It's My Party And I'll Cry (with laughter) If I Want To

It's my birthday...well...almost!  And I am going Oprah on y'all and sharing two of my favorite things (currently).

Here's a video I like very much about opportunity and helping others. I believe that it applies to what we do at school everyday or at least how we should see those around us.
Enjoy!

Also, here's a thought that I LOVE:

And that is all! Next week I will be highlighting a resource that Ms. Covington has created to help us see how important all of our work is at TCEA...no matter the grade! See everyone tomorrow and I am looking forward to an amazing week! - Angela

Week of Monday, September 9- Friday, September 13
* pledge this week is Ms. Hughes' Class. Please send 2 students down at 7:45.

Monday, September 10

• 5th grade planning 10-11
• Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities  2-3
• Planning for Middle Grades Math 2-3

Tuesday, September 11

• Data and Intervention PLCs with Covington (everyone is meeting on Tuesday due to Testing; please view her email for details)
• 8-9: Kindergarten
• 9-10: 2nd Grade
• 10-11: 1st and 5th Grades
• 12-1: 3rd-4th
• 2-3: Middle Grades
• 4th Grade Math Cluster 1 Post Assessment

Wednesday, September 12

• Kinder Math Cluster 2 Pre assessment
• BOG Testing (3rd Grade)

Thursday, September 13

• BOG Makeup (3rd Grade)
• 6th Grade Math Ratio Cluster Pre Assessment
• Kindergarten Planning 8-9
• Second Grade Planning 9-10
• 4th Grade Planning 12-1
• Department Chair Meeting at 3:30 in PLC Room

Friday, September 14

• Kindergarten Planning 8-9
• Instructional Team PLC 8:30-9:30
• First Grade Planing 10-11
• MTSS Team Mtg 1:30-3:00

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏

From Ms. Lanham:
I would like to give a shout out to Ms. Connors for taking attendance for all subjects!!!!

From Ms. Akers:
1st and 3rd lunches counts were perfect today!! (9.5)

From Mr. Kline:
Thanks to Mrs Ward for going to Arts R 4 Life conference at Meredith College with me.  Lots of learning and networking happened!  Thank you Mrs Hill for forwarding the invite!

From Mrs. Hill:
Thank you to Mr. Thomas, Ms. Akers and Mrs. Trojan for making the SRC Announcement so awesome.

Thank you to all staff members that helped get the cocktails in staff members' hands on Thursday.

Thank you to Mr. Thomas and all staff that helped make the Grandparents Day Prom so memorable.

Congrats to Mrs. Majka for her Donor's Choose being fully funded and having her materials on the way to her kids.



Reminders:

• Arts Integration begins this coming week with 2nd and 3rd Grades.  Please check out the schedule to see when you attend AI Meetings in the PLC Room and if you have to cover a room. Teachers, please leave work for students to complete while you are at planning.  If planning doesn't last the entire hour you must return back to your room as soon as possible.
• Health Training (x 3) Due 9/15
• If you were unable to sign in to NCEES last week you should be able to do so now.  Please go into the Comprehensive Evaluation and complete the orientation.  Please date 9/5 for staff that meet with me on that date and 9/7 for the arts staff.
• We will be having GRIT Night/ Curriculum At A Glance Night on Friday, September 28th 6:00-7:30 PM.  Your Department Chair will share more about this closer to the date and we will touch on it briefly this week during Faculty Mtg. Please make plans to ensure that at least one person from your grade level/ department will be available that evening.
• If you'd like to send a Chameleon Clap please email information to me by Saturday afternoon each week.

BRAVE EDUCATORS

We have completed 4 days of the 2018-2019 school year and I don't know about you but those 4 days were challenging to say the least.  Each year I begin thinking that I've got it all covered and then I realize...nope, I am not done learning yet!

Thank you for putting yourself and your ego on the line on a daily basis while teaching students at our school.  Each year brings it own unique challenges and I am glad to work with such brave people that attack stressful opportunities head on.

I hope you are enjoying your extended weekend and that you're recharged and ready for this short week.  Since this is the beginning of a new month, here are your missions for this month. All mission must be completed by 9/30/18 to receive recognition.

