Ranch Staff Newsletter

Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom  British Invasion music playlist  is being brought to you by  Cara Chandler ! Lunch Helpers for this week:  Mrs. Spears'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. Benchmark visit: Melissa Duncan will be coming out sometime this week to help me better understand benchmark and it's usage at OR. Question of the week: How do we celebrate growth with our kids, both academically and behaviorally? Please be thinking about this as we prepare to inform families of progress. This will be visited by Culture Club this week. PD Day: 11/1 - 1/2 AM day at Eich & 1/2 PM day onsite for PLC work. 11/2 - 1/2 AM day on site for Restorative Ju...

Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom  Tom Petty music playlist  is being brought to you by  Marisa Nordlin ! Lunch Helpers for this week:  Mrs. Chandler'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. Playground:  Culture club met and we will begin implementing a few changes over the next few weeks. Thank you for you support as we figure out these needs.  The "Walk the Line" line is now around the basketball courts. This will simplify monitoring. A line will be painted separating upper and primary at recess. Areas will be designated after the line is painted. Positivity Thought of the Week: The strength of OR is how we treat/celebrate/RESPECT each other and our kids....

Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) 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 ...

Totally me right now!!!! Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom  country music playlist  is being brought to you by  Chrissy McClain ! Lunch Helpers for this week:  Mrs. Boone'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. 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.   BDR Form Rainbow Chart Benchmark: Than...

Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom  Mat Kearney playlist  is being brought to you by  Joie Darretta ! Lunch Helpers for this week:  Mrs. Jackson'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. Fall Celebrations:  The district is guiding all schools away from traditional "age old" celebrations. For example, this year, our kindergarten is doing a "Friendship Feast" not a Thanksgiving Feast with Pilgrims and Indians. This idea is to cross over to other celebrations as well. We will talk about other ideas as we progress through the year. Halloween: We will NOT be dressing up on Halloween. Our after school "Trunk or Treat" will allow our families and students to dress up.  Or...

A yummy recipe! Enjoy! Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom 90's Rap mix is being brought to you by Jon Richmond ! Lunch Helpers for this week: M iss Kellogg ... Click here for the lunch helper schedule! Please send the same 4-5 students this week to help in the lunchroom. Thank you. Reminder:  POD printers are for single pages only. Class sets should be done following the guidelines on the Toshiba Printers and RISO. We have to pay from site funds if we go over our yearly allotment. Emails: Please remember to not use student names in emails. Lawyers love looking for names and initials when building a case. If you have to use initials, please make sure the email is business and factual.  Chromecarts: Please return chromecarts to the small room in between the library and room 19 when done....

Useful Links: Orchard Ranch Bronco intranet website.   Click HERE Lunch Helpers for this week: Mrs.   Spears... Click here for the lunch helper schedule! Please send the same 4-5 students this week to help in the lunchroom. Thank you. INFORMATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS: (“*” Indicates the number of weeks it’s been in newsletter.) This week's staffroom Cool and the Gang mix is being brought to you by Irma Salinas! *Walk to Learn:  An outcome of our Culture Club meeting was clarification surrounding Walk to Learn at OR. Here are the steps we created for the process. Remember, the process is always changing and has room for improvement. We hope this helps. It's in the team drive.  Flow Chart  *PIE Grant: Please Apply!!!  A reminder PIE  Grant  Program applications are due by  Thursday, September 13, 2018 . PIE  Grant  Program recipients agree to attend the  October 4, 2018 , Boar...