Arrival: Breakfast: Johnson/Bushnell/Berry & Tree, Front: Wilson & Hudson, Bus: M&F-Fisher, Stowe-T, Taylor-W & Harron-Th
Dismissal: Navy team (Bus- Cones & Muller, Front-Tutton & Steinbach, Walkers-Bryant)
Please walk your class to bus/pickup to ensure all get where they should without any stops. Navy team may come at their scheduled time for supervision. Bells will ring for each team + walker/Tiger Tales dismissal:
Monday: 2:57-Navy, 2:59-Maroon, 3:01-Green, 3:03-Teal, 3:05-Walker/Tiger Tales
Tues-Fri: 3:27-Navy, 3:29-Maroon, 3:31-Green, 3:33-Teal, 3:35-Walker/Tiger Tales
Mon. Library/Counseling Week: B Week
Weekly News Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qht8IFRJ8V4
Morning Announcements: Please add things you would like to have added to our morning announcements on the appropriate day.
Nuts and Bolts Items:
-Congratulations to Mrs. Tutton who graduated with her masters in reading on Friday! Way to go!
-Team meetings: We will drop by for meetings this week to share end-of-year check-out information, DRA testing updates, and any other items you may have. Due to schedule, we may have to shift 1-2 of them and will be in touch if so.
-Celebration Day - More details to come, but we will have a celebration on the last day of school. Here is a link to a tentative schedule. Don't forget to get your TEAM student names to Mrs. Walker to participate in the Community Time this day.
-Next Year Placement: Please discuss as a team and send Stacey any information that may be helpful re: student placement, need for separations, etc.
-Don’t forget to complete the principal survey emailed from Bob Andrus. Your input and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
-MAP testing: Last day is Tues. for 5th grade science.
-IE Logs - Reminder that your 2nd semester logs will be due next Thurs., May 20.
-End of year DRA testing continues(May 3-18)
-Field Day: In case it’s not on your calendar, field day is May 25. Our student lighthouse team, Mr. Steinbach and Coach Bowling have been working really hard to create a fun day. We hope to have more details to you soon, but you can plan a portion of this day to participate in stations. We will also have a sack hamburger lunch and special ice cream treat.
-Book Fair: The book fair begins next week from 8:20 am-4:00 pm each day. Please limit AM shopping to those only with money because a limit of 15 students at a time will be allowed. Monday shopping will only be allowed before/after school.
Adult Learning Weekly Blog Spot from Mrs. Maddeaux:
Well! That revelation from Headquarters about Stacey Pippin actually being Pat Cooper, mind control specialist, really got me thinking! How well do we actually know our fearless leader? I took the day off on Friday to do some investigative journalism to figure out who this person is outside of our school walls. The information was shocking!
I was able to track down Maven Hemmingway, who claims she knew Pat Cooper in middle school. Maven described Pat as “unflappable”. She says they got to know each other really well on the State Competitive Duck Herding circuit. Maven was quick to point out that she took first place in the State Finals, while Pat/Stacey only came in third. She provided a picture from the finals. According to some of her old high school yearbooks, Pat/Stacey was also the founding president of the Good Samaritan Brigade in high school. The pictures looked like a bunch of nerdy science types. I’m thinking this is where the idea for the mind control device began.
In college, apparently Pat/Stacey decided to leave that Good Samaritan image behind. She started hanging out with some less than solid Hollywood types, who got her hooked on Karaoke. I asked around and, apparently, Stacey is well known in the karaoke bars. All the bartenders know her go to order is a triple shot Captain and Coke, with a margarita chaser. She’s been spotted with Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson and Miley Cyrus. Apparently her bestie, though, is Brittany Spears. Stacey’s go to Karaoke song is Crazy, by her girl Brittany, and all the regulars know who’s up next when they hear the opening melody. I was able to dig up some flight records and it looks like Stacey has made quite a few trips out of Vegas during Brittany’s residency. Unfortunately, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, so I don’t have many details on what they get up to while she’s there. I can only imagine!
Following a lead from one of the bartenders, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity, I visited Ma’s Tattoo Parlor. A little hole in the wall place just off Kearney on the north side. Ma herself was proud to tell me that she sees Stacey nearly every Sunday to work on the gorgeous skull and snake design that covers her entire back. Ma said that Stacey often talks about her vacation daydreams while she’s in the chair. Apparently, once she offloads this mind control device, she is heading to a spa in Fiji, where she plans to get daily massages, read some new books, sleep in, and avoid all electronic communication.
When you are investigating someone savvy enough to change their entire image from Pat to Stacey that is known to have developed mind control technology, it is difficult to separate fact from fiction, but, as you can tell from my digging, there is a lot we don’t know about the real Stacey Pippin! Maybe it is time we demand some answers!
I’ve taken a big chance leaking all of this information. If Team Japan doesn’t win the contest on Monday, just know that it was worth the retaliation just to make sure you all know who you’re dealing with!
Teaching Year-End Tip:
As we wrap-up MAP testing, this can be a great time to celebrate the year with our students. We will definitely have opportunities to do this, but it’s also important not to start closing up our classroom too early and to be purposeful as we continue learning with engaging lessons. This blog post by Angela Watson has some great points for deconstructing your classroom quickly at the end of the year. We all have many things on our end-of-year to-do list. This article gives some great ways to manage this, avoid student anxiousness/behaviors and still get accomplished all that is needed!
Events This Week
Monday
-Christy will be helping in book fair and not available today
-Early Out:
3:10-3:25 pm - Check in with accountability partners
3:25-4:15 pm - Teacher Contest Game Finale & Prizes
Tuesday
-MAP Testing: 5th Science (Schedule)
-Dr. Dublin Site Visit (11-11:45 am)
-Clubs: Anime (7:40 am), 5th Reading Club, Film Club, Drama Llamas
Wednesday
-Lighthouse team planning meeting & dinner (4:15-7:00 pm) -*No morning meeting today*
-Stacey out for district meetings (10:30 am-3:30 pm)
-Club: 6th Band
Thursday
-Transition Day (8:30-10:30 am) *More specific details coming very soon!*
-Club: 6th Reading Club
Friday
-Community Time @ 8:40 am (Navy team is leading this week.)
-Love a ‘Tree’ Day
-Stacey out for district meeting (11:30-2:30 pm)
-All library books & materials due
-5th science collaboration day
-Club: 6th Band
Saturday
-Anime Day (9:00 am-1:00 pm)
-High School Graduation, 8:00 pm
A Look Ahead to Next Week:
Greeters/Goodbye Connectors--
Arrival – Breakfast: Wortman & Tree, Front: Bowling, Bus: Taylor
Dismissal – Green team (Bus- Pinnix & Tait, Front-Taylor & Walker, Walkers-Johnson)
Book Fair continues this week
Monday – Early Out Meeting: Last action team meeting of the year, 5th ELA-Impact team training @ content meeting
Tuesday – DRA scores due, 5th ELA collaboration day, Stacey out 9:00-11:00 am for meeting
Wednesday - Club: 6th Band, Stacey out AM for lead team meeting
Thursday - Club: 6th Reading, 6th ELA collaboration day, IE 2nd semester logs due, School Board meeting @ WIS-South
Friday - End of 4th Quarter (Grades due May 25 @ 10:00 am)
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