Teacher appreciation week and end of the year happenings!

I hope you enjoy everything about the exciting Appreciation week ahead.  Marshall teachers are supported like no other by our amazing Marshall CSO and community! You are valued!

 

 May is Mental Health Awareness Month!

When we think of taking care of our health, we often first consider our physical health—things like blood pressure, cholesterol, and fitness routines. But it’s just as important to consider your mental health. Today, we’re sharing five ways to take care of your mental well-being—and prevent issues that can affect your overall health.  

1. Connect with loved ones. Building relationships with other people improves your self-worth and gives you a sense of community. Emotional support is important to feeling less alone.

2. Get regular exercise. Physical fitness not only raises self-esteem, it helps your mood—which can be incredibly helpful during times of stress. Find an activity you enjoy, whether it’s walking, swimming, cycling, or strength training, and aim for 30 minutes a day three to five days a week.

3. Practice mindfulness. Contrary to popular belief, mindfulness is not “clearing your mind” of all thoughts. Instead, it’s simply paying attention to the present moment—your emotions, your thoughts, how you feel in your body. Mindfulness can reduce stress and help you take on challenges. Click here to learn more.

4. Eat a balanced diet. Eating brain-healthy foods like fatty fish and nuts alongside a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can boost mental health. Avoid drinking excessively or smoking tobacco, as alcohol is a depressant and smoking can increase tension or even mask mental health concerns.

5. Create a calming routine. Does soft music calm you? Is there a particular smell that helps ease your anxiety? Perhaps a morning walk in the sun helps you feel ready for the day. Finding healthy ways to appeal to your senses can help you cope with the stress of day-to-day life.

If you are struggling with your mental health, your Vera care team is here to help. To make an appointment with a Vera provider or health coach, click here or call (928) 774-3985.

Mandatory Survey from Apple/FUSD 

Classroom Teachers Only 

You must complete on your own time during this week. 

Apple is pleased to provide you with access to the Learning Technologies Survey. This 15-minute survey is designed to provide insight into learning and teaching practices related to technology. Results from the survey will continue to help Marshall design professional learning goals, understand teacher perceptions of technology, and identify instructional opportunities that deepen student learning.

School name: Marshall

To access your Learning Technologies Survey click here.
If you have any issues with your survey link, copy and paste this entire URL into your browser.
https://essentials.applesurveys.com/jfe/form/SV_3Dln8BZlrh8ALyZ?code=948830405

Your survey will open starting on 5/8/2023 at 12:01 a.m. (US Eastern Standard Time) and remain open for 14 days. After the survey closes we'll send you a report with your results.

Participation in the survey is MANDATORY AT MARSHALL, and all data collected and reported is non-personally identifying. By participating in the survey, respondents grant Apple the right to use this data to share results with your school and third parties in a non-personally identifying and aggregated format. Read more about Apple’s commitment to privacy here.

FUSD Climate and Culture Survey

District-wide employee engagement survey for Flagstaff Unified School District is out and you each have your own log in (emailed).  Please take time to provide feedback. It will close 5/19. As of today, 30.7% of you have completed this.  

Let's shoot for 100%!!  All means all!

FACTS Camp IWannaGo!

FACTs Camp I Wanna Go will NOT be housed at Marshall!  I am genuinely grateful to have won this very long battle to give our building and your classrooms a break for the summer!  We will have Co-Op in our building this summer but you will NOT have FACTS in your room!  What a win!!!!  

Grade Book Support

• Monday, May 15 - Grade Book Collaboration in Marshall Library 4:00-6:00

• Friday, May 19 - Initial Attendance Rollover and Specials grades by 12pm

• Early release for Grade Book Preparation

• Please add the following message to the comments area…

  “Days of attendance are accurate as of May 19, 2023. Actual days membership through May 25, 2023 will be entered in your student's personal file and available in ParentVue.”

• Thursday, May 25 - Last Day of School – Final Attendance Rollover by 12pm 

• Hard copies of Standards Reports will be sent home from Marshall.  All parents also have access to reports in ParentVue.

