Weekly memo 2-27

Upcoming Events:

Monday               February 27                        Hearing screenings, in the library for grades 1-8

Tuesday               Feburary 28                        grade 1 meeting

Wednesday        February 29                        grade 1 meeting continued

Wednesday        February 29                        Science fair (set up after davening)

Thursday             March 1                                Science fair, assembly in the afternoon (?)

Tuesday               March 6                                ece pre-Purim party in the lunchroom, lunch in the gym

Wednesday        March 7                                Fast of Esther

Thursday             March 8                                Purim, no school

Friday                    March 9                                Shushan Purim carnival(?)

Sunday              March 11                                Annual Alumni game

Tuesday               March 13                             MHA musical performance

Friday                    March 16                             resume 3:00 Friday dismissal

Tuesday               March 20                             full faculty meeting, 2:30-5:30

Tuesday               March 20                             grade 2 meeting

Wednesday        March 21                             grade 2 meeting, continued

Wednesday        March 21                             end of grading period 3

Thursday             March 22                             4^th grade State Fair, details TBA

Monday               March 26                             Report cards due

Tuesday               March 27                             Grade 3 meeting

Week of March 26                                           pre-pesach programming

Wednesday        April 4                                   begin Passover break

New News:

1. Next newsletter for elementary general studies: (please remember that all newsletter articles need to be turned in by Wednesday at noon to Phylis Levine at phylis.levine@mhafyos.org)

Soleman                              Yehudit                                March 7

***Please be careful to have your article ready for the newsletter and submitted on time. I do not need to approve the newsletter in advance, please just submit it directly to Phylis. We have had a school wide issue with articles being submitted on time, so please pay careful attention to your article due date.

2. Please do not send students to the copy room to make copies, use the die cut, or computer unattended. If you’ve printed something that you need picked up during your teaching time, you can page the office and ask Francie to get it and bring it down.

3. Lunchroom decorum: please give me feedback on the new system so we know if we need to make adjustments.

4. On Wednesday morning Wendy will need to take the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th graders to set up their projects prior to 10:00. Please cooperate and help her escort the students down to the computer lab for the setup. It should not take too long.

5. Teachers should be walking around proactively during recess to monitor conversations between students to try to head off any issues that may arise. This continues to be a major issue during recess – when teachers are talking to each other, they are often not monitoring the students properly. Please be vigilant and monitor conversations/games as much as possible while on recess duty. This applies to all recesses, not just lunch. Also, teachers should not be talking on their phones while on recess duty.

6. I will be scheduling times to meet with you about the summative evaluation process. Please let me know some times that work

7.  Today for Spirit Week is Animal Day Tomorrow is Around the World Day (dress up like someone from another country) and Wednesday is Crazy at Day. We didn’t formalize anything for random acts of kindness, but perhaps we will do something for next week. If we do, I’ll keep you posted.

Mishnechnas Adar marbim b’simcha

Have a Happy week !