Lightening Apps - I like WeatherBug, My Lightning Tracker and RadSat
9 teachers out on Friday (sigh)
Things to do to hopefully get Apple Classroom working:
Have teacher iPad updated (there was a new one 8/17)
Have all student iPads updated
When the “Apple ID Verification” screen comes up on students iPads have students re-sign in using their birthday as the password ex: mm/dd/yyyy
In self-service reinstall Apple Classroom
Try and do all of these before Wednesday 8/24. There should be a sync that night & that will hopefully help. I will send out an email if I hear anything else. (:
I hope clarifying the following expectations will assist us all finishing our day as safely as we begin our day.
Please share the following with your students:
1) Students must be dismissed by the teacher, not the bell.
2) Students will walk directly to their designated area (gym bus line, FACTS, front entry for parent pick-up). No bathroom stops or detours unless given permission by teacher.
3) When in gym bus line, NO FOOD or DRINK allowed. Keep all belongings packed up. Students must sit and keep volume down.
4) When loading a bus, all students must remain in a single-file line. Kinders load first. **Please check all Kinder name tags on the backpack to be sure they are on the right bus as they load! We have had some on the wrong bus.
5) We will begin loading at 3:25pm (12:30pm on Fri.). That gives them only 5 min. to get to the gym and line up. Again, no bathroom stops. There is NO reason to miss a bus. No time to lag.
6) Remember, you are the last impression of their time at Marshall. Take a moment to wish them a good evening or ask about their day! It goes a long way!!
Thank you all for your continued support in helping students adhere to these expectations!
Department Chair Stipends $$$$$If you are interested in being a committee chair or wish to represent Marshall district-wide on THE VOICE (certified and classified), please email me asap. Please note: All committees will meet monthly at minimum. All agendas and minutes must be kept.
Options:
- THE VOICE (certified and classified)
- PBIS
- Restorative Practices (Carrozzino is chair - trainer of the trainers)
- STEAM
- School Improvement/Leadership Team
- Family Engagement
- Staff Engagement (not eligible for a stipend)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff in the Fall
Is your team interested in exploring Colorado Plateau ecosystems?
These field trips are designed to engage students with place-based learning opportunities that encourage discovery and enjoyment of the natural world by utilizing the 200 acres at The Arboretum; including the greenhouses, gardens, pond, and forest areas. Field trips last around 1-2 hours and your group can enjoy lunch on site. If you are interested in scheduling a field trip, please fill out the Field Trip Request Form or contact their Education Programs Manager Helena Murray at Helena.Murray@thearb.org
Available field trips for Fall 2022:
All Grades: Optional Mini-Hike
The 30-45 minute mini-hike will take place in the areas of The Arb not covered in the field trip portion. These areas include the greenhouse, the pond, the herb garden, and the trails connecting these areas.
Preschool / Kindergarten: The Five-Alive Senses
Students will be led through The Arb grounds where they will practice using all five senses and discover the ways our senses can be used to explore nature. Highlights include listening to frogs and birds by the pond, smelling plants in the Herb Garden, and feeling different types of conifers on the woodland path.
1st Grade: Our Homes in the Forest
This program introduces students to the concept of habitat by relating their homes to animal homes. Students learn that animals need a place to live, food to eat, and water to drink - just like we do! We specifically explore the relationships between Abert's squirrels, birds, insects, and ponderosa pines as we make our way through the forest.
2nd Grade: Life Cycles on the Colorado Plateau
Students will learn about and compare the different stages in the development of a Western Chorus Frog and a Dragonfly/Damselfly as well as other seasonal plants and animals. They will spend time investigating organisms found in The Arb pond and work together to identify the life cycle stage of each critter discovered.
3rd Grade: Animal Needs and Adaptations
Students will learn about the importance of riparian areas to plants and wildlife in Arizona as well as the adaptations needed for living in water at different stages of life. They will explore, identify, and share their findings about aquatic invertebrates in The Arb's riparian areas with classmates.
4th Grade: Plant Superheroes
Plant superheroes don’t always wear capes! What would happen if we had no plants? Students discover why we need plants and how plants are able to thrive in our arid, high-elevation ecosystem. Students engage in hands-on activities that help build observation skills and promote critical thinking about the plant world and its amazing adaptations.
