Friday, October 21, 2016

Week 8: October 21, 2016

Happy Friday!!! 

Tier I Instruction is most important! We need to ensure that our students are receiving great initial instruction and we are maintaining a level of Individual Accreditation within our classrooms! How can I or Ann be of support? 

Housekeeping: 
- Let's welcome, Janai Beauchamp, into our Bel Air Family. She is our 0.2 Counselor who will work with us on Tuesdays. Her first day will be Tuesday, October 25th. 

- Let's welcome, Amy Bednarz, as well! She is our 0.5 ESOL Teacher who will work with us in the afternoon, daily. She will begin on Monday, October 24th. 

- Continued focus on Standard 7: Student Academic Progress as it relates to instruction, assessment, remediation and enrichment. 

 Red Ribbon Week October 24th-28th
* All staff are encouraged to wear jeans this week! *
Monday, October 24th – Don't get mixed up with drugs! Wear your crazy, mis-matched socks.
Tuesday, October 25th – Living drug free is no sweat! Wear sweatshirts and sweatpants to school.
Wednesday, October 26th – Red Ribbon Day - say NO to drugs! Wear lots of red.
Thursday, October 27th – Reach for your dreams, not drugs! Wear appropriate pajamas to school. 
Friday, October 28th – Team up against drugs! Wear your favorite jersey or team shirt.

- Operation Turkey - October 24th - November 1st:
Bel Air’s Student Council is collecting food to help ACTS give families in Prince William County a Thanksgiving meal. Please review the flyer sent out by Ms. Marshall and post in your class. Let's encourage our school to help families in need! 


Highlights of the Week: 
- 2016-17 budget has arrived! I will be presenting our current reality at our Leadership Meeting on Tuesday, October 25th. 

- Interdependency was truly evident this week during our RtI Meetings. We are ensuring good first instruction, Tier II and Tier III intervention for all of our students. We have a laser-like focus on each students, struggling or excelling! This is AMAZING and I am so proud to work alongside you! Bel Air Interventionists ROCK!!! Farrell, Findley, Fiorio, Hanrrington, Hulse, Jones, Kempf, Kozlak, Krisko, Palmer, Peters 

- Since 4th grade is implementing the CLT model for both Language Arts and Math they were given a full planning day to plan out their Social Studies and Science units for the year. They were extremely focused and completed six unit planning documents for both subjects. Ms. Palmer also assisted in the planning for Math and Mrs. Hulse assisted with planning for LA during this valued time! FOCUSED 4th Grade will be their name for this school year! 

- A huge "SHOUT OUT" to our ESOL Specialists! The division is continuing to monitor PWCS' English Learner Programs and after completing my Principal Data Draw, we remain in 100% compliance!!! The division will do a data draw on October 25th!


Students as Learners: 
- 5th graders are working through SOL 5.5 Cells. Please take a walk through their Cellular Museum in the 5th grade hallway to see students' cell displays. If there are 5th graders in the hallway, ask them to identify the parts of the cell (animal or plant), the classification of using physical characteristics, body structures, and behavior of the organism. They'll let you know...I've asked! Phenomenal Job students and teachers! 

- Ms. Fanto's students demonstrated high engagement during a QAR lesson! With the usage of dry erase boards. student-led conversations, consistent teacher monitoring and high interest activities, the students were able to decipher what types of questions being asked and how to answer them! 

Important Dates: 
- Week of October 24th - RIF Distribution 
- October 24th: Crisis Management Meeting @ 4:00 p.m. with Mr. Jacob Edwards (all staff)
- October 25th: Leadership Meeting @ 4:00 p.m. 
- October 25th: Title I School Plan Meeting @ 5:00 p.m. 
- October 26th: PWCS Recruiting @ Clarion University of PA - McDonald out (Otterblad will be present)
October 27th: PWCS Recruiting @ Clarion University of PA - McDonald out (Otterblad will be present)
- October 28th: Staff Breakfast provided by 4th & 5th Grades
- October 28th: A2 Meeting @ 10:00 a.m. 

My Current Reading:

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Be sure to reward yourself for such an amazing week!
~ Antoinette 

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