• November 19, 2:30pm - Staff Meeting
  
• November 21-22, 25-26 - Scholastic Book Fair
• November 22, 8am-3pm - No School, Teacher In-Service Day
• November 25-26, 3pm-7pm - Parent-Teacher Conferences
• November 26 - School Pictures Retakes
• November 26 - End of Trimester 1
• November 27-29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
• December 3 - Advent Reconciliation
• December 3 - Grades are due
• December 3, 2:30pm - Staff Meeting
• December 6 - Report Cards Are Sent Home
• December 10-11 - Santa Shop
• December 10, 2:30pm - Staff Meeting
• December 11, 8:30am-1pm - 8th grade Courage Youth Frontiers Event
• December 11 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass

Please check who signed up to meet with you even on the day of conferences.

Please share the links to the conferences with your homeroom:

K-8 Parent-Teacher Conferences on Monday, November 25:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B48AAAF22A0FA7-52725040-fall

K-8 Parent-Teacher Conferences on Tuesday, November 26:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B48AAAF22A0FA7-52731700-fall

• Talk about academic ILPs with families. Share with them what they can do to partner with you to reach the goals you set for their student.
• Show them NWEA MAP report and explain how their student compares to their peers.
• Talk about SEL plans for their students and what families can do to support you in that goal.
• Share about their grades in your classes and their behaviors.
• Share with parents our re-enrollment process (info sheets will be provided to you). All you need to do is to make families aware that they will get a TADs link and they need to do admission, enrollment, and financial aid form by February 24th.
• Mention Scholastic book fair in room 107
• K-5: please talk about sending kids with winter clothes for recess

If you need me, principal, or Heather during some of your conferences, please tell us or email/text us ahead of time when you'd like us to join you.

Sue and Dana, please feel free to join the conferences of the scholars that you think it would be beneficial to connect with their parents/ guardians.

Dear teachers,

It is time again for our annual Scholastic Book Fair. Please use the button below to sign up for times to take your class to purchase books. There will be someone there to help purchase books. I’d love for you to put together a book wishlist. This will give families some great suggestions, and it’s a nice way to encourage involvement across all grades.

Thank you for helping make this a special event for our students! 😊Please send home a Remind message to families & don't forget to write your book wishlist for the book fair:

Parents, please stop by during Parent Teacher Conferences (Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26) to browse and pick up a book or two for your child in Room 107. Remember, Christmas is just around the corner! This is also a great time to gift our teachers with any books from their wishlist. Please check out the table in room 107 with each teacher's wishlist.

11am-11:30am - lunch on your own

11:30am-3pm - work on your grading and prep for the parent-teacher conferences

New teachers who teach math and reading, please come to the conference room for your one-on-one time with Bluum coach Kady Marteness (Kady.Marteness@Bluum.com) on your NWEA MAP test data strategies:

11:30am-12:15pm - Gabriela

12:15pm-1pm - Grace

1-1:45pm - Olivia

1:45pm-2:30pm - Katie

I am taking my time off on this day to spend my last day with my mom who is leaving the next day for Ukraine. It might be my last time with her. Jackie Carter will be at the PD if you have any academic questions. All logistical questions should go to Mary Beane. I trust you will have a productive day and will support each other if you have any questions about grading or smart boards.

Inna Collier Paske

Barb created a video at the end how to enter grades. Thank you, Barb!

-Log into PowerSchool

-In the top left corner select PowerTeacher Pro

-right top corner select the trimester we are in

-In the middle select the drop down class menu and select the class you want to enter an assignment for

-top right corner select the + sign

-fill in assignment information: name of assignment, category, due date, total points

- VERY important go to the standards tab and select Auto calculate at the top, then scroll to the bottom where you will see SPR (St Pascal Regional) and select with standard the assignment fits under. (Not all classes have standards below them. You will need to do this step for religion, language arts, and math)

-hit save and close.

-select score assignment- enter scores using the side calculator or the numbers on your computer keyboard

-VERY important- hit save before leaving this screen

You can also enter scores later by going to the A+ on the left

-select assignments list- you can now edit from here or enter scores

Let me know if you have any questions.

Barb

Link to folder with two videos in it:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Du3l8fmczmJCqsBu6Dd4sebhRSzXTRxq?usp=sharing

Teachers:

As you know, the last day of the trimester is Tuesday, November 26th. Final Trimester 2 grades are due Tuesday, December 3rd by 3:00pm. Printed report cards will be delivered to you by the office to send home on Friday, December 6th.

Here is a reminder on how to finalize your grades:
a. In PowerTeacher Pro > Grading, after entering grades, then:

1. click Final Grade Status (lower right corner of screen)

2. on the screen that comes up, check the box just above the Save button (important -- don't skip this step)

3. click Save

b. Notify the office when done

c. This finalization can be run more than once per trimester

Another reminder: Comments have to be in the student's homeroom course for them to show up on the report card. If you have access to the student's homeroom course, please enter the comment there, preceded by the subject name (so we know what subject it is for). For example, "Science - Johnny participates well in class but is missing some homework." If you do not have access to the student's homeroom course, please enter the comment in the subject you teach the student, then let us know in the office and we can move it over to Homeroom for you.

If you have any questions about PowerSchool grading that your fellow teachers can't answer, please contact Mary or Andrea.

Please find the attached ACA Fall 2024 MAP report. Ben added a new set of data on the Kindergarteners comparing those who promoted from our Early Childhood Learning Centers to those who are new to the Academy. There was a 12.2% difference for the Kindergarteners that were promoted from our ECLCs compared to other preschools (17% in Math, 8% in Reading).

The Men's Club will be selling Christmas trees in the Conway lot again this year. Starting November 16, the back part of the lot will be unavailable for parking, and from November 23 until mid- to late-December, the lot will be full of trees and such.

Staff may park around the perimeter of the Flandrau lot or on Conway Street. Please park on the church building side of Conway and not in front of our neighbor's houses.

Please keep sending pictures to socialmedia@stpascalschool.org along with a short blurb about what your students are up to. Use this as an opportunity to "sell" your teaching, your classroom, and our school! Shout out to Bernadette and Barb who have been consistently promoting our school on social media!

Mako Omaghomi is our building substitute teacher. She should be your to go to for subbing needs, especially the day off emergency.

To book Mako to sub for you, please use her booking schedule: https://meet.boomerangapp.com/momaghomi.stpascalschool.org. You can schedule here 24 hours prior to your request. If it's less than 24 hours, please call or talk to Mako in person. Mako's cell phone: 310-706-1963. Email Mako sub plans at momaghomi@stpascalschool.org. If it's an emergency, please text Inna also (651-210-6169) so that she is aware of what's going on.

Email a sub your lesson plans & cc the principal on them.

If she 's booked already, please call another sub:

• Julie Lay (jlay@stpascalschool.org, 651-373-0077)

• Pam Campbell (soupfamily40@comcast.net, 651-270-5881)

• Shea Bruce (smgoet09@gmail.com, 507-313-8662)

• Sr. Marjorie Loughren (m.loughren@comcast.net, 612-669-9250)

• Kathryn Morgan (kathrynannmorgan@gmail.com, 651-230-4414)

You will need to request time off through Paycor and get Inna's permission first (unless it's the day off emergency but you still need to put your time off in the system.

Email: icollierpaske@stpascalschool.org
Website: stpascalschool.org
Location: 1757 Conway Street, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone: (651)432-4970
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