It is very important that teachers "Mark All Students Complete" in order for parents to receive the final PDF of the standards reports through ParentVue.

Need help or have questions?  Mrs. Overton is always ready to help.

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

SHOUT OUTS  (<-click).

Thank Marshall Leadership Team and all those who covered on Friday afternoon for our first engagement with the DLR Architect firm!

Thank you Special Area Teachers for providing information for Art, Music, PE and Library design. I look forward to diving deeper in design with all those who wish to be a part of the process. There will be many ways and days to be involved and all will continue to be kept in the loop. Together, we rise!

Don't forget to complete the NAPEBT Wellness Incentive Program requirements in order to receive your incentives.

Please login to www.napebt.com before Monday, May 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Arizona Time to enter your wellness incentive program activities. Please expect email reminders from this system until your entry has been completed.

Should you have questions, please contact your organization’s HR Department for assistance or click on the “Support” tab within the wellness portal to contact customer support during business hours, Monday through Friday.

Thank you for your commitment to wellness!

Larsen's Library EOY happenings

The end of the year Library schedule will be as follows:

~All Books are due to the library by the last full week of school, May 15^th to May 19th. No new books will be checked out.

~iPad Carts are due back from the 5^th grade teachers by May 22^nd to inventory before the last day of school for those students.

All other iPad Carts are to be brought to the Library on May 26th. Please do not bring them earlier unless approved by myself.

     Checklist for iPad Carts:
1. All labels to be removed for students who are not returning.
2. Updates are installed before carts can be returned. To update hundreds of iPads is not feasible, I ask your help with this.
3. Any broken, non-working or otherwise iPads must be turned into the Library the week of May 22nd - 26th during their library Specials time.
4. Students will be handed a fee letter during the week of May 22nd to the 26th . If you see any unclaimed library books, please return them anytime in the next few weeks. Sooner the better!
NOTE: All 5th grade fees will follow the students to their middle school unless items are returned or fees if lost are paid to Erin MacDonald.
5. If you will not be teaching/working at MMES next year, please let me know soon. I will be checking teacher accounts for items borrowed from the library. You will be given a list if items should be returned.
Thanks for your cooperation, please do reach out with any questions!

​Yvette Larsen

Marshall Magnet Elementary 

Library Media Specialist

928-773-4404  ext. 2752

School supply list for 2023/24

It is once again our  ambitious goal  to make sure you have EVERYTHING you need to run your classroom next year without having to ask parents for supplies or spending your own money!  It is time to meet with your grade level team to think about your needs.   Fill this out when ready: 2023/24 Supply List 

May Bike Month

Here is the link to the Flagstaff Biking Organization webpage for more details:

https://flagstaffbiking.org/may-2023-is-flagstaff-bike-month/

 

(Wednesday, May 10^th…biking 101/Savvy Cyclist – learn rules of the road and how to share the roadway with vehicles)

Tuesday, May 16^th …BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY!

Tuesday, May 16^th …WEST SIDE KIDICAL MASS RIDE & ICE CREAM SOCIAL (meet with your bikes at Sechrist school between 3:45-4pm)

Wednesday, May 17^th…BIKE TO BREAKFAST

Wednesday, May 17^th…EAST SIDE KIDICAL MASS RIDE & ICE CREAM SOCIAL (meet with your bikes at Thomas school between 3:45-4pm)

Sunday, May 21^st…BIKE BAZAAR, HELMET SALES & PARADE (@ Heritage square…$10 Bell Helmets for sale, youth and adult sizes available)

Marshall site selection live presentation recording

https://vimeo.com/823496873

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aimswebPLUS

Hello All,

Thank you for signing up to administer the TestNav portion of aimswebPLUS. 

Please remember that students can now login to take the tests through Clever. Please have them follow these 

directions...

• On their iPads, have students launch the Clever app
• Have students scan their Clever badges or click Log in with username/password to log in manually
• Under FUSD Links, have the students click TestNav
• Rotate iPad so that it is horizontal and click the “Sign in with Clever” button
• Students should now be logged into TestNav!

