Weekly Update

 

Thank you so much for your flexibility and hard work during our ACAP practice testing week!  A special thank you to our counselors for their preparation.  We look forward to analyzing this data soon.  We are blessed with the most amazing faculty and staff at PES!

B Week - February 3-7, 2025

 North PE - Outside (Weather permitting)

Character Trait: Uniqueness

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

Reminder: Each teacher should sign up to observe at least one other teacher each 9 weeks and complete the post observation reflection form.  

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

Mon, 2/3 - Visitors (Principals and ARI) in building

Tue, 2/4 - Spring Pictures during PE

Wed, 2/5 - PST Meetings

Letters of Intent due to Dr. L no later than 2/14.

Winter AIMS Web Testing

All testing should be completed by Monday, 2/3.

Wednesday - PST

We will have PST meetings during collaboration time on Wednesday (North Training Room).

Thursday (Early Release)

Use this time to work with your grade level PLCs.

Paine VIP Valentine Dance

We are SO excited about our VIP Valentine Dance (sponsored by our PTO) on Thursday, February 13th from 5:30-7:30.  Listed below is a link for teachers to sign up to help.  It is going to be so much fun!

Teacher Link to Sign Up for Dance

Paine Musical - FROZEN

We can't wait for our musical this month!  Please see the flyer below for the public shows.  We will also have school shows for our students. More information will be provided soon on this schedule.

Paine Precepts (Uniqueness

• “The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” – Albert Einstein
• “You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. ” –  Henry David Thoreau
• “We are all born originals.” – Edward Young
• “Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
• “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” – Winnie The Pooh

Weekly Update

 

B Week - January 27-31, 2025

 PE - Outside (Weather permitting)

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

Reminder: Each teacher should sign up to observe at least one other teacher each 9 weeks and complete the post observation reflection form.  

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

ACAP Practice Test Monday-Thursday

No Wednesday Collaboration

Sped Meeting on Thursday afternoon (early release)

ACAP Practice Testing

The ACAP practice testing for Grades 2-5 begins Monday am, January 27th. On Monday, 4th grade will take the science test and we will begin small groups with reading & math.  This week, please make sure you take your students to the restroom right after announcements so we will be ready to begin our testing promptly at 8:30.  

Testing Schedule

Monday - 4th Grade Science & Small Groups

Tuesday - ELA: 2nd & 3rd (Sessions 1,2,4), 4th & 5th (Sessions 1,2), Small Groups

Wednesday-ELA: Session 3, Small Groups

Thursday-All Math, Small Groups

Modified PE Schedule (Monday-Thursday)

We will be on a modified schedule Monday - Thursday due to ACAP practice testing.  There will be no specials. We plan to begin PE at 10:45 (but please wait on word that testing is complete before proceeding to PE).  We will try to have outside PE if weather permits.  If we are able to do this, we will be using the north field and south playground.  Monday-Thursday PE times are listed below.

10:45-11:15  - 1st Grade

11:15-11:45  - 4th Grade

11:45-12:15   -  5th Grade

12:15-12:45 - 3rd Grade   

12:45-1:15 - Kindergarten    

1:15-1:45  - 2nd Grade

If you have to change your recess time or location due to testing on Monday-Wednesday,  please notify the office so we know when and where you will be.

Important Testing Reminders

• Please remind your parents of our testing schedule and the importance of our students being on time, getting enough rest and eating a good breakfast.  Please encourage students to do their very best!  
• There should be no activity/traveling through the building beginning at 8:10 until you receive word that morning group testing is complete.
• We will begin the PE schedule as soon as whole group testing is complete. We will get the word out, but will not make an intercom announcement due to continued small  group testing.
• Travel in hallways should be limited and students should remain supervised and quiet.
• Please avoid hallways that have "testing" signs.
• K & 1: Please do not allow students to use Chromebooks from 8:00-11:00 to help us avoid any technical issues while students are testing.
• K & 1: Please make sure your classes are completely quiet if you have to travel to a location. Please avoid any testing hallways.

 

Winter AIMS Web Testing

Our Winter Testing Window is open for Aims. Our TCS testing team will continue testing 1st Grade, Kindergarten, and 2nd/3rd ORF only.  

Thursday (Early Release)

Sped teachers will participate in a meeting/training in the North Training Room.

All other teachers will plan with their grade level teams.

Paine Precepts (Effort)

• “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown
• “Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do little jobs well, the big one will tend to take care of themselves”  Dale Carnegie
• “You must do the thing you think you cannot do” – Eleanor Roosevelt
• “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little difference” – Jimmy Johnson

Weekly Update

 

A Week - January 21-24, 2025

South PE - Outside (Weather permitting)

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

Reminder: Each teacher should sign up to observe at least one other teacher each 9 weeks and complete the post observation reflection form.  

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

We will have an unplanned lockdown drill sometime this month.

Mon,1/20 - No school

Wed, 1/22 - PST Meetings

Thu, 1/23 - Collaborative Planning/Early Release

Thu, 1/23 - Math PST at CO

 KNOW  YOUR  IMPACT

Mrs. Seeley is modeling a Text Dependent Writing for her students.

