Orchard Ranch Weekly BLOG 10.14.19

This week's staffroom "60s Hippy" Playlist is being brought to you by Sage Po. 

Music: If you haven't shared your music of choice yet, please click HERE to do so. 

INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

(“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.)

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.

Library: Schedule B
Yearly Schedule Click Here

Accident Reports: Sites are required to do accident reports when a child is suspected of being injured. The Bumps and Bruises documentation is separate.The accident reports are reviewed by our insurance company, SIG.  SIG reads our accident reports for trends, questions that may arise, and for information in case of further litigation. For example, if a child is pushed and hits his/her head on a pole. While Bumps and Bruises documentation needs to be filled out, so does an accident report. If the child does not show signs of concussion at school but is later brought to a doctor with an injury, we want to ensure that we have already signaled our insurance company. It does not look good when a family intends to sue us over an injury and contacts SIG that does not have a record of an injury.

Sheila working on scholarly writing with her kids. 

Academic Assessment: We DO NOT inform parents to write letters for academic assessment. We HAVE TO follow the MTSS process outlined by the district. 

Lunch: We ask for continued flexibility and support as we transition to a new cashier and MDS in the barn. We will be looking for ideas and leveraging you to best support our kids during lunchtime. 

Student ID Numbers: In order to help alleviate our congestion at the cashier at lunch, we will soon be implementing 2 keypads for students to type their ID numbers in. This will alleviate the challenge of any sub cashier not know students and teachers to input names. We have not received the keypads yet, but we will need to be ready. 



PBIS Videos: Please sign up here for your class to participate in creating the correct behavior videos for PBIS. Please record and send to me. Please record them with your phones in the upright position.


Staff Meeting: None this week.

*Voxer: Remember, our new direction with voxer protocol. 

• Orchard Ranch Thread: School-wide business. This thread is only used during contract hours. Please side vox as much as possible to alleviate congestion.
• OR After Hours: Not related to business. This thread can be used at anytime and can be muted. 

*AESOP: Please put your absence into AESOP ASAP. For example, if you're not feeling well the evening before, please input your absence that night. It's easier for us to cancel the sub than to get a sub last minute. 

*Independent Study: In your messages home, please explain independent study and that they should request the paperwork 2 weeks prior to the vacation. We've had a lot of families requesting paperwork for a vacation a couple of days before. Obviously, if they are sick or something happens out of their control, it won't be 2 weeks. Thank you. 

Steph Sage preparing for her 1st Annual Writer's Cafe

 Custodial Night Cleaning: Below is the AB schedule for cleaning. The days flipflop weekly. I will work to include the schedule in each BLOG. To help with cleaning, please make sure chairs are stacked and large debris is picked up. This will ensure a cleanlier classroom. 

This week starts with A Schedule.

Mike:
A Schedule (Rooms 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20)
B Schedule (Rooms 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
Nightly: Kinder rooms (7-9, 19)



Sally:
Nightly: Kinder rooms (7-9, 19)
Schedule A: (Rooms 29, 31, 33, 35)
Schedule B: (Rooms 30, 32, 34)

*Please make sure to always double-check the live Google Calendar, as event may change.*