Culture: Contact each of your homeroom students' families and give a positive shout out. Arts and Support Staff, pick at least 21 students' families to give a positive shout out to. These can be done in Dojo or over the phone.  A form will be placed in your box for documentation this week.

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a GOOSE (Get out of school early pass).

Arts: Plan and execute an Arts Integration Lesson in Math and share out to staff in an email or social media post. Must include pictures and a piece for student work and if using on social media use the hashtag #tceaarts

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a Jeans Pass.

Academic: Complete and document at least one of the strategies shared by Ms. Covington. Please follow the directions in the memo to share.

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a visit from the Hoot! Hoot! Cart

Personal: Pick two other people at work and create a Trio Accountability Model.  Each of you will hold each other accountable for a personal goal set by each person for themselves.  You will have to submit pictures of your trip meeting at least four times this month and email pictures and your goals to ahill@capitolencoreacademy.org

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a Coffee/Tea Delivery to your room/office.

Thanks again for an amazing week and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! Angela

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap 🦎👏

• Thank you to Mr. Salisbury for building a middle school schedule that embodies our school's mission and Mrs. Hill's crazy ideas.
• Thank you to Mrs. Trojan for checking in on our missing students to see if they'll be joining us this year.
• Thank you to Mr. Thomas for ensuring that PBIS and the Chameleon Coins are working for our students.
• Thank you to Ms. Akers for all of her help in obtaining student records.
• Thank you to Mr. Kline for the cones and set up in the AM.
• Thank you to Ms. Payton and my K-3 Carpool Crew. We won't let this get the best of us.
• Thanks to the EC Team for supporting our new EC students and our staff during this transition.
• Thanks to Mrs. Samuelson and Mr. Falls for taking over Mrs. Allen's Room and providing stability.
• Thanks to the best staff ever for all you've done to make this first week as easy as possible.
• Thank you to Mrs. Ward for taking over a class for an IEP meeting the first hour of the first day of school.
• Thanks to the Arts Team for your hard work in creating an elective plan and for providing the middle school team with planning on Friday.
• Thanks to Mr. Thomas for taking on a music elective as a teacher for this trimester.
• And a BIG THANK YOU to Ms. Kelsey Bigler, our new 5th Grade Teacher beginning on Wednesday, September 5th.

Don't Forget

• Health Training (x 3) Due 9/15
• Help is requested with Grandparents Prom; Want to wear jean? Volunteer and/or bring in drinks, chips, individually wrapped candy
• Bring your computers to NCEES Orientations this week and please know your Powerschool Information (user number and password)
• We will be having GRIT Night/ Curriculum At A Glance Night on Friday, September 28th 6:00-7:30 PM.  Your Department Chair will share more about this closer to the date and we will touch on it briefly this week during Faculty Mtg. Please make plans to ensure that at least one person from your grade level/ department will be available that evening.
• We are in need of facilitators for our bi-monthly Staff Meetings. I will be modeling the first one this week. If you are interested, please email me and let me know.
• If you'd like to send a Chameleon Clap please email information to me by Sunday afternoon each week.

Week of Monday, September 3- Friday, September 7

Monday, September 3

• Labor Day: No School

Tuesday, September 4

• Websites Due; Please update your bio sheet to include website
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Begins
• 2nd Grade Math Cluster 2 Pre-Assessment Given
• 4th Grade Math Cluster 2 Pre-Assessment Given
• Mentor Training Certificates Turned In To Mrs. Hill
• Admin Mtg at 9 AM- 10 AM
• 3rd Grade Planning 12 PM- 1 PM
• K-3rd Grade Carpool Students Begin New Process at 2:30 PM
• Grandparents Day Prom Forms Due

Wednesday, September 5

• Smiles Dentistry Program at TCEA
• BOG/RTA Parent Meeting for 3rd Grade Parents at 8 AM- 9 AM
• Kindergarten NCEES Orientation in PLC Room 8 AM- 9 AM
• 2nd Grade NCEES Orientation in PLC Room 9 AM- 10 AM
• 1st & 5th NCEES Orientation in PLC Room 10 AM- 11 AM
• 3rd & 4th NCEES Orientation in PLC Room 12 PM- 1PM
• Middle School NCEES Orientation in PLC Room 2 PM-3 PM
• BOG/RTA Parent Night for 3rd Grade Parents at 5:30 PM

