May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
When we think of taking care of our health, we often first consider our physical health—things like blood pressure, cholesterol, and fitness routines. But it’s just as important to consider your mental health. Today, we’re sharing five ways to take care of your mental well-being—and prevent issues that can affect your overall health.
1. Connect with loved ones. Building relationships with other people improves your self-worth and gives you a sense of community. Emotional support is important to feeling less alone.
2. Get regular exercise. Physical fitness not only raises self-esteem, it helps your mood—which can be incredibly helpful during times of stress. Find an activity you enjoy, whether it’s walking, swimming, cycling, or strength training, and aim for 30 minutes a day three to five days a week.
3. Practice mindfulness. Contrary to popular belief, mindfulness is not “clearing your mind” of all thoughts. Instead, it’s simply paying attention to the present moment—your emotions, your thoughts, how you feel in your body. Mindfulness can reduce stress and help you take on challenges.
Click here to learn more.
4. Eat a balanced diet. Eating brain-healthy foods like fatty fish and nuts alongside a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can boost mental health. Avoid drinking excessively or smoking tobacco, as alcohol is a depressant and smoking can increase tension or even mask mental health concerns.
5. Create a calming routine. Does soft music calm you? Is there a particular smell that helps ease your anxiety? Perhaps a morning walk in the sun helps you feel ready for the day. Finding healthy ways to appeal to your senses can help you cope with the stress of day-to-day life.
If you are struggling with your mental health, your Vera care team is here to help. To make an appointment with a Vera provider or health coach,
click here or call (928) 774-3985.
FUSD Climate and Culture Survey
AND Superintendent Survey
District-wide employee engagement survey for Flagstaff Unified School District is out and you each have your own log in (emailed on 5/6 at 4:19pm and again on 5/9 at 7:15am). Please take time to provide feedback. Marshall is at 24% with only 13 people completing it. Superintendent Penca said we must get to at least 75%
Let's shoot for 100% participation!! All means all!
Also Superintendent Survey
TAKE THE SURVEY HERE
Also now, the CCESA BRYS Grand Survey
FACTs Camp I Wanna Go will be housed at Marshall. They are also expanding. With new leadership, we are hopeful that our building and your classrooms will be well treated! I have included a map of the rooms we KNOW we will use. This may expand. Additionally, we will have Co-Op in our building this summer!
Schedule:
Set Up and Preparation 5/29-5/31, possibly a few hours of training during these days.
Camp starting 6/3
Ending 7/19- to give time for custodial cleaning
Don't forget to complete the NAPEBT Wellness Incentive Program requirements in order to receive your incentives.
Please login to www.napebt.com before Wednesday, May 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Arizona Time to enter your wellness incentive program activities.
Library EOY happenings
The end of the year Library schedule will be as follows:
~ All Books are due to the library 5/9/24.
~ All iPad Carts are to be brought to the Library on May 23rd.
Checklist for iPad Carts:
1. All labels to be removed for students who are not returning.
2. Updates are installed before carts can be returned.
3. Any broken, non-working or otherwise iPads must be turned into the Library Friday, May 17.
4. If you see any unclaimed library books, please return them anytime in the next few weeks. Sooner the better!
NOTE: All 5th grade fees will follow the students to their middle school unless items are returned or fees if lost are paid to Erin MacDonald.
School supply list for 2024/25
It is once again our ambitious goal to make sure you have EVERYTHING you need to run your classroom next year without having to ask parents for supplies or spending your own money! It is time to meet with your grade level team to think about your needs. If your team would like to request something NOT on this list, please add it to Sheet #2. Please do not add items to Sheet #1: 2024/25 Supply List
Here is the timeline for our 4th Quarter Grade Book and Standards Reports...
Thursday, May 16 - Early release for Grade Book Preparation
Friday, May 17 - Initial Attendance Rollover (for schools printing hard copies)
“Days of attendance are accurate as of May 17, 2024. Actual days membership through May 23, 2024 will be entered in your student's personal file and available in ParentVUE.”
Monday, May 20
Thursday, May 23 - Last Day of School – Final Attendance Rollover by 12pm
- Hard copies of Standards Reports are available upon request. All parents also have access to reports in ParentVue. Link to ParentVUE Tutorial
It is very important that teachers "Mark All Students Complete" in order for parents to receive the final PDF of the standards reports through ParentVue.
Need help or have questions? Mrs. Overton is always ready to help.
Thank you, Kristie Jones, for beautifying our school all year long with creative and inspiring bulletin boards.
#MarshallElevated!
Teachers, I am genuinely impressed with your passion and continued efforts to set each Mustang up for success as they progress through grades. Your professionalism and valued feedback is honored in the process of class placements! Each year we try to make it better. I am really excited about how placements clearly reflect our desire for equity, fit and balance for all we must juggle. Thank you for making the time to further improve our process with these CTs. Together, we rise! Well done!!