Mrs. Dillard is modeling sequencing and writing sentences for her Kinder students.

Our MTSS Team providing our turnaround training.

Ms. Cribb leading her students in daily sentence corrections as a part of our school writing plan.

 Assemblies

We will have our quarterly grade level assemblies on Tuesday and Friday in the SOUTH Gym.  

Tuesday:  K-8:30, 1st-9:30 2nd 10:30

Friday:  3rd-8:30 4th-9:30 5th-10:30

Library Survey

One of our library goals is to diversity the library collection.  Please complete the Teacher Survey below to provide Mr. McAbee with information to help with this.

Teacher survey

Homeroom  Teachers in grades 3-5, please have your students complete the survey below sometime before January 31.

Student survey

PES TDW Plan

Everyone did a great job this week on our TDW plans during collaboration. Thank you to Jenni Peters for leading us in these efforts.  I am so excited about our plans!!!  The revised overall plan is shown below.

Winter AIMS Web Testing

Our Winter Testing Window is open for Aims. Beginning 1/15, our TCS testing team will begin testing all 1st Grade, Kindergarten, and 2nd/3rd ORF only.  Teachers may begin administering the assessment for 4th & 5th and the computerized portion for 2nd & 3rd as soon as students return on 1/7. Our goal is to have all testing complete by 1/24 so we can have our data meetings the following week.

ACAP Practice Test

The ACAP Practice Tests will be administered to all students in grades 2-5 the week of  1/27 - 1/31.  We will adhere to the testing protocols following in the spring. 

Please include in your parent communication the following information:

• Send in wired headphones for their child.
• No lunch visitors the week of the practice test.

Wednesday - PST

Please come ready for PST during your planning time on Wednesday.

Thursday Early Release Time

We will use this time for collaboration and planning. Selected math teachers will have training at the CO (Weyerman's monthly group).

Paine Precepts (Resilience)

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Julie Andrews

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Nelson Mandela

Weekly Update: Library and PST

Library Newsletter

Please click on the link below for important information from Mr. McAbee in the library newsletter.

https://secure.smore.com/n/yjzu9

Problem Solving Team

PST will be on 1/22 this month.

Any new referrals:  the form needs to be completed by 1/16.

PST data documentation for students currently on PST needs to be complete by 1/20.

Weekly Update

 B Week - January 13-17, 2025

North PE - Outside (Weather permitting)

Peer Observation Sign-Up Calendar

Post Observation Reflection Form

Reminder: Each teacher should sign up to observe at least one other teacher each 9 weeks and complete the post observation reflection form.  

LINK TO PES CALENDAR FOR 2024-2025

Important Events this Week

We will have an unplanned lockdown drill sometime this month.

1/13-1/17 - Music Coin Drive

Tue, 1/14 - Wellness Screenings

Wed, 1/15 - Collaboration

Thu, 1/16 - EnRICh Resumes

Thu, 1/16 - PD on Positive Behavior Supports

Reminder: No school on Monday 1/20 (MLK Day)

 KNOW  YOUR  IMPACT

Our MSIT (Math School Improvement Team) worked to develop a math vision statement for Paine.

Our Literacy Teachers collaborated with Jenni Peters to work on our Text Dependent Writing Plan!

Students in Mrs. Darnell's 5th grade class are learning about gravity and designing parachutes.

Mrs. Garrett facilitating a rich vocabulary discussion.

Mrs. Burns facilitating a thought-provoking number talk on fractions.

PES TDW Plan

Thank you to everyone for your full participation on our Monday training on Text Dependent Writing.  Listed below is our skeleton plan for TDW, but I know some grade levels have already revised this to be more specific to their grade level.  Please continue to bring you TDW materials to collaboration each Wednesday up until spring testing.  

Winter AIMS Web Testing

Our Winter Testing Window is open for Aims. Beginning 1/15, our TCS testing team will begin testing all 1st Grade, Kindergarten, and 2nd/3rd ORF only.  Teachers may begin administering the assessment for 4th & 5th and the computerized portion for 2nd & 3rd as soon as students return on 1/7. Our goal is to have all testing complete by 1/24 so we can have our data meetings the following week.

ACAP Practice Test

The ACAP Practice Tests will be administered to all students in grades 2-5 the week of  1/27 - 1/31.  We will adhere to the testing protocols following in the spring. A mass email went out to our parents yesterday informing them of the digital device policy and asking them to send in wired headphones for their child.  They were also informed that we will not have lunch visitors the week of the practice test. 

Wednesday Collaboration

Math Teachers will participate in PD with Mrs. Weyerman.

Literacy Teachers will work on TDW Planning with Mrs. Peters.  Please bring all materials for upcoming unit and TDW materials provided in our training this week.

Thursday Early Release Time

All faculty & staff will participate in important MTSS training on Positive Behavioral Supports.  It will start at 2:15.

Paine Precepts

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” - Nelson Mandela

“Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” - Robert F. Kennedy

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” - Thomas Edison

"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." - Martin Luther King Jr

“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” - Eleanor Roosevelt