Thursday, September 6

• Smiles Dentistry Program at TCEA
• 3rd Grade Math Cluster 2 Pre-Assessment Given
• 5th Grade Math Cluster 2 Pre-Assessment Given
• Kindergarten Planning 9 AM- 10 AM
• 2nd Grade Planning 10 AM- 11 AM
• 4th Grade Planning 12 PM-1 PM
• Faculty Mtg in Lobby 3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Friday, September 7

• 4th Grade Math Cluster 1 Post Assessment Given
• Kindergarten Planning 8 AM- 9 AM
• 1st Grade Planning 10 AM- 11 AM
• Arts NCEES Orientation 1 PM-2 PM
• Grandparents Day Prom 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

************* ****Arts Integration Meetings Begin Next Week***********************

I will be sending out the plan for the entire year by Wednesday of this week.  Please see me if you have any questions, concerns.

Every Kid Needs A Champion

Tuesday we begin a journey that we'll walk together over the next 10 months. I love this time of year because it truly is a time to start over.  To be a better version of ourselves and bring all that we have to our students.  Nothing happens by accident and the students on your roster are exactly in the right place, at the right time...assigned to the right educator.

I am already proud of the attention and conversations we have had over the past two weeks.  You have come to work and you're dedicated to "getting over yourself" and focusing on the teaching and learning of our students.  

Please take a few minutes to listen to one of my heroes, Rita Pierson, as she talks about teaching and the relationship building that must take place.  I share this on a yearly basis but my new folks...please take a listen. She passed away 5 years ago but her words are still tried and true.

I hope you've had an amazing weekend and see all of you Tuesday (if not tomorrow)! - Angela

Prepare for first day

• Review lesson plans for the week and make sure you drop into the Google Drive.
• Review schedule and duty stations (AM, Lunch, PM)
• Send Dojo to parents welcoming them to the first day and any reminders (arts schedule, how students are getting home, etc.)
• Make sure all students know their numbers for dismissal.
• Rest up!

Week of Monday, August 27- Friday, August 31

Monday, August 27:Optional Teacher Workday

• Prayer for School at 1:30 PM in the Lobby (optional)

Tuesday, August 28: 1st Day of School

• Please make sure you arrive ready to roll by 7:20 AM
• PBIS Pep Rally in Theater
• 8:30-9:00 1st and 2nd Grade
• 11:30-12:00 Middle School
• 1:30-2:00 3rd, 4th, 5th
• 1:00-1:30 Kindergarten

Wednesday, August 29:2nd Day of School

“If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.” —Barbara Colorose

Thursday, August 30: 3rd Day of School

“I’m not sayin’ I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will.” —Tupac Shakur

• Pay Day!!!💰💰💰

Friday, August 31: 4th Day of School

• Spirit Day for students and staff (please review expectations before this date)

Weekend Things to Do (9/1-9/3)

• Make sure you have updated your bio
• Complete your training for Mrs. Trojan
• Link to the videos and quizzes
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=qWFUqpugr6g
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=dqaTuv8P1rE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=_55YmblG9YM
• Diabetes Quiz  -  https://goo.gl/forms/U6HCbtGg4oWwwIlJ2 
• Concussion Quiz -  https://goo.gl/forms/hPlp5lvgopa9FrVD3

🦎👏 Chameleon Claps🦎👏

From Ms. Caudle:
Mrs. Ward- Thank you for drawing flowers for me! they were beautiful

Mrs. Akers- Thank you for assisting my early parent at open house!

The entire TCEA- for another successful open house!!!

From Mrs. Hill:

Thank you to ALL of the staff for your work during the workdays.

Thank you to our team of volunteers and all TCEA staff that worked on the display windows.

Thank you to Ms. Lanham, Mrs. Samuelson, Mr. Thomas and Ms. Covington for presenting during our workdays.

Thank you to Mrs. Strimel for the many IEP Meetings held last week.

A parent said our Open House reminded them of Disney. They felt welcomed and wanted to be there and it was the Happiest Place in Fayetteville Friday Night....Thanks TEAM TCEA!!!

