4.28

 

Hi All,

I hope that you all had an enjoyable break. We had a great time with our friends at their beach house in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. While we had days on the beach in puffy jackets and hats it was a lovely time with the kids and dear friends. I am feeling ready to tackle the last section of the school year. 

Reminders: Last day of school for students is the 18th of June, it will be a half day. Staff will work that afternoon and the 20th and 21st as inservice days. All staff with have the Juneteenth off. 

Staff Shoutouts 

• Jess E- Thanks for being proactive and thoughtful in supporting students continued learning through consequences. 

News and Announcements 

• Here is the 2024-2025 School Calendar. Please review it to help make your plans for next year
• Contracts need to be returned 30 days from when they were issued. Please make sure that you get yours back to Lori. 
• Support staff contracts will be issued May 1. Stay tuned! 
• Here is a great resource bank for supporting behavior in the wild time that is the end of the year, Discipline Strategies for the End of the Year. I pulled out these two articles because they seemed especially pertinent.
  
• Responding to Behavior
• Responding to Defiance

What's Happening at Berlin?

Monday	**Tax Day** 3/4 PLC 10:50 1/2 PLC 12:15 Shorter meeting
Tuesday	5/6 PLC 9:45
Wednesday	**Start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month** K SST Check In  Staff Meeting at 3:10 ish
Thursday	SST Meeting 8:15-8:45 Union Check In 10:00 PK Meeting 11:30
Friday

Where is Celia?

Monday	Parent Meeting 8:30  3/4th PLC 10:50-11:50 1/2 PLC 12:15-12:40  U-32 Screening Committee Meeting 1:00-4:00---Celia out at 12:40
Tuesday	9:45 5/6th PLC  11:30 Student Meeting  12:15--Admin Team Meeting Planning
Wednesday	Check In with Lucia 9:30  PK Meeting 11:30  Principal's Meeting w/Meg 12:15 K PLC 1:50
Thursday	SST 8:15 Union Check in 10:00  PK Meeting 11:30  District Safety Team Meeting---out at 1:30
Friday	U-32 Principal Search Interviews ---Celia Out all Day

4,14

 

Hi All, 

   

Happy Sunday! I was reminded this weekend how grounding sunshine, friendships and the outdoors are this weekend. I came across this saying and it felt so fitting to share with you all. May we all remember that our biggest job at school is to help our students become good people. Yes, we are there to help them read, write and all the other things. But, truthfully, if they are not good people that stuff doesn't matter as much. As I said on Friday, please, take a moment to slow down, reconnect, have a lunch, share a smile this week. I'm feeling ready to tackle all that this week has in store for us, I hope you are too.

Staff Shoutouts

Truly, there are too many to count. I'll pop a couple here. Please remember to send me shoutouts for your colleagues: 

• Katherine and Lynn kudos to a great science fair. What a fun way to see student work and engage the larger learning community. 
• Chuck, thank you for taking the time to interview potential candidates
• Kirby, thank you for stepping in and lending a hand 
• Michelle M, thank you for keeping your ship together. 
• Tyler, thank you for your continued collaboration and communication 

News and Announcements 

• I am serving on the U-32 principal search and will be out for a hour or so tomorrow and a few other times in the next few weeks. Just an FYI. 
• 3-6 Lunch, please start with a review of lunch expectations and follow that with 5 mins of quiet eating. The lunchroom behavior was unexpected on Friday and they need some practice and reminders. If you'd like to bring your class down solo to enforce expectations I highly recommend that. 
• VTCAP---I will be in touch with folks about makeups for the VTCAP. During PLC's we will come up with plan to best get everyone through testing. 
• Staff Meeting will run as normal on Wednesday 
• This is a great Quick Read Article---Student Behavior that I recommend taking a peek through at the start of the week
• VTCAP Schedule 

  Week 3  —- April 16th- April 18th
  Day/Date	Time	Who	Activity: Focus
  Tuesday, April 16th	1:30-3:15	5th Grade All	Science– Session 1   Make-Ups
  Wednesday, April 17th	10:00-11:45	5th Grade	Science– Session 2
  Thursday, April 18th **Band at U-32**	9:00-11:00 1:00-3:30	All	Make-Ups

 What's Happening at Berlin?

