Friday, 28th October, 2016

Congratulations

Megha and Lauren for publishing their article on translanguaging!
Click here to read it - just got published in TIE Online.

Thanks to

• Hannah and Angel in IT for all of their work to reformat the aesthetic look of our report cards.

Updated Duty Schedule

With Sheena’s departure, we’ve had to make some adjustments to the duty schedule. Impacted teachers are: Ron, Amritha, John, Hilary, Priya, Nushrath, Nichelle/Roshna and Chaitanya. Thanks to each of you for your flexibility and willingness to help out. The updated schedule can be viewed here.

Sheena’s departure also complicates our transition schedule as she is responsible for 13 weekly transitions. As we are unable to cover each of these, we are going to try having our older students transition from class to class unsupervised. The following classes and specialist teachers are impacted: 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4D, 5A, 5B, 5C, music, art, PE and World Language. View the impacted transitions here.

Planned absences on the day of your duty

Teachers, if you know you are going to be absent for a personal day, field trip or professional learning trip, please plan to arrange a trade with a colleague ahead of time if you know you have a duty that day. Let Cheryl know about your arrangements; she will continue to call on teachers and TAs to fill spots due to illness.

Ordering

FYI - Orders for Fountis and Pinnell reading kits, the new TC reading units and preschool’s access to GOLD assessment will be coordinated through the ES office - no need to put those items on your grade level orders.

Calley has created a spreadsheet to centrally inventory and order Bridges supplies; this will be sent to team leaders.

Report Timeline

By Tuesday 1 Nov 4pm -	Reports returned to teachers, can begin entering narratives into skyward
By Thursday 3 Nov 8am	All report information entered into Skyward
Friday 4th 3pm	Reports go live to parents

As you go to enter your grades and comments, the following step-by-step guide may be helpful. It also shows you how to generate the reports as parents see them.

Wednesday’s Early Release Day

Time on Wednesday afternoon will be spent debriefing, consolidating and continuing professional learning from our most recent consultants: Gini Rojas, Jodi O’Meara, Tania Lattanzio, Christy Curran and Adaptive Schools. We’ll gather in Shireen’s room at 2:30, then break out to the 5th grade classrooms for small group sessions.

Yearbook Photo orders

You can now view and order your yearbook Individual photo in the All School Moodle page using this form Please order by November 7th; prints will be ready for collection at the Elementary School Office after December 11th.  Pay at the cash counter and submit the form at the Elementary Principal’s office.

Missoula Children's Theatre

Parents are signing up their children for the return of MCT.  On Monday 14 Nov, all children signed up will take part in an audition that will last for at least 2 hours.  This schedule will be shared as soon as we have it.  Not all kids will get a part - only 60 cast members and 4 assistant directors.
Two performances for your calendars;  Friday 18th 1.30pm for ES kids / 4pm for parents/community

Upcoming Dates For Your Calendar

Monday October 31 Diwali Holiday
Wednesday 2 November Early Release Wednesday (2.00pm dismissal)
Thursday 3 November Grade PK - 2 India Month Assembly (8.45am - 9.30am)
Thursday 3 November Inspiration Conversation: Unity in Diversity
Friday 4 November Grade 3 - 5 India Month Assembly (*Time changed 2:15pm - 3:15pm)
Friday 4 November India Month Lunch
Friday 4 November Report cards going home
Saturday 5 November Diwali Mela
Friday 8 November ES Parent Coffee with Bernajean Porter
Wednesday 9 November Middle Eastern Food Festival with guest chefs in the main cafeteria
Mon 14 - Fri 18 Nov Missoula Children’s Theatre;
Friday 18 Nov Missoula Children’s Theatre performances; 1.30pm for ES/4pm Parents

Happy Diwali!

Warmly,

Keryn & Lori