7.24.08+Notes

**__ Family Nights:   __** Multicultural night Showcase and children’s book week, May Science night Dates: already picked by council for meetings 1 a month-2nd Thursday; bcc meetings **__Block party in school:__** 1 party every 6 weeks school in 4 blocks; each group will have a turn to host. Block 1: kinder, office, prek, library, Sped, and smart lab 2: music, pe, 3 2nd classes, esl, gay and 1st 3: 200 hallway 4: 300 hallway Block 3 hosts 2nd Block 4 hosts 3rd Block 2 hosts 4th Block 1 hosts 5th 6th is whole school August 22-meet the teacher Family Science night: October 16th mad scientist night October 20-24; red ribbon week, Stephanie green will do committee October 2nd-national custodian’s day Oct 31st; Halloween/fall party October 13th; fair day Dec 11; multicultural night December 19th; Christmas party September 4th parent orientation November 4; election day…how will we engage students? 11th; Veterans Day January; pta carnival no date yet Feb 2-6 counselor’s week Feb 13th; Valentines party March; TAKS April 22; admin assistants day May 4-8 nurses week, new nurse is Kara Geller May 5th; Cinco de mayo-Michelle Gonderinger will head up committee. May 11th-15 Children’s book week 14th-showcase, possible theme; Reading Rock and Roll **__ In-service Week: __** Training staff on Math adoption Wednesday, the 20th will meet with Dodd and Smith teachers to go over horizontal bundle changes to Science and Math. Changes will be in CP+ on August 1st. Davis and McMillan will meet horizontally, too. ELA revisions are around August 5th-7th. October 13th in-service day is a district design day, follow up to horizontal meetings. Curriculum dept. is focusing on equitable understanding among teachers of bundles and curriculum…broaden level of understanding. What are the expectations for this building? Clear teacher expectations equal consistency among students. ELA 120 minutes Math 90 minutes Science 30 minutes Social Studies 20 minutes
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