Friday, January 28, 2022

Weekly Update

Paine Family,

Thank you for all you continue to do for our students and each other!  Going the extra mile doesn't even cover it.  I count you in my blessings each day!

I am so grateful to TCS for providing us with the 2 virtual days (Friday, February 4th & Friday, February 18th) to be able to catch our breath!  I know how much you all need this.  Teachers, please remember to send all students home with their Chromebooks the Thursday before each of these days.  Please make sure lessons/assignments are in Schoology and you have communicated your "office hours" to students/parents.  On both days, certified staff may work from home or in the building, whichever you prefer.  Please remember:  You should not clock in on either of those days. 

I will work with classified staff on your schedules for those days early next week. 

Thank you for welcoming Jared Meads into our school and your classrooms over the past three weeks.  He learned so much while he was here, and I know how grateful he is!  We will welcome Erin Piper, HTMS Assistant Principal, here for her 3-week elementary principal internship the last week of February.

Thank you again for always going the extra mile and making our school great!  I pray you know how loved and appreciated you are!


A Week (January 31-February 4)


Monday, January 31st - PST Zoom Meetings (1st Grade)
Tuesday, February 1st  - PST Zoom Meetings
Tuesday, February 1st  - 2nd Grade Music Program (Group 1)
Thursday, February 3rd - 2nd Grade Music Program (Group 2)
Friday, February 4th - Virtual Day for students

Note:  Our class pictures originally scheduled for 2/18 will be rescheduled for later date.  Please communicate in your weekly parent communication.


2nd Grade Music Program



Wednesday - Collaboration

Wednesday collaboration this week will  be used for lesson planning.


Thursday - Faculty Meeting

We will have a brief faculty meeting on Thursday at 2:15.  Our classified staff will help with afternoon duty so all teachers can be in the library.  Our meeting will begin promptly at 2:15 (and should only last until 2:45).  Please remember to bring your handout from our Wednesday collaboration meeting.


AimsWeb Reading Testing Plan

We will continue with our AimsWeb Reading Assessment testing plan (below).  

 January 26th – February 3rd – Paine Kindergarten with Testing Team


Special Education Teachers:  Please work with testing teachers to ensure your students receive any accommodations outlined in the IEP. 




Family News


Congratulations to Julia Bickley on her engagement to Hayden Lewis!  We are so happy for this beautiful couple!


Congratulations to Jenni and Brandon Peters on the birth of their precious son, Hudson Burgess Peters.  He was born on Thursday, weighing 8 pounds and is 20 inches long.  Jenni and baby are both doing well.  He is a cutie!!!




Paine Precepts 


  • Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
  • “Doing your best means never stop trying.” – Benjamin Franklin
  • “You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  • “A problem is a chance for you to do your best” – Duke Ellington

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