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Monday Memo

Week of September 14 ~ A Week (Intermediate Long PLC)

Monday MemoWeek of September 14 ~ A Week (Intermediate Long PLC)

Reminders and Updates

  • CLINIC ~ Call the office for anyone exhibiting symptoms or questions.
  • Morning ~ Doors open before 9:15 a.m!
  • BUS ~ We will continue going to bus locations this week. (Bus passes will be the way to indicate changes to the bus drivers).
  • Lunch ~ Students will ONLY get up for water bottle refills. Bathrooms are closed.
  • Cleaning ~ Remember clean desks, chairs ~ 2x a day
  • Extra Cleaning ~ As time allows, wiping down sinks, bathroom door handles, water fountains will be important.
  • Afternoon ~ Please leave chairs down for cleaning.
  • WCES All Staff MyLearning Course ~ Active Threat Protocol, Technology, Employee Relations modules have to be completed!
  • Anyone who is not Clinical Ed trained and wishes to take the training ~ let us know....

ESE or PD Point Options

Please visit the “Courses” page in myPGS for information on Professional Development Alternatives Facilitated Online or Independent Study Courses. The independent study course is a great option that is free, self-paced, and many of them are worth ESE points.

If you are a teacher that needs only need one to two points, go to the Insights to Behavior section in the “Courses” page in myPGS. There is a power point with instructions and many options to get that final point!

Pasco Science and Engineering Showcase

This year’s Elementary Showcase will have a different format in order to reduce the need for materials and backboards. The Elementary Challenge will be formatted after the 3M Young Scientists Challenge held annually by 3M and Discovery Education. The virtual Regional Science and Engineering Showcase will be held on January 30th, 2021.

September (American Founders’ Month)

September (American Founders’ Month) is an important month for Social Studies instruction and one of the busiest for instructional statutes. Instructional statutes are required instruction in addition to standards aligned instruction for your course and grade level. Please make sure that you are documenting in your PLC minutes how you are embedding and meeting the instructional statutes. Below you will find a list of important dates linked to resources within our learning networks and within the MyLearning Canvas courses. As the FLDOE updates resources those will be included as well within our instructional mandates page. Also new within the LN Mandates Pages is a hyperlinked calendar with ideas and resources for the month.

As you celebrate the month with great lessons and activities, please take pictures and share them out with us via email or Twitter with the #PascoHonorsFoundersMonth. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Tina Stavrou with any questions. We are eager to see the great lessons in all our classes!

LEAD Professional Development for Aspiring Leaders – Registration is now Open!

Aspiring Leaders – LEAD Tracks

AP Candidate Selection Process

We are excited to announce that the process to become an Approved Assistant Principal Candidate will open soon. Applicants must be approved as candidates in Pasco County Schools to be considered for assistant principal vacancies.

To learn more about our Internal Candidate Selection Process, visit the following link.

The application window will be from Wednesday, September 30, 2020 to Wednesday, October 7, 2020. All required documentation must be submitted before the job ad closes to be considered during the application window.

Kudos/Shout Outs:

  • Thank to my 1st grade team in welcoming me back to Traditional and showing me the “new” way to do things.

  • Thank you Mrs. Noland for handing over a great group of kids!

  • Kudos to my awesome 4th grade team for taking care of me during a family emergency this week. You girls are amazing!

  • Thanks to Iris Barcelona, Kim Mahoney, and Laurie Bazick for constantly checking on me this week. I work with the best people!

  • Kudos to Ms Ashley Ramirez for all her help with testing the MySchool Snow Cats.

  • Diane Landry, thank you for trouble shooting and helping me with my online students’ NWEA testing.

  • Thank you to Sharon Thomas for all your help this week and always especially with our 9/11 Patriot Day lessons.

  • Thanks to Tania Sackett for your help during MAPS! You are super helpful and appreciated!

  • To Mrs. Landry and Mrs. Sackett for their support with tech. pieces with MAPS testing both on campus & virtually to try to help as much as they could when myPascoConnect wasn’t working for a student who was trying to test.

  • Thank you to Mrs. Tharp for helping to provide accommodations.

  • Thank you Agrue for our tech lesson!

  • Thank you Landry for always answering my “quick questions” with a smile.

  • Thank you Luna for always being willing to use our planning times and lunch times to work/discuss our kids.

  • Thanks to Tim for our new sink faucet in the staff restroom in 3rd grade!

Upcoming Events:

  • September 9 ~ FLKRS opens
  • September 15 ~ NWEA MAPS closes
  • September 18 ~ Progress Reports are published.
  • September 21 ~ Deliberate Practice due; Student of the Month Virtual Respect
  • September 24 ~ Picture Day (touchless) Traditional (during the day); MSOL (signup)