Thank you for a productive September, 2023!

 Marshall 2.0 is coming along!  Want to see more on 

"The Mural"?  

Check it out HERE

Interested in having Ann in your classroom?  Please email Reasor. 

Ann, NAU Foster Grandparent,  is very interested in helping in the 1^st to 4^th classroom. Her expertise is in the Language Arts and Science. Ann is a published poet. When I was a School Librarian at Kinsey Elementary School, Ann volunteered during Love of Reading Week teaching fun interactive poetry units. She also worked at the Museum of Northern Arizona facilitating outdoor youth education programs

I hope this will help match Ann to a teacher. Years ago, when her children attended Marshall School, Ann was a parent volunteer. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Jane Reukema

Northern Arizona University

Senior AmeriCorps Coordinator

Center for Service and Volunteerism

We wanted to share with you that our friends at Fiesta Bowl have their Wishes for Teachers application currently open until 9/29!! Please share with your teachers!! We love seeing money back in the classroom to support the teachers of our community focus on what’s most important- growing and preparing Arizona’s children!

Wishes For Teacher Program Link

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH MUSTANG GALLOP Map of details coming soon. Please make sure your students have water bottles (suggest a tote to carry them all). Please be on the field 10 minutes before your run time to take a class photo at the photo booth. When you finish, you will grab water bottles and head over to the snow cone truck! Mustang Gallop Timeline Below 8-9 am set-up

Lunch times (sack lunches to be picked up after 10am at your convenience)

Volunteer times will be 10 min before and after grade level run times. Forms need to go home Monday.

Run times 9:30-9:50 am 5th grade   ~75 students 9:55-10:15am 4th grade  ~70 students 10:20-10:50 3rd grade   ~70 students 11:00-11:15 2nd grade ~ 60 students 11:20-11:35 1st grade ~ 60 students 11:40-11:55 Preschool/Kindergarten     ~55 kinder and 40 pre-k                    

Kindergarten Konversations        

Mrs. Burton was at Sprouts and ran into a student last night.  The next day, Kinder runs into class and yells: "Ms. Burton actually goes to stores!!! Like US!!"

Ms. Hattie showing an image of dominos: "Do you guys know what these are?"  
Kids: "Numbers!"
Ms. Hattie: "It starts with a /d/ sound.
Kids: "Dumbers!"

It is with sadness, understanding, and enthusiasm that I announce the departure of Ms. Hattie.  She has loved her time, colleagues, students, and families here at Marshall!  She has been offered a chance to chase her career as a photojournalist.  Ms. Hattie will be joining the Arizona Daily Sun!  We are thrilled for her next adventure and will miss her K-Town contributions!  Thank you, Ms. Hattie for all you have done for our Mustangs and remember: Once a Mustang...  We can't wait to see what you do with this next chapter!  We look forward to your frequent visits!  

The Kinder Aid/Duty position has been posted.  Job # 4211 Kindergarten Instructional Aide/ General Aide (Recess Duty) 23.5 hrs/wk.   Tell a friennd!!! 

Just a reminder that FUSD is going through the process of choosing a science curriculum to adopt for our elementary schools. We have one more presentation next Thursday. 

This link will take you to a Google Doc with links to recordings of all of the presentations completed so far, login information to preview curriculum, additional information the companies have provided, and a feedback form. 

We would love to have as many teachers as possible review the materials to see what would work best for elementary students and teachers.  😀

World Teachers Day (October 5, 2023)  is being celebrated by Dunkin Donuts and the CCESA!   

SHOUT-OUTS  (<-click)

Let's make time to acknowledge our amazing teammates!  

Thank you for showing support to Mrs. Larsen by sending healing thoughts and signing up to provide food for her family! - Staff Engagement

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Highly recommend Lisa Joe as a chauffeur 😆 - thank you for helping me avoid traffic at the training so I could get an ice cream cone! ~ Mrs. Ayala

Thank you Ms. Hobson, Mrs. Burgoon and Mrs. Skelton for assisting with coverage. TEAM Work!!! ~ Reasor

On Monday, FUSD will be sending out the new employee handbook via our Frontline System to all employees. Employees will receive an automatic notification and will have until October 20, 2023, to review the information and sign-off on reviewing it.  This handbook has a new look and feel to it and includes updated policy language now found in our new policy manual with the Trust.  

