**Please check the Meeting Schedules (in the sidebar) and the calendar at the bottom for information regarding this week's meetings and events. Laptops are not required unless requested. Thank you for leaving them in your classrooms.
***Please bookmark the Mindset link so you can access it easily.
March
26-28- Visit the Lost and Found 28- ES Goal Review Conference- No school for elementary students except for conference 29- EC Egg Hunt 29- Grade One Forest Walk 30- Good Friday- School Closed |
April
02- Easter Monday- School Closed 04-06- John Farrell Visits 04- ES PSA Breakfast and Conversation 06- EC Discovery Day 06- April Newsletter Go Live 12- ES Play Performances 13- ES MA-Grade 5 Earth Day Event 16-20- Spring Break- School Closed 26- Grade 4 Arts Informance |
Goal Setting Conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday, March 28th. PTC sign ups were emailed two weeks ago. If you have parents who have not yet signed up, please call them and encourage them to sign up and come. There are no after school activities for Elementary students on March 28th. The exception is the drama activity. Students in 4th and 5th grade will attend a drama rehearsal in the theatre from 10:00-3:30 pm.
Supervision services are available on Playground A (during the time of the conference only) for siblings also involved in conferences.
The Lost and Found will be displayed all week. Please take your class for a visit to the lost and found in the reception area to see if they can identify items that might belong to them. Please remind parents (on Wednesday) to also browse the items on display.
The Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the MPR on Conference Day. Please encourage your students and parents to head down and check out the books.
SeeSaw and Veracross support will be available in the reception area.
Assistant Teachers have been given the Conference Bookmark to print. Please pass these out to families during the conference and encourage them to do everything listed.
Class placement letters will also be distributed on Conference Day. Please be sure to pass these out to families who attend. If any of your families are not coming, please send the form home on Thursday. If a family mentions they are not returning, please tell them there is a place for them to mark this on the form as well.
A complimentary lunch is available for all faculty and staff in the Building A cafeteria on Conference Day. The menu includes spinach cream soup with grilled ginger spiced carrots, beef ragout with red curry and forest mushrooms, potato croquettes, and salad. The vegetarian option is a vegetarian lasagna and salad. Fresh fruit salad will be available for dessert.
Thank you for feeding our students' young minds, making their little hearts feel full and creating a hunger for learning. Let Krista, Tracey, and Leigh show their appreciation by feeding you. Please join us for a TGIF on Friday, May 4th, 2018 at the Zavits Home (Gyulmolcs Utca 12, Nagykovacsi 2094). The festivities will begin at 4:30 PM. Significant others are welcome. This is an adult event. Buses provided.
RSVP here by April 6, so we can ensure we have enough food.
Thank you for supporting our elementary thespians by signing up to watch our elementary production of Sideways Stories from Wayside School. We guarantee the performance will make you laugh. There are two in-school performances, on April 12th. The first is at 11:00 am and the second begins at 1:30 pm. Please double check the sign so you know where your class will be sitting. We moved classes forward to accommodate the HS and MS students we hope will join us as well. Click here to see the updated seating plan.
~from the Principal
The Cult of Pedagogy podcast is a collection of episodes focused on teaching and learning. There is something for everyone. Author, Jennifer Gonzalez , interviews teachers, parents, students and administrators about hot topics in education (MA-Grade 12). Each episode provides the listener with practical ideas, tools, and resources to reinforce, support and extend teaching and learning. Each week I will highlight one or two of Jennifer's Podcasts or resources. I hope you will find time to explore them yourself. If you do and come across one you believe others in our community might enjoy, send it my way and I will add the link here.
On this week's podcast, Jennifer looks at the changing face of professional development opportunities.
*Please feel free to send Krista photos or videos of the engaging learning experiences that are happening in your classrooms. Thank you, Ange, for sharing this weeks glimpse into learning.
Have an article, website, tool worth sharing? Send it to Krista and share it with your colleagues here.
~from Common Sense Media
The EdTech 11: This Month's Must-Know Tools -Check out the EdTech Eleven, a monthly list of noteworthy tools generating buzz in the edtech world.
Three Budget-Friendly Ways to Take Science Learning Outside- using tech to get students excited about science in the outdoors.
~from Mystery Science
How is a rainbow made? Discover how water acts like a prism, splitting white sunlight into all the colors of the rainbow.
How can we predict when it is going to storm? Learn how to make predictions about the weather by observing clouds and their changes.
Taking the Complexity Out of Concepts
By Tania Lattanzio and Andrea Muller
Following Tania's visit, many of you may be interested in checking out her book available in our professional library.