Goodbye September, Hello October - School Safety

School Safety Focus

Please be sure you have reviewed the following with your students:

• No rocks in doors.
• No letting people in the building.
• Lockdown procedures (the importance of location, attention to the teacher and reason for silence).
• Shelter in place procedures (the importance of remaining safe inside of our building because something just isn't quite right outside. This will occur if there is clearing of a scene nearby or to prepare to go on lockdown if scene moves closer to Marshall).

Bus Safety Focus

Bus Evacuation Drill Tuesday, Sept 27, 2022

9:00am - 3rd grade 9:10am - 4th grade 9:20am - Kindergarten/Co-op

9:30am - 2nd grade

9:40am - 1st grade

9:50am - 5th grade

XCAT will conduct a drill upon arrival.

Easy Money (2 opportunities)

APS/Phoenix Suns

aps.com/teachergrants

Fiesta Bowl - Wishes for Teachers

Random draw!!!  $2,500 to 400 AZ teachers!!!

Get ready to have your wish granted!

Applications NOW OPEN through September 30

Created in 2016, the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program grants classroom wishes to teachers across the state of Arizona. The Fiesta Bowl organization saw that many teachers spent their own money to enhance their classroom experience and developed a program to aid teachers in that effort. As a way to support, celebrate and honor Arizona educators, teachers are invited to fill out an online application detailing their school and classroom wish. Wishes are selected by a random drawing to receive a grant. All wish recipients become part of the Fiesta Bowl family and can participate in community events throughout the year. In its six years, Wishes for Teachers granted over $4.7 million to more than 1,200 Arizona teachers, impacting 500,000+ students across the state.

For the 2022-23 school year, Fiesta Bowl Charities will once again donate $2,500 classroom grants to 400 Arizona K-12 public and charter school teachers. Tell all your teachers to apply for financial assistance to enhance classroom resources.

APPLY HERE

Recipients will be selected at random and notified during a Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP in early November.
Make sure you fill out your short online application now through September 30 at 5 pm PT.

Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Terms and Conditions (PDF)

Technology in your classroom

Mrs. Ayala wanted to share a couple apps she found success with, both can be used with Clever logins! They are GREAT!

https://whiteboard.fi/ is a virtual whiteboard. You can push problems out to student iPads and project their responses to the big screen as well. 

https://play.rocketmath.com/ I didn't know Rocket Math was online! We used XtraMath for fluency at first and it was not a hit, Rocket Math is basically the same thing but with a better interface. 

Help us see behind the scenes!  Take a moment to validate a Wingman!

SHOUT OUTS  (<-click)

A big thank you to Erin, Hulls, Joe, and Ayala for helping me fix my Apple TV! Love you guys! ~ Mrs. McCauslin

Apple TV shout out from McCauslin!!

Mr. Swan for being able to step into my room and work with my NAU student while I was helping in a circle. Mrs. Ging for being so flexible and understanding when I misread the schedule! Mrs. Ging for being so flexible when ... ~Ms. Mears

Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Day is coming up...

Monday, the 26th.  

Below you will find the AZ legal language around this day. 

In this day and age, and with an election coming up in November, this is a great opportunity to inject some civics experiences into their learning day.

September 25, in each year, shall be observed as Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day, which is not a legal holiday.  On Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day, each public school in this state shall dedicate the majority of the school day to civics education.
If Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day when a public school is not in session, the preceding or following school day shall be observed in the public school as the holiday.

Coming UP

Bus Duty - Special Area Teachers

Monday, Sept 26 

~ Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Day

~ Marshall Moment begins

~ 8:50-9:40am Internet Safety & Cyber Bullying grades 3 and 4

~ 9:45-10:45am Internet Safety & Cyber Bullying grade 5

~ 1:30pm LOCKDOWN drill

~ 1:45pm At Risk meeting

~ Begin Discount Card Sales

~ 3:30-4:30pm Tech help with Ashely Esparza in the Library

~ 3:30-4:30pm Grade book help in room 6 with Overton and Dr. Huffman

Tuesday, Sept 27

~ 9:00am Bus Evacuation Drill

~ 10:45am 4th grade to Water Festival

~ 5:30-6:30pm Active Parenting class with Peggy M. 

~ 5:30-? Governing Board Meeting

Wednesday, Sept 28           
~ 2:00pm Fire Drill

~ 3:30-4:30pm Family Engagement Committee in room 6

~ 3:30pm Negotiations 

Thursday, Sept 29
~ Housholder to Budda Beach

Friday, Sept 30

~ 1:15pm PBIS committee meeting room 29

~ 2pm STEAM council meeting in Science Lab

Oct. 2 - National Custodian's Day

Oct. 3  - Tech Ed Support

Oct. 10, 11, 12 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 13, 14 - Fall Break!

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