Sunday, February 4

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February is here! I just listened to a whole montage of news reporters saying 'Wow, February is already here' so, I won't say that! But it is here and it brought the rain! I put in a request that it only rain when there is not recess or lunch, but I don't think my request holds much clout. I also know the rain causes issues in the morning and there are many late students. We do our best in front, but the way our parking lot is set up causes a lot of slow traffic. If you could please hold your attendance on rainy days, it is greatly appreciated. In education, we live in this space between understanding we need the rain but hoping it does not happen during the school day! Ha! 


Skate Night: We have skate night this Wednesday from 6-8pm.  This time, we are going to have a competition. Wear your grade level shirts and the grade level with the largest turn out will get an extra recess on Friday, 2/9.  

Westbrook Culture/Customs/Yearly Events Committee: We will have our first committee meeting this Friday at 2:30pm. All are invited. Please come if you would like to be part of creating our Westbrook yearly events!


ELPAC Testing is coming! Our ELPAC testing will take place from April 3-12. I know you are all working hard to prepare our students for CAASPP, please do the same for our EL students in preparation for the ELPAC test. Remember the practice test is available (see below) and there are the slides that Rori shared at our PD day. Let me know if you need those shared again. You can start each day with a mini lesson for all students or you can work with a small group of EL students during your daily rotations. Try to think of creative ways to give them additional support within what you already do. I encourage you to share any ideas you have with both your fellow teachers and I! 

Online Merchandise Store:  We have an online merchandise store and our new style sweatshirt is available. Our original style t-shirt and sweatshirt are there too. Take advantage and buy some gear! All orders will be delivered to Westbrook. No delivery fees.  I  absolutely LOVE seeing Westbrook gear in the wild! 😁 
Shop Here: 
https://westbrook.justprintitink.com/




TOSA Tidbits:

Thursday Game Club

Oh my goodness! Open the doors and they will come! We had a FULL and exuberant house during Game Club last week. It was nothing short of amazing except for having to turn students away. Please let me know if you have EL students that you know want to come. I will make sure we save a seat for them. 

PBIS: Lunch Room Expectation Focus
This week we will launch the official focus on staying seated unless you have permission to get up.
  • Please review this with your students before lunch, we hope to have mastery in a week (What if we can?)
  • Slide link: this will be projected in the cafeteria as a reminder. Please show this to your students in class as well. 
  • There is an incentive! Not only will the lunch room be quieter but grade levels will work toward an incentive like recess play with Mrs Brooks or special seating during lunch.
  • If students repeatedly ignore the expectation, we will collect data on if this is a student issue or lunch period issue.
  • Scouts! A great idea has been implemented by Mrs. Chandler's class to assign students scouts to recognize students with rockstars for following the lunch expectations. They are your eyes and ears while you enjoy lunch! Brilliant! Talk with your PBIS grade level lead about this. 
EL Update
We have our testing dates! Mark your calendars for April 3-11. 
This is what you need to know: 
  • Examiners will be on campus to pull students throughout the day. We will not be creating a specific schedule for when students will be pulled because the examiners are experts at making this as efficient as possible for everyone. They will try to avoid library and specials but may need to pull students during that time. 
  • Here are approximate times of testing duration: TK/K (50-70 min)-all 1:1, 1st-2nd (70-90 min)-all 1:1 except 2nd may be pulled in a group for the writing portion, 3rd-5th (100-175min)-speaking 1:1 and group for 3 other domains
  • Students will be pulled over at least 2 sessions
  • The students are testing on the following domains: speaking, listening, reading and writing
  • We will provide an email for you to send to parents in the coming weeks. 
Preparing Teachers and Students 
Thank you for everything you do! Chris and Rori

Upcoming Dates: 
February 7: Skate Night 6-8pm
February 12: No School
February 19: No School

Parent Blog: Here is the link to the Parent Blog

Coming Up This Week:
Monday, 2/5~ Happy Monday!
Tuesday, 2/6~ Rori out all day; Vision Screening (Kinder, 2nd and 5th)
Wednesday, 2/7~ Brooks Off Site AM; SSP meetings by invitation only; Skate Night 6-8pm
Thursday, 2/8~ 2:20pm Staff Meeting
Friday, 2/9~ Morning Flag Salute at 7:50am: 2:30pm Culture Committee Meeting 



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