Weekly Update

 

A Week - December 5-9
INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK
North PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

Our faculty & staff had so much fun at our faculty meeting finding our COMMON GROUND through SPEED FRIENDING!  It was great connecting with our colleagues! We will continue this at our future faculty meetings!

Paine Practice ... Best Practice

4th Grade had their Glow Day the Friday before Thanksgiving. This is a day where students rotate to the various rooms to review conceps they have learned this year (in a super fun way)!

Our Paine Elementary Choir performed at St. Vincents East tree ceremony on Friday. They did a great job!  Thank you for Taylor Knuppel & Lesley Rogers!!!

Our teachers participated in STREAM Studio Training (Engineering Design Process) facilitated by Hannah McCauley.  

Mrs. Ferguson greeting her students before they enter the room in the morning!

Paine Elementary Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Mrs. Maggie Burns!!!

December Collaboration & PD Calendar

Wednesdays (During Planning Time)	Thursday (Early Release 2:15-3:15)
Wednesday, 11/30/22 NO REQUIRED COLLABORATION on WED.  All teachers will participate in STREAM Studio PD on Friday, 12/2 instead.	Thursday, 12/1/22 Faculty Meeting:  Paine Teacher of the Year will be announced
Wednesday, 12/7/22 Grade Level/Content Area Collaboration in No & So Coll Rooms	Thursday, 12/8/22 PLC’s will meet (see information above). Locations TBD.
Wednesday, 12/14/22 Grade Level/Content Area Collaboration in No & So Coll Rooms	Thursday, 12/15/22 STEM Leadership Team Meeting Sped Teacher Meeting Everyone Else: Time to Work in Rooms or Collaborate (what your group needs

Professional Learning Communities (PLC's)

Listed below are our designated PLCs for the remainder of the year along with monthly meeting locations.  Our first meeting will be Thursday from 2:15-3:15.  (New Teachers will meet on a different day each month so you will be able to participate in one of the PLCs below.  Sped Teachers will not meet until 12/15 this month.)

Upcoming Dates

12/5-12/7 - Inclusive Schools Week

12/6 - 3rd Grade Music Programs

Fri, 12/9 - School Spelling Bee

Mon, 12/12 - Holly Jolly Holiday Celebration (Matos, Blank, & PreK)

Tues, 12/13 - Assemblies

Wed, 12/14 - Christmas parties for Prek, K, 1st, 2nd, & 5th

Thurs, 12/15 - Christmas parties for 3rd & 4th

Fri, 12/16 - Half Day for Students

Fri, 12/16 - PAJAMA DAY FOR STAFF & STUDENTS

Fri, 12/16 - PES Faculty & Staff Christmas Lunch

Paine Precepts (Compassion)

• “I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.” – Roger Ebert
• “Empathy grows as we learn.” –  Alice Miller
• “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” – Jesse Jackson
• “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
• “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt