Wildcat Weekly August 25, 2024

Happy Weekend Wildcats!

It's hard to believe we've already finished 2 1/2 weeks of school already. It has been fantastic to see all the positive things you are doing in your classroom and the ways you're engaging students!

As the leadership team is doing classroom walkthroughs, we're going to focus on your walk-in routine, how you engage students from the very moment they walk into class, and the classroom routines and procedures you have established so far.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the "Fill the Calendar" fundraiser. PTO would love to see about 24 staff members step up and right now we have 9 staff signed up. The goal is to roll this out after Labor Day so that calendars can get bought during the month of September. Then before Fall Break we'd have an event during the school day where the students who have bought days on the calendars could come see get pie'd. Only staff whose calendars get completely bought out would get pie'd.

My goal is always to get the Wildcat Weekly out on Friday afternoons. Sorry for the delay these last two weeks! I hope you have a fantastic rest of your weekend and a great week!

- Ben

Anna Twombly 08/26

Armando Arteaga 08/29

Andrew Boyette 08/30

August 26

• HOLD Drill - 7:45 am - This is where students need to remain in their classes for the duration of the hold. We will announce it on the intercom and then announce again when it is complete.

August 27

• Team Meetings
• School Accountability Committee (SAC) Meeting - 9:30 - 11:00 - Room 215 - This is a meeting of parents, one staff representative and the principal to look at school improvement plans, budget, school data and to provide input to the principal regarding priorities and initiatives. One staff representative is needed. Let me know if you are interested in being our staff rep!
• BLT Meeting - 3:00 - 4:30 pm - Library
• 8th Grade Girls Volleyball - A/B vs CMS Away, C Home - 4:00 pm

August 28

• PLC Meetings
• Cross Country Meet vs. MRMS & CMS @ Home - 4:00 pm, 4728 Fox Sparrow Rd, Parker, CO 80134

August 29

• 8th Grade Girls Volleyball - A/B Home vs. RHMS, C Away - 4:00 pm

Is your computer going to sleep when you're using Minga? Here's the fix:

1. Log out of your kiosk computer

2. On the log in screen, click the 'apps' icon on the bottom left of the chromebook. (This is the same as how kids log into CMAS)

3. One of the apps should be Minga. If you use it from this pathway your computer will not go into sleep mode!

This week is our first P.R.I.D.E. awards! Please work with your team to nominate 5 deserving students for the first PRIDE award of the year. If you're in electives, feel free to send your nomination to someone on the pod team to which you are connected.

**There are purple dog tags and SGMS stickers in each pod office**

Be sure to have one person take a picture of your awardees and send that picture to Julie Burkey by Friday morning. We put the students' pictures on display in the commons on the slide show!

Finally, add the 5 student names to the "Positives" tab on your team agenda!

Great job on the Lockdown! Thanks for checking hallways and keeping students quiet. A quick reminder: teachers should be the first thing the First Responders see when they enter a classroom, so please be sure to position yourself at the end of the students. Thank you!

Students took iReady tests in their math and language arts classes this week. If you're curious about a student's score, you can look up students or classes on the iReady web page.

This is Timber's first year at SGMS as our therapy dog. His owner is 6th grade Counselor, Janelle Winders. Timber has a flexible school schedule. He loves attention, pets, and being outside. Timber is a loud talker!

As we prepare for the roll out of Watch D.O.G.S. - Heroes of the Hallway at Sagewood, we'd like to get your input.

For a quick overview of theWatch D.O.G.S. program, check out this video.

Please take a moment to fill out this FORM so that we can prepare for which classrooms we can allow parent volunteers to come into.