Weekly Update

 C Week - March 6-10

North PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

PACE Character Trait for March - Self Control

Paine Practice ... Best Practice

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Paine Faculty learning about Exact Path; we're always exploring ways to support our students.

Ms. Cowden is "all-in" with her students. They are constructing a runway based on specified measurements.

Mrs. Felts using her Smart Board/math manipulatives to help students understand multiplying decimals.

ACAP Testing Dates

There has been one change to our ACAP testing plans for Literacy.  In addition to taking Session 3-Writing & TDW, students will also take an additional literacy test on the first day. This will reduce the test sessions from three to two on April 4th.  Please see the updated schedule below.

ACAP Alternate Testing

ACAP Alternate testing will be March 6-9.  We will be in testing mode on those days and will refrain from making any announcements as long as testing is going on.  Please remind students to be completely quiet in the hallways.

Leadership Trussville Visit - March 9th

Leadership Trussville will be visiting Paine Elementary Thursday afternoon.

Collaboration Calendar-March

We will have testing training during collaboration on Wednesday & Grade Level collaboration on Thursday.

Music in our Schools Month

March is "Music in our Schools" Month!  We are so blessed to have the best music and art program at Paine!  Friday, we will celebrate Music in our Schools month by dressing up to represent our favorite genre of music.  Please communicate this to your parents.  

ACAP Boot Camp

On March 9th & 10ths, we will have an ACAP Boot Camp to get 2nd-5th students comfortable with the ACAP online tools. Our original plan was to do this during Tuesday skills, but we realized it would not give us enough time.  Please look for your time below. This will be held in the STREAM Studio.  Please make sure your students Chromebooks are charged.  The boot camp will be facilitated by our counselors and other faculty, so classroom teachers will be able to use this hour to work on their ACAP review plans for their content area.  Please adjust your schedules accordingly.

STREAM Studio

Mrs. Weyerman's are working on the "You're the Teacher" STREAM learning experience.  They are creating products from the choice board to teach others about math concepts. They were placed in groups based on their ranking of the standards they wanted to emphasize.

Upcoming Dates

3/6-3/9 - ACAP Alternate Testing

Thurs, 3/9 - Leadership Trussville Visits PES

Tues, 3/14 - PES Choir Concert at 5:30 in North Gym

Thur, 3/23 - ACAP Writing Assessment

3/27-3/31 - Spring Break

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

Tues, 4/11 - Kindergarten Music Program

Wed, 4/12 - ACAP Math

Tues, 4/18 - EnRICh will start back

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

5/9 & 5/11 - STEM Certification Meetings with Review Team

Thurs, 5/11 - PES Musical (day & evening performances)

Fri, 5/12 - 5th Grade Extravaganza

Paine Precepts - Self Control

To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart. - Eleanor Roosevelt

You decide your own level of involvement. - Chuck Palahniuk

“If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.” - Germany Kent

“Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should.” - Hanya Yanagihara

“Your future is only as secure as your ability to say NO when it matters.” 0 Jonathan Heimberg