Weekly Update

A special thank you to our PTO for our PES Faculty & Staff Christmas Party!

    

          C Week - January 4-6, 2023

South PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

January PACE Character Trait is INTEGRITY!

Paine Practice ... Best Practice  

Krissy Boyda smiling as she engages with her 5th grade students during her lesson.

Blanche working hard to support our precious students!

Maggie Burns' PES 5th Grade Math Team participating in a virtual competition

Mr. Kirkland testing student golf/robotic designs in this EnRICh experience facilitated by April Chamberlain and Kristi Brooks.

Kylee Kimbrough hugging her 2nd grade students at the end of the day!

Tuesday, January 3rd

 

We will have a faculty meeting from 8:15-9:15 in the North Training Room.  The remainder of the day is free for teachers and staff to catch up, plan, and prepare for the return of students on Wednesday.

Collaboration Calendar - January

EnRICh

There will be no EnRICh in January.  We will resume with our 2nd semester EnRICh in February.  We will plan for this in January so more information to come.

AIMSWeb Winter Testing

Math - We will work on any unfinished math testing in Kindergarten-1st beginning on Wednesday.

Grades 2-5:  If you have any students who have not finished the math assessment, please have them complete this week.

Reading - The window will open on 1/17.  The testing team will come in to assess 1st Grade sometime between 1/17 - 1/24.  They will assess Kindergarten the week of 2/1-2/8.  Grades 2-5 may complete these assessments beginning 1/17; they should all be completed by 2/8.

IMPORTANT:  Classroom teachers are responsible for ensuring any and ALL special accommodations are communicated to testing team and/or test administrators and implemented.  Sped Case Managers should work with classroom teachers to ensure all testing IEP accommodations are met.

Upcoming Dates

Tues, 1/3 - Teachers and Staff Return

Wed, 1/4 - Students Return

Mon, 1/16 - MLK Holiday

1/17-2/8 - Window for AimsWeb Reading Assessments

Family News

Congratulations to Kelsie Olcott Andrews!  She and her fiance were married over the break!  What a beautiful bride and precious couple! 

Paine Precepts (Integrity)

• “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
• “The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.” – William Safire
• “Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.” – J.C. Watts