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Hi All,
I hope that this update finds you well and that you are enjoying your summer. We had a fantastic trip out West and we made our trip from CO to VT in 4 days. Rowan was a car ride champ and we are so grateful for the time to spend as a family. The Great Sand Dunes and vistas in Colorado were just breathtaking.
I've spent this week re-centering myself in the work of our building and am currently at ESY at EMES. I wanted to give you an update of where things are in process at school. The intention of this update is to keep you informed. There will be no asks of you from this update.
I will be at BES most of the day on Friday and will working remotely for next week. Check out this early summer update.
Building:
- The maintenance team has been cranking along! They are working diligently to make things sparkle upon our return.
- The new Fridge/Freezer combo has been installed
- The exterior of the building has been re-keyed for our safety
- "The Pit" in Chuck's space is getting cleaned and filled in
- The soffit around the building are in the process of being repainted
- Picnic Tables are getting rehabbed
- Front entrance way concrete is getting a facelift
- The last week in July we will be undergoing a water project so there will be a few days with no water. Chuck will send out an email detailing the dates.
- You are welcome to come in over the summer, please check with Chuck, Lucia or Josh before you enter your space just in case the floors are not ready for you to walk on them.
- We got approval for a new playground right at the end of the year. The system has been ordered and will be installed in September. We're hoping for the middle of the month but it could be later. We will roll out the new structure to students in September, the plan is to have the PTNA help us in the celebration.
There will be an additional spider net climber and a "ten spin" to round out some fun new playground structures! See pictures below.
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School Year 25-26:
- Orders:
- Lori has been a very busy bee and has placed many, many orders. She is getting ready to roll students up and assign them to classrooms in the IC.
- PBIS Team Update
- The PBIS team met this week and we reflected on last year, reviewed data input from staff, behavior data. There are some exciting things to expect in the future here's a brief preview, more details and information to follow.
- Schedules: Year Long Plan/Schedule for Den Groups and Whole School Morning Meetings (WSMM)
- We narrowed down the four basic themes for the year. I've listed them below if that's helpful to you in planning:
- Community (Aug, September, October)
- Kindness/Gratitude (November, December, January)
- Mindfulness Empathy—(February, March, April)
- Perseverance/Celebration— (May, June)
- A weekly staff spotlight. We will be highlighting two staff members weekly. We will ask you to fill out a form during inservice.
- Fresh Face: We're looking for ideas of a new paw collection system/station. If you have any ideas send them along to Jessica Heinz, Tyler Smith or Myself. We are also looking for new whole school celebration ideas!
- New Incentives: The team worked on creating a new set of incentives for our older students who may be less engaged in only the whole school celebrations.
- I did some more updating to our schedule based on feedback from the last days of inservice. Here are the updates. If I missed something please let me know!
- FYI: Data meetings will meet every Friday. One week you will focus on Academic Data the second week we will focus on student behavior. The team will have a schedule for you at the start of the year.
Upcoming Dates:
- New Teacher Orientation---August 20
- Staff "Flex Day"---August 22
- WCUUSD Convocation--- August 25th (U-32 AM/Building based PM )
- PTNA Watermelon Social---August 25th 5:00-6:30 (I may be off on timing!)
- Building Based Inservice---August 26 All Day
- First Student Day---August 27th
I think that's it for now. Please reach out with any questions or needs that you have. Enjoy the sunshine and the glorious place that VT is in the summer. I can't wait to here about your summer! Celia
