You all continuously amaze me with your leadership, respect, kindness and patience that you extend to your students, colleagues, and to me. Please also remember to extend these same courtesies to yourself. It is easy to wear thin this time of year, but I would encourage you to stand tall! You do an amazing job for our kiddos! Let the small things go and consider the kids who have made great gains in their learning, because of your investments as an individual and as a team.
Thank you to all of you!
Please help us with one last push for the Jefferson Carnival this week. It really does help to talk up the events, activities, and raffle sales. We have been blessed with an incredible PTO. They work so hard for us and what they do makes a huge difference in the programs and resources we are able to provide at Jefferson. Many of them are our own colleagues. Please give them a smile and a thank you when you see them popping corn and making cotton candy this week. And thanks to all of you who have added all of the extra pieces (baskets, raffle tickets, notes home, game volunteering, etc.) to your day to help make this happen! It's going to be a ton of fun and know that I appreciate your help very much!
Jefferson Expectations and Reteaching
Currently, there are approximately 610 students at Jefferson. That's a lot of little bodies. Right now we have about 1-2% with extra behavioral needs and supports. The other 98% of our kids are doing a great job most of the time. But, there has been a lot of high energy building, especially at recess and in the halls during transition times. First grade recently shared in their collaboration notes that they have come up with a plan to reteach and acknowledge kids and classes who are doing a great job! I'd love to hear what the rest of the teams are doing as well.
I'd like to ask that all of us do the following:
- With your grade level team, please choose one Jefferson Expectation a week to reteach our students.
- Spend 5-10 minutes reviewing and practicing this expectation. (A fun way is to have kids show you good examples and bad examples, but always remember to end with another good example.)
- Consider ways that you can acknowledge the kids that are meeting the expectation.
Sub Support
We are sad to see Tammy Cooley leave the district office, but we are excited for the new adventure she is on moving to Arizona. We wish her the best! But, as the district reorganizes and hires, Gina Cakebread will be the new sub planner. If you have glitches, she will be your new contact.
Helping Students Focus
Last week I read and article (I'll share it with you soon.) that said I need to get over the idea that I can multi-task (Yes, it did speak directly to me :-) ). We all have 'neural limitations.' Considering this idea, I thought you might enjoy the strategies in this article for helping with both energy and calm in the classroom.
For those of You Working n Informational Writing or Nonfiction Text Structure
An article with ideas from Nell Duke
More Comments from the Parent Surveys
- I appreciate her pushing my child farther. She is very positive toward my child
- Amazing teacher with a great love for her students!
- Goes above and beyond the call of duty to help my child succeed.
- As a parent I am completely happy with my boy's teachers and the staff at Jefferson Elementary School.
- Everyone does an amazing job and sometimes doesn't get enough credit for it!!! To the Principal to the Vice, the Staff Members and all the Teachers!!! Amazing job for our kids.
- The speech and reading helpers have made a huge difference in my child's life both at home and school. He has come a long way in a short time because of these wonderful people.
Upcoming Events
- Building Culture Team - February 29th, March 7th, March 14th
- TLIM Book Study - February 29th, March 7th, March 14th
- Building Leadership Team - March 1st, March, 15th
- MTSS/RtI - March 2nd, March 9th, March 16th
- Classroom and Individual Picture Day - March 4th
- Jefferson School Carnival - March 4th
- Times News Spelling Bee - March 7th
- Daily 5/CAFE Book Study - March 10th, March 17th
- Jefferson Spirit Day/Tiger Award Luncheon - March 18th
- Spring Break - March 21st - 25th
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