Why Your WHY Is So Important

I am just getting to this blog and all I can think about is ALL the things I have left to do. I feel the weight of everything on my shoulders and I feel weighed down. The reason I am just getting to this...my daughter's 11th birthday is today and she wanted a laser tag party at our house!

The reasons why I should not have done this party today:

1. It is HOT!!
2. I have to clean my house and yard.
3. It is a bit expensive and this time of year money is for back to school stuff.
4. It is a Sunday and had to fit it in after church and before all the things families with kids must do before Monday mornings!
5. Did I mention is HOT??

So why did I do it?

Zora at 1 week old!

Because it is Zora's birthday. My tall, loving and amazing daughter was born 11 years ago just 28 weeks into my pregnancy.  Y'all...she weighed 2 lbs and 10.6 oz.  She had multiple surgeries and blood transfusions and stayed in the hospital for 7 weeks.  She had a hole in her heart and was labeled as developmentally delayed until age 3.

That's why I did all I did today.  I prayed for this little girl and would go to the hospital each evening after her birth to read to her and encourage her to keep breathing and eating and growing.

I don't spoil her but her birthdays truly are a reason to celebrate. She did what many babies that were born around August 19, 2007 in the Cape Fear Valley NICU could not do...survive and thrive.

How does this connect to the idea of knowing your why in schools? 

It connects because your why is what makes you go the extra mile for your kids.  It's what makes you reassure a student that all will work out when they get a bad test score or friends exclude them.

Your why should drive you past the difficulties that come with the job and stay focused on your ultimate goal for students.

Take 4 minutes to see a clear example of how knowing and recognizing your why can make any task 100 times better.

I hope you have had an amazing weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

Week of Monday, August 20- Friday, August 24, 2018

August 20, 2018

Mandatory for all staff

Please consider wearing a TCEA shirt for Home Visits (new staff, I will have your shirts before noon)

8:00-8:30 Culture Building (Bad Day Balloon)

8:30-9:30 Lesson Planner Training

9:30-10:30 Work on Own Plans

10:30-11:00 Musical Chair Feedback

11:00-11:30 Revision of Lesson Plans

11:30-3:00 Home Visits/ Lunch

5:15 PM TCEA Board Mtg (Optional)

August 21, 2018

Mandatory for all staff

8:00- 9:00 Walkthrough Duties and Expectations

9:00-10:30 Data Analysis PD

11:00-12:00 Team Meetings

12-1:00 Lunch

1-3 Arts Vocabulary, Arts 101, Expectations

August 22, 2018

Mandatory for all staff

8:00-8:30: Culture Building (Agents of Transformation Display)

8:30-9:00: PBIS Intro

9-12:30: Sessions 1-3

12:30-1:30: Lunch

1:30-2:30: Session 4

2:30- 3:00 Final Closing Activity

August 23,2018

Mandatory for all staff

8:00-8:30: Student Handbook

8:30-10:00 TLaC Culture & Behavior

10:00-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 TLaC Continued

12-1 Lunch on our own

1:00 - 2:00 Beginning Teacher Orientation (only for teachers considered first year teachers-you know because you have been assigned a mentor)

2:00 - 3:00 Happiness Advantage

August 24, 2018

8:00-8:30 Commitment Ceremony

8:30-10:00 EC Training

10:00-10:30 Staff Picture- please wear purple and/orange (school colors)

10:30-11:00   MTSS Update

11:00-12:00   504 Training/ Social Worker

12:00-1:00 Lunch

Be back at school by 4:45 PM

Open House 5:30 PM-7:30 PM

August 27, 2018

Optional Workday

August 28, 2018

First Day of School

👏🦎Chameleon Clap👏🦎

• Thank you to all who stepped in and helped with training for new staff members. Thanks Mr. Salisbury, Mrs. Trojan, Mrs. Cane, Mr. Thomas and Ms. Covington.
• Thanks to Mr. Salisbury for getting all the rooms ready for staff.
• Thank you to Ms. Akers and Mrs. Trojan for helping get all our new students in the system and on lists.
• Thank you to Ms. Lanham and Mrs. Samuelson for attending the MTSS training last week.
• Thank you to Mr. Thomas for creating the routes for home visits!
• Thank you to Mrs. Strimel for her leadership in the EC arena!
• Thanks to Mr. Kline for hosting us all week and for cleaning up after us on Friday!
• Thank you to each of you for being "all in" during training!

