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Hi All, 

I hope that you are warm and cozy wherever you are! January certainly has gone out with a bang in terms of germs and the cabin fever feeling! This weekend marks the start of Black History Month and while I firmly believe that this work should be integrated into every month and all of our work it's an important reminder to focus our lens this month. I've linked a handful of resources below. I will continue to do so in the coming weeks as well. I would strongly recommend this quick read: A Message on Teaching Black History written by the Educational Justice Coalition of Vermont as a place to start. 

Staff Shoutouts 

• Too many to count this past week! 
• Sarah Rogers and the K team---way to get the K kiddos on MyPath! 
• Lori thank you for always finding a way to make coverage work--you're a wizard!
• I'd like to give a shoutout to the Behavior Support Team who are working overtime to support a kiddo in crisis. 
• Josh, Lucia and Chuck thanks for paying extra attention to our door handles, surfaces and door jams this week. We'll take anything to keep the germs away! 

News and Announcements 

• Please take a moment to check out Jen's monthly Curriculum Newsletter.
• As you think about your curriculum work for the upcoming months please utilize this template WCUUSD unit design template to find entry points for all of your learners.
• Curriculum Tools from Clemmons Family Farm
• Choosing Books with Diverse Characters
• Color Brave vs. Color Blind PDF
• 10 Tips for Reading Picture Books through a Race-Conscious Lens
• On February 12 we will join Curriculum Associates for a day of PD at U-32. Here is the schedule below: 

• 8:15-10:15 - K-3 pacing

• 10:30-11:30 - Instructional leadership session (all grade level principals)

• 12:00-2:00 - Grades 4-6 pacing

• 2:15-3:15 - Grades 7-10 - focused on leveraging i-Ready data.

• 2:15-3:15 - Grade 4-6 (Optional) data analysis facilitated by Ellen and/or Jen

• 3:30-4:30 (Optional) elementary focused on leveraging i-Ready data.

Lori is lining up subs to make this all happen, I'm looking forward to this day and am excited for what it means for the teaching and learning in our building.

• Take a peek at the this last week's myPath usage. For the first time we have minutes at all grade levels! Woohoo. We are looking for 80% passage of lessons and  30 mins of usage total a week. 

What's Happening at Berlin?

Monday
Tuesday	*Tyler out at 2:15
Wednesday	Staff Meeting     - Community Building     - PBIS Check-In      - Community Bobcat   Board Meeting
Thursday	Coffee and Conversations with Steven 8:00--9:00 PTNA Meeting 6:30
Friday	Data Meetings: 2, 5/6, 4

Where is Celia?

Monday	Meeting 9:00 Student Meeting 9:15  Meeting with Lori 10:00 Meeting with Julia 2:45
Tuesday	WCLT---Celia Out until 1:45
Wednesday	Meeting at U-32 8:30-9:30. Celia in at 9:45   Meeting with Ellen 1:00
Thursday	Student Meeting 11:00-11:30  Steven at School 11:15-1:15  District Safety Meeting 3:00-4:00**Celia out at 2:40
Friday	Student Meeting 8:00  Data Meetings at Berlin