Marshall Mustang Memo: Hello October!

Truth....

May this week bring the calm and focus!

Walk to school day from Holly Thompson

This Wednesday 10/2 is International Walk to School Day. If you can come to the National Guard Armory and help escort kids to school, let Holly know. The county supports us, as well as NAU's ROTC, but our students really like to walk with their teachers. Be at the Armory about 8 to meet the buses and enjoy the crisp morning air.

Spotlight: Meet Nurse Liz Walmer

Hi Marshall team. This is Nurse Liz and I am so excited to be your school nurse. I moved to Flagstaff just over 4 years ago and have held a few different nursing positions within the district but have always wanted to be at Marshall. Before moving here I lived in the Phoenix area and worked for 15 years at the same elementary school in Tempe. My husband and I have 2 grown children, 1 dog, 3 cats and a really old fish. Gardening is my favorite hobby but I also love going to concerts, traveling, and taking long walks. My goal here at Marshall is to do whatever I can to minimize health related barriers to student learning. Please don’t hesitate to let me know how I can help.
Thanks,
Nurse Liz

SPED Corner by Joel Axler

The term learning disability, also referred to as specific learning disability, is an umbrella term that covers a range of neurologically based disorders in learning and various degrees of severity of such disorders. As many as 15% of children have a learning disability.

Broadly speaking, these disorders involve difficulty in one or more, but not uniformly in all, basic psychological processes, such as input (auditory or visual perception), integration (sequencing, abstraction, and organization), memory (working, short term, and long term memory), or output (expressive language).Children with learning disabilities may have trouble with one or more of the following skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, and math. Other terms sometimes used when referring to learning disabilities include dyslexia (difficulty with reading), dyscalculia (difficulty with math), or dysgraphia (difficulty with written expression).

Learning disabilities are not emotional disturbances, intellectual disabilities, or sensory impairments. They are not caused by cultural or language differences or a lack of educational opportunity. Cognitive assessment, including psychoeducational or neuropsychological evaluation, is of critical importance in diagnosing a learning disability. Learning disabilities may be diagnosed by qualified school or educational psychologists, by clinical psychologists, and by clinical neuropsychologists who are trained and experienced in the assessment of learning disabilities.

Math Playground <-----click here
Math Playground is a great website with hundreds of math games appropriate for K-8 students. You can search for games by grade level, by topic, or by question type. There are
more than 100 instructional videos in Math Playground’s video library.

Marshall has been chosen by Superintendent Penca for the AdvancED (now cognia) accreditation visit in November!!! This is a true testament to the confidence he has in our school, our teachers, and our students! For the month of Oct., we will focus on the 7 learning environments that are observed using the eleot observation tool. Please take time to view details re: Environment A: Equitable Learning and Environment B: High Expectations. Remember, this is an observation tool, not an evaluation tool. We will continue to talk about this in CT's.

It is my goal to have all things AdvancED/Cognia on

THE HUB by the end of the week.

Grade Book and Report Card Timeline

Here is the timeline for the end of the first quarter...

Friday, September 27^{th –}Specials teachers should prepare grades
Friday, October 4^th – End of Quarter 1 – Attendance Rollover and Specials Grades by 12 noon
October 7^th-9^th – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Standards Reports should be present at conference

Please let Heather Overton know if you have any questions or need to meet to get these first grades transferred correctly.

Coming Up

Monday, September 30
~Gustafson to Elden Peublo

Tuesday, October 1
~Lester to A-1 Mountain Tree Planting
~5:30-7:30 Parenting AZ Active Parenting Workshop

Wednesday, October 2
~Walk to school day
~National Custodian's Day
~9:00am Reasor w/ Penca AdvancED Accreditation
~4:30-5:30 PTO Mtg

Thursday, October 3
~2nd grade to Public Works/Arboretum
~Fisher to A-1 Mountain Tree Planting
~Herberger/Beck to MEMS for Special Olympics
~5:30-7:30 Parenting AZ Active Parenting Workshop

Friday, October 4
~Blue ticket store
~12:45pm Grand Canyon Youth meeting with 5th grade teachers

October 7-9 Parent Teacher Conferences
Please remember there is NO RTI during this week.
October 10 & 11 Fall Break
October 14 - Taiko Drumming Begins