself, overthink it, or think “oh, someone else will call.” I would rather overreact to protect kids and staff from something that turns out to be a false alarm.
- Call for help — call the office, send a kid to the office or security, call or text me or Cam. We don’t need details; just “creepy person on playground pls, come out” will get us there fast.
- Communicate with others in the area. If you’re worried, alert other school staff in the area with a quick “That guy shouldn’t be here” or nonverbal signals.
- Get kids away. That could mean shooing kids to a different section of the playground. Or it could mean blowing the whistle early and moving inside. Don’t worry about overreacting — if we need to make it up to kids with some extra recess later, we will.
- If you feel comfortable, you could engage with the person. A friendly but firm “this area is for school people only during school hours” is usually enough for someone to move along.
- Never let non-school personnel through school doors. They must enter through security at the community entrance.
And, of course, If you ever see someone with a weapon or another immediate danger, call 911. “There’s a man with a gun outside the Elementary School playground” will do two things: get the police here immediately AND generate a call back to all four school offices so people inside the building can initiate a lockdown.
Important and Upcoming Dates
- November 7 – No school for students. Virtual 5dp Professional Development Day. You may zoom in from home if you choose!
- November 10 – No School Veteran’s Day
- November 18 – Re-take Picture Day
- November 21 – Turkey Trot
- November 22-23-24 – Thanksgiving Break
- November 29 – Family Conferences
- December 1 – Trimester 1 ends
- December 8 – Report card grades due in X2.
- December 12 – 2-hour Staff Meeting