They logged in this way during the Winter Benchmark, but it is still relatively new. We do not have to use/print login tickets this way. 

I will make sure the tests are turned on each morning. If you decided to change the time you plan to administer, please let me know so I can make sure the correct tests are unlocked.

We plan for the students to take the test in their regular classrooms. I have just included Jackie and Sarah in case they are needed to administer to any of their students. We will be picking students up for make-ups the week of May 15th. If you want the data before then, please feel free to have the students make up the tests in your class.

Let me know if you have any questions,

Heather Overton

 

 

Thank you, Kristie Jones, for beautifying our school all year long with creative and inspiring bulletin boards. 

#MarshallElevated! 

Teachers, I am genuinely impressed with your passion and continued efforts to set each Mustang up for success as they progress through grades.  Your professionalism and valued feedback is honored in the process of class placements!  Each year we try to make it better. I am really excited about how placements clearly reflect our desire for equity, fit and balance for all we must juggle.  Thank you for making the time to further improve our process with these CTs.  Together, we rise! Well done!!

End of the year Professional Expectations, Reflections & Ideas for 2023/24!

Not all have completed Domain 5  self reflection for TEI Plan

Complete the Domain 5 self reflection 24 hours prior to the spring Summative meeting. Please bring evidence for Domain 4 (if necessary) and your laptop to our meeting. 

This week begins my 1:1, 15 min appointments with each teacher.  I am so excited to make the time to:

1)  Reflect on professional accomplishments of 2022/23

2)  Discuss professional ambitions for 2023/24

3)  Review new Frontline sign off process and 2nd observation waivers where applicable.

6)  Provide you with the 2022/23 Final walk-through checkout sheet to be submitted during walk-through before leaving on Friday, May 26th

7)  Listen to your innovative ideas to elevate our school moving forward. 

Please bring your computer. I do not need your lesson plans. Please see the schedule (below - working on it this weekend).  If there is a conflict, please note on the sheet so I can rearrange the schedule.  Please also know that I am starting this early due to the unpredictable demands of each day.  It is possible the schedule will be disrupted with disruptive behaviors.  Thank you in advance for your flexibility! 

End of the year schedule with Reasor  (working on this over the weekend)

Coming Up

Bus Duty - 5th grade team

No more RTI

Panorama will begin May 8th

Monday, May 8

~  Ayala to Buffalo Park

~  U of A Oral Health in Rm 45 

    9:00am grade 3, 9:30am grade 4,10:00am grade 5 

~ 12:30 - 5:00pm Reasor at Admin Council

Tuesday, May 9        

~ Gov. Board Mtg

Wednesday, May 10

~ 7:30-8:20am MTSS mtg

~ Wellness Wednesday, don't forget to log in www.napebt.com 

~ School Nurse Appreciation Day

~ 9:00am-12pm Reasor at ELETEAM

~ McC & Joe at Riordan

Thursday, May 11

~ K-2 Suzuki Violin Performance at Heritage Sq.

Friday, May 12

~ 2nd grade to Library

Sunday, May 14

Happy Mother's Day to all ~ be it a mother, a grandmother, a stepmother, a godmother, a foster mother, or a pet mother! You are valued! I also know that for so many of us this day is incredibly difficult as we are missing those we hold so dear! With great love comes great loss and I am thinking about you!

The Final Push!

4th quarter MAGIC!

May 15-23 - GCY 5th grade River trips

May 15 - Grade Book Collaboration 4-6pm

May 15 - Wellness Incentives due

May 16 - Bike to school day

May 16 - Knoles Summer Engagement 

May 17 - School Carnival 4-6pm

My 18 - Full day of school

May 19- Early Release

May 20 - Choir Performance

May 23 - Governing Board Mtg

May 24 - 5th grade promotion 1:45pm

May 25 - Kindergarten graduation 9:30am

May 25 - Last Day of School-Early Release 12:25pm

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