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