2020, A Year to Remember
Hindsight is 20/20: This expression means: "It's easier to analyze and evaluate situations when we're looking back on them in the past, than when we're in the present moment."
It feels like we have all been stuck in the moments of 2020. Still, I know so many of us want to "put it behind us". Easier said than done. Do you take the time to reflect on all you accomplished in a year and then create your New Year's Resolutions (personal or professional) for the next? If so, I would love to hear about them and share out in our final 2020 Mustang Memo. Please share with us HERE.
GRADING INFORMATION
FROM HEATHER O.
Hey everyone! It's your friendly, neighborhood Grade Book Coordinator!
Here are some important Grade Book dates and deadlines for Quarter 2:
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Early Release at 12:25pm for Grading Preparation
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - Last Day of Quarter 2
- Attendance roll over and specials grades due by 12pm
- Teachers should not print or email standards reports until rollover occurs.
Friday, January 8, 2021
- Final day for report card changes.
- Quarter 2 Grade Book and Report Card closes at 5:00pm
- All changes after this day will need to be formally submitted to Lynette Hammitt at the District Office.
- Upon parental request, Standards Reports may be emailed in the form of a PDF or printed and mailed home.
- Standards reports will be available on ParentVue and StudentVue - Teachers, please be sure to "Mark All Complete"
Please help us all see what is happening behind the scenes!
~Thank you Ashley Hartsock A huge shout-out to Ashley Hartsock for coordinating all the details so that the 3rd grade could record for the Capitol Tree Lighting. Her attention to detail made this project a success. ~Linda Stamer
~Thank you Erin Macdonald for feeding all of us at Marshall on Friday! Amazing tostadas!
Restorative Practices
Restorative Practices, sometimes called Restorative Justice, at its heart invites us to engage with students, parents/caregivers, and colleagues in a way that honors the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals so that everyone can thrive and grow to their full potential. We interact with students in ways that nurtures, guides, and supports. It challenges traditional power dynamics.
With that in mind, these are the important vocabulary within the context of Restorative Practices/Justice:
- Justice honors the inherent worth of all. It is enacted through relationships. Primary justice, sometimes called social justice, is the condition of respect, dignity, and the protection of rights and opportunities for all, existing in relationships where no one is wronged. Secondary justice, or judicial justice is understood mainly as a response to harm or crime.
- Restorative, as an adjective for both primary and secondary justice, describes how an individual's or group's dignity, worth and interconnectedness will be nurtured, protected, or reestablished in ways that will allow people to be fully contributing members of their communities.
- Education comes from the Latin words educare, meaning "to lead out, to draw out." Therefore, it includes learning in all contexts, formal and informal, and seeks to empower learners of all ages to live out their capacity for being human and relational.
Classroom Observations: Go to THE HUB to see the week you are scheduled.
I am really looking forward to spending more time in each of your classrooms.
Evaluations this week:
Grimmett, McAllister, & Joe
Managing Breakout Rooms in Zoom
Please click the link above for some tips and tricks. After much conversation, we have finally been given permission to explore the use of breakout rooms for students without constant supervision. Expectations and explanations must be made clear to both students and parents as the stories of breakout rooms gone wrong at the elementary level are numerous. It is so important that we first create a document with clear expectations on break out zoom room behaviors. I hope we can get this accomplished sooner than later so we can begin breakout rooms for those teachers who have been requesting permission. Want to help me? Please let me know.
Safety Updates
Health Data for the Week of - https://www.fusd1.org/Page/18464 We were in the substantial range for the number of cases per 100,000 (247.1) and percent positivity ( 7.0%). Please stay safe, team. Our numbers are rising and the best place for us to work may very well be home. I believe that we will be receiving more information from the district on work expectations shortly.
FUSD Covid Dashboard: https://www.fusd1.org/Page/18503
Fire Marshal:
The fire marshal is making the school rounds at FUSD schools on Wednesdays. Please ensure that your work space is ready for this inspection. Areas that are often missed include:
- There can be nothing hanging from the ceiling and there needs to be atl east 18" from the ceiling to boxes/materials on shelves
- Classroom emergency exits must be clear
- "Daisy Chaining" of extension cords is not permitted
- Please make sure there is no paper on your doors or open light bulbs in your classroom.
Meal Train
Thank you to all those who have already provided for Ms. Fisher and her family! It is the kind of support they will never forget. Marshall is family!
Concurrent Teaching PD on Friday.
Thank you for attending as we continue to plan ahead for in-person learning.
Coming Up - Two more weeks! We've got this!
Monday, Dec 7
~12:30-1:00pm Reasor in mtg with Mr. Penca
~1:00-4:30pm Reasor at Admin Council
Tuesday, Dec 8
~5:30pm-?:??pm Governing Board Mtg
Wednesday, Dec 9
~5th grd virtual showcase
Thursday, Dec 10
~12:25pm Early Release.
~1:00-2:00pm Reasor in mtg with Mr. Penca
~3:30-5:00pm Reasor in mtg with Susan Smith and team (high risk population planning)
Friday, Dec 11
~1:00pm-2:15pm Miss Concurrent Teaching presentation? 2nd chance.
**4:30pm Staff Holiday Zoom Party?? Stay tuned, we are trying to put together something really fun! Fingers crossed!
