Fall is in the air!

Picture day Sept. 18th

Please be in the former fit kids room at 8:10am for the staff photo!  #MarshallElevatED

Spotlight: Meet Alianah Mijares, 4th grade

Hey y’all! My name is Alianah Mijares and I am the new 4th grade teacher! I am so excited to be at Marshall for my first year of teaching ever! I am originally from Peoria, Arizona and moved to Flagstaff to attend NAU! I have fallen in love with this beautiful mountain town and hope to make it home for a long time! While in college I taught three years of an introduction to college class to incoming freshmen. I also have a few years of experience working with preschool kiddos! Outside of teaching I like baking, crafting and being outside! I am currently training for a 5K at the end of September. I like to shoot archery and go country dancing. I have the sweetest golden retriever mix puppy dog named Nestle! It’s been a great start to the year in 4th grade, I can’t wait to start diving into all things Marshall in these next few weeks with committees, Magnet Monday’s, and so much more! I’m in room 26 please come say hi anytime!

SPED Corner by Hauer

Warning Signs of Dyslexia

If a child has 3 or more of the following warning signs, encourage that child’s parents and teachers to learn more about dyslexia.

In Elementary School

• dysgraphia (slow, non-automatic handwriting that is difficult to read)

• letter or number reversals continuing past the end of first grade                                                                                                                       

• extreme difficulty learning cursive

• slow, choppy, inaccurate reading:

      - guesses based on shape or context

      - skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)

      - ignores suffixes

      - can’t sound out unknown words

• terrible spelling

• often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does)

or homonyms (their, they’re, and there)

• difficulty telling time with a clock with hands

• trouble with math

      - memorizing multiplication tables

      - memorizing a sequence of steps

      - directionality

• when speaking, difficulty finding the correct word

      - lots of “whatyamacallits” and “thingies”

      - common sayings come out slightly twisted

• extremely messy bedroom, backpack, and desk

• dreads going to school

      - complains of stomach aches or headaches

      - may have nightmares about school

Check out the short video to experience dyslexia for yourself. 

REFLEX Math update:

263 students are actively using Reflex this year.  They have already gained 8,612 NEW MATH FACTS to fluency!

Festival Opens Overflow Space for Live-Streaming of Apollo Astronaut Talk

Free tickets available for NAU’s Kitt Recital Hall

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- As the Flagstaff Festival of Science prepares to go To the Moon and Beyond during its 30^th anniversary season, the W. L. Gore & Associates Keynote Presentation featuring Apollo 16 astronaut General Charlie Duke at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, is sold out for seating in Northern Arizona University’s Ardrey Auditorium. In an effort to make Duke’s talk as accessible as possible, the Festival is live-streaming the keynote for the first time ever on YouTube and creating overflow space in NAU’s nearby Kitt Recital Hall, where the presentation can be viewed on two screens. Free tickets for the overflow space are available at the NAU Central Ticket Office, nau.edu/cto or 928-523-5661. The presentation also may be viewed live at:
YouTube.com/c/flagstafffestivalofscience             Too cool!!!

Sanford Harmony is ONLINE!!

Harmony’s New Online Learning Portal Launches Sept. 5! We are so excited to announce that our brand-new and easy-to-navigate Online Learning Portal will be launching tomorrow, September 5! Easier Than Ever to Integrate Harmony in the Classroom • One-click navigation for all classroom activities, SEL stories, role-playing games and sing-along songs • Customizable dashboards by grade level • Randomized everyday practices to start each day • On-demand training videos • English-to-Spanish language toggle for entire curriculum • Single sign-on provides instant access to SEL professional development modules through Sanford Inspire How Do I Log In? The good news? The switch to the new Online Learning Portal from our Professional Learning Library is smooth and seamless. Simply log in to your account the same way you always have, update your profile, and find all your Harmony resources right at your fingertips. Sincerely, The Sanford Harmony Team www.sanfordharmony.org

Coming Up 

Monday, Sept. 16 - BLE Kindness Day ~RTI Begins!!!!
~12:30-5:00pm Reasor at Admin (rescheduled)

Tuesday, Sept. 17
~Permission for Talented & Gifted Testing due to Hauer
~3:45-4:30pm Parent Engagement Committee Mtg
~4:00pm  Reasor at DecisionED
~5:30-7:30pm Parenting AZ Workshop

Wednesday, Sept. 18 - Picture Day (staff photo at 8:10am)
~8:00-9:30am Mrs. C at D.O. for Counselor mtg
~9:00am-12:00pm Reasor at ELETEAM