We know that we have seen an uptick in student behaviors...
It is very clear that for so many, they are experiencing anxiety about the end of the school year. Please be mindful of the behaviors you are seeing. Please reach out to me or Mrs. C. if you would like some assistance with a student who is struggling. They show it in so many ways, I don't have to tell you about it. I just want you to know we are here to support you in supporting them. You are incredibly important to them. They don't want school to be over. They are not all counting down to summer. We will all continue to give them our all. They deserve the best of us, even when we know we are spent. Thank you for giving them all you got. It is NOT easy! You are doing an aMAYzing job!
4th and 5th grade teachers: Publishers of ReadyGen are not renewing the product and the digital license expires this year and there is no possibility from the vendor to renew. We still have the print resources, of course.
Behavior Training - Email me to sign you up!
FUSD has secured John Hannigan, creator of the Behavior Solutions program, book author and leading expert of behavior supports for students, to come to Flagstaff to provide a 2-day training focused on a multi tiered system of support for behavior. The training is scheduled for 8-4 on June 12th and 13th at the Christensen Professional Learning Complex. The two days will be centered around the following and will be guided by the Behavior Solutions: Teaching Academic and Social Skills Through RTI at Work™ Book, which will be provided to our school team. If you are interested in joining me for this training, please email me by Tuesday that you would like to be a part of the team.
Day 1 - Focus on school systems, structures, and the behavior standards in place and to be further developed in order to support student behavior and maximize learning.
Day 2 - Classroom prevention and intervention
Save the date!
Back-to-school BBQ is confirmed for our families on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024 from 4-5:30pm outside (or in the gym if easier). This will allow for all of our families to visit their students' classrooms all at one time rather than multiple events for different grade levels. It is okay if your classroom is not completely set up yet. Families will understand that.
Assigned teachers will be available two weeks prior to school starting in ParentVUE.
Bad news alert! FUSD is eliminating out of transportation boundary areas beginning next year. The impacts are below. Communication will go out sometime this week. Please direct parents to Ms. Erin with questions.
Impacts
Kinsey: approximately 22 students
Marshall: approximately 43 students
Allows balancing of driver hours, reducing eligible student ride times
Reduces 3 full elementary routes, combination routes
Route 21, assigned out of boundary riders: 13
Route 22, avg daily riders AM: 41, PM: 17
Mixed route, carries Kinsey & Marshall students AM, PM is Marshall only
Route 27, avg daily riders: 13
Finally, thank you Mrs. Stephanie Drye for all of your years of serving our kindergarten students and teachers! Ms. Steph has taken a position with the county and will not be returning next year. We all wish you much success on your next chapter! Don't forget to visit us! Once a Mustang.....
Coming Up
Monday, May 13
~ Cartwright Kayak Trip
Tuesday, May 14
~ Ayala Kayak Trip
~ 11:00am-12:30pm Reasor at CORE mtg
Wednesday, May 15
~ Garver Kayak Trip
~ 4:15-6:00pm Marshall School Carnival
Thursday, May 16
~ Krause Kayak Trip (Reasor too)
~ The Dental Group Visit
~ Dr. Huffman Site Visit
~ 12:45pm Early Release
Friday, May 17
~ The Dental Group Visit
~ 9:30-10:00am Marshall Band and Choir Performance in Gym for all
~ 1:45-3:45pm Marshall PD
~ 3:45-5:45 pm Staff End of Year party!
Monday, May 20
~ Fisher Kayak Trip
~ Magnet Monday Showcase event 2:20pm
Tuesday, May 21
~ Cartwright Kayak Trip
~ 11:00am-12:30pm Reasor at CORE mtg
~ 2-9pm Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser
~ 5:30pm Marshall's Governing Board Presentation
Wednesday, May 22
~ 2:00-3:00pm 5th grade promotion in Gym
Thursday, May 23
~ 9:30am Kindergarten graduation in Gym
~ Last day of school - Early release Confirmed 12:45pm
Friday, May 24
~ Congratulations FHS, CHS and Summit HS graduates!
~ Last teacher work and contract day
May 15 Carnival
May 16 Early Release
May 17 Choir and Band Perform in gym 9:30am
May 17 Marshall Site PD
May 17 Marshall End of the year Celebration
May 20 Magnet Monday Showcase event 2:20pm
May 22 5th grade promotion 2:00pm
May 23 Kindergarten graduation 9:30am
May 23 Last Day of School - Early Release 12:45pm
May 24 Last teacher contracted day and GRADUATION!
Specials Finale last week of school.docx
