Fun-Filled Week Fifteen

Info to Know...
PARCC Testing Password:  Teachers should be receiving a message about resetting your password for Pearson Next (PARCC testing).  You need to do this and remember your password for PARCC testing in March. Thank you!

Winter F & P: Please benchmark any of your red and yellow students before Winter break. Fill in date here. 

Winter MAP Testing: Please sign up for Winter MAP testing here. Resource teachers: Please list your small groups and when you will be testing here.  Nancy has already made the sessions, so please check your sessions and the students in them. The sessions are listed by "HPT & your room number" and created by Nancy Watt. If you need any changes, please let Nancy know. 

Lunch Room Contest: If your students who order lunch bring their lunch card every day in the month of December, your class can win a pizza party. Please let Karen in the kitchen know if one of your student's card is lost and she will get you a replacement. Thank you. 

iPad Update: Last weekend, Apple released iOS 11.2. Please update your iPad and advise your students to update their iPad at home. This update will take about 30 minutes. 

Attention all Macbook Firefox users:  A new updated version of Firefox is now available for your Macbook.  Please contact Nancy Watt as this update does require assistance in order to be installed on your computer. 

12 Days of Twitter: Please join the #135edchat Twitter chat starting this Monday December 11th, for our 12 Days of Twitter Chat.  We will be posing a new Twitter prompt each day, including weekends, counting down the days until winter break.  Click on 12 Days of Twitter and then click on each ornament to see the prompt for the day. I would love to see many of the High Point team to spread the holiday cheer throughout this 12 days. I promise it will be fun!

School Improvement Meeting Notes: If you are wondering what was discussed at our SIP meeting and what is next to come, check out our meeting notes here. 

Next Week...

• Monday, December 11th
• ELL Club
• BIT Meeting at 1:25
• Tuesday, December 12th
• Reading & Math Club
• Wednesday, December 13th
• Team Meetings All Day in Conference 
• Thursday, December 14th
• Paw Collection
• Reading, Math & ELL Club
• Friday, December 15th
• Staff Christmas Party at Square Celt

A Look Ahead...

• Monday, December 18th
• ELL Club
• Tuesday, December 19th
• Reading & Math Club
• Holiday Stories: Sign Up Here
• Choir Concert at 7pm
• Wednesday, December 20th
• Band to perform at 7:40
• Thursday, December 21st
• Choir & Orchestra Concert at 8:30 in the gym
• Winter Parties at 10:00-11:00am
• Reading, Math & ELL Club
• Friday, December 22nd
• Jingle Bell Assembly at 8:30 in the gym
• Holiday Staff Breakfast during assembly

How Can These Smiles Not Make You Feel the Magic?

Pawesome Staff 

This is a little late, but thank you all for the warm 60th birthday celebration. The decorations, card and all-school song touched my heart. I will always remember how grateful I felt on that day.

Thanks to Nancy Watt for helping to make sure our SKYPE session with the author would work well!

Thank you Jenai, Hazen, and Sue Feinberg for all you do for our students! I truly appreciate the support...wouldn't be able to do it without all of you.

Thank you Joe for all the little things you do on a daily basis. They don't go unnoticed!

Thank you Denise M. and Eve for doing my bus duties when I had Art Club!

Thanks Denise Hazen for talking me through difficult moments....I appreciate you each day!