Thursday, Sept. 19
~7:30am Staff Mtg RESCHEDULED---> *MONDAY 9/23 @ 3:45-4:30pm
~2nd grade to Public Works/Arboretum
~4th grade to WaterFestival

~5:30-7:30pm Parenting AZ Workshop

Friday, Sept. 20 - Global Youth Climate Movement 
~9:00-11:30am Hauer at PS mtg
~12:45pm  Wellness Committee Mtg

Saturday, Sept. 21 - International Day of Peace (Heritage Sq @ noon)

Bus Duty: Resource & ELL teams

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• Monday, September 23 Staff Mtg after school 3:45-4:30pm *
  *Please see Reasor if you cannot make it
• Monday, September 23-Oct 4 TAG testing
• Friday, September 27
  
  • Mustang Gallop
• FHS Homecoming Parade
• APS/Phoenix Suns STEM Teacher Grants ($2,500) due
  
• Wednesday, October 2 
• Walk to School Day  
• PTO 4:30-5:30pm
• Friday, October 4 
• Blue Ticket Store
• October 7-9 Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 10 & 11 Fall Break
• October 14 - Taiko Drumming Begins
  

September Smiles

Picture day is upon us...Sept. 18th

Picture day schedule will be provided very soon!



Spotlight: Meet Jennifer Carrozzino, Counselor
Jenn Carrozzino (Mrs. C) is excited to be on the Marshall team!  She comes with experience at many levels within the education program - from preschool (which she taught while finishing her Bachelor's degree) to the university level at NAU.  She spent the bulk of her career teaching at a middle school (7-8 grades) all levels (inclusion to gifted) of Integrated Language Arts.  She completed her Masters in School Counseling and started counseling in a Kinder building (2.5 days a week) and a K-6 building (the other 2.5 days a week).  On a personal note - Jenn has been married to Tony for almost 18 years (in December) and they have two kids - Isabella an 8th grader and Carter a first grader in Mrs. Ogg's class.  They have two dogs (Cooper and Gus) and a hairless Guinea Pig named Harry.  She loves to read, travel and hang out with her family in her spare time.  She is here to help you, our students and their families with any situation that might come up!

Cyber Attack Update:
Well I am sitting here waiting on what I hope are the LAST TWO computers I touch this weekend.  It is really something to see who steps up in a time of need.  There is a team of what started as 60 of us working around the clock since Thursday.  Today, (now Sunday 2:45pm) that team is left with about 25 of us really really exhausted peeps.  You all know Russ Kasch and how he loves to be a part of the problem solving and solutions - well he has selflessly committed his entire weekend to assisting us.  It has been so nice having him around.  So, very hesitantly, I will tell you what I know to be the truth at this minute.
THE Top 10 FACTS:
1) The goal is to be in school tomorrow (Monday) - Just got word to check email for limitations!  Whooo hooooo hard work payed off (we think)!!!!   
2) With every update I receive, the story changes within the hour.  
3) People are working really hard, both physically and mentally!  
4) The processes have been very complex with many moving parts.  
5) Teacher laptops are almost disinfected - update says you may receive them by tomorrow.
6) At Marshall, the 3 front office, 1 FACTS and Nurse computers are disinfected.  This is the bare minimum to operate properly.  
7) Libraries are NOT able to use computers across the district.
8) If you have a dell in your room (x-cat 3-5 - anyone else??) you may NOT use it.  It must be disconnected at this time.  
9) All communications (school closures and teacher laptop updates) will come from Zach Fountain, not myself.  
 10)  I will likely be a bit of a zombie on Monday so please be patient with me :) 
I am honored to be a part of Team FUSD and know that Marshall teachers, parents and students are best served with me on the front lines rather than in the wings waiting for knowledge.  What an amazing learning experience this has been!
Coming Up 
Monday, Sept 9
~12:30-4:30pm Reasor at Admin Council
~2:15-3:15pm Magnet Monday begins!
 
Tuesday, Sept 10
~8-9:30am Nurse Liz at DO
~5:30pm Governing Board Mtg
 
Wednesday, Sept 11
We Remember!
~7:30-8:30am Reasor at FHS
~ RTI Begins

Thursday, Sept 12
~4-5pm Reasor at DecisionED (DO)
~5:30-6:30 Kindergarten Family Potluck

Friday, Sept 13 
~9:00 Mustang Gallop Pep Rally
~1-3pm Marshall PD (bring laptop/iPad)

• Wednesday, September 18th - Picture Day

• Friday, September 27th
  • Mustang Gallop
• FHS Homecoming Parade
• APS/Phoenix Suns STEM Teacher Grants ($2,500) due
  
  
  Krause Family Meal Train
  
  
  
  

Bus Duty: 5th grade team

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