Weekly Update

 

B Week - December 16-20, 2024

Character Trait - Service

North PE - Outside

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

Mon 12/13 - Matos/Blank Holly Jolly Christmas

Mon 12/13 - PES Choir Performances

Tues/Wed - Class Christmas Parties

Fri 12/20 - Early Dismissal for Students

Fri 12/20 - Faculty/Staff Christmas Party

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The Holiday Shop was such a huge success. Our students loved it!  Thank you to our PTO!

Our MSIT (Math School Improvement Team) had our first meeting.

Our first grade teachers collaborating this week.

PES Choir Performances - Monday

Our PES Choir will be performing for our students on Monday in the North Gym.  Please see schedule below for performance times:

1:00 PM - Kindergarten, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade

2:00 PM - 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 4th Grade

Wednesday Collaboration

Thursday Early Release Time

The District Math PLC will meet at central office. 

Early Dismissal for Students on Friday

 

We will dismiss students at 12:00 on Friday, December 20, and will be operating under the following early dismissal schedule.  There will be no specials on Friday; look for your adjusted PE and lunch times. 

Update:  We will do grab & go lunches, so please coordinate with your partner teacher to avoid all students having to walk to the lunchroom..  Plan to eat in your classrooms or and outside spot (possibly in the courtyard) if weather permits.  Let the front office know where you are if you do not eat in the classroom.

Room Cleanup

Please have students get trash and unnecessary items out of desk and lockers before leaving on Friday.  Please make sure any food/candy bagged securely and placed in a high cabinet. Please make sure lamps, twinkle lights, etc. are turned off before you leave on Friday.

Faculty/Staff Christmas Party

Our Faculty/Staff Christmas lunch/party will be on Friday 12/20 (right after students are dismissed at noon).  Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring our party!

Paine Precepts (Service)

• “For it is in giving that we receive.” – Francis of Assisi
• “Think of giving not as a duty, but as a privilege.” – John D. Rockefeller
• “You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
• “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson
• “Never get tired of doing little things for others, sometimes those little things occupy the biggest parts of their hearts.” – Unknown

Weekly Update

A Week - December 9-13, 2024

Character Trait - Service

South PE - Outside

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

12/2-12/13 - Exact Path Math Screener

12/10-12/13 - PTO Holiday Shop in No Training Room

Tues, 12/10 - PreK Meeting at 1:15

Wed, 12/11 - Collaboration/PD

Thu, 12/12 - MSIT (Math Imp Team) Meeting 2:15

Thu, 12/12 - Collaboration for all other Teachers

Fri, 12/13 - PES Choir Field Trip

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Building professional relationships contributes to collective efficacy!

Thank you to everyone who worked on our school spelling bee and congratulations to these students!

Our math teachers examined student math journals during collaboration.

EnRICh Book Club in the Library

Exact Path Mid Year Math Assessment

Please be sure to have students take their mid-year Exact Path assessment between by 12/13.  We will be analyzing student growth in math from this data.

Wednesday Collaboration

Math Teachers will participate in Professional Development with our Mrs. Weyerman.

Literacy Teachers will meet with Mrs. Peters.

Thursday Early Release Time

Our newly formed MSIT (Math School Improvement Team) will meet in the STREAM Studio at 2:15.

All other teachers will collaborate in grade level chair classrooms.

PES-PTO Holiday Shop - December 10-13

We are so excited about our PTO sponsored Holiday Shop for students on December 10-13 in our North Training Room. Teachers should have signed up for a slot to take their class shopping (link was sent an in email prior to Thanksgiving). 

Students will come shop for parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. All items will range from $2-$12. PTO will send home a blank form this week so that parents can list who they want their child to shop for and how much etc. 

Faculty/Staff Christmas Party

Our Faculty/Staff Christmas party will be on Friday 12/20 (right after students are dismissed at noon).  Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring our party!

Paine Precepts (Service)

• “Those who are the happiest are those who do the most for others.” -Booker T. Washington
• “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” -Albert Schweitzer
• “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” -Ghandi
• “People will forget what you said, people may forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
• “The willingness to serve makes you a better person…and the world a better place.” -Anon

Weekly Update

We hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful to work in a school where we are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our students, from their social/emotional well-being to every student's academic growth.  This all-encompassing commitment is reflected in our school report card grade.  Congratulations to PES Faculty & Staff!