If you ever want to give a Chameleon Clap, please send via email to Mrs. Hill by noon each Sunday!

Mission Possible 2018-2019

"Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible." 

- Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune's quote is one that speaks volumes to me.  If you do not know about Mary McLeod Bethune, please do a Google Search on this amazing woman.  In a nutshell, this amazing lady was born to parents who were slaves and ended up founding a private university that is still educating students more than 63 years after her passing.  This lady had to have faith when the country was telling her she was "less than" because she was a woman and an African American.

But it takes more than FAITH...

And that is where our theme comes in...

Our theme for this school year is Mission Possible! I settled on this theme for a few reasons.

1.  This is our 5th year in existence.  The days when we could base student performance, student growth, what our school offers students, etc. can not be traced back to the familiar statement of "We are a new school".  No, we are not considered toddlers anymore and it's time we grow up. 
2. It definitely aligns with our Growth Mindset.  All things are possible with time, persistence, and hard work.
3. We have all the right components to make our school a place where ALL students can grow and succeed. We just all need to be FOCUSED ON THE SAME MISSION.

So this year, all of you are Agents of Transformation! Welcome to the team.  What secret agent skills are you going to bring to the team? What are you committed to doing to ensure that our mission of providing a high quality arts integrated curriculum that pushes all our students to grow at least one year is accomplished?  Come prepared to discuss your secret agent skills on Thursday during our Back to School Meeting! You'll also find out your Spy Name...you'll be official then.

We'll talk more Mission Possible soon but for now enjoy this clip. This clip should reassure everyone that you are more than capable to take on this title of an Agent of Transformation.  

I will be attending  leadership Retreat hosted by The Romine Group f with you on this week but I will be back and ready to kick the year off with you on Thursday! See you soon.

Angela

Week of August 13-17, 2018

August 13, 2018

Optional Workday- No PD Planned

August 14, 2018

• Mandatory for New Staff (anyone new to TCEA)
• New staff orientation:
• Work in Room 8:00- 9:00
• Meeting with Mr. Salisbury 9:00- 10:00
• Training with Mrs. Trojan 10:00-11:00
• Meet our Instructional Coach Ms. Covington 11:00-12:00
• Intro to TLAC
• Accessing Resources
• Lunch and work in your rooms from 12:00-3:00

August 15, 2018

Mandatory for New Staff

• What is TCEA all about? 9:00-10:30
• Beginning Teachers Introduction to the NCEES Standards 10:30-12:00
• Lunch and work in your rooms from 12:00-3:00 

August 16, 2018

Mandatory for all staff

• Work in your room 8:00-9:00
• Welcome Back Meeting 9:00-11:30
• Welcome
• Data Review
• Goals for 18-19
• Curriculum Overview
• Health Update by Mrs. Trojan 11:30-12:00
• Lunch with team 12:00-12:30
• Concurrent Sessions
• 12:30-2:00 PM: Math
• K-2
• 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Math Teachers
• Middle Grades Math
• EC Staff (K-8)
• MTSS Team
• Any Arts Staff interested in attending
• 12:30-2:00 PM: Arts Staff
• Work in your rooms
• 2:00 PM-3:00 PM: ELA
• K-2
• 3rd,4th, 5th ELA Teachers
• Middle Grades ELA
• MTSS Team
• EC Staff
• Any Arts Staff interested in attending
• 2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Arts Staff
• Work in the office/display window

August 17, 2018

Mandatory for all staff

8:00-8:30 Staff Handbook

8:30-11:30: iReady Training

• Group 1: K, 1, 2, 3rd ELA and Math, 4th, 5th, Middle School ELA and Math, EC, MTSS  

8:30-11:30: Unit Plans for Pre/Post Assessments

• Group 2 : 3rd Grade SS/Science, Middle School SS and Science

8:30-11:30:Elective Planning (Course Descriptions and Preview Times)

• Group 2: Arts

11:30-12:30 Lunch on your own

12:30-3:00: iReady Training Group 2 + Arts

12:30-3:00: mClass Training for K-3, EC (EC Teachers K-5), MTSS

12:30-3:00: Vertical Planning for 4th, 5th, Middle School ELA and Math

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏

• Thank you to all of the staff members that attended A+ Training! It was some of the best PD I have participated in and I am looking forward to working with this program and all of you this year.
• Congrats to ALL of our staff members that presented at workshops this summer. Here are the staff that I know of (or remember) presenting.
• Ms. Strimel, Mrs. Ezell, Ms. Hughes, Mrs. Samuelson, Mrs. Majka and Mr. Haslem
• Thanks to the staff members that represented our school at trainings held this summer. We look forward to learning from you this year.
• Ms. Lanham, Mrs. Fleming, Mrs. Cane, Ms. Clough, Mrs. Ezell, Ms. McLaughlin
• Thanks to my admin team for working so hard to prepare for Back to School!
• Thanks to Mr. Falls for offering Math tutoring to students in need this summer.
• Thanks to my department chairs and SIT members for helping our school have successful summer retreats. I have been "fired up" since.
• Thanks to Ms. Akers for helping us out in the office these past weeks.
• Thanks to all staff members that helped us interview over the summer.

If I am forgetting anyone, please just send me an email and I will include next week.

CHECK OUT THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY SHARED BY MR. HASLEM:

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2017-2018 is almost a wrap...

We have made it! The 2017-2018 school year is a wrap and if you are still getting these weekly blogs in your email that means you honored the commitment you took way back in August and stuck through the HARD, UGLY, STRESSFUL and DIFFICULT to give our students our best.  They truly deserve it even if students (or their families) do not believe they do.

I am going to make this short...although I know Mr. Thomas does not believe I can do that!

So here goes (this is my version of free style rap- watch out Jay-Z)...


Dear TCEA Staff:

Another year has come and gone.

We made some memories and had some fun.

But what we accomplished was more than laughter and smiles.

We encouraged students and peers and pushed them to go more miles.

More miles of learning and innovation and imagination and trials;

We modeled for them that their worth is more than what the reports say in their files.

Although our reasons for being at TCEA might vary

There are a few things we all carry

We carry the heaviness of filling in all the gaps that students have (whether emotional, physical, educational, etc.)

We are their education salve.

I know that I have high expectations for each one of you

and that at times this makes you want to establish a coup.

But know that I truly believe in each staff member at our school

and I know that each of you have the needed tools

to better our community, our nation and the world

and end the chaos and the whirl.

We can do this one student at a time

by preparing them to walk out their destiny in their prime.


So THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Thank you for your sacrifice, support, time, and energy!!! I promise all of this DOES pay off!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend and see everyone Monday!                  Angela

Week of Monday, June 11- Friday, June 15

Monday, June 11

• Hill continues Summatives. I will come to your space to complete.
• Check out for EOY begins.  Please be patient and I will be at school from 7:30 AM- 4:00 PM to check you out. I can be pulled out of MTSS but not summatives so please be patient with me.
• Please turn in all left over report cards to the box labeled report cards in office AND make sure you Dojo parents to pick them up before June 30.  Let them know that they can pick up Monday and Tuesday, of this week, from 8:00-3:00 and then our summer hours begin and they can pick up 8-noon Monday-Thursday.
• MTSS EOY Meeting from 1 PM- until (have scheduled until 3 but feel we can finish early)
• Luncheon in Cafe at noon! Don't forget to bring a 2 litter drink or dessert😋
• Hope to have final numbers and salary for summer school staff (please hold on...I plan to confirm Sunday and share out Monday)

Tuesday, June 12

• Kindergarten Screening 8 AM- 3 PM (I will be helping with this but will be set up in lobby and can check you out between parents)

Wednesday, June 13

• Hill, Trojan, Thomas and Salisbury at school 8 AM- Noon

Thursday, June 14

• Summer School/ Reading Camp Begins 9-1
• Summer Hours for Hill, Trojan and Salisbury

Friday, June 15

• Summer School/ Reading Camp Continues
• Last Day to check out for 2017-2018

F.A.T Principle

This weekend I am typing this blog from North Myrtle Beach.  Yes...the beach.  Now before you get all JELLY please know that I have been at a Leadership Retreat so yes...there was time for napping on the beach (under a rented umbrella- which a few years ago I would have never done but as I age I realize old folk can sleep anywhere and people get it) but also I have been in sessions being called out and having my toes stepped on as well as having confirmation moments that I am doing some things right as a leader.  This is a church leadership retreat because I am a member of our Women Ministry's Executive Leadership Team but the principles being shared and discussed can and are used in my daily journey as a school principle.  I have always believed this but our speaker reminded all of that we should have the same persona at work as we do at church and at home and if they disconnect then we can not lead anyone...Authenticity is truly needed to build trust and move organizations forward.

