Here we go...
3rd graders, you are up! Good luck to all of our 3rd graders as we finish out our final week of standardized testing. Thank you all for your cooperation in keeping students away from windows, quiet in the halls, rearranging lunch schedules, rearranging special area schedules and more. It truly takes a team, EVERY DAY to pull off all we do here at Marshall! I appreciate this team more than I can express!
4th grades, you have one more assessment to rock on Tuesday!
Wish to apply for a
MS/HS Summer School position? I know some hold such credentials so I am throwing this out there. Posted under “Summer School Positions:
Certified and Classified” Summer School June 12 – July 16:
Administrator
Secretary – part time (will need to job share June 3 – 11 as I need
assistance with registrations) Works morning 5 hours a day when summer
school starts
Algebra 1 teacher, Algebra 2 teacher, Geometry teacher
HS Plato Online Lab teacher
MS Moby Max Online Lab teacher
Have questions? Contact:
Christine Everett,
Administrative Assistant of Curriculum & Instruction
Technology Bond Update:
~The mandatory Professional Learning 301 plan will target secondary levels next year. However, there will continue to be many opportunities so keep your eye on the PD calendar for many 301 opportunities around technology as we move forward.
~FUSD Technology has committed to investing in a few awesome Tools to Support Teaching & Learning:
Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) – Plan, implement and deliver education. It is a single Ecosystem to house all technology apps.
Learn more at Canvas Learning Management System (LMS)
Nearpod - FUSD bought it! This is very exciting for premade lessons, formative assessment tools and more!
Apple Classroom (this is very different from Google classroom) -iPad and Mac app to guide learning, share work, connectivity
and manage devices. View Guided Tour for Apple
Classroom through Apple’s website (⅔ of the way down the page - under Classroom
Heading)
Staffing Updates:
~Sherri Dustin has chosen to resign at the end of the contract year. We hope to get her to come around as a substitute teacher often but she has many exciting plans ahead.
~Joni Bailey took the Attendance Clerk position at Kinsey.
We will have many to celebrate and send off to new adventures at the end of this year!
We have been given the green light to open up a forth section of 5th grade next year! This is a huge win for us all!
Marshall is looking for the absolute best to fill the following positions for next year:
1 K-3 Resource Teacher
1 4-5 Resource Teacher
1 EL Interventionist
1 Kindergarten
1 5th grade dual cert
1 Counselor (holding out for 1.0 FTE before I post-please cross your fingers)
Program Changes:
~Fit Kids programs are not continuing in FUSD.
~XCat I will move from Marshall to Sechrist
~XCat III will move from Kinsey to Marshall
~Behavior Support K-2 will move from Sechrist to Cromer
~Behavior Support 3-5 will move from DeMiguel to Kinsey
Marshall is so proud to house our Sister XCAT programs.
Ms. Herberger has accepted the XCAT K-2 program
Ms. Beck will have the XCAT 3-5 program
AdvancED Update:
~Eleot observations will continue with myself, Overton and McAllister.
~Surveys requests were clarified in past blog. Please note the Culture & Climate has been postponed or canceled.
In April, staff and students will
take the Culture & Climate Survey. McAllister will facilitate
student surveys for grades 3-5 again.
~Your
Marshall Leadership Team is still working hard to complete the School Quality
Factor Diagnostic due in May.
School Improvement Plan:
~The
CNA (Comprehensive Needs Analysis) has been submitted. I am working hard to solidify our IAP (Integrated Action Plan) and TSI (Targeted Support and Innovation) Grant application by Monday 4/15. My plan is to use most of these monies to support (pay) teachers in collaborated planning time. This collaborative time will be used to plan lessons with EL and SpED resource support, to align ELA with new Sci. and Social Studies standards both vertically and horizontally, to plan UDL grade level lessons, etc. Your time is valuable! Our CNA indicates we need more of it, if we can't make it, we are going to have to buy it! Marshall students deserve our best!
Back to school BBQ – August 6th
Food Services has agreed to move our end of the year BBQ (chaos)
to our new Back to School BBQ so our families can all come, eat, find their class, meet their teacher and then leave you alone for the rest of the week to prepare! I am really excited about this! I hope you are too.
Springing into field trip season!
As we move into our very busy experiential learning season, please keep in mind the following:
~All field trips need to be on the Marshall Master Calendar.
~All schedule change requests need to be submitted with 2 weeks notice. This goes for all schedules: Sped Resource, Speech, Special Areas, etc. ~All food service requests (sack lunches or time switches) need to be submitted with 2 weeks notice.
Communication is key and planning ahead gives us all time to plan around.
Coming Up
Monday, April 15th
~5:30-7:00pm Reasor @ Native American Student Acknowledgments grades 4 & 5.
Tuesday, April 16th
~4:00pm Reasor at City Council (my son presents the Mayor with FYHA jersey)
~4th Grade AIMS Science
Wednesday, April 17th
~8:30-11:30am Reasor @ DO (Food Services & Elementary Admin.)
~ Gustafson and Milios to Grand Canyon (7:15am departure)
~3rd Grade AzMERIT
Thursday, April 18th
~Rittmann and Bianco at Arboretum (9:00am departure)
~3rd Grade AzMERIT
Friday, April 19th
~1:00-2:00pm Anderson baby shower
~2:00-3:30pm Grand Canyon Youth Mtg (5th grade)
Bus Duty: 5th Grade
Evaluations: Almost done...
Next week:
Spirit week April 22-26!----->
Important Dates:
April 26th - Social Gathering - Historic Brewing
May 1st - PTO Mtg
May 2nd - Heritage Square Suzuki Performance K-2
May 3rd - PBIS assembly
May 6-10- Teacher Appreciate Week
May 6th - Nurses Day
May 10th - No School -unused snow day
May 15th - School Carnival 65th year!!!
May 16th - Early Release
May 21st - Bike to School Day
May 27th - No School Memorial Day
May 28th - 5th grade promotion
May 29th - Kinder graduation
May 30th - Last Day of School
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