Bear Cave News

Week of April 8th

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After School Events

April 8th- Chess Club @ 3:30 PM
April 9th- Leadership Team Meeting @ 3:40 PM
April 10th- Girls and Boys Soccer @ 5:30 PM
April 10th- Baseball @ 5:15 PM - Paulson
April 11th- Staff Training for GMAS
April 12th- School Council @ 7:00 AM

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Hesse Professional Development Plan

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Need Easy Access to our Hesse Drive

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ANxxOo2PcE8nUk9PVA

School Calendar- April

Hesse School Menu

School Wide News For the Upcoming Week

Welcome Back staff!! I hope that each of you had a fantastic Spring Break full of relaxation and fun. If you are like me, it is definitely hard to transition back, but we can do it. Our final stretch begins. We have 33 jam packed days left before the end of school. Let the countdown begin!!!!

Hesse K8 congratulates Dr. Bynikini Frazier as she has successfully defended her dissertation to officially earn her doctorate degree. We are very proud of her!

Congratulations to our middle school as we have over a 97% completion rate for iReady Reading and Math diagnostics with a median growth score of 100% in Math and 117% in Reading.. Kudos to our middle school teachers and students!!

Our iReady EOY diagnostics begin for our elementary students this Tuesday. Please use the link below to access information and the schedule:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T7GQI6nErru3Q8np0eytrTGP0KJIzkCMcHcKfg7Z5EI/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that the administration of iReady will mirror that of GMAS as indicated below including taking the test in a specified time as what is expected in GMAS:

Pre-administration:

Remind students to review data notebooks to reference their goals for iReady diagnostics
Remind them that they must meet their growth scores in order to attend the Grow Party in April (motivate them to try to meet their stretch goal) while they will be admitted to the party with just meeting their typical goal.
Again, motivate the students to want to do well. Pump them up!

During the administration:

Teachers will check out testing materials
Cell phones will need to be turned in to testing room
Bookbags in the hallway
Limited transitions in the hallway
Students will need to close devices and store inside desks immediately after they have completed testing.
Teachers will need to walk around the room to monitor progress.
Please post the time on the start time and end time on the board. Additionally, please ensure that sure have at least 15 minute warning before the end time.

Connections, lunch, recess, and all other schedules will remain the same. However, due to the need for resource teachers to administer small groups testing, lunch duty may be impacted. Beginning Tuesday, teachers in elementary grade levels, please be prepared to eat with classes in the cafeteria this week. An email will be sent if this plan changes.

DIG times will now be dedicated to GMAS and Pre-GMAS prep time. Please note that all grade levels will use their DIG time to focus on the plan (no exceptions). Please use the link to access the resources and the schedule for this time:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/182k-WBzxgURelP3rPTD3b46c6kXBUJLNqhThxnIfZ2c/edit

Resource staff members must pull students during their scheduled DIG times if they are not facilitated small group testing.

Savannah will experience a partial Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8th. The school district will operate as normal during this time. However, my research has suggested that the most optimal time for the eclipse will take place at 3:08 PM (right smack in the middle of our dismissal). Further details will be provided on Monday (no later than noon) regarding the safest way to dismiss students during the eclipse.

A School Council will meet this Friday at 7:00 AM in the Conference Room.

Our GMAS testing windows is approaching us quickly. Please use the link below from the testing team in order to complete mandatory training for GMAS and to review the schedule for our next iReady administration. All certified staff members are required to do so.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T7GQI6nErru3Q8np0eytrTGP0KJIzkCMcHcKfg7Z5EI/edit?usp=sharing

Friday, April 12th is Hesse Spirit Day. Students may wear a Hesse shirt with uniform bottoms. Staff may dress in jeans.

Formative Observations have concluded for most of the staff. Summative discussions will begin next week with classified staff members. Summative discussions for certified staff will take place during the week of April 22nd. Your assigned administrator will reach out to you regarding the details within the next two weeks.

