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Hi All, 

I hope that you all had a lovely weekend. I apologize that I am late in my blog this week. We ended up spending more time in Waterford than we had originally planned. I am looking forward to another beautiful and joy filled week with you all. 

                                                   

 

Here are a couple of snapshots of the joy last week! I wanted to give a huge shoutout to the 5/6 team for putting on an amazing spaghetti dinner and silent auction. There was an immense amount of excitement and a full spirit of teamwork present on Friday evening. Thank you to everyone who made it happen. 

Observations from the Field

• Staff communicating clearly about needs 
• Staff reflecting and making team decisions 
• Students feeling comfortable in asking for help
• Staff supporting students in unique ways 
• Adults listening carefully for finding ways to help 

News and Announcements

• Climate Surveys:
• Faculty/staff Climate Survey 
• Grade 2nd-6th need to fill out this student survey 
• All surveys must be filled out by this Friday, May 15th. Families and the broader community will also receive this survey again this week. 
• If you need help in getting this completed with students please let me know what I can do to help. 
• Memorial Day Celebration---
• Kim Knapp and i had a lovely conversation. We are going to move the lunchoen to happen around Veteran's Day next year. 
• The "drop everything and learn" together will happen in the gym. So, instead of classroom learning we will engage in a whole school meeting. 
• We are going to strike a balance between learning, reverence and understanding. 
• All School Meeting will take place March 21. 
• Whole School Meeting/Den Groups through the end of the year 
• Whole School Meeting--- May 14th 
• Whole School Meeting--- May 21st 
• Den Groups w/Special Video Request--- June 4th  
• Whole School Meeting/Activity--- June 15th 9:30-10:45
• Grade Level Configurations 26-27 
• K 
• 1
• 2
• 3/4
• 3/4
• 5
• 5
• 6
• Decision on where teacher's will be teaching will be made early in the week. I want all teaching staff to be in the building when the announcements are made. 

Upcoming Dates: 

• May 13th--- Half Day Dismissal
• May 19th All School Dress rehearsal for Music Show ---- 1:00 pm 
• May 19th: Art/Music Show 
• June 9th— 6th Step-Up Day
• June 10th--- Field Day/BBQ 
• June 16th– 6th Grade Graduation at 6:00 
• June 17th–Half Day Grading 

• June 18th—Inservice Day 

Field Trips

• Tuesday, April 28 - BES Band and Chorus Students go to U32
• 3rd goes to the Farm (???)
• Friday, May 15 - 3rd Grade goes to Shelburne Museum
• Thursday, May 28 - 1st Grade goes to Book Buddies at U32
• Friday, May 29 - Kindergarten goes to Autumn Raynes Farm
• Friday, June 5 - 5th & 6th Grade goes to Great Escape
• Tuesday, June 9 - 4th Grade goes to VT Statehouse and History Museum

• Tuesday, June 9 - 1st and 2nd Grade goes to Montshire Museum

Marshall Memo 1136 This week's quotes and articles come from Education Gadfly, Grading for Growth, Psychology Today, Education Week, The Learning Professional, two Coaching Letters, Communique, and Cult of Pedagogy. The headlines: Five principles of learning and how they can be put to work in schools Zaretta Hammond on countering the effects of "cognitive redlining" Challenges when successful practices are taken to scale Workplace accommodations for neurodivergent adults Jennifer Gonzalez on lesson plans that stand the test of time If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here. To listen to a podcast of last week's issue (#1135), click here. For a podcast of this week's Memo, log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts.

What's Happening at BES?

• Monday 5/11	Curriculum Council 4:00-5:30
  Tuesday 5/12	Paraeducator Monthly Meeting 3:40-4:40
  Wednesday 5/13	Teacher PD 8:20-9:20  Staff Meeting 3:10-4:45 Art Room
  Thursday  5/14	PTNA Meeting 6:00-7:30
  Friday 5/15	Team Meetings K-2 Attendance/Behavior 3-6 Academic

  Where is Celia?

  Monday 5/11	Meeting 9:00-10:00  Union Meeting 10:00-10:30  Meeting w/Julia 10:30-11:00 SPED Meeting 11:40 Student Meeting 1:00-2:30 Curriculum Council 4:00-5:30
  Tuesday 5/12	Student Meeting 10:00  Student Meeting 1:00  Para Monthly Meeting 3:30-4:30
  Wednesday 5/13	Teacher PD  Student Meeting 11:00-12:00  Early Dismissal
  Thursday  5/14	Student Meeting 8:15 Meeting with Capstone Action 9:00 BES SST 10:00-10:45
  Friday 5/15	Studnet Meeting Team Meetings K-2 Attendance/Behavior 3-6 Academic