Week 2

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Week 2

Great Things from This week:

*Instructional Assistants did an amazing job while the STEP Teachers where away for two days at a training.

*STEP personal attending the training for the "Chill Spa" and Mindfulness.

*Nutritional Staff for getting all of our students through the lunch process quickly (especially kindergartners at the salad bar!) 

*Office Staff did an outstanding job this week navigating bus routes, attendance, medications, new enrollments. 

*Teachers presenting to our community at BTS.

* Carlos getting the school ready for so many events.

*Shelley getting books and computers up and out!

*Supervisors and office getting students to class everyday, even when they are tired.

* Teachers diving into Eureka

Upcoming Events:
THIS WEEK
Tuesday 8/21- Staff Meeting 2:15-3:30 (Topic Epipen and Danieleson) Bring Steve
Thursday 8/23 - Clarissa at Principal's Meeting until 12:00
Friday 8/24 - Fire Drill (Canceled)
Friday 8/24 - HILT team AND Amy off campus for full day meeting (Lots of subs)

NEXT WEEK
Tuesday 8/28 - Clarissa at Principal Collaborative 10:30-1:30
Tuesday 8/28 - HILT Meeting
Wednesday 8/29 - Classified Meeting (Topic Mandated Reporter Training) Bring Alex
Thursday 8/30 - Fire Drill 8:30 am.

Nuts and Bolts:

- Please continue to log and print your PE Minutes and keep them. Although we no longer need to submit them to the district, we need to be prepared to give them to the district if requested.

- Grades 3-6 Administer DIBELS through Amplify, we can talk about getting help if we get too close to the scan in date and we still don't have access.

- Lori is putting in subs for PD days for the months of August and September, please let her know if you have already lined up a sub to cover so she can put them in for you.

- Teachers please be gentle on RSP, Speech and READ 180: Coordinating schedules and updating schedules is a tough task. Please show grace and flexibility.

From The District:

Student Success Team (SST) Facilitator Training

SST Facilitator Training is scheduled for Sept. 12 from 8:00am-12:00pm at Miller MS in Room 306. A repeat session of the training will be held on Oct. 10 from 8:00am-12:00pm at the same location. Please have your SST Facilitator enroll for the course on the RUSD PD Hub under the Common Core link. Sites are responsible for the costs of subs, if needed. The SST process and forms have some revisions. Please be sure that your school is represented at the training.

Rosetta Stone

Got Newcomers?  Please contact Vienessa Lopez for Rosetta Stone licenses.  Thank you!

Ellevation Training

Save the date!  Ellevation Training for Administrators and EL Contacts will be on September 5th.  We will be offering Ellevation Training for all administrators.  Please ensure that one administrator from each site attends, as both our Progress Monitoring and Reclassification processes are being refined.  It is incredibly important that our EL Contacts attend as well.  Times are listed below; location to be determined.  More info coming soon!

• Administrators: 12:00-3:00 lunch provided
• EL Contacts:  4:00-7:00 dinner provided

Digital Citizenship Curriculum Update

The Department of Innovation and Learner Engagement has revised and updated Digital Citizenship lessons for all students. Information about the update can be found HERE.

The new site with all resources and materials can be accessed HERE for elementary, HERE for middle schools, and HERE for high schools. If you have any questions about the new curriculum, please contact Caryn Sanchez Cmsanchez@rusdlearns.net (Elementary) or Ariana Flewelling Aflewelling@rusdlearns.net (Secondary)

STATE TESTING - Coordinator identification and Sign Ups for Upcoming Trainings 

 1.      Coordinator Trainings are in the PD Hub under “RAE 00-12” for sign ups:

CAASPP – August 22, 29, or Sept 4 (Topics: Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments, Accessibility Tools, and CAASPP security expectations)

ELPAC Summative – August 28, or September 13 (Elementary Focus), August 30, or September 18 (Secondary Focus) Examiner training and training for examiner trainers are also listed.

PFT – December 6 (MS/HS) or December 18 (Elementary)

 2.    Score reports – Score reports for each assessment will be mailed to parent/guardians this month.

CAASPP – By August 30.

ELPAC Summative – The district is still awaiting results and score reports.

PFT – By September 1.

2019 Lois B. Krieger Water Project Grants for Educators

Receive up to $1000 in classroom funding.  Deadline to apply is November 9, 2018.  This is a great opportunity for schools and teachers to receive some additional funding for science.  Please click here for the website with the application.  

Through the grant program, educators and students have the opportunity to become actively engaged in educational and water-related projects.  This program continues to have a wide-ranging impact on students and educators in Western’s general service area.  The application filing period began on August 1.  The deadline to apply is Friday, November 9.  Teachers in Western’s service area are eligible to apply.  For a list of public schools visit: http://wmwd.com/366/Qualifying-Schools  

 For questions regarding the grant application process email: LDeGrave@WMWD.com

Application for the Lois B. Krieger Water Project Grants for Educators

K-6 DIBELS INITIAL TRAINING

DIBELS training for new teachers is scheduled for:

     Wednesday, August 22, 2018

     3:45pm-5:15pm

University Heights Middle School, Room 410

Teachers are instructed to bring a charged device

Teachers will be reminded to sign up on the RUSD Professional HUB

8//22/2018 Eureka Day 1 Make-up training

Welcome back! We had approximately 40 teachers unable to attend  the Eureka Launch Training Days that we had between April and July.  We are having one makeup session on 8/22 from 8:00–12:00 at EOC in room S4/S5.  Please remind any new teachers or teachers who were unable to attend to sign up on the PD Hub to attend this session.   There will be no other makeup sessions for this training due to calendar and sub availability.

Any question please reach out to Karon Woolsey (kwoolsey@rusd.k12.ca.us)

BIRTHDAYS!!!

8/18 Elizabeth Boutros

8/26 Maria Avelar