As I shared earlier I learned a ton but my favorite concept learned was the F.A.T principle.  To be a good leader, you must be Faithful, Accountable and Teachable.

Faithful: loyal, constant, and steadfast.

Accountable: (of a person, organization, or institution) required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible.

Trainable: capable of being trained.

Seems like a simple concept but as we reviewed this concept I thought about how, at times, I can be lacking in certain areas.  

The whole I idea is that is you want to grow an organization to its capacity you must have members that have these qualities. Not just the leaders of an organization but each member of the team needs to have these qualities.

As leaders in your classrooms or departments which of these areas really come easy to you?  Which do you need to pay more attention to and give yourself "attitude checks" on the easy and/or hard days?

I truly believe that this concept is what has helped us get to where we are and by adding more staff members that are F.A.T we can go no where but forward.

I hope all of you have enjoyed your weekend and I will see everyone tomorrow for our last formal week of the 2018-2019 school year!                                     -Angela

Week of Monday, June 4- Friday, June 8

Monday, June 4

• EOY Checklist will be in your box by noon 
• EOG Make Up Testing (please see Mr. Thomas's email for details)
• Summatives Continue (please have PDPs completed and have reviewed the summative before we meet in YOUR room now that testing is over)
• 5th Grade Planning at 12:50
• Middle School Film Screening (Part I) in Theater at 2 PM
• EOY Checklist Q&A/ EOG Score Distribution at 3:30- 3:45 in Lobby

Tuesday, June 5

• Summatives Continue (please have PDPs completed and have reviewed the summative before we meet in YOUR room now that testing is over)
• EOG Make Up Testing (please see Mr. Thomas's email for details)
• 1st Grade to Library at 9:45 AM
• 3rd Grade Planning at 10:10 AM
• Middle School Film Screening (Part II) in Theater at 2 PM
• Step Screening in Theater at 3:30 PM
• FEO Mtg at 6 PM

Wednesday, June 6

• Retention Decision will be made by Hill and communicated to teachers via email
• Grades due to Joe by 8 AM (No EXCEPTIONS)
• RTA Testing (please see Mr. Thomas's email for details)
• Hill at appointment 10-11
• 4th Grade Planning at 12:50
• Summatives Continue (please have PDPs completed and have reviewed the summative before we meet in YOUR room now that testing is over)

Thursday, June 7

• Summatives Continue (please have PDPs completed and have reviewed the summative before we meet in YOUR room now that testing is over)
• Kindergarten Planning at 8:00
• Arts PLC at 11:30 AM
• 8th Grade Promotion in Theater 1:30-2:15
• 8th Grade Ice Cream Social at 2:15 in Cafe'
• 4th Grade Awards Day 2-3 PM in their rooms
• Dance Recital in Theater @ 5 PM

Friday, June 8

• Last Day of School: Please make sure you send report cards home with students
• Summatives Continue (please have PDPs completed and have reviewed the summative before we meet in YOUR room now that testing is over)
• First Grade Planning at 9:05

Reminders

• Please remember that Monday, June 11 is a MANDATORY Workday and Tuesday, June 12 is an OPTIONAL Workday for all staff
• Please make sure you plan your time to be finish with the EOY Checklist by Friday, June 15th
• I will send out a blog next weekend with details on workdays and our upcoming A+ Training.

🦎👏Chameleon Clap🦎👏

A HUGE SHOUT OUT to Mr. Thomas and his testing team for making our testing session go as smooth as it could be.  I remember serving as a test administrator for four years and how much easier it was IF staff read their reminders and followed my directions so...

A BIG Chameleon Clap to all who followed the directions and read/reread your reminders and emails! You make the dream work!

Thank you to all for being flexible last week and helping out when and where you were needed.

Thought for the week...