Weekly Update

A Week - Jan 16-19

Monday, Jan 16 - No school in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

South PE will be outside this week (weather permitting)

Character Trait Focus: Responsibility 

Paine Power Word: Cite

Paine Practice - BEST Practice

Mrs. Weyerman leads her 2nd grade students in a rigorous number talk; they love the challenge and rise to the occasion.

Mrs. Hunt's 2nd grade students are applying the skills learned in their reading unit!

Mrs. Wallace's Kindergarten students are invited to the "perimeter" of the carpet and they know exactly what to do.  Great use of vocabulary and classroom routines!

Kindergarten students in Ms. Cribb's class have fun with their counting to 100 practice!

A 4th grade student in Ms. Strange/Mrs. Swatek's room explain her comparing fractions strategy to peers.

Paine Power Words

We will be highlighting an academic vocabulary word per week in morning announcements and will integrate this word into our specialist lessons each week.  Classroom teachers, please look for opportunities to use the word of the week and celebrate when students use the word.  Invite students to share when they see the word in the books they are reading.

Intruder/Lockdown Drill

We will have our second lockdown drill for this year on Tuesday at approximately 1:15 pm.  Please use the script provided last time with your students.  Wait on the announcement over the intercom before beginning the drill.

Math Challenge

Please submit your student's completed math challenge sheets to your AP as soon as you get them.  We will enter them into the state website for participation in the drawing for basketball tickets.

Collaboration on Wednesday

We will meet in the North Training Room to work on the following:

Kindergarten & 1st Grade - Math Planning & Open Court Plans

2nd Grade - Math & ACAP Plans (please bring ACAP binders)

3rd - 5th Grade - ACAP Plans (please bring ACAP Binders)

Thursday Afternoon (2:15 - 3:15)

We have a required meeting for ALL faculty & staff (certified and classified) to participate in "Stop the Bleed" training conducted by our nurses.  

Everyone in our building must be trained. 

Family News

We would like to welcome Alana Dickie as our Library/Media Specialist. Please stop by the media center and say hello!

Please keep Buffy Bland and her father in your thoughts and prayers, as he continue to have health issues.

Paine Precepts (Responsibility)

• “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” – Moliere (French poet in the 1600's)
• “Nothing will ever change while you point the finger of blame.  Out of responsibility comes possibility.” – Lisa Villa Prosen (Author & Public Speaker)
• “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln (16th US President)
• “Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.” – Mitt Romney (Business person & politician)