September Happenings...
A request from our recess duty personnel:
Please be sure your students have had a chance to use the restroom prior to their lunch recess. Also, if you are allowing them to take snacks outside, please make sure they understand their trash must end up in the trash cans provided.
Safety vests. If you are on recess duty, please be sure to wear your safety vests. If you are in need of a vest, let us know in the front office. Thank you.
TEI PLAN - The evaluation(s)
Please review the TEI PLAN for the 2025-2026 school year. This document includes the following: A link to the rubric, overview of the indicator timeline, the evaluation timeline which includes information on the pre-conference, observation, post conference, and summative evaluation expectations. Please review this thoroughly.
Together, we rise!
Substitutes to call if you need to arrange for your absence
Sheila Griffis (928) 380-6652
Evelyn Ramirez (928) 310-2612
Angela Fatica (602) 980-8437
Susan Crouse (928) 310-4627 Chelsea Modrak (928) 606-5346
Staff Halloween Costume!
Your health and wellness plan
More details about your benefits in an email sent from
Steven Rhode on Friday, Aug 15 at 7:06 AM.
Key Updates:
- Employees must now complete their annual physical to qualify for the $240 Health Plan Incentive.
- The Personal Wellness Incentive offers an additional $120 for accumulating 1,200 wellness points in the My Vera Reward Center. Watching the Wellness Warrior video is one way to earn 600 points toward this incentive.
- Please note: Employees must earn the Health Plan Incentive to be eligible for the Personal Wellness Incentive.
Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Free Counseling for School Staff
At CCESA, we know the challenges of working in education—and we’re here to support you.
That’s why we’re offering 8 free counseling sessions to all school staff in Coconino County. These sessions are designed to help you work through:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Life transitions
- Stress management
Flexible Options:
✅ Sessions can be held at your school site, at our CCESA office, or virtually—whatever works best for you.
✅ After the 8 free sessions, we’ll help connect you with a long-term therapist if needed.
This program is designed to remove barriers to mental health care, so you can focus on being your best self—both inside and outside the classroom. 💙
How to Get Started:
Reach out to Shannon Wills at swills@coconino.az.gov for more information or to schedule your first session.
Together, we can support the educators who support our students every day.
- Details: Fall Session 2025
- Format: Self-paced, online via Canvas
- Hours: 10 hours Salary Advancement
- Enrollment: Click here to self-enroll in Canvas
- PD Credit: Sign up in Frontline to receive credit
Everything Bridges!
Bridges Implementation Checklist
Jane Gaun provided the following checklist for Bridges Implementation. I encourage you to use it as you plan and implement with your teams.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wcOl8NbBTOH3yBYN3I9a4L-zlQQpqtSSJ2OsH8fVCsc/edit?usp=sharing
Bridges Professional Learning: From Jane Gaun
There have been requests for facilitated monthly Bridges in Mathematics support sessions. It has taken some coordination, but we have grade-level collaboration and planning sessions set for the 2025-26 school year.
The sessions are all from 3:45-5:15 at the Family Resource Center. Space is limited to 1 certified participant from each school at each grade level. Participants will be compensated $40/hour from the PM funds. Grade level teams should coordinate who will attend from their school each month.
Dates: Sept 16, Oct 15, Nov 4, Dec 9, Jan 27, and March 17 from 3:45-5:15
The Sept 16 sessions are currently available in Frontline
(Grade level) Bridges in Mathematics Planning/Collaboration
Please sign up here. One person can plan to attend all sessions or your team can divvy this up. This is a GREAT opportunity and I'm glad that we can be a part of it.
Spelling Bee Timeline
- Let Meghan Mears know if your class will be participating by Monday, October 6th
- 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 Friday, December 5th
- 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, January 9th in our new building
- County spelling bee - Saturday, February 7th
Fusion Friday Fall 2025. Shout out to Alianah Ramirez for coordinating your Fusion Friday! Please see her with any questions.
Alternative Form for Income Based Eligibility
The “Alternative Form for Income-Based Eligibility.” went home with every student. This data can directly impact our Title I funding. Once you’ve collected the forms, return them to the office. We do have a District deadline, so thank you for getting these out and back quickly. WE NEED THESE. KEEP TRYING.
September 15 PD Day Info
This year’s theme is ELEVATE — Empower · Learn · Explore · Vision · Aspire · Transform · Engage.
Schedule & Locations
Certified Staff: Sinagua Middle School, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (90-minute lunch)
Marshall's Leadership team will spend the afternoon at Marshall for BOLD PDClassified & Licensed Professional Staff: Coconino High School, 7:45 a.m.–3:45 p.m. (60-minute lunch)
🇪🇸 Spanish Heritage Week: September 22–26
🌎 Indigenous Peoples Week: October 12–17
Flagstaff Festival of Science
The 36th annual Flagstaff Festival of Science is just around the corner: September 19–28, 2025! FFS is a FREE 10-day event promoting awareness and enthusiasm for science in northern Arizona!
In your mailboxes, you will find a bundle of FFS Passports with information about selected events. Importantly, they also have a QR code that links to the Flagstaff Festival of Science App, which has the full schedule of events.
Please keep the passports in your classrooms for students who want to have a hard copy, and please share the QR code with your students so they can explore the FFS app. Though we do not have enough passports for every student to take home, we expect that most people will prefer to use the app to get information about the schedule of events. However, we want the hard copy to be accessible to students and families who cannot access the schedule online or on a device.
If you want more hard copy Passports for your classroom, there is a small stack of extras in the mailroom, along with black & white copies. If more are needed, you can let Keely know or email info@scifest.org , and they will deliver more to the school.
Thank you for helping spread the word about the Flagstaff Festival of Science!
AZ state law in 15-710.01 states that 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.
Here are some resources - https://www.arizonaciviccoalition.org/state-standards-and-curriculum
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