5th Grade: Fifth Grade Foresters/Forest Investigators
Students will learn about forest ecology and will be able to recognize indicators of healthy and unhealthy forests in our fire-adapted ecosystem. Students will become foresters for a day. Practicing science skills, students evaluate sections of the forest and offer solutions for improving forest health.
Want to go on a field trip but aren’t quite sure yet? Send an email to Helena.Murray@thearb.org to discuss opportunities for virtual or in class options.
We have secured outside funding (CCESA) for a Social Worker to work with our students two days a week! Mrs. C. and I are working closly with Everybody Matters to get this program up and running very soon. Our students deserve the best of our servies.
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Please review the detailed election information regarding Proposition No. 447 Override and Proposition No. 448 Bond, and guidelines from Superintendent Penca (email sent 8/18 at 7:01am). More detailed information and a link to register to vote, if you have not done so already, is available on the FUSD website at: www.fusd1.org/bondandoverride
Please take time to carefully review the Permitted and Prohibited activities in the attached FUSD Election Guidelines 2022 document. It is important you be informed and help inform others. For each violation of this law, the court may impose a civil penalty against the individual who knowingly violates the law.
NIKE SHOE DROP
Please take 10 seconds to fill out this form. No promises here. I am trying to secure a NIKE shoe drop for our staff. :)
Did you know? ELL AZELLA Placement Testing
The following procedure is used to determine a student's eligibility for ELL services.
When a parent registers a student new to the district, he/she is required to fill out a Home Language Survey known as HLS (no more phlote).
The responses to this Home Language Survey (HLS) are used by the school to provide the most appropriate instructional programs and services for the student. The answers below will determine if a student will take the Arizona English Language Learner Assessment (AZELLA) Placement Test.
1. What language do people speak in the home most of the time?
2. What language does the student speak most of the time?
3. What language did the student first speak or understand?
If a parent responds to at least one of the questions on the phlote as other than English, the information will be verified through the Arizona Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition Services to determine whether the student needs to be administered the AZELLA Placement Test.
Help us see behind the scenes! Take a moment to validate a Wingman!
Thanks to Itzel for attempting to fix the copiers last Friday after school! Really appreciate you!
A big thank you to Joe and Hulls for helping me with the new phonics program! I love you guys! Andrea
Thank you Tr. Jackie, Mrs. Krause and Tr. Summer for helping brainstorm and getting creative on making schedules to meet the needs of our students!
Thank you Marshall Family!!! Your support, reaching out and understanding of my family's trials right now me the world to Les and I!
House Bill 2707- "For kindergarten programs and grades one through twelve, set aside at least one minute but not more than two minutes at the beginning of each school day for students to engage in a moment of silence during which students may not interfere with other students' participation. A teacher or other school employee may not suggest the nature of any reflection in which a student may engage during the moment of silence. Each teacher of a class in which a moment of silence occurs pursuant to this paragraph shall encourage parents of students in the class to discuss with their children how to best use the moment of silence required by this paragraph.". Please allow for 1 minute following the announcements beginning September 24, 2022
Please complete by August, 26th.
Coming UP
Begin CTs Tuesday, Sept. 6
Monday, Aug 22
~Suzuki begins with Ms. Rachel.
Needed: Name tags, list of need to knows (behaviors, med. issues, etc).
Teachers or Teacher aids: Please plan to attend the first 2 weeks with your class to assist Ms. Rachel in getting to know your class and setting the expectations for Suzuki. We want to make sure students are on the same page out in the portable. If Rachel does not need you both weeks, she will let you know. Thank you for your cooperation in setting our Suzuki program up for success.
Tuesday, Aug 23
~ 5:30pm Governing Board Mtg
Wednesday, Aug 24
~Reasor at NISL (National Institute of School Leadership).
Heather Overton will cover Administrative Duties. Please reach out if you need assistance
(928) 853-5591
Thursday, Aug 25
~Reasor at NISL Only two more sessions left before my graduation!
Friday, Aug 26
~ Marshall Staff PD 1-3pm in Library (TBD)
~ Expectation Checklist must be completed
~ Cavans pages must be completed
Sept. 1-Open House 5:00-6:30
Sept. 5-NO SCHOOL
Sept. 9 - FBA/BIP training 1:15pm-3:00pm (optional)
Sept. 19 -No School-District Wide PD
Sept. 22 - School Picture Day
