The storybook pumpkins look AMAZING! The pumpkins are a perfect example of the wonderful, creative, imaginative work that can happen when great minds get together! You showed tremendous teamwork and I am so proud of your efforts and creativity. I’m hopeful you enjoyed your time with your DLT groups & reconnected through this activity. Everytime our students walk through the media center, they admire the Storybook Pumpkins and comment on how creative they are! NICE JOB!!! Remember — each student should cast their vote for their FAVORITE storybook pumpkin on Halloween! Google Form ballot will be emailed out today!

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 29th
Kindergarten Data Review Meeting
RTI Committee Meeting (3-4pm)

Tuesday, October 30th
October BUDDY Event
Crazy/Wacky Hair for Red Ribbon Week

Wednesday, October 31st
Halloween Parades & Parties <—click for info

Thursday, November 1st
Fall Birthday Celebrations (in Lounge)
LearningScapes Tour through Kennedy School
SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm (Conference Room)

Friday, November 2nd
End of Trimester 1
Pre School Screenings
Reading Room Plan Day

**Reminder for Tenured Teachers*
Tenure teacher professional growth meetings completed before the end of the week!
ALL tenured teachers must complete a Professional Growth Plan.

Blog Posts Worth Checking Out:
The “Secret Menu” for Google Slides, Docs, Drawings & More via “Ditch That Textbook”

Starting with Positive Assumptions via George Couros

What Happens When We Become 1% Better Every Day by AJ Juliani

A Strength-Based Approach to Teaching English Language Learners via Cult of Pedagogy

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 22nd
RED RIBBON WEEK BEGINS! 
1st Grade Data Meeting with RR (2:35pm)
FLU SHOTS offered to District Employees in the 1st Grade Project Space (3-4pm)

Tuesday, October 23rd
Wear RED to Kick Off Red Ribbon Week
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm  (Storybook Pumpkins KICKOFF with DLT small groups!)

Wednesday, October 24th
Wear ORANGE – National UNITY Day
Cub Scouts Presentation (8:30am-11:00am in Presentation Space)
TAPS (2nd & 3rd)
DLT Meeting (3-4:30pm in 3rd Grade Project Space)
BPAC Meeting (4-5:30pm in Gymnasium)

Thursday, October 25th
Wear BEARS gear!
Staley the Bear Assembly – BEAR DOWN on Bullies
9-10am – Kindergarten & 1st Grade classes
10:30am-11:30am – 2nd & 3rd Grade classes
Mentor/Mentee Meeting @ 3:45pm

Friday, October 26th
Kubbies Are Buddies – Wear Kubbies Spiritwear
Fall Picture Re-Takes (in 1st Grade Project Space)
Spirit Assembly 9:00am

**Reminder for Tenured Teachers*
Tenure teacher professional growth meetings completed before November 1st.
ALL tenured teachers must complete a Professional Growth Plan.

**Do you subscribe to Angela Watson’s “Truth for Teachers” podcast? It’s amazing!
Click the picture below to check out this episode: A Crash Course on Trauma-Informed Teaching. 

You’ll learn ways that trauma impacts students and what we can do to support kids without carrying the weight of that trauma ourselves. The podcast also provides specific dos and don’ts to make it easier to navigate this in your classroom.

Trauma-informed teaching is not a curriculum, set of prescribed strategies, or something you need to “add to your plate.” It’s more like a lens through which you choose to view your students which will help you build better relationships, prevent conflict, and teach them effectively.

Blog Posts Worth Reading:
How to Check Spelling and Grammar in Google Docs via Shake Up Learning

3 Simple Questions to Shape Professional Learning via George Couros

What Are the Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts? via Cult of Pedagogy

You Are the Average of the 10 People You Spent Time With via Inc.com

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 15th
Medical Exclusion Day 
Happy Birthday Rose Karas 🙂
Fire Prevention Visits from SPFD in Presentation Space   <—click for schedule
2nd Grade Data Review with Reading Room

Tuesday, October 16th
Put a Cap On Bullying – Wear a Hat to School
PreK Field Trip to Johansen Farms
Fire Prevention Visits
***FACULTY MEETING RESCHEDULE………Since last Tuesday was a bust, please plan on meeting in the presentation space for a 2:50pm start! We will be checking in with our DLT small groups for a brief activity! 
Spirit Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm

Wednesday, October 17th
Happy Birthday Mary Beth D’Andrea 🙂
Fire Prevention Visits
TAPS (PreK, K, 1st) during CPT
DLT Meeting (3-4:30pm – LMS, Room 108)
Board of Education Meeting @ 7:00pm
*Kennedy Renovation will be the example of excellence! Please come and support your 1st grade colleagues who will be presenting an iMovie of the renovated spaces and presenting tokens of appreciation from the students to the Board of Education members.

Thursday, October 18th
3rd Grade Field Trip to Goebbert’s Farm
Earthquake Drill @ 10:18am
Fire Prevention Visits
SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm

Friday, October 19th
Happy Birthday Eva Popowska 🙂
Kindergarten Field Trip to Didier Farms
5 Positive Connections by Friday !!!

See some ideas below for Fire Prevention Week @ Kennedy:

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 8th
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, October 9th
Happy Birthday Mandy Vanderwaal 🙂 
Tech Committee Check-In (2:35pm)
Faculty Meeting @ 2:50pm (Presentation Space)

Wednesday, October 10th
TEAM UP against Bullying! – Wear Your Favorite Sports Team
Technology Breakouts Common Plan

Thursday, October 11th
1st Grade Field Trip to Goebbert’s

Friday, October 12th
5 by Friday!