What a great first week (technically 3 days) at Kennedy! Despite the few tears, the smiles and laughs outweighed the few. I appreciate everyone’s help and extra care during arrival. Thank you to ALL staff for going the extra mile to help get our year off to an amazing start. Let’s keep that up this week, as well! This week, we welcome our littlest Kubbies! All extra hands on deck around 8:25am in the PreK hallway near Door 22!!!
As we prepare for our first full week with the students, I hope you will take a few quiet moments to put aside lesson planning, forget about your to-do list and consider our purpose (as a school, and as individual educators). When we walk in on Monday morning, please remember that you are a difference maker! The small gestures you make to welcome students and show an interest in their lives will have an impact. This year, you will have opportunities to build confidence where it hasn’t existed, develop connections that have never been present, and generate hope with your students. Our classrooms are filled with little ones with a variety of needs, and it’s up to US to make sure they thrive! The only way for that to happen is to build a connection with each student. When we truly know them all as individuals, we can understand them as learners.
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, August 19th
1st Day of Pre School
Happy Birthday Lauren Oraham 🙂
MAP Testing Window Opens **See schedule/add the dates and times when your classroom will test!
Tuesday, August 20th
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm (Presentation Space) *agenda will be emailed out
Wednesday, August 21st
Common Plan Time
Board of Education Meeting @ 7pm
Thursday, August 22nd
Benchmarking Begins <—-click here for schedule
Friday, August 23rd
Kennedy Bus Evacuation Drills <—PreK-3rd teachers: Sign up for your time slot!
*Remember, we must also make an effort to build relationships with our families, too! Read this awesome blog post here about how to successful engage with our families!
Blended Learning Playlist …. be sure to check off the items as your completing them!