Orchard Ranch Weekly Blog 10.3.22

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INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS:

PLC Wednesday: Meet in classrooms.

Library: Track A 

Custodial Schedule: Track B 

Josh Out: Cooper has his surgery is scheduled for 10/4. I will be out 10/4 and 10/5.

Fire Drill Practice: We will do a practice drill at our Staff meeting on Tuesday.

Staff Meeting: Tuesday, 10/4 in the barn @2:25. We are going to try and do one meeting in the barn and one on zoom per month. 

Round-up Rally: Thank you to everyone for a very successful rally focusing on the Character Trait of Respect. Looking forward to another celebration at the end October.

Conferences: Please be on the look out for interpreter sign up for conferences. We have to work around the interpreters schedule. Once you have your date, then you can schedule your families that may need the interpreter.

*PTC:

• PIE Grant(10/7): PTC wanted to remind us all about the RCSD Foundation Pie Grants. The RCSD Foundation will award grants up to $750 per individual staff member or $2,000 per grade level for STEAM educational opportunities. Last year, there was money left over. The 2022-23 PIE Grant Application is due October 7th.
• PTC Meetings: PTC and the community would love to have more teachers at the PTC meetings. If you can attend a meeting, please sign up here. We hope you can join us!
• Room Parent: Add your Room Parent (can't find one? Type “no leads” next to your name)
• Favorites: Fill out your Staff Favorites (add Amazon Wishlist if you have one)

Sparkler:

• Custodians Day: Monday, October 3rd is Custodian's Day. Sparkler will be giving Rich and Mike gift cards to show our appreciation. Thank you Rich and Mike for all you do!

• Boss's Day: Monday, October 17th is Boss's Day. Sparkler will be providing Richard and Josh with gift cards to a favorite restaurant

• Happy Hour October 6: Don't forget to mark your calendars for our first OR happy hour of the year! We will be celebrating our 40th day of school, and would love to celebrate with you at Kitchen 747 right after school on Thursday. Hope to see you there!

PBIS Update

• Our Tier 1 team went to our first Tier 2 training this week. We will be implementing new Tier 2 practices within this year. Our Tier 2 team will be working alongside our SSP team to problem solve for our Tier 2 students. In the next few training sessions we will learn how to do Check In Check Out and other interventions. 

• We have also created a Google folder in our Shared Drive (OR Broncos) called OR Behavior Resources. Please upload any resources you have that you would like to share with our site. Our hope is that we can all share different resources for everyone to use when needed. Please try to name the document with details such as the grade level and a description.

• Lunch continues to be an area where we can still see plenty of room for growth. Please know that we appreciate your support in practicing expectations and conversations with your students to help improve their lunch experience.

Outside Tables: Students should be eating on the original picnic tables. This will help alleviate trash by the portables.

Voxer: Please remember to be as unbiased and subjective on messages on voxer.

**Please remember to check the LIVE Google Calendar as dates/times are subject to change.