Week at a Glance September 4-8, 2017

Bulldog Squad!

The second week of school can hit hard, amIright? Thank you all for staying SO positive and upbeat this week. What a fun ending with the pep rally. My favorite part was Angelica Cortez kicking the Mavs Mascot when he fell. LOL! 

Some "happenings" this past week:

1. We kicked off the IDEA program with our 5th graders. So cool! They will become real entrepreneurs and put their products on an online market place. Also, our partners in education, MJB Wood are going to help mentor the students throughout the 18 week process. 
2. Speaking of MJB Wood-We have a GREAT opportunity to give back to them. If you do not know much about what MJB Wood does for us-they provide a meal to teachers each year, last year they gave us SO MANY giftcards for teachers, they pay for Perot night, school supplies, uniforms, and they just had a trophy case built for us. They are truly AMAZING! They have asked us to get a few crews to help them participate in Hearts and Hammers on September 16th and 23rd. We will be fixing up a house for a family in Dallas! If you are able to carve some of your time out of either day, that would be great. You can come at any time. We will be there from 8-5 both Saturdays. Please consider coming-even if for a short amount of time. We are also planning something for all of our volunteers that can attend. Here is a sign up:Hearts and Hammers
3. Rosa had an awesome parent orientation with the most parents I have ever seen in the Parent Center!
4. Curriculum Night-thank you for all of the hard work. We are reflect and revisiting the idea of this night... possibly combining it with Meet the Teacher next year...

As we go "instruction strong" into the third week we will be upping walk-throughs. Remember, we are all co-learners and growers!  (Here is a Secret...our focus this week will be TEKS alignment and use of ELL strategies!)

During this week, think about the student in your class that you can already see is someone who will be hard to build the relationship with. What can you differently from what you have always done to make connections? 

Have a great 4 day week!

~Sanders

Monday September 4
>LABOR  DAY HOLIDAY! WOO-HOO!

Tuesday September 5
>ELAR Planning for all grade level
>MAP Testing Begins-check the schedule
>9:00 PACT training for parents
>9-12 Admin in interviews for PASS position
>3:30 Sped/Specials IEP meeting

Wednesday September 6
>Math Planning for all grade levels
>8:30 Dr. Jones visits for calibration walk-throughs
>11:00 Attendance Team meeting (admin, office, Dr. Shelton, counselors)
>3:30 Melanie Massey Baby Shower

Thursday September 7
>8:30 Admin meet with Mrs. Rosa Fernandez
>GT Building Committee @ Training with Gorena
>2:00 Admin and counselor meeting
>3:15-5:15 Admin/Rice/Kline at admin building for MAP meeting

Friday September 8
>Happy 77th Birthday Mr. Gorena!
>7:30 Goodies with Grandparents (Grandparents Day!)
>8:30-9:00 Admin and Kline Meet
>9:00 Core Team Meeting (possible time change)

To Do:

~Tweet something awesome you do in class this week! (Prizes involved!) Use @JHaleybullogs #bulldogpride  #kidsdeserveit
~DRA levels due Sept 22
~Sign up for PTA! You get a FREE SHIRT with membership

~ Sign up for Irving Schools Foundation-help us get to 100%. If you have signed up by Thursday, you can wear jeans. 

~Don't forget  to complete your compliance courses. Due October 27!

Upcoming Dates:
~9/15 Dot Day
~9/22 DRAs Due

Growing Greatness in Every Student Every Day!