TO-KNOW

• Did you see this (Link)? It appears that the state will not be administering the 4th grade Social Studies Test this year. One fewer test to administer this year!

• There will be a “Springmyer 17-18 Theme- Brainstorming Session” on 7/19/2017 from 11 to 1:30. Lunch will be provided for participants. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

• Taylor Helems will be in this weekend to hopefully put the final touches on the Library Mural. It looks great.

• Chromebooks are in all classrooms with the exception of 1st grade. If you start organizing them please do not discard the plastic bags. We will use these again next year for Chromebook storage.

• They are almost done with our new parking lot. It looks good.

• Vinyard Church has offered to have volunteers come to the school on Saturday August 12th to assist teachers in set-up for the upcoming year. They are willing to help you with anything you may need. Please let me know if you would be interested in coming in on a Saturday and having a volunteer help you in your classroom. If you are interested I will make contact with them and set-up the day. I have created a Spreadsheet to sign-up for this assistance (Link)

• We have put together a Document with important dates on it. All of these dates are on the Staff Calendar but we thought it would be nice to have them in one place for your reference. Please take a look and let us know if we missed anything (Link).

Planning Calendar

TO-DO

• About 31 days left before the first PD day. Keep enjoying Summer but allow yourself to start thinking about Springmyer once or twice each week.

• RSVP for the Theme Brainstorming Session (email [email protected])

• IMPORTANT: Now that the Master Schedule (Link) has started to come together it is time to begin building your classroom schedule. You can begin doing this on the tabs on the Master Schedule Document. When doing this we MUST follow the guidelines developed by the district (Link).

• You should have received an email from Public School Works (Jason Nash) on July First. The email outlines the online trainings that you will need to complete this year (prior to 10/31/2017). Don’t wait till the last moment to get this done.  Set a goal to finish one each week so you aren’t busting them out in late October. If you have questions about Public School Works or need help just let me know.

• Talk with your Grade-Level Team, or Department Team, and nominate a representative to serve on the Building’s Advisory Committee. Please have these recommendations to me by August 1st.

• Let me know if you are interested in having a volunteer from Vineyard Church work with you on August 12th (Saturday) to help you set-up your room. (Link)

TO-READ

If you are inspired, perplexed, or irritated by the weekly reading I’d love to hear about it! Send me an email or grab me in the hallway. Learning never ends!

• Here is an article from Harvard Business Review about Making Meetings Meaningful. It seems like we spend so much time in meetings we should always be working to make them more meaningful.

• Some questions to consider:

• Are you satisfied with how Meetings are run here at Springmyer?

• From the author's suggestions is there something you think we should do to create higher quality meetings?