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INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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This week's staffroom 50's music playlist is being brought to you by Bethany Fletcher!
Lunch Helpers for this week: Mr. Richmond's class. Click here for the lunch helper schedule! Please send the same 4-5 students this week to help in the lunchroom @ 12:00. Thank you.
Walking in the AM: This week, we would appreciate any time you can give to coming out and helping guide students to walking in the circle before the start of school. We are having a lot of students running and hanging out by classrooms. There's too many kids for running. Thank you.
Homework Policy: Please remember, at the start of last year we decided that we are a flexible homework school. Homework is not required or turned in for a grade. Nightly reading is encouraged. I'm having a lot of parents talking to me about the homework load at home. We can clarify at our next staff meeting.
Lunch Protocol: Begins 10/8/18 (Teachers, please walk your students to the hot lunch line this week to ensure they stay together.)
- Teachers will distribute a card with a #1 or a #2 to students who have chosen hot lunch right before lunch, ensuring the appropriate number of cards to students.
- Hot lunch students will take card to the lunch counter, show it to the helper, then put the number in the appropriate container.
- The cards will then be returned to a bucket by the mailboxes in the office.
- Students without cards will be asked to go to the back of the line to ensure that everyone gets the food they ordered.
Playground Play Structure: It's impossible to completely regulate the grades in each bark box, but we will be painting grade level numbers to help provide support. We will also be working on grade level areas on the blacktop.
*Online BDR: The PBIS team has been working on an online Bronco Discipline Referral (BDR). It is now available below. Please save it as a bookmark on your computer and/or on your phone. The hope is that this is easier to complete and allows us to better track behavior data. I'm also attaching the Rainbow Behavior Chart that helps define different levels of behavior. This is a work in progress. We will be tweaking as we go.
*Benchmark: Thank you for completing the doc informing me of your benchmark times. This will help me better understand how benchmark is being used in your classrooms. The schools that made the largest growth have used benchmark diligently. My goal is to figure out how we can use it effectively/efficiently/appropriately for us at OR.
*Walk to School Day: 10/10 is International Walk to School Day. We would like to continue the tradition of walking with our students from some nearby meeting points surrounding the school. More information and sign-ups to come.
*Lock Doors: We have had students entering classes without adults in them. For the safety of our students and your property, please keep your door locked at all times. Undo the lock block when you leave and please have your keys with you at all times. Thank you.
*Litter & bathrooms: We are seeing an increase in site litter and inappropriate bathroom usage. Please take a few minutes to go over bathroom expectations found in the PBIS lesson plans and talk with them about pride in keeping our new school litter free. MDS will also discuss this in the barn.
Note: Dates may change. Please continue to double-check the google calendar to confirm dates.
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