Weekly Update

B Week - April 15-19, 2024

PE:  North PE will be outside this week

 (weather permitting)

Note: We will need for 5th Grade & 3rd Grade to trade Specials/PE times on FRIDAY 4/19 because 5th graders will be traveling to HTMS in the morning.

Character Trait Focus: PATIENCE

 Paine Power Word: Demonstrate

Lesson Plan Checks - Monday Morning 

Upcoming Important Dates

4/15-4/18 - American Fidelity in South Conference Room

4/15 - TCS Board to Visit PES

4/18 - Progress Reports for 4th 9 weeks

4/22-4/25 - Spring Book Fair

4/26 - E-Learning Day for Students & PD Day for Teachers

4/30 - Timothy Alexander to visit 3rd, 4th & 5th students

5/1 - Kinder Music Programs

5/2 - Constitution Program for 5th Graders

5/2 - PES Choir Concert at 6:00 pm

5/10 - 5th Grade Extravaganza

5/15 - Tentative Date for End of Year Data Meetings

5/16 - HTMS Band Performance at PES

5/17 - EnRICh Showcase

5/20 - Assemblies (K-2)

5/21 - Assemblies (3-5)

5/23 - Last Day for Students (12:00 dismissal)

5/23 - End of Year Faculty/Staff Celebration (after 12:00)

5/24 - Faculty/Staff Workday

Paine Practice - Best Practice

Mrs. Burns leads a brainstorming session about data with our Math Team.

Mrs. Trowbridge leading a small group during the reading block.

Students engaged in EnRICh/Paine Fashionistas with Mrs. Lang & Ms. Vickers.

Ms. Barker is working with students during EnRICh/Experimental!

American Fidelity

American Fidelity will be here April 15 through April 18 in the South Conference room.  Every employee must check in with them sometime during the week. 

Board Visit on 4/15

The TCS School Board will be visiting Paine Elementary on Monday, 4/15 around 10:00 am.

AimsWeb Spring Testing

Our TCS Testing Team will continue pulling the following students for AimsWeb Reading within the following windows: 1st Grade (April 8-11), Kindergarten (April 12-17), ORF for 2nd & 3rd (April 8-17). 

We will begin testing Kindergarten & 1st grade students in math beginning April 15th (more information to follow). 

Please administer the computerized portion of the reading and math tests within the following window:  April 22 - April 30. (Please do not give these assessments prior to 4/22).  This will include 4th & 5th grade (both assessments), 2nd & 3rd grade math & the computer portion of reading.

Wednesday - Collaboration

• Work on ELearning Day student assignments for 4/26.
• Please also use this time to make sure you lesson plans in PlanBook are completely up to date. This year it will be on our year-end checklist that your individual plans are up-to-date in your PlanBook.

    EnRICh

We will have EnRICh for grades 3-5 Thursday at 1:00.

 Thursday Afternoon - Early Release Time

Faculty Meeting at 2:15.

Timothy Alexander Visit on April 30th

Timothy Alexander (remember his inspirational story from TCS Institute) will be here on April 30th to speak to our 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students about hard work, perseverance, etc. More information to follow!

Plan for April 26th Workday

April 26th is a workday for faculty & staff.  We will have required MTSS Turnaround Training and a Technology EdCamp that day. You can also use a portion of this day to catch up on your PlanBook and get a head start on your end of the year packet (we will have this to you before then).  A more detailed schedule will follow soon.

Family News

Please keep Sara Wilks and her family in your thoughts and prayers; her precious grandfather passed away today.

Congratulation to Bailey Killingsworth on the birth of her beautiful baby, Stetson.  He was born onn April 10th, weighing 4 lbs 10 oz and is 18 inches long.  

Paine Precepts 

• “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – a.a. milne
•  “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” Marie Curie
• “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” thomas jefferson
• “Many of life’s failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up” Thomas Edison
• "If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away."  Mark Twain