Randolph SchoolÕs End of the Week Notes for Jan. 18, 2008

 

Celebrations!

Happy Birthday to Joleen Reigert on January 28!

 

Please note.

1.  ItÕs time to nominate the super stars among us for the Gold Star recognition sponsored by the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools. The letter from the Foundation indicates:  ÒWe would like you to select two ÔstarsÕ who represent the diversity and excellence which occurs in your building such as:  special contributions, citizenship, leadership, special talents or skills, academic achievement or a positive role model.  We want the Gold Star Salute to be a student-oriented event that recognizes ÔstarÕ staff as well.Ó  Please let Dr. B. know your nominees by February 8st. 

 

2.  To help make a smooth transition to Randolph for those students joining us from Hawthorne School, weÕre offering tours of the school at 6:30 p.m. before the Feb. 5 and March 4 PTA meetings.  I need two or three adult volunteers who will help student ambassadors give the tours.  Please call the office to let Dr. B. know if you will help.  Thanks! 

 

Curriculum and Instruction

ÒAn Evening With the ArtsÓ is the theme of the next PrincipalÕs Parent Forum on Thursday, February 21beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Our Expressive Arts teachers, Ms. Mattley, Ms. Kuhl, Mr. Wheeler, and Mrs. VonKaenel will each present their curriculum and demonstrate the implementation of that curriculum by teaching a lesson for parents.  Please plan to attend.  Child care is available.  RSVP to the office at 436-1163.

 

Student Information

During the second quarter of this year, 59 students (14%) had perfect attendance and 119 students (28%) earned good attendance!

 

Goodbye to Britnee & Levi who are going to Everett School and to Keyshaun who is going to Elliott School.

 

Hello to fifth grader Nicole C., joining us from Sacred Heaart School.

 

Teachers:  I have reviewed studentsÕ absences and tardies for the first semester and will be contacting you about which students will have an attendance summary included in their report card.  If you already know of someone whose parents need this information, please ask Marcell to run the report.  When the attendance sheet is included in the report card, there must be a corresponding comment on the report card about how these absences and/or tardies are effecting the studentsÕ achievement.

 

For Your Information

1.  Randolph School students and families are asked to bring their HyVee store receipts to school from January 14-April.  Bring your red striped HyVee receipts in for our collection!

 

2.  Dr. B. has 12 tickets for the Richard Louv presentation at the Lied Center on Feb. 19th at 7:00 p.m.  Please call the office to get your FREE ticket.  The Lied Center is Òsold outÓ.

 

Meetings Held This Week

1.  The School Improvement Process committee met on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 8:15 in the Media Center.  Notes are at the end of this memo and available on our web site.

 

2.  The PrincipalÕs Parent Forum met on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 in the Media Center.  Child care was available and paid for by the PTA.  Twenty six parents representing 18 families attended. The program was Mrs. MahoneyÕs presentation of the school counseling program from state standards to the parts of the program here at Randolph.  She explained her work with whole classes, small groups, and individuals.  Please go to the Randolph website and click on Mrs. MahoneyÕs counseling page for more information.  She lists the dates of each classesÕ times with her as well as the topics grade levels will cover that month. 

 

http://randolph.lps.org

 

The next Parent Forum meeting is THURSDAY, February 21st at 7:00 p.m.  The program will be ÒAn Evening with the ArtsÓ.  The Randolph specialists in Art, PE, Music, and Computer will showcase their district curricula, the standards and objectives from which the curricula is derived, and actually teach a mini lesson with the parents as students.  Please mark you calendar and plan to attend on Feb. 21st.  

 

Upcoming Events

Jan. 21       No School

 

Jan. 22       SCIP meets in Mrs. MahoneyÕs room

 

Jan. 23       Elementary PrincipalsÕ Council meets at LPSDO

 

Jan. 25       Report Cards Home!

 

Jan. 29       PLC Early Dismissal 2:18

 

Jan. 30-31 Grade level instructional conferences with Dr. Bonaiuto

 

Jan. 31       Dr. Moore, Asst. Superintendent for Instruction, meets with Randolph Staff at 8:10 to conduct appraisal of Dr. Bonaiuto as principal.

 

Feb. 4        GET meets at 8:15 a.m. in Mrs. MahoneyÕs room

 

Feb. 4        100th Day of School!

 

Feb. 5        PTA at 7:00 p.m.  Tours for Hawthorne families at 6:30

 

Feb. 11      School Improvement Process committee meets at 8:15

 

Feb. 11      PTA sponsored Randolph School Skate at A&R Skate, 40th & Old Cheney.  Watch for detailed flier.

 

Feb. 14      Classroom Friendship Parties

 

Feb. 18      No School for Elementary Students:  Teacher Plan Day

 

Feb. 19      Richard Louv at the Lied:  Outstanding speaker on the value of outdoor education and nature experiences for children.  ItÕs FREE!  See flier in Randolph Relay for details.

 

Feb. 21      Technology Planning Committee meets 8:15 a.m.

 

Feb. 21      NOTE CHANGE OF DATE:  PrincipalÕs Parent Forum 7 pm. 

 

Feb. 25      SCIP meets

 

Feb. 26      EARLY DISMISSAL for Professional Learning Communities 2:18

 

Feb. 29      Read Across America Celebrations for Dr. SeussÕ Birthday 

 

 

School Improvement Process Committee

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008

 

Present:  Connie, Jan, Jenna, Patrick, Trish K., Pam, Wendy

 

1.  Plan for Jan. 29 PLC time:  teams will meet; no large group meeting.

 

2.  Plan for instructional conferences:

Wednesday, Jan. 30

8:00-8:50   second grade

12:35-1:15 Kdg.       (lunchroom for grades 1, 5, and part of 3)

1:50-2:40     first grade

2:45-3:35   fifth grade

Thursday, Jan. 31

11:05-11:55    third grade   (lunchroom for grades 2 and 4)

Friday, Feb. 1

8:00-8:50    fourth grade   (Their writing tests are 30 and 31.)


Have your most current DRA/ LRP and fluency levels (if tested for your grade level) or math test results on your updated tri-fold.

 

3.  Volunteer to attend District SIP meeting at LPSDO on the morning of Feb. 14th?  Jenna—IF the district has new information to present.

 

4.  Contractual professional development hours for Randolph:

3.5 hours           August 13                  Kick off school year

2    hours           Sept. 24             Guy Doud presentation

1    hour             Jan. 8, 2008       DocuShare overview

2    hours           Jan. 17, 2008    DocuShare training

2 hours remaining of 10.5 hours required for 2007-2008

Suggestions for trainings?  More computer training; bringing the information on parent and community engagement back from the FACE conference

 

5.  FACE Conference, Feb. 11 & 12 at Embassy Suites in Lincoln.  Sponsored by NDE grant.  Each school needs to send a team made up of an administrator, representatives of GET, representatives of SIP, and at least two parents.  Each grade should send either their GET or SIP representative.  Let Wendy know by Friday, Jan. 18 who will attend for your team.