Sunday, March 3

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Happy Sunday! Next up in our lessons from Ted Lasso, are 8 lessons for our students. I would actually love to take each of these lessons and make them a school-side focus for a week each. If we started after Spring Break, it would work. We don't have to make any reference to Ted Lasso, I just really love what each of these lessons offers our students. Let me know what you think and if you want to help. I know what you are thinking... Darn Brooks and her crazy ideas!! 


Read Across America Week: This is going to be a great week! We have many fun things planned. Thursday Morning, we will have two assemblies beginning at 8am with the fire department. I will share the exact schedule on Monday. 
On Friday and 10am, Jesse Bennet is going to be here to kick off our Read-a-thon! We will meet where we do for our Friday morning Flag Salute, she will read one of her books, possibly lead us through some stretching or yoga, and then send us off for some reading. 

Exciting News! Next year, we are adding an Assistant Principal at Westbrook. The interviews are next week. Eek! Of course, I will keep you updated. 
We will also be adding classes. Shocker! We will add 1 TK, 3 lower grade and 1 upper grade class. They are currently figuring things out and then more specifics will be shared. 


Teacher Who Makes a Difference: It is already time to nominate a teacher for the Teacher Who Makes a Difference Award! I like to involve my staff in choosing the recipient each year. Please send your nominations my way including a few sentences letting me know why you think they deserve the award. Thank you!

3-5 grade teachers: Be sure to check your Chromebooks for any issues and get them turned in for repair right away. This includes broken/missing keys, sound not working, problems with logging in or the screen, etc. Also, if you have students who don't have headphones at school, reach out to families to see if they want to send some in or if they would like to borrow a set from the school for testing. 



TOSA Tidbits:

  • On the primary playground you may notice colored paw prints. Jenn painted those to indicate where students should form a line to play. Green is the number 1 spot. We had our Structured Recess group help plan the colors and it was determined that green is first because it means "go in". 
  • B-2 Happenings! Here is a current schedule of the happenings in B-2 during the 11:55-12:35 lunch hour. It's a busy place!

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

11:55-12:15

ELPAC Lunch Bunch

ELPAC Lunch Bunch

4th/5th Grade Crafting Club


Board Game Club

ELPAC Lunch Bunch

12:15-12:35

3rd Grade Crafting Club


3rd Grade Crafting Club

3rd Grade Crafting Club


  • Monday, March 4th: I will be at PD with the 1st graders so my groups and class visits are cancelled.

EL Update:

Just a reminder to please complete the highlighted sections as they pertain to you or your grade level. This information really helps the examiners. Sometimes pulling students during specials is inevitable, but they do their best to avoid those times. LINK

Upcoming Dates: 
March 6: Skate Night 6-8pm
March 14: Spring Picture Day
March 15: Toy and Clothing Swap 4-7pm
March 21: Open House
March 25-April 1: Spring Break
April 12: Move-A-Thon

Parent Blog: Here is the link to the Parent Blog

Coming Up This Week:
Monday, 3/4~ Rori Off Site for PD
Tuesday, 3/5~ Brooks Off site at DO; Rori off site PM- Cara will be TIC in the afternoon
Wednesday, 3/6~ Brooks Off Site AM; SSP meetings by invitation only; Skate Night 6-8pm
Thursday, 3/7~ Fire Department Assemblies; Staff meeting at 2:20pm
Friday, 3/8~ Flag Salute @ 7:50am; Read-a-thon 10-10:30am



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