Monday	**Tax Day** 3/4 PLC 10:50 1/2 PLC ---Cancelled (student meeting)
Tuesday	5/6 PLC 9:45
Wednesday	Humanity and Justice Meeting 8:15 K SST Check In  Staff Meeting at 3:10 ish
Thursday	SST Meeting 8:15-8:45 Union Check In 10:00 PK Meeting 11:30
Friday

Where is Celia?

Monday	U-32 Screening Committee 9:00-10:00***Celia out until 10:30
Tuesday	***WCLT Meeting All Day*** Celia Out  Student Meeting 3:45
Wednesday	Humanity and Justice Meeting 8:15 Check In with Lucia 9:30  PK Meeting 11:30  Principal's Meeting w/Meg 12:15 Student meeting 1:50 Board Meeting 6:00-???
Thursday	SST 8:15 Student Meeting 11:00 PK Meeting 11:30 ' CPI Meeting 2:00
Friday	Chuck meeting 8:30  3rd Grade Coverage 2:00

 

4.8

Hi All,

I hope that you had a good weekend and that you enjoyed the eclipse in whatever way worked best for you. We had a wide variety of activities to entertain a toddler that took a very short nap! I am thankful for many things after this wonderful 3 day weekend: right near the top of the list is a warm shower after a lack of power for 2.5 days. 

Staff Shoutouts 

• Thank you to all students and staff who made testing last week possible. Things went smoothly and we appreciated your help in keeping the hallways quiet.  
• Lori for piecing the staffing puzzle together 
• Betsy V for stepping in to help fill Lucia's shoes 
• Kim Knapp for being game for making a wonky day of testing successful! 
• Sarah R and Amber D for a collaborative brainstorm session!
• Karen C for supporting everyone

News and Announcements 

• Budget Update: The board met and had a very long meeting last Wednesday. They eventually voted to continue their conversation to this Wednesday April 10. I anticipate knowing more after this meeting.
• Coverage Puzzle: As we are working to cover all students on days when there are limited subs please know that we sometimes have to prioritize 1:1 student coverage. The special educators, Lori and I work to make sure that everything is covered and do our best to communicate if your services will be impacted. 
• Week 2 of testing will continue this week. Reminder: 5/6th grade specials are happening from 9:05-9:50 on Thursday morning. We anticipate the testing window to be longer than the math time last week. The schedule will be as follows: 

Week 2  —- April 9th — April 11th
Day/Date	Time	Who	Activity: Focus
Tuesday, April 9nd	9:15-!0:45	4th-McCauley	ELA Session 1
	1:00-2:30	4th– McCauley	ELA Session 2
Wednesday, April 10th	9:15-10:45	4th–Downing	ELA Session 1
	9:15-10:45	4th–Wagner	ELA Session 1
	1:00-1:30	4th–McCauley	ELA Session 2
	1:00-1:30	3rd-Wagner	ELA Session 2
Thursday, April 11th	10:00-11:45	6th Grade	ELA Session 1
	10:00-11:45	5th Grade	ELA Session 1
	1:00-2:30	6th Grade	ELA Session 2
	1:00-2:30	5th Grade	ELA Session 2

• No PLC's this week

What's Happening at Berlin?

Monday	Eclipse Day
Tuesday
Wednesday	K SST Check In  Staff Meeting at 3:10 ish
Thursday	SST Meeting 8:15-8:45 Union Check In 10:00 PK Meeting 11:30
Friday

Where is Celia?

Monday
Tuesday	EPSDT Meeting 9:30-10:30  Elementary Principals Meeting 10:00  Check in with Susanne 2:15
Wednesday	Check In with Lucia 9:30  Jennifer Chambers meeting 0:00 Principal's Meeting w/Meg 12:15 Student meeting 1:50 Board Meeting 6:00-???
Thursday	SST 8:15 Student Meeting 11:00 PK Meeting 11:30 ' CPI Meeting 2:00
Friday	Meeting with Chuck 8:30  3rd Grade Coverage 2:00