Gradebook Timeline

Friday, September 22 (September 29 - District PLC)

Specials Teachers to prepare grades

Monday, October 2 - 4:15-6:15

Elementary Grade Book Collaboration - Marshall Library

Frontline Registration - Approval Pending 

Friday, October 6 - End of Quarter 1

• All Specials Grades entered by 12:00 PM

• Attendance Rollover by 12:00 PM

• Teachers - Please remember to “Mark All Complete” once you have completed the standards reports.

Monday, October 9 - Wednesday, October 11

Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Please be sure parents have access to either a paper or digital copy of the standards report at the time of your conference.

Friday, October 20 - Grade Book Closes for Q1

Please contact Lynette Hammit for changes after this date.

PLCs Week of Sept. 25  

Topic this week: 

PLCs on your own this week. District-wide collaboration on Friday at various sites.

 

Thank you all for your commitment to our collective Professional Learning Communities!  

Next Friday (9/29)

All elementary teachers will be traveling to a school site to collaborate with their peers who teach the same/similar grades and subjects. Licensed professionals and teachers other than classroom teachers will also attend a collaboration time. Where you will be going will depend on your current work assignment. See below for details.

During the two-hour block from 2:00-4:00 on Friday, teachers will be working with their grade-level peers to create a future plan for a block of learning that employs UDL strategies. The purpose of this is to build collective efficacy as a district and to begin to experiment and learn to use these strategies more effectively. The purpose is not perfection, but rather collective learning. 

At each site, principals and instructional specialists will be facilitating this work. You can see the slide deck below (it may change a bit before next Friday), along with the UDL lesson/unit form to guide the collection of your work.

Please ask your principals if you have any questions. More details will be forthcoming. 

Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wVnG999B822B2UfguNk8h8NHqhITRoiQIoQQjpAUI5w/edit?usp=sharing

UDL form: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wD6E5D7_rDRzyeh7dKsrb3WhiiRy6MXKqR6TABmRU0w/copy

Where will you be going?

Preschool & Kindergarten -- Thomas Elementary School

1^st Grade -- DeMiguel Elementary School

2^nd Grade -- Marshall Magnet Elementary School

3^rd Grade & Specials -- Kinsey Inquiry and Discovery School

4^th Grade -- Knoles Elementary School

5^th Grade -- Killip Elementary School

EL Specialist: FRC-A room

Native American Support positions: District office, lower-level conference room

Counselors: District Office, conference room A/B

SLPs: preschool evaluation office

Specialized Program Teachers (Cross Cat, Sen Comm, and Beacon): Knoles rm 20 (Kylie’s room)

Resource teachers (including BSP teachers): District office board room

Psychologist: Preschool evaluation office

 

Coming UP  3rd and 4th grade special's switch in AM only

Bus Duty - K-Town

Monday, Sept. 25

~ 3rd grade to Picture Canyon

~ MTSS

Tuesday, Sept. 26

~ 4th grade water festival

~ Krause to Buffalo Park

~ 5:00-6:00pm Parenting AZ

Wednesday, Sept. 27

~ Wonderful Wednesday

Thursday, Sept. 28

~ Housholder to Oak Creek

~ Fisher to Buffalo Park

~ 11:00-12:00 Reasor mtg with Dinardi

~ 5:00-6:00pm Parenting AZ

Friday, Sept. 29

~ Mustang Gallop!!! Let's Go!!

~ 2:00-4:00pm District Collaboration Day at various sites

Professional Development Plan for the 2023/24 School year.  

 Elementary Curriculum Framework (ECF) 

Sept. 25 - 3rd grade to Picture Canyon

Sept. 26 - 4th grade Water Festival

Sept. 29 - Mustang Gallop

Sept. 29 - FUSD PD 2-4pm *site specific

Oct. 2 - National Custodian's Day

Oct. 3 - Bus evacuation drill 9:15am

Oct. 4-6 PrePare Workshop

Oct. 6 - Gallop $$ due

Oct. 9-11 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 12-13 Fall Break

Oct 18 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Oct 20 Gallop Assembly

Oct 26 STEAM night 1

Nov 15 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Nov 21 Thanksgiving Luncheon

Dec 14 Early Release 12:45pm 

Dec 14 STEAM night 2

Dec 20 Early Release 12:45pm

Dec 20  mtg 5:30-6:30

Dec 21 Jan 3 Winter Break

Jan 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Jan 25 STEAM night 3

Feb 21 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Feb 29 STEAM night 4

March 6-8 P/T Conf

March 11-15 Spring Break

March 20 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 25 STEAM night 5

May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

May 15 Carnival

May 23 Last Day of School

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