It's Almost May!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Have an amazing weekend!

TO DO List for Teachers from Grade Level Meeting

Upcoming Dates FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR!!!!!

• Monday, April 30th
• Fire Drill
• Student & Staff Bright Bytes Survey Window Open through May 11th: Info to come from Technology soon
• 5th Grade Cyberbullying Presentations in afternoon in library
• Tuesday, May 1st
• Fire Drill
• Field Trip: Davis & Hannigan
• Healthy Luncheon
• Wednesday, May 2nd
• Progress Reports: Let Cheryl Burns know if you need your progress reports printed
• Vanguard Workshop: Jihan, Shelley, Melissa, Joanne, Katlin, Katherine (Put sub in SKYWARD & subs are set in Aesop per Cheryl Burns)
• Robert Crown for 5th Grade here at High Point
• Field Trip for Kenny & O'Connor
• Staff Meeting
• Thursday, May 3rd
• Follow-Up for Robert Crown
• Vanguard Workshop: Kristy (Put sub in SKYWARD)
• Field Trip for Zughayyer & Duffy 
• Friday, May 4
• Field Trip for Wojcik
• 4th Q Progress Reports go home
• Monday, May 7
• AM: 5th Grade Articulation with 6th Grade~ Do NOT put subs in Aesop or Skyward
• PM: 3rd Grade Articulation with 2nd Grade~ Do NOT put subs in Aesop or Skyward
• Tuesday, May 8th
• Easy CBM testing in gym all day
• Wednesday, May 9th 
• SIP Meeting at 7am in Art Room
• Staff Appreciation Lunch Schedule 
• Thursday, May 10th
• TECH 2018~Katlin, Kristy and Kristin in Springfield
• PFE Meeting
• Orchestra Concert at 7pm
• Friday, May 11th
• Retirement Party
• Monday, May 14th
• Social Worker Peer Coaching 8-12
• BIT 1:30
• Tuesday, May 15th
• 5th Grade Data Meetings in PM: Put in Skyward ONLY
• Wednesday, May 16th
• 3rd Grade Data Meeting in AM: Put in Skyward ONLY
• 4th Grade Data Meeting in PM: Put in Skyward ONLY
• Thursday, May 17th
• SPED Planning Meeting All Day in Conference Room
• Friday, May 18th
• 4th Grade Enrichment Field Trip
• 9:15-10:15 Choir Performance
• Monday, May 21st
• 8:30-10:00: 5th Grade Walking Field Trip to Library
• 12:30-2:00: 3rd Grade Walking Field Trip to Library
• Talent Show Dress Rehearsal
• Tuesday, May 22nd
• Dental Exams
• Wednesday, May 23rd
• 3rd Grade Enrichment Field Trip
• Talent Show 8:30-10:00
• Thursday, May 24th
• 10:15 5th Grade Enrichment Passion Project Expo
• Friday, May 25th
• 8:15-9:30: All School Reads
• PL Day
• Tuesday, May 29th
• Collect iPads Today
• Wednesday, May 30th
• Field Day
• Thursday, May 31st
• 9:00-10:30 All School Movie
• 1:00-2:00 Year Book Signing
• Friday, June 1st
• Class Picnics
• Monday, June 4th
• LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• Class Picnics

Check out our #hptpride board here.

We LOVE OUR PAWESOME STAFF!!

Thank you Julie for helping me get some work done Monday morning! :)

Heidi, Ellen, Lynn and Debbie, Thanks for your flexibility during MAP testing. You're the best!!!

Thanks, Nancy, for your consistent tech support! My students need you, and so do I!!

High Point...You are amazing! Thank you! Thank you, Melissa, for taking over my bus duty! Thank you, Eve, for helping my class with Map testing. Thank you ,Cheryl and Kristin, for your support! Thank you to Elise & Sharon for your hard work for Celebration of Stars! It was a great evening! Woke up this morning feeling so happy and thankful for last night's Celebration of Stars gathering. I will remember it forever. Special thanks to Sharon for all of the beautiful finishing touches and to Elise for jumping in on the committee this year.

Happy Weekend!

5th Grade Robert Crown
Please send home the yellow Robert Crown $10 permission form with attached exclusion form to your students this week! Forms are in your mailboxes and are due back with the $10 by next Thursday. 

Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, April 23rd: 
• Tom Watson Author Assembly: Students bring paper, clipboard/book & pencil)
• 3rd Grade: 8:15 in Library
• 4th Grade: 10:05 in Gym
• 5th Grade: 1:00 in Gym
• Spring MAP testing begins for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Schedule is here. 
• Tuesday, April 24th:
• Bus Evacuation: Sign Up Here
• Rick Wormeli SBG Presentation for Cheryl F, Meg C, Jill & Lesley (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• MAP testing
• Parent Robert Crown Night 7pm at Meadow Ridge
• Wednesday, April 25th:
• MAP testing
• Grade Level Meeting at 2:40
• OJH Play for Jenkins, Doogan, Broad
• Thursday, April 26th:
• MAP testing
• Celebration of Stars
• OJH Play for Kapsaskis, Winkler, Omahen, Weber
• Friday, April 27th
• Map-Up MAP testing
• Monday, April 30th
• Student & Staff Bright Bytes Survey Window Open through May 11th
• 5th Grade Cyberbullying Presentations in afternoon in library
• Tuesday, May 1st
• Field Trip: Davis & Hannigan
• Healthy Luncheon
• Wednesday, May 2nd
• Progress Reports: Let Cheryl Burns know if you need your progress reports printed
• Vanguard: Please let Kristin, Cheryl F and Cheryl B if you are attending this session. (Put sub in SKYWARD & tell Cheryl B to get you a sub in Aesop)
• Robert Crown for 5th Grade here at High Point
• Field Trip for Kenny & O'Connor
• Thursday, May 3rd
• Follow-Up for Robert Crown 
• Field Trip for Zughayyer & Duffy 
• Friday, May 4
• Field Trip for Wojcik
• 4th Q Progress Reports go home

Pawesome Staff

Thanks, Joanne, for being ahead of the game with SBG and having everything ready to go for us, you rock!

Katherine has been such a great teacher and very supportive. I enjoy working with her. Christina Siwa

Thanks to all of the grade level teams for their thoughtful, professional, hard work during the SBG days. Yet another example of why High Point has the BEST!!!!

Thanks to Kristin and Joe for their labor intensive time to get the family reading & math night kits to the right places.

Thanks to Eve, Megan & Nancy for leading the families with using the games and activities for reading & math. What a great night for these kids and families!

Thank you for all your support and love during my family's difficult trial. High Point is the best! Joanne :) Thank you, Lynn, for helping me out in the morning! Thank you to an awesome 5th grade team! We accomplished so much during our SBG day. Thank you Denise Hazen for your support and advice!! You are the best!!!

Thanks to all of the grade level teams for their thoughtful, professional, hard work during the SBG days. Yet another example of why High Point has the BEST!!!!

Thanks to team 5th grade for such hard work on Wednesday!

Thank you Cheryl B & Elise for making copies of 5th grade music when I miscounted! :) Thank you Sharon for helping with my lunch duty so I could meet with the choir kids. :)

Thank you Cheryl and Kristin for all your help on Wednesday for 5th grade! We appreciate it!!

Lynn, thanks so much for all your help every single day!! You're the absolute best!!

Thanks to Cheryl and Kristin for helping the fifth grade team with our math targets! Thanks to you, we were able to complete!

Thank you to Megan and Nancy for having the F& P so organized that when a book is needed I can quickly get a copy and work with a student!

Thank you to Sharon for helping out with classrooms who needed help with Night of the Arts projects!!

Thank you to Eli, Katie & Erik for showcasing the talents of our musicians. They all sounded wonderful~great job!

Thank you to Eve, Nancy & Megan for running the intervention night. It was a wonderful night for our families. Thanks for your hard work!

Thanks to Lisa, Katlin, Mary Joy & Regina for attending Night of the Arts. The kids enjoyed seeing you there!!

Thank you to Joe for all your hard work! We all appreciate it!

Thank you to the night crew for getting all the evening events set up this week. High Point looked great to all the families!!

Thank you to Kristy & Melissa for facilitating the bake sale and to all the staff who baked for the bake sale. It 

was a great sale full of lots of yummy goodies!

