Local Students Name Wandering Wolf “Mystery” as Part of Wildlife Conservation Initiative
Yes, this is Marshall! Read all about it HERE
Calling Off in AESOP/Frontline
To help manage unforeseen absences, please keep these steps in mind:
- As soon as you feel unwell or think you might need to take a day off, please enter your absence in Frontline as early as possible. The sooner we request a sub, the better chance we have of getting someone to cover.
- In the admin notes on Frontline, you can include relevant details—only I can see these.
- If you have a duty on the day you are absent, please find another staff member to request coverage for your duties. We cannot count on the substitutes to know about duties.
- For digital sub plans or any details about your absence that need to be shared, send them to myself, Kristin Hulls, Erin Macdonald, Christina Janeway and a grade-level team memeber).
- If your situation requires more immediate attention beyond an email, please contact the front office.
If the lack of substitute coverage affects your prep time (jeopardizing the required number of minutes per week) or if you need to cover a duty over lunch, please be sure to fill out a timecard. I understand the burden this can place on your day, and I am committed to working with you to manage these challenges as best as we can. It's important that we all feel confident our students are in good hands when we’re away, knowing that we might need to step in to support each other in return. I trust no one on our team would want to place an undue burden on their colleagues. We are in this together!
Please actively call subs to see their availability when you are out!
A few subs we continue to get at Marshall:
Elysia Goff (928) 451-4521
Sheila Griffis (928) 380-6652
Judy DeClerck (928) 417-8133
Evelyn Ramirez (928) 310-2612
Angela Fatica (602) 980-8437
Susan Crouse (928) 310-4627
Gradebook Timeline
Quarter 1
Friday, September 27th
- Special Area teachers should prepare grades
Friday, October 4th
- End of quarter 1 - Teachers, please wait to print Standards Reports until attendance has rolled over.
October 7-9
- Conferences - Please have Standards Reports available to families.
Friday, October 18th
- Grade Book will close at 5:00PM
- Please be sure to "Mark all students complete" prior to this time. All changes after this date will need to go through Lynette Hammit at the district office.
Here is the Grade Book Canvas course again with How To videos from entering grades to preparing Standards Reports and more. https://fusd1.instructure.com/enroll/X3TXWK
Please reach out to Alianah Ramirez - aramirez@fusd1.org with any questions.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
12:45pm Early Release
Please remember to provide us with your
conference schedule at the front office so we are ready for our families. Once again, I will be reporting your conference percentages to Mr. Penca using this form. It is always preferred to have in-person conferences but teams can be another option. As a last resort, phone calls will also count but please try all other options first. You guys always rock these important opportunities to partner with our families! If you have a conference after 4pm, please meet your families at the front door. Don't forget, Tuesday is our collective "late night" until 6pm for our families who need it.
FUSD Foundation Updates
They are accepting applications for the FUSD Foundation Micro Grant Program. Up to $500 for projects within the classroom! The board will review these applications once a month and will be giving out $6,000 this semester. You can access the application HERE
Election - Need to Know
As the November 2024 Election approaches, it is important that each member of Team FUSD understand what you can and cannot do as an employee of a school district. The following guidelines will be included in the upcoming edition of The Peak employee newsletter: FUSD Election Guidelines 2024. Please be mindful of conversations in hallways and other common spaces.
Halloween
...is on a Thursday, I will take Friday off. I joke, but I want that to be true. I don't have a problem with Halloween at all! It's the day after that always seems to present great challenges. We will be ready for them! Please check out the "Halloween 3-Pronged Policy" below. No surprises here, just common sense.
Marshall's 3-Pronged Policy -----E (get it?)
1. Any Halloween activities must be aligned with standards and instruction.
2. Aligned Halloween activities must not impact or interrupt other school programs, schedules, or special classes, including but not limited to RTI.
3. Costumes must be school appropriate following the guidelines below. If your students wish to come in costume, please make sure you pass along and monitor these guidelines.
- If costumes are in any way unsafe students will be required to remove them.
- No attire may be worn which would in any way impede the student from moving safely and quickly out of the building in the event of an alarm.
