~Welcome Back,
We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break.
Please review the sections to the left which include helpful 
information, tips and updates.

~K - 6 Instructional Reminders:
-Teachers please be sure you are completing your AIMSwebPlus progress monitoring in ELA and Math consistently. Admin will check the progress monitoring reports on a bi- weekly basis.

-New Intervention Cycle begins the week of 2.26.18.  Please be sure you are completing your assessments, provide interventions during the time you are scheduled and updating all data on the student intervention logs.
~ K - 6 SOAR Carnival is on 2/27/18.  Please be sure you adhere to the support schedule.  Please see V. Marseglia, S. Franzese or 
L. Garrow with any questions.



~Important Dates
March 23 -  Early Dismissal Day

Hello Staff,
~Please review the the Learning Walk, Instructional Tips/Articles (Black Lives Matter at School Information), Instructional Coach and our Mindfulness Sections to the right of our blog, for new updated information and activities.
Please review the school SOAR Expectations with your students this week. The week prior to break is usually a "busy" one!  Also, please be sure to read the email sent out to School 16 last week about our high rate of disciplinary referrals.  Please be sure to review the "Office vs. Classroom" managed behavior chart that was attached to the email.  If you have any questions about that information, please see one of the administrators.
~On February 27th  we will have our K - 6 SOAR Winter Wonderland Carnival.  Information about this event was sent out in an email, a hard copy was placed in your mailbox and more information will be sent out this week (staff support assignments, specials etc.).  
Much of logistics are the same as the School Snow - Ball Dance has been in the past. 
If you have any questions, please see a School Climate Team Member.


~Dates:
Feb. 17th-25th - Winter Break
Feb. 27th - K - 6 SOAR Winter Wonderland Carnival

Have a great week.

QUOTE:

“A problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.”

John Steinbeck

~Please visit the section "Instructional Tips/Articles", "Mindfulness Activities" and the Instructional Coaches Corner for new resources to use.

~Important Dates:
-Monday, February 5, 2018 - Report Cards are to be sent home with students
-Thursday, February 15, 2018 - Black History Month Celebration

Day time Performance is @ 2:30 and evening performance is at 6:00 PM

-Feb. 17th - 25th  - Winter Break

REMINDER:
Classroom Teachers;
This is a reminder that our School No. 16 Learning Walk Team, will conduct K - 8 School - Wide Learning Walks throughout the year.  The Learning Walk and Walk - through focus areas are posted to the right of our blog under the Learning Walk/Walk -through Section. Please be mindful that the first focus area for our school is Learning Targets.

1.29.18

                                                   

   

Hello Staff,
~Please refer to Mrs. Robert's email that was sent out about report cards and specific dates.

~If you are available between 2:30 and 3:00 PM on Thursday, February 1st, please come help support our K - 6 students at our monthly SOAR event in the cafe. This month we will celebrate our students and their efforts to demonstrate SOAR behavior by reading a story about "Snow" and making a snowflake craft. If  you can lend a hand please meet me (L. Garrow) in the cafe at 2:30 PM.

~Please consider involving your students in the Black History Month Door Decorating Contest.  If you have any questions about this, please see Ms. E. Brown or Ms. E. McLarty. 

Important Dates:

-Tuesday, January 30^th, 2018 - Marking Period 2 Report Cards are due to administration by 11:00 PM 

-Monday, February 5, 2018 - Report Cards are to be sent home with students
-Thursday, February 15, 2018 - Black History Month Celebration
Day time Performance is @ 2:30 and evening performance is at 6:00 PM

Hello Staff,
~Please see the new information in the "Instructional Corner" section "Mindfulness Corner" , PBIS/SOAR section - for ways to help teach your students the School Creed and other areas of the blog.

~A special thank you goes out to all the staff and students who supported us with the Annual RCSD School Expo.  The grade level highlights, student work and project boards, that you shared with us was a great representation of what is happening at School No. 16!

~Also we would like to thank our PTA President Mrs. Howard, Ms. Givens, Ms. E. Brown, Ms. Schramm, Ms. S. Brown and Mr. Murray for coming out on Sat. to represent our school and speak to parents.

~The Martin Luther King Jr. Award was presented to Sariah Brooks last week. When you see her please congratulate her!  

Have a great week,

Admin

Hello Staff,
We hope you enjoyed your long weekend and took sometime to relax. 

~Thank you to all of the facilitators and staff that participated in the PBIS/SOAR Station Rotations last week.  Please be sure you are holding all students accountable for their behavior in all areas of the school building.

~Last week Principal Roberts sent an email out to staff that included information about the new Walk - through Tool.  This tool will be used by administrators as we visit your classrooms.  The tool will provide you with timely feedback and suggestions about improving instruction. 
We are currently working on the creation of the Learning Walk Tool.  More information on that tool is forthcoming.

Principal Roberts will conduct Walk - throughs in grades K - 2.  
L. Garrow will conduct the Walk - throughs in grades 3 -5.
Dr. St. Louis will conduct Walk - throughs in grades 6 - 8. 

The Walk - through tool and focus areas are listed to the right of our blog under the "Learning Walk/Walk - Through" section.  The focus areas for the Walk - throughs will be the same as the Learning Walks. The focus areas were determined based upon the school SCEP, our building - wide initiatives and based upon your feedback given at the collaborative forums held in November.  The first focus area is Learning Targets.  Please review the Walk - through tool to become familiar with the indicators that we will look for under each focus area.

When thinking about a Learning Walk and a Walk - through, it is important to remember the following;

 - Both are ways to improve instructional practices 
 - A Learning Walk is used to give timely feedback school - wide
 - A Walk - through is used to give timely feedback to a specific         teacher
 - Both are NON - EVALUATIVE practices 

Have a great week!