Weekly Update

 

 B Week (3/28-4/1)

I hope everyone had a restful, fun spring break and that you feel rejuvenated!  We have one more week until ACAP testing for students in Grades 2-5.  Please make sure you make adjustments in your schedule this week to ensure all standards have been taught.  You may use the IE block to do additional testing preparation and practice. 

Upcoming Events - March/April

Mon, 3/28: Courtney Stodgill's Birthday

Mon, 3/28:  PST Meetings

Tues, 3/29:  Class Pictures

Wed, 3/30:  HTMS to visit with 5th Graders during PE

Fri, 4/1:  Ellen Howard's Birthday

Fri, 4/1:  PST Meetings

Fri, 4/1:  AR Halfway Point for Trimester 3

Fri, 4/1:  Friday Freeze

Sun, 4/3: Lori Jackson's Birthday

Sun, 4/3: Becky Nichols' Birthday (CNP)

Tues, 4/5: Grades must be entered today for progress reports

Wed 4/6: ACAP ELA Part 1

Thurs, 4/7: ACAP ELA Part 2

Thurs, 4/7: Progress reports go home

Sun, 4/10: Hannah Puryear's Birthday

Wed, 4/13: ACAP Math

Mon, 4/18: Open House 4:30-5:30 - PreK, Kinder, Matos

Mon, 4/18: Open House 6:00-7:00 - 3rd Grade

Tues, 4/19:  Open House 4:30-5:30 - 1st Grade

Tues, 4/19:  Open House 6:00-7:00 - 5th Grade

Wed, 4/20: ACAP Science (4th grade)

Thurs, 4/21: Open House 4:30-5:30 - 2nd Grade

Thurs, 4/21: Open House 6:00-7:00 - 4th Grade

 

Class Pictures - Tuesday

Please communicate to your students and parents that class pictures will be on Tuesday.  We will call you when it is time for your class to have their picture made.  Please make sure you all students, who go out of your room for any service on Tuesday morning, rejoin your class for pictures.

Paine Elementary Open House

Lunchroom Updates

We will be reorganzing the tables in the lunchrooms this week.  Once this is ready (by the middle to end of week) students will be able to sit next to eacother (without skipping a seat).  Teachers will continue to sit at the table with students.  

We will send our updated lunchroom procedures and rules before the end of this week for full implementation beginning on Monday, 4/4.

Lunchroom Visitors

We will resume parent lunchroom visits the week of April 25th (after ACAP testing is complete).  There will be designated Parent Visitor Tables; visitors will not sit at the classroom table.  ALL lunchroom visitors MUST sit at the VISITOR table with their child only (no other students will be allowed to sit at this table).  We expect a large number of lunchroom visitors, so we will be implementing a schedule based on the initial letter in student last names.  This will help us distribute the visits across the week so we have enough room in the lunchroom and enough parking.  We will send out the schedule soon.

 Courtyard - U.S. Map

We would like to thank Eagle Scout, Reagan White who painted a map of the United States on our courtyard for his Eagle Scout Project.

Our Art Teachers obtained a grant to create a sensory path in the courtyard, so expect more amazing things to be painted in this space soon.

Wednesday Collaboration

Please use this time to prepare your room for ACAP and/or catch up.

Thursday - Brief Faculty Meeting

We will meet at 2:15 in the media center.  We will briefly go over a couple of important items.  Then, Jim Kirkland & Jason Gaston will be speaking with our faculty and staff about the upcoming Trussville Tax Vote. 

Paine Precepts

• Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another’s unhappiness.” – Aesop
• “To belittle, you have to be little.” – Kahlil Gibran
• “Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest.” – Francis Bacon
• “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa