Family News

 Please keep Scott Cooper in your thoughts and prayers.  

He will be having back surgery on Tuesday.

Updates

 Awards Schedule for Monday

Please let your students know that at tomorrow's assembly we will have to refrain from clapping/cheering for individual students and wait until the end of each section of awards.  We have a tight schedule and many year-end awards to hand out.  When the assembly is concluded, we will only have approximately 5 minutes for pictures and we will need for you to gather your class quickly and exit the gym.  Guests for the next assembly will already be coming in.

Kindergarten  8:20-8:50

1st Grade  9:00-9:30

4th Grade  9:45 - 10:45

2nd Grade  11:00-11:30

3rd Grade  12:15-1:15

5th Grade  1:30-2:30

Thursday Schedule

We will provide breakfast Thursday at 8:30 in the library.  After breakfast, we will be available to check rooms and sign off on your year end checklists.

Family News

Congratulations to Sara Coshatt and Jared Wilks! They were married on Saturday!  We wish them a lifetime of happiness.  We have another Mrs. Wilks at Paine!  

Weekly Update

  A Week - May 22-24 (North PE Outside)

EnRICh Showcase

Our EnRICh showcase was a HUGE success!  Thank you to the teachers and students for their hard work. The products were incredible!!!

Student Birthdays

We will announce student birthdays for the May 24 through the end of summer on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday based on the following schedule. Please send those students to the office for announcements.

• Monday - Remainder of May
• Tuesday - June
• Wednesday - July-end of summer

End of Year Assemblies

We will have our grade level assemblies on Monday in the SOUTH Gym.  Refer to the schedule sent out to our parents.

Welcome, Mr. Birdyshaw

Hunter Birdyshaw will stop by after school on Monday.  Please stop by the library to welcome him and say hello.

Kindergarten Orientation

Please spread the word about our upcoming Kindergarten Orientation.

Tuesday Schedule

We will go by the following schedule for lunch & field day on Tuesday.  Please pick up lunches from the lunchroom at your designated times below.  Either eat outside (picnic style) or in your classrooms (if weather doesn't cooperate).  Classroom teachers will have 2 separate hours during the day to work in their rooms. You will take your class to either dance or art at the designated time.  We will transition them from one to the other, so pick them up at their 2nd rotation.  At the designated time, you will drop them off for an hour of PE.  The locations for all of these will be announced Tuesday morning as we will make that determination based on weather.  

Note: STEM Teachers will partner with Art Teachers for the art rotations and Counselors will partner with music teachers for the dance rotations.

Wednesday - 5th Grade Last Walk

Please stand outside your classrooms at 9:00 in the morning.  Our 5th graders will talk their last walk through the halls of Paine Elementary!  Please cheer them on as they take their next steps to the middle school!

Wednesday - Lunch Schedule

We will pick up lunches at the times below and either eat outside or in our classrooms. Please bag trash and place outside your door before you leave for the day.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Mon, 5/22 - End of Year Assemblies

Tues, 5/23 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Tues, 5/23 - Paine Field Day & End of Year Class Parties 

Tues, 6/20 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Miscellaneous

 Welcome New Paine AP - Hunter Birdyshaw

We would like to welcome Hunter Birdyshaw to Paine Elementary.  He was board approved last night!  Hunter has been serving as a Math Instructional Coach in Hoover and has also been a first and second grade teacher!  He has served as the site supervisor for Hoover's summer literacy program.  He has his Masters Degree in Instructional Leadership from the University of Montevallo.  Hunter will stop by Monday after school to meet everyone!  We are so excited to have him at Paine!!!

Family News

Congratulations to Hannah McCauley and her husband. They welcomed their baby girl into the world last night.  Meet Elizabeth Ruth McCauley!  She is absolutely beautiful!

Weekly Update

        C Week - May 15-18 (South PE Outside)

Thank you to our PTO 

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our wonderful PTO for everything they did for our faculty and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week! They went above and beyond to let our staff know how loved and valued they are!  We have the best PTO!!! Here are just a few photos from this EPIC week!

5th Grade Extravaganza

Our 5th Grade Extravaganza was amazing.  Our students represented our school so well and everyone had a great time!  Now, on to the next step for our 5th graders!

Educator Effectiveness - PLPs

All Certified Employees must have the TINKER Section of your PLP in LINCSPRINGs complete and all evidence in before we can sign off on your PLP.

Chromebooks

Due to all excessive costs associated with breakage of Chromebooks, we will be moving back to class sets next year (versus assigning to individual students).  We will still have 1:1 access, but students will utilize their dedicated CB in the classroom. If a teacher asks for the CB to go home for an assignment, the student will take the CB with their # from their homeroom.  The STEM labs will also have a class set for all students to use. This will eliminate having to carry them all over the building. We will provide classroom teachers with a system to number their CBs in the Fall.  If you are departmentalized, student #1 in each of your classes will use that CB while they are in your class.  One of the reasons we are providing this information now is because students need to clean their CB before turning it in (this includes removing any stickers they may have placed on it).  

Please click on the link below for instructions and an additional link to enter your CB inventory.

CB Inventory Instructions & Links

Pirates - The Musical

We are so excited about our upcoming musical!  Our teachers and students will get to see this on Monday or Tuesday (please see schedule below). We will call for grades to come to the north gym. Teachers, be sure to sit with your class. We need students on their best behavior.  Our musical theatre group has worked very hard on this production and everyone is going to love it! 

Evening Show Times for the Community

We will also have evening shows for the community on Monday, May 15th & Tuesday, May 16th at 6:00 pm. Please spread the word!

End of Year Student Information Spreadsheets

On Friday, I shared your end of year student information sheet with you via Google.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Retirement Celebration - Dr. Brumlow

EnRICh Showcase

EnRICh Showcase Logistics

Please have your students work on your table/booth on Tuesday and Thursday during EnRICh.  On your table, you may have Chromebooks set up with the projects, pics, etc. and/or printed materials and actual projects.  Have your students make a large sign with the name of your EnRICh session to tape to the front of your table.  Please see the invitation above that will be sent out to parents on Monday.  UClase the link below to obtain a form EnRICh teachers will complete to let us know which students will be managing the booth (the times are in 30 minute intervals). Be sure to "make a copy" of the form before typing in information. On the form, put "booth closed" on the times when your students are at lunch or PE, but please assign students to all other times. You may also print it and handwrite it if easier. This form needs to be turned in to the office before you leave on Tuesday.

The second page of the link contains a printable form to put assigned times in student agenda books (so parents will know when to come).   We will tell parents to look for this Tuesday evening, so please complete all of this during Tuesday EnRICh.

EnRICh Showcase Link

Kindergarten Orientation

Please spread the word about our upcoming Kindergarten Orientation.

Field Day -  Tuesday, May 23rd

We will be on a completely different schedule on May 23rd for Field Day.  Students will have an opportunity to engage in outside activities for one hour (see green section).  They will also have a 30-minute dance/music rotation and a 30-minute arts rotation (more detail will follow on the sequence).  Classroom teachers may choose to participate with their students OR use this time to work in your room.  Our specialist teachers and other support staff will manage these activities (since we will not have regular specials on Tuesday).  You will pick up lunches from the lunchroom that day and do picnic lunches (so the lunch schedule is also different that day).

You may work with your grade level to use the "remaining" slots that day to schedule your class parties and other grade level activities on your hall.  You may want to set up different activities in rooms on your hall (this is optional). The could include crafts, a movie, board games, etc. The following is a sample of what a schedule with these rotations may look like.  Please allow time in your schedule for room cleanup.

Please let us know if you have any questions as you begin to plan the rest of the day for your students on May 23rd.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

Mon, 5/15 - PES Musical (day & evening performances)

Tues, 5/16 - PES Musical (day & evening performances)

Wed, 5/17 - Final Grades Due

Thurs, 5/18 - Retirement (Brumlow) & End of Year Celebration

Fri, 5/19 - EnRICh Student Showcase

Mon, 5/22 - End of Year Assemblies

Tues, 5/23 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Tues, 5/23 - Paine Field Day & End of Year Class Parties 

Tues, 6/20 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Weekly Update

Dear Paine Teachers, 

One of my favorite weeks of the year is Teacher Appreciation Week, because you are SO deserving!  I want to express our heartfelt thanks for your commitment to our students (and each other). Each of you understands the importance of developing relationships with our students, focusing on the whole child, and seeing the potential in each and every student.  You pour your heart and soul into developing engaging lessons, teaching, and helping every child reach his/her full potential...and it does not go unnoticed.  Teaching is one of the most challenging jobs in the world, but also the most rewarding.  I hope you know how loved and appreciated you are! Paine Elementary is GREAT because of our GREAT teachers!  

Thank you!!!     

Lisa

  B Week - May 8-12

North PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

Paine Practice...Best Practice

We are bucket fillers...lifting each other up!

Maggie Burns & Maddie Garrett's "Mad About Data" EnRICh students surveying 1st graders.

We officially welcomed Dr. Martin to Paine! 
We were so inspired listening to him speak at our faculty meeting!  

Blanche's X-STREAM 3rd Birthday Celebration

We had a great time celebrating Blanche and participating in our dog-themed STREAM activities.  Thank you to Carter Pharis, Christy Naylor, and Sara Taylor for your help.  Thank you to our PE Department for your flexibility.  Thank you to our amazing teachers for jumping in and participating in the activities with your students! A special thank you to our PTO for your help and support throughout the day.  We are so blessed to have Blanche at Paine!!!

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teachers, get ready to be celebrated this week.  As our PTO said below, "Your dedication and devotion is timeless." This week we travel through the decades showing you how appreciated you are.  Look for special things each day in the library courtesy of our PTO!

Bucket Fillers

We will set up our buckets in the library this week.  All faculty and staff, please stop by and retrieve the messages, etc. in your buckets each day (but leave the buckets in there until the end of the week).  Also, please place additional notes and messages in each other's buckets throughout the week.  

Message from our Media Center

All Library Books are Due by Wednesday, May 10^th!

• Collect all library books in your classrooms and send them to the library.
• Please make sure that students look all around your classroom (and through your classroom libraries) for any other library books!
• On May 11^th, we will run overdue book reports for you to send home with students who are still missing books.

 

Free Books!

We’re still making room for new books in the library, so make sure to check the library workroom for another round of free books for your classroom!

 

EnRICh

EnRICh for grades 2-5 will meet on Tuesdays from 2:00-2:50 and Thursdays from 1:00-1:50.  

Formal Teacher Observations

We will continue our spring teacher observations this week.  

Collaboration Calendar

We will not meet this week to give everyone time to work on grades and end of the year tasks.

5th Grade Extravaganza

Fifth grade extravaganza is on Friday.  I am asking 5th grade teachers to talk to your students on Thursday afternoon about being on their best behavior on Friday.  I know it is an exciting day, but is is imperative that students follow all directions and rules throughout the day.  Teachers, please make sure you are closely supervising your class.  Dr. Lothspeich and Dr. Jensen will be attending to assist you with anything you need that day.

Important Reminders

Certified hours are from 7:45-3:15.  Please make sure if you need to leave before 3:15 you let an admin know.  

Paine Elementary Musical

We are so excited about our upcoming musical.  It is going to be incredible!  Our 4th and 5th grade Musical Theatre students are busy rehearsing under the direction of Taylor Knuppel, Lesley Rogers, and Catherine Cowden.  Our Set Design students are busy preparing the set under the direction of Angela Santiago and Kelsi Olcott.  The musical will be performed for students only on Monday May 15th during the school day.  

The performance for parents and the community will be Monday evening.  Admission for the evening performance is $5 presale or $7 if purchased at the door.  Proceeds will help fund future musical theatre productions.

Celebrating Dr. Brumlow on May 18th

May 23rd Field Day & Class Parties

We will get a detailed schedule out this week regarding Field Day on May 23rd so you can plan your class party times that day.

Upcoming Dates to Remember

5/8-5/12 - Teacher Appreciation Week

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

Fri, 5/12 - 3rd Grade Scored Handwriting Assessments due back to Dr. Jensen

Mon, 5/15 - PES Musical (day & evening performances)

Thurs, 5/18 - Retirement (Brumlow) & End of Year Celebration

Fri, 5/19 - EnRICh Student Showcase

Fri, 5/19 - Kindergarten Class Parties

Mon, 5/22 - End of Year Assemblies

Tues, 5/23 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Tues, 5/23 - Paine Field Day & End of Year Class Parties 

Fri, 5/12 - 5th Grade Extravaganza

Tues, 6/20 - Kinder Orientation for 2022-2023 Students (8:30 am AND 6:00 pm)

Paine Precepts are all for teachers this week

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” - Ben Franklin
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” - Phil Collins
“Learning never exhausts the mind.” - Leonardo da Vinci
“Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it” - Confucius
“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”  - B.B. King