B Week - December 2-6, 2024

North PE - Outside

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

12/2-12/13 - Exact Path Math Screener

Tues, 12/3 - PreK Meeting at 1:15

Wed, 12/4 - Collaboration (K-5)

Thu, 12/5 - EnRICh for 3-5 at 1:00

Thu, 12/5 - Faculty Meeting at 2:15

Thu, 12/5 - PES Choir Concert at 6:00

Fri, 12/6 - PES Spelling Bee

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Students in Mrs. Strange & Mrs. Rice's 3rd grade classes created Generosity Jars and delivered to teachers right before Thanksgiving!

Jaime Anderson, City Council Member, talked with our 2nd grade students about community.

PES Faculty & Staff felt the love from our PTO with a delicious apple bar!

Our PES Art Show was a huge success. The student work was beautiful! Thank you to Mrs. Culp and Ms. Myers for your hard work!

EnRICh sessions started right before Thanksgiving. This is our GEMS group (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science).

Exact Path Mid Year Math Assessment

Please be sure to have students take their mid-year Exact Path assessment between 12/2-12/13.  We will be analyzing student growth in math from this data.

Wednesday Collaboration

Please come prepared to unpack upcoming lessons.  Please bring your teacher materials for upcoming lessons in December.  

Thursday - Faculty Meeting

More information to be provided this week.

PES-PTO Holiday Shop - December 10-13

We are so excited about our PTO sponsored Holiday Shop for students on December 10-13 in our North Training Room. Teachers should have signed up for a slot to take their class shopping (link was sent an in email prior to Thanksgiving). 

Students will come shop for parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. All items will range from $2-$12. PTO will send home a blank form this week so that parents can list who they want their child to shop for and how much etc. 

Paine Family News

Congratulations to the following Paine Family Members; we are so happy for you!

• Abby Ayers and her husband are expecting a baby!!!
• Jamie Myers will be getting married in December!!!

Paine Precepts (Empathy)

• “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own. ”  – Henry Ford
• “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” – Maya Angelou
• “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”-  Simone Weil
• “If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.” –  Turkish Proverb
• “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein

Weekly Update

  A Week - November 4-8, 2024

South PE - Outside

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

Mon, 11/4 - Assemblies for K-2 (8:30, 9:30, 10:30)

Tue, 11/5 - Assemblies for 3-5 (8:30, 9:30, 10:30)

Tue, 11/5 - Election Day!

Wed, 11/6 - Collaboration in North Training Room

Thu, 11/7 - Veteran's Day Celebration (8:30)

Thu, 11/7 - First Day of EnRICh

Thu, 11/7 - EL Training at 2:15

Fri, 11/8 - Veteran's Day Celebration (8:30)

Fri, 11/8 - 3rd Grade Field Trip (McWane)

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We need to see the learning through our students’ eyes. Only then we will be able to know how our teaching is impacting on the learning of our students. - John Hattie

 Assemblies

We will have our quarterly grade level assemblies on Monday and Tuesday in the SOUTH Gym.  

Monday:  K-8:30, 1st-9:30 2nd 10:30

Tuesday:  3rd-8:30 4th-9:30 5th-10:30

Wednesday Collaboration

Please come prepared to unpack upcoming lessons.  

Grades 3-5 may work on their EnRICh plans if needed.

Thursday - EL Trai+ning

All certified staff will participate in EL Training in the North Training Room at 2:15.

EnRICh

We had to make a couple of adjustment to our EnRICh planning calendar, but will still start our EnRICh sessions Thursday at 1:00.  Please see adjusted timeline below.

Friday, October 25 - Applications are due by the end of the day.

Monday, November 4  - All EnRICh placements will be finalized and preliminary rosters will be provided to Homeroom Teachers for their class

Tuesday, November 5  - Students will be notified of their EnRICh placement and EnRICh teachers will receive and EnRICh roster.

Thursday, November 7 - First day of EnRICh classes.

Veteran's Day Celebration 

Paine Family News

Congratulations to Hannah and Micah Lutz on the birth of Baker Samuel Lutz.  He is absolutely beautiful!!!