Hesse K8 will resume our initiative, Roll In On Time next week. Students will be given a ticket (they will not need to turn tickets in to the teachers) once or twice per week for a chance to win a prize in the drawing for coming to school on time. The winners will be announced on the morning announcements.

Field Trips for the Week:

April 8th- Kindergarten visits the Savannah Children's Museum
April 8th-9th- 1st grade visits UGA Marine Center

Grading:

Please be mindful of grade level/department grading practices. Please note that it is expected that grades be updated on a weekly basis. Additionally, all must adhere to our grade level policy as it relates to the amount of grades. Your assigned Assistant Principals will monitor closely as it is another form of communication for our parents and will be documented as a part of your TKES formative evaluation.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kcupr3OxFzjkctkhokV0CyZ-46yHunMATd4nETWqbu4/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday Meeting:

Leadership Team Meeting will be held at 3:30 PM. Please see the agenda regarding the discussion points:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ThB7arMbHDDHdM_tMZnKsGwz-DsEKZT-cTcc8NzZ4s/edit?usp=sharing

Thursday Meeting PLC- March 11th

GMAS Prep Meeting for all certified staff at 3:30 PM in the cafeteria.

Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are due no later than Sundays. Please note that lesson plans will be reviewed in order to provide feedback.

General Lesson Plan- All subjects

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tO_CB-m91YHnBqhlPKkc-jC0kSf1hPuaeSeS4IJbZ6s/edit?usp=sharing

or

Reading/SS/Science Vertical Lesson Plan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vZuGbAl1jR1l_zq6N586EDngV5WCblKKT_GOKznJAuQ/edit?usp=sharing

Math Vertical Lesson Plan:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xp2CaKYC5frEGgg6ZYBmvNk-rRykxltTan4ncQT3tgM/edit?usp=sharing

Grade Level Meetings :

Please use the link to access the agenda for the collaborative meeting held on Tuesday of this week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Zd6H9pPY0ewrqvFAFcPvTOS76xJppAB2AIFxpU3-qA/edit?usp=sharing

Please use the link below to access the agenda for Thursday's grade level data meeting.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gNhdDADrziFnStOpj1WL-OKksBTIzGJI6H32wJE5M-w/edit?usp=sharing

Testing:

The EOY iReady Diagnostics continues this week. See testing schedule above

GMAS: April 24th- 30th- (Grades 4,6,7)

GMAS: April 30th- May 8th (Grades (3,5,8)

GMAS- May 9th-10th (Algebra)

Schedules:

Late duty continues. Please use the link below to access the late duty schedule:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10WGGIYH-jAqhPIpyK_eI0iQGahvH-GCTEDOWUr_c1Es/edit?usp=drive_link

Upcoming Dates:

April 9th- EOY iReady begins for Elementary

April 9th- Leadership Team Meeting

April 12th- School Council Meeting

April 17th- Grow and Glow Party- Middle School

April 18th- Grow and Glow Party- Grades 3-5

April 19th- Grow and Glow Party- Grades K-2

April 19th- Jerimiah's Ice Visits Hesse

April 23rd- Spring Concert

April 25th -26th- Peter Pan in 30 minutes

April 24th- 30th GMAS Testing (Grades 4,6,and 7)

April 27th- Books, Blanket, and Family Fun Day

April 30th- May 8th- GMAS Testing (Grades 3, 5, and 8)

May 6th-10th- Teacher Appreciation Week

May 9th and 10th- GMAS Testing (Algebra)

May 14th- PTA Fun Day

Check Out the Bear Cave:

It will now be a "one stop shop" for most information related to the school. The link will be emailed daily. Make certain to check to keep up with the ends and outs of our school. Use the links below to access:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xjrp4ftV2uDU_o7IV6eBf0Ysu0g1NLwyVVySYOOmWIw/present?slide=id.p

Please make certain to read all your weekly newsletter and any updates regarding school operations. It is imperative that all staff members stay abreast regarding the updates.

Let's have an amazing week BLASTING OFF plus TEN!