September Successes

Teachers Matter!

Successes!! RTI was a huge success! We are so excited that we were able to complete our first week of structured Tier II throughout our school. #StudentsFirst!

Congratulations on being a finalist for 2021 Rookie Teacher of the Year, Ms. Mijares!

Upcoming CT schedule

Week of 9/20 - No grade level CTs, 9/24- K-5 Vertical "Dare to Share" CT in Library 1-2pm

Week of 9/27- GDMs

Week of 10/4 - No CTs, report card prep

Week of 10/11 - No CTs, P/T Conferences

Week of 10/18 - IDMs

Gifted Testing

Our first round of gifted testing is here. We will have two testing periods this year. The first testing period begins Oct. 4th. Please submit names to Mrs. Hauer through form no later than September 24th. She will then check if they are eligible to be tested. If they are eligible, she will send parental permission forms out.

From Mary Kay Walton:

This is just a reminder that September 25, is Sandra Day O’Connor Day.  In 2019, Governor Ducey signed into law, HB 2625, to recognize this day for Civics education.  Since this is a Saturday, information on this day or civics instruction focus can be done on Friday, September 24.  For a reminder regarding this event here is the link for background information.

SHOUT OUTS  (<--click) 

Please help us all see what is happening behind the scenes! 

Thank you, Marshall for making us feel so welcomed and loved. We cannot cannot express our gratitude enough. The students really LOVED the event, cards and posters! They are still talking about it with their counselor. ~ Killip Cougars

Thank you, Shaw for helping out the front office with AzM2 filing. ~ Reasor

Thank you, all for sharing your celebrations with the staff. It was impactful and motivating. You are doing the hard work and it is working. ~ Reasor

iPad and Outbreak Planning

I was able to talk with most of our grade level teams. You are clear you do not wish to send iPads home daily. I will work with FUSD on how we can meet their expectations for "remote readiness". To be clear, we are not having this discussion because Marshall is close to outbreak status. We are just preparing ahead. For now, here are a few things to consider...

• Have students take iPads home to try it out for a night and make sure they can connect to the internet from home, charge it at night, and bring it back the next day. Then, you can analyze how the rollout went and make changes as needed.
• As the logistics are being worked out, an emergency plan should be in place in case an outbreak happens before iPads and hotspots go home. The question to consider is: "If we got a call this afternoon that our school is closing because of an outbreak, how would we quickly ensure that students would be able to continue receiving a quality education using the iPad?"
• Getting iPads and hotspots home before there is an outbreak helps front load any technology issues, sheds light on inventory problems, and saves time during an emergency situation.

FUSD's PD Day

Please ensure that all participants have an iPad and laptop for the FUSD PD Day, as our courses will require the use of an iPad.  

Monday PD Plan for Certified

8:00-10:00am  District PD on TEI in Library
https://fusd1.instructure.com/enroll/4D6CCA.

10:00-12:00pm  District PD on Tech for UDL - grade level teams
https://fusd1.instructure.com/enroll/KR6BY9

12:00-1:00pm  Lunch break

1:00- 2:00pm Restorative Practices in the Library.

2:00-3:00pm Build your Peace Place with all the new gifts you will receive.

Covid-19 Updates

From Nurse Liz:
Coconino County Health and Human Services has provided our school with BinaxNOW COVID-19 self-tests. These tests are performed at home and can be distributed for use by any symptomatic individual in our community including students, staff, and family members. These antigen tests should not be used for early release from quarantine after a direct exposure but are a good option providing quick results for anyone experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. Please come see me if you know of anyone who is not feeling well and would be interested in testing.

Outbreak Determinations:
The Coconino County Health and Human Services Department, in coordination with the FUSD COVID Support Team, uses several factors to designate schools as being in outbreak status including the number of positive cases, students quarantining with symptoms and/or pending test results, and students marked absent for illness during a two-week period.  Actions taken by FUSD may include closing the school temporarily for a designated period of time to reduce interactions among students and staff to minimize possible transmission of COVID-19 at the site, and completing enhanced cleaning and air purification.  
Decisions to close schools and transition to temporary remote learning are made only when deemed necessary.  Notifications about outbreak designations will be sent to FUSD families via phone, email, and text.  Families and students should be prepared to transition to temporary remote learning with little advance notice, including students taking iPad devices and other needed materials home each day. 

COVID-19 Health Metrics and Positive Case Dashboard
The Flagstaff Unified School District provides families, team members, and the community weekly updates regarding the overall risk level for COVID-19 and a data dashboard for confirmed COVID-19 cases.  Information is updated each Friday and is available at the FUSD website.
Health Metrics:  https://www.fusd1.org/healthmetrics
Positive Case Dashboard: https://www.fusd1.org/covid19dashboard
Outbreak admin cheat sheet here (ROUGH DRAFT)Admin outbreak preparation procedures here (ROUGH DRAFT)

Revised Covid/Quarantine Guidelines- Please read

2021-2022 school year mitigation plan

FUSD Health Metrics

FUSD Positive Case Dashboard

Vaccine Information and Locations

Flowchart procedures: 

Close contact definition

COVID-19 Playbook

Flagstaff Festival of Science 2021 is here!

Stories in Stone, is finally here (https://scifest.org/2021-festival/) Go to web page for all resources, events and activities.

Coming Up

Monday, Sept 20

~FUSD's Inservice Day 8am-3pm

Tuesday, Sept 21

~20% Fratelli Pizza (3 locations for 3 schools - Marshall, Knoles and DeMiguel)

Wednesday, Sept 22

~9:00-11:30am Reasor at ELETEAM at DO

~10-11am Reasor at Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff for $11,200.00 grant acceptance! Whoo hoooo!

Thursday, Sept 23 ~School Picture Day. No class photos due to mask mandate.

Friday, Sept 24 ~Sandra Day O'Connor - civics day

~1:00-2:00pm School-wide CT "Dare to Share"

Sept 20 - FUSD Professional Development Day

Sept 21 - Fratelli Pizza 20%

Sept 23 - School Picture Day

Sept 27-Oct 1 - Panorama Survey (grades 3-5 in SEL)

Sept 28 - Governing Board Mtg

Sept 30 - 11:05 - FHS Homecoming Parade - Killip on the other side

Oct 2, National Custodian's Day

Oct 6 - Walk to school day

Oct 8 - End of Qtr 1

Oct 11-13 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (1/2 days)

Oct 14-15 - Fall Break

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