- If students must change, they will be sent to the nurse's office or they will be required to stay in the office until parents arrive with a change of clothes.
- Costumes must not obstruct vision or movement or in any way present a hazard to the student or other classmates.
- Masks may not be worn. Not even outside the classroom.
- No fake knives, swords, or guns of any kind may be used as a part of any costume.
- Such items will be confiscated and may result in disciplinary action including but not limited to suspension from school.
- Costumes must not be overly gruesome and overtly violent.
Thank you for you help in enforcing the "Halloween 3-Pronged Policy". Please share your educational ideas and photos with the rest of us.
- Reply and let her know if your class will be participating by Monday, October 14th
- Give your participants the classroom spelling bee study list (you will receive this from her)
- Complete classroom spelling bee and email her the winners (1st and 2nd place) by Monday, November 18th
- Give your classroom winner and runner up the school spelling bee study list (you will also receive this from her)
- School wide spelling bee - Friday, December 13th
- County spelling bee - Saturday, February 1st
All grade levels are invited to participate!
Capital Monies
Capital One-Time Funding
As mentioned in our Site PD, I would like to gather feedback from you, the Marshall Staff, on what we should spend this money on. It is particularly difficult knowing we will be moving in one year from NOW into a new school with all new furnishing, tech, etc. Please reflect on this individually, talk with your team (grade level, specialty area, etc) and then provide me with feedback by October 18th using this FORM.
Marshall 2.0 Furniture, Fixtures, & Equipment Kick-Off Meeting (FF&E)
Marshall 2.0. FF&E Minutes with detail for those who wish to stay in the loop.
Dear Janelle and Marshall Staff,
First of all, thank you for coming to our Kick-off Engagement meeting on Monday. We truly appreciate your input and giving us guidance on the future furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E) for your new school. Attached are the meeting minutes from our session. Please review it and let me know if you have any changes that need to be made.
As we begin the first step in the Design Process, I have outlined the following steps to proceed with:
- Start to design the furniture layouts using Killip as a basis of design, along with the notes that we heard from your session (see meeting minutes).
- Within the next month, we will begin to schedule a few 30-minute to an hour meeting with your teacher champions next couple of weeks to review the furniture layouts. A majority of the virtual meetings will be conducted after school (after 3:45pm) or on Fridays (1:30pm – 4pm) since these are the times that are more convenient for you and your team. We will start in the following order:
· Pre-K & Kinder
· 1st, 2nd & 3rd
· 4th, 5th & Special Education
· Makerspaces & Specials (Art & Music)
· Admin & Teacher Lounge/Workroom
· Classroom Support Services & Nurse
· Media Center & Other Support Spaces (Janitor)
- After we meet with you and your Teacher Champions, we will take those changes, update the layouts, and conduct another meeting to make sure we have all the items accounted for.
- Towards the end of our Design Process, we will then select finishes and fabrics and finish out the Design Process.
We will work with you every step of the way to ensure that you are happy and satisfied with your selections before we begin the Procurement Process. At that time, we will coordinate another set of meetings to continue working together.
Again, thank-you for meeting with us. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and don’t forget to review the attached meeting minutes. Have a great day.
Sincerely, LaDawn Bentley Associate AIA, IIDA |
Architect | Project Manager |
"I find a bunch of queued papers for print, so people send things jam it or see that it's jammed and just leave it. It has been frustrating having to start each day unjamming the printer". Let's work together!
Mustang Gallop Schedule - SAME AS LAST YEAR
RTI Canceled on Conference week
There will be no RTI on conference days (October 7th, 8th, & 9th) for any grade level. Please plan accordingly.
PLCs Canceled Sept 30-Oct 4 for Gradebook preparation
Progress Monitoring begins Sept 30
Mondays - Second grade, 9:40-10:10 and Fourth grade 1:40-2:10
Tuesdays - Kinder 9:35-10:05 and Fifth grade 1:40-2:10
Wednesdays - First grade 9:40-10:10 and Third grade 1:40-2:10
Coming up