Paine Precepts (Gratitude)

• “Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.” – Robert Braathe
• “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab
• “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
• “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
• “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – President John F. Kennedy

Weekly Update

  B Week - October 28-November 1, 2024

North PE - Outside

Character Trait - Self Control

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

Down Syndrome Awareness Month - Blue & Yellow Day on Monday

Wed, 10/30 - PST Meetings during Collaboration

Fri, 11/1 - Blank Field Trip

Sat, 11/2 - PES Turkey Trot

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Thank you to Mr. McAbee and all who helped to make our bookfair such a huge success!

Congratulations to Madison Blank, our 2024-2025 Paine Teacher of the Year.  She is pictured with former Paine Teachers of the Year!

Students in Mrs. Massey's 2nd Grade Class sharing their math strategies.

Veteran's Day Celebration 

Look for Veteran sign up link from our music teachers and send to parent distribution.

Wednesday PST Meetings

We will have our PST Meetings during collaboration on Wednesday. Please make sure all PST electronic files are complete.

Thursday - Brief Faculty/Staff Meeting

We will meet in the North Training Room for approximately 15-20 minutes.  Please bring your laptops because we will complete an online survey before we leave.

Paine Precepts 

Our Paine Precepts this week are about inclusivity - in honor of Down's Syndrome Awareness Month.

• Everyone belongs here
• “The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.” – Thomas Berry
• “Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.” – Anonymous
• In a world where you can be anything, be inclusive.
• We are like a box of crayons, each one of us is unique, but when we get together, the picture is complete.” – Anonymous

 EnRICh 2024-2025

We will being our EnRICh sessions on each Thursday beginning November 7th from 1:00-1:50.  The first step in determining participation in these learning experiences is to have all students in grades 3-5 submit an application for the experiences they are interested in.  Listed below are the links to the application for each grade level.  Teachers, please provide students with access to the application for their designated grade level through your Schoology (by Thursday morning at 8:00).  Students will submit an application by the end of the day on Friday, October 25th.  Please provide students with time during morning meeting and/or IE block to submit their online application.  Listed below are important dates for your reference.

Friday, October 25 - Applications are due by the end of the day.

Thursday, October 31 - All EnRICh placements will be finalized.

Friday, November 1 - Preliminary rosters will be provided to Homeroom Teachers for their class

Monday, November 4 - Students will be notified of their EnRICh placement and EnRICh teachers will receive and EnRICh roster.

Thursday, November 7 - First day of EnRICh classes.

The links to the online student applications are listed below:

3^rd grade:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMpolkvzEmsAmVeyEnqAAYKIt4cxFBEdCnWWqcWYakiFCWmQ/viewform

 

4^th grade:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPWX_l7hs9plPuXRg0MC70S7jwDf9FFiEsFZMc4UOQQN5FuQ/viewform

 

5^th grade:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfk1082wgk_BtraVBxHTcu4B0nHiZbXhbnfhGASSr2IvZycOQ/viewform

Weekly Update

 A Week - October 21-25, 2024

South PE - Outside

Character Trait - Self Control

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

10/21-10/25 - Red Ribbon Week & Book Fair

Tues, 10/22 - Wes Wyatt, Meteorologist to visit 3rd grade

Tues, 10/22 - Flu Clinic from 8:30-11:00

Wed, 10/23 - Grade Level Team Collaboration

Thu, 10/24 - PES Fall Festival from 3:00-6:00 pm

Fri, 10/25 - Choir Field Trip

Fri, 10/25 - Matos Field Trip

Our Teacher of the Year to be announced this week!

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Mrs. McCormick dancing with her students on 50's day!

Mr. Margavio using his table to create a math model for a student!

Mrs. Trowbridge went "all in" for her book talk on "Giraffes Can't Dance".

Ms. Strange facilitating a discussion with her students!

Red Ribbon Week

Wednesday Collaboration

Please bring your teacher guides to unpack and plan upcoming lessons.

Thursday - Fall Festival

Downs Syndrome Awareness - Monday, Oct 28

Down's Syndrome Awareness Month is October. Please join us in wearing blue and yellow on Monday, October 28th to raise awareness.  Please encourage student participation and include parent communication.

Paine Precepts (Self Control)

M - Self-control is the ability to control the expression of our emotions and impulses. – Anonymous

T - Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. – Abraham Lincoln

W - Self-control is a sign of inner strength. – Anonymous

T - Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. – John Quincy Adams

F - Self control is strength. The right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. - James Allen