No slow November!

What an amazing week we had!We crushed the Cognia review, we hosted THE BEST Parent University to date, we ate leftovers and we took some time to develop as professionals during the You Matter district-wide PD day.  I hope you found your Friday valuable and I hope you know how much YOU MATTER!  You matter to me.  You matter to your students.  You matter to your colleagues.  You matter to your friends and family.  You matter to so many people that you deserve to take better care of yourself. 
I hope you do.  It's important. 

**Do you subscribe to Angela Watson’s “Truth for Teachers” podcast? It’s amazing!
Click the picture below to check out this episode: A Crash Course on Trauma-Informed Teaching. 

You’ll learn ways that trauma impacts students and what we can do to support kids without carrying the weight of that trauma ourselves. The podcast also provides specific dos and don’ts to make it easier to navigate this in your classroom.
Trauma-informed teaching is not a curriculum, set of prescribed strategies, or something you need to “add to your plate.” It’s more like a lens through which you choose to view your students which will help you build better relationships, prevent conflict, and teach them effectively.

Spotlight on Mrs. Christina Janeway, Attendance Clerk
My name is Christina Janeway, some of you may know me well and I have had the pleasure of working with you as a parent first and then as a coworker. To those of you who may not I am also known as Miss Christina, Kindergarten Aide to the wonderful Jessica Housholder. I have worked at Marshall Elementary for 7 years. And prior to having my 3 children I worked for Weitzel and Christensen Elementary in the special education preschool. I first started working at Marshall as a copy aide for the teachers. I know many of you are saying, “Wait a minute, we had a copy aide?” Yes however as that position went away I found a place in the Kindergarten alongside the most amazing kindergarten team ever!
But my History with Marshall didn’t start there. Thirteen years ago my son Matthew was in the special education preschool at Sechrist Elementary and we had hoped to continue elementary there, despite living out of boundaries. However two weeks before school was to start I received a letter informing us he was not accepted. A broken hearted, anxiety ridden mother began calling schools to see who would take us; a friend suggested Marshall and I called the newly hired principal Staci Zanzucci. When I began explaining our situation she stopped me mid sentence and said,” Don’t worry, your son has a spot here.” I burst into tears and after our first meeting with his Kindergarten Teacher Mellissa Bianco, I began to fall in love with Marshall. Matthew is now a Senior!

Marshall has been a beautiful home to all three of my children, Matthew, Mitchell and Katie and halfway through Katie’s Kindergarten year became my home too! So I am so excited to continue to partner with you my Marshall Family in a different capacity as Attendance Secretary Clerk for the remainder of the year. While we all miss Malinda so much and wish her well, I hope I can be of help and give Erin the support she needs in the front office as well as Janelle our bold leader! And of course please let me know how I can be of service to all of you amazing teachers who live everyday to serve, teach, reach and shape young minds! You are setting the foundation for all future learning! We are Marshall ElevatED!

Thank you Ms. Shaw for bringing back America's White Table! 

SPED Corner by Hauer 

Misconception 3: Learning disabilities usually correspond with a low IQ.
“If a person’s intellectual capacity is below normal, their problems learning are not said to stem from a learning disability. Again, these are processing disorders that occur for reasons other than diminished cognitive ability. They’re not due to poor vision, poor hearing, they’re not caused by environmental or cultural factors. They aren’t caused by ‘dysteachia’ or a lack of opportunity to learn, and are not a result of a less than optimal home environment. Children with LD have the mental machinery to do well, but because of the unique ways that their brains are organized to receive, process, store, retrieve and communicate information, they struggle to accomplish tasks that are necessary to success in school and in life.

“The other thing I must stress is LD is absolutely not about laziness or a lack of motivation. These are real disorders — with impacts that are felt every day and in so many ways. Imagine how you would feel if every time you read something new you needed extra time to sound out each word, re-read each sentence more than once to retain its meaning, and struggle to remember details and take notes. Now imagine the stress of the school day, worrying about whether you will be called upon to read aloud or write on the board, in effect being asked to put your LD on display. And the same goes for the workplace. The key is to help those with LD to circumvent the challenges of their learning disabilities so they can share what they know in ways that demonstrate strength, leveling the playing field so their difficulties don’t define who they are and what they can accomplish."

Technology standards by grade.

This is a great resource----> HERE

Please take time to fill out the CNA survey before Nov. 20th. Find it HERE

Coming up

Reasor out~Mrs.Overton is acting administrator

her cell is (928) 853-5591

Monday, Nov 11, No School Veterans Day 

Tuesday, Nov 12
~9-10am Bus evacuation drill
~5:30pm Governing Board          Mtg (Marshall is a B!)
~5:30pm SMS 5th grade  Parent Night & Showcase event

Wednesday, Nov 13

~5:30pm MEMS 5th grade Parent Night & Showcase event

Thursday, Nov 14

~9:30-12:00pm  Housholder to Lake Mary

~5:30-6:30pm 5th grade parent meeting for kayak trip

~Overton at Admin, Cindy Foubert can help if you need 

  (928) 863-8991

Friday, Nov 15

~Overton at Admin, Steve McAllister can help if you need 

   (928) 890-7994

~Have a GREAT weekend!

Upcoming Evaluations week of Nov 18: Flores and Ryan

~Nov 12-18, Reasor out. Heather Overton will be able to assist and support you as your acting principal.  We are so fortunate.  Thank you Mrs. Overton!
~Nov 20, 5th grade middle school visitation
~Nov 20, CNA survey must be completed by all staff (email Reasor when done).
~Nov 27-29, No School Thanksgiving Break.

~Dec 6, Spelling Bee

~Dec 18, PTO Craft Night

~Dec 19, Holiday Luncheon

~Dec 21-Jan 5, Winter Break

Bus Duty: Kindergarten Teachers (TPPP eligible)!

Nov 12-15


Bus Duty: 1st grade Teachers (TPPP eligible)!

Nov 18-22

There will be no blog next week. This is your two week blog :) 

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