Nancy S Thank you for helping my students with their fluency. Big improvements! Megan S

Nancy W Thank you for always helping me with my weird and crazy technology problems with a smile. Megan S.

It is almost MAY!!

It's Finally Spring

Happy Spring...I think! Hope the weekend April showers will bring beautiful May flowers!

Let's recognize 4th Quarter pawesome behavior! Don't forget to hand out paws and fill out statues for great lines! Here is the tracking document for good lines. 

Upcoming Dates:

• Tuesday, April 17th: Parent Night for Intervention Students held at High Point School
• Wednesday, April 18th:
• School Improvement at 7:00
• 5th Grade Classroom Teachers SBG Work Session in Morning  (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• 4th Grade Classroom Teachers SBG Work Session in Afternoon (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Thursday, April 19th:
• 3rd Grade SBG Classroom Teachers Work Session in Afternoon (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Night of the Arts 6:30-8:00

• Monday, April 23rd: 
• Tom Watson Author Assembly: Students bring paper, clipboard/book & pencil)
• 3rd Grade: 8:15 in Library
• 4th Grade: 10:05 in Gym
• 5th Grade: 1:00 in Gym
• Spring MAP testing begins for Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. Schedule is here. 
• Tuesday, April 24th:
• Bus Evacuation: Sign Up Here
• Rick Wormeli SBG Presentation for Cheryl F, Meg C, Jill & Lesley (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Parent Robert Crown Night 7pm at Meadow Ridge
• Wednesday, April 25th:
• Grade Level Meeting at 2:40
• Thursday, April 26th:
• Celebration of Stars
• Monday, April 30th
• 5th Grade Cyberbullying Presentations in afternoon in library

Pawesome Staff

Elise thank you for keeping track of my Spanish club forms!!

Thanks, Nancy, for ALWAYS helping with my laptop problems!

Thanks Sharon for getting all the supplies together for my Art Awareness project!! - Lesley

Thanks to Sharon and Carla for making my birthday at High Point extra special with my students. They had as much fun as I did because of you both!

Noel, thanks so much for all your hard work and dedication to our students! You are the best!

Thank you to Lynn and Mary Joy for being always being awesome friends!

Thank you Seida for all you do for our ELL students!

Thank you Kristin for making our staff meetings engaging! There's always a takeaway that I can use in my classroom!

Thanks to Karyl for picking up our lunches for Thursday POPS fundraiser, from your 4th Grade Lunch Buddies. It was pawesome of you🐾

Thanks Jihan for being the best teacher and friend to all of us in Room 208

Thank you Cheryl F & Kristin for helping with lunch dismissal this week! :) Thank you Kristy for being willing to share your SLACKERS with me!

Spring Break Fun

Check out our Twitter from the last two weeks~learners of all ages!

4th Quarter is Here!!

Happy 4th Quarter!!

Lots of upcoming fun happenings this month. Be sure to check the High Point Internal Calendar often and see below for your planning!

• Monday, April 9th: Report Cards Go Home
• Wednesday, April 11th: 
• Spring Pictures Sign up Here. 
• Staff Meeting at 2:40: Please bring your iPad
• Thursday, April 12th: 
• PFE Meeting
• POPS fundraiser all day at the 143rd & Wolf location: Mention High Point Fundraiser
• Tuesday, April 17th: Parent Night for Intervention Students held at High Point School
• Wednesday, April 18th:
• School Improvement at 7:00
• 5th Grade Classroom Teachers SBG Work Session in Morning  (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• 4th Grade Classroom Teachers SBG Work Session in Afternoon (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Thursday, April 19th:
• 3rd Grade SBG Classroom Teachers Work Session in Afternoon ((Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Night of the Arts 6:30-8:00
• Monday, April 23rd: 
• Tom Watson Author Assembly: Students bring paper, clipboard/book & pencil)
• 3rd Grade: 8:15 in Library
• 4th Grade: 10:05 in Gym
• 5th Grade: 1:00 in Gym
• Spring MAP testing begins for Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. Schedule is here. 
• Tuesday, April 24th:
• Rick Wormeli SBG Presentation for Cheryl F, Meg C, Jill & Lesley (Put in Skyward check no sub needed NOT Aesop)
• Parent Robert Crown Night 5pm
• Wednesday, April 25th:
• Grade Level Meeting at 2