Friday, May 26, 2017

Dear everyone,

A wonderful last full week with our students, and so much going on. Four days to go with kids next week; remember to finish strong!

Thank yous and Recognitions

• Much appreciation for all of the insight and hard work that has gone into writing clear and personalized report card comments.
• Congratulations to one of our fifth grade NVSF teams for capturing first place! See this week’s parent blog for a description of their project, and special thanks to Salome and Kelly for leading Science Fair.
• Thanks to Donna, Velin, Jonathan and Rosario for showcasing our ES swim program at yesterday’s gala.
• Thanks to all of the preschool, kindergarten and first grade TAs for completing the barcoding work. Monicka was central to getting that work completed.

End of Year Check-Out

Leaving teachers have already begun working on their end-of-year check out form; returning teachers, you can find your form here. Please note who to get signatures from, ending with Keryn and Lori. Check outs will be from 9:00-11:30 and again from 2:15-4:00 on Friday.

Finalizing Report Cards

As you get word from your proofreader that your report cards are ready, please copy and paste the comments into Skyward and notify Cheryl and Hazel that they are ready. Report cards need to be printed for departing students, so the earlier this can be done...the better.  

School Garden Announcement

Coffee and Garden Tour! If you like gardening, want to grow food with your students, and enjoy free coffee or tea, please join us in the iHub on Wednesday, May 31th at 7:45am! For anyone interested in incorporating the school garden into their curriculum next year, come see what will be available to you. After the tour, there will be a quick presentation and time for questions. The tour will end promptly at 8:15am. We look forward to seeing you there!  

Lori’s Feedback Survey

Thank you to the 53 teachers who took time from their busy week to offer me feedback. As promised, the results can be viewed here. Results were both affirming and confirmed some personal areas I’d like to improve in next year: spending more time in classrooms and offering feedback around those visits. That will become the basis of one of my personal goals for the 2017-18 school year. In full disclosure, three of you will notice that I have edited or removed a comment. I did not remove anything that was negative or suggestive of improvement, but did amend a small number that were more organizational than related to my personal leadership growth.

Final Classroom Pack ups

Next Friday 2 June, our EY to Grade 1 teachers have a much bigger pack up job than most.  If you finish your own classroom early, please offer assistance to one of these teachers and their classrooms.

Running Records

Homeroom and/or EAL teachers, please share (or reshare) your document with F&P results to Cheryl sometime this week. She will reformat them for uploading into Skyward and Learning Analytics.  

Have an excellent weekend!

See you for our last week next week.

Keryn & Lori