Weekly Update

A Week - February 21-24

North PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

PACE Character Trait for February - KINDNESS

Paine Practice ... Best Practice

The artwork in the boulevards is simply beautiful!  Thank you to Angela Santiago and Kelsi Andrews
 for the amazing job you do developing the artist in each student.

Leigh Riley teaching her Kindergarten students the correct way to write using the lines on their paper. 

Heather Cates keeping kids engaged in small group with a purposeful game.

Barrett Trowbridge's students are SO engaged in her read-aloud because of her animation and energy.

Important School Safety Plan Reminders

This is VERY IMPORTANT reminder:  If anyone orders food to be delivered to the school, it MUST be delivered to the front office.  Under NO circumstances are we to instruct a delivery person to go to a side or back door. 

Please use this time to remind your students that they are NOT to open a door for any adult.  EVERY visitor must go through the front office.

Thank you for helping to ensure our school is safe!

Chromebooks

Our 3rd and 4th graders will be getting new Chromebooks this year (before testing).  Third and fourth grade teachers, please make sure you have every student's Chromebook and charger in your room before February 28th.  Please avoid sending them home during this time so we have the full inventory here at school.  Our Technology Department will begin trading them out on February 28th.

Black History Month

This week we will honor Black History Month during our morning announcements.  Daily precepts will be quotes from Famous Black Americans who have made an impact on our world.  Please consider using time in your morning meetings to discuss how these quotes can drive us to make an impact.  We are excited to see the student work from your classroom Black History Month lessons.  Some classes have already implemented these Social Studies lessons, and other classes are implementing this week.

Read Across America

Please communicate our Read Across America Dress-Up Days in your parent communication.

Read Across America Decoration Contest

Decorate your door or hallway with a book, author, or reading theme!

Creativity counts! 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place prizes will be awarded:
1^st place - $150 for your classroom
2^nd place - $100 for your classroom
3^rd place - $50 for your classroom!

Judges will score the displays on the afternoon of Friday, March 3rd. 

Leadership Trussville Visit - March 9th

Community Leaders from Leadership Trussville will be visiting our building on March 9th.  Please take a little time before then to tidy up your classrooms.  Also, please make sure you have student work hanging outside of your classrooms.

Reminder:  Please make sure students collect all their belongings when you are lining up to leave the courtyard and playgrounds.  This will help us keep the outside of our building clean.

Collaboration Calendar-Remainder of February

PD Opportunity - Feb 28th

Share Your Content Knowledge and Design Interactive Lessons / Resources
Using Your Interactive Whiteboard and Lumio software!

Join Rachel Brockman

Tuesday, February 28^th

from 3:30 – 4:30

in the 2^nd floor BOE Training Room or via Zoom 

Receive 1 hour of PD Credit in PowerSchool Professional Learning

Registration Link:

https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/tab/Home?_ct=Home  Course # 466556

 

Together we will explore sharing your content knowledge with students using Lumio and our interactive whiteboards to:

1. Create interactive lessons, games, and activities for your interactive whiteboard
2. Curate and adapt premade templates and lessons around your content standards
3. Engage EVERY student using interactive lessons using Lumio through Schoology

Leave with a interactive whiteboard-ready lesson!

STREAM Studio

Alyssa Vickers' math students exploring three-dimensional shapes in our STREAM Studio.

Upcoming Dates

Tues, 2/21 - Spring Book Fair Begins

Fri, 2/24 - Grade Level Assemblies

Mon, 2/27 - Read Across America Week Begins

Tues, 2/28 - 5th Graders invited to HTMS @ 7:00 pm

3/6-3/9 - ACAP Alternate Testing

Thurs, 3/9 - Leadership Trussville Visits PES

Thur, 3/23 - ACAP Writing Assessment

3/27-3/31 - Spring Break

4/4 & 4/5 - ACAP Reading & Science (4th)

Wed, 4/12 - ACAP Math\

Fri, 5/5 - Blanche's 3rd Birthday (Plans to be announced)

Fri, 5/12 - 5th Grade Extravaganza

Paine Precepts - Black History Month

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” – Harriet Tubman

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman dreamed of freedom. Through strength, patience, and passion, she eventually escaped to become an abolitionist and a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad leading other enslaved people to freedom. She influenced and changed countless lives through her many roles as a nurse, Union spy, and women’s suffrage supporter – and her words and story still inspire us today.

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison

Dr. Mae Jemison has always imagined a boundless future for herself. Not only is she the first African American woman to be admitted to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1987, but Dr. Jemison is also the first African American female astronaut! On September 12, 1992, she flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor. She is also a medical trained doctor, served in the Peace Corps, and currently runs a medical technology company.

“Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you.” – Simone Biles

Simone Biles started practicing gymnastics at the young age of six, teaching herself to flip off mailboxes. Over the years, she did countless more flips to refine technique and skills – and to build the necessary confidence to become the success that she is today. Simone is now known as one of the sports’ greatest athletes with a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals.

“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.” – Barack Obama

With hard work and dedication to service, Barack Obama was persistent and insistent on shaping the future. He made his mark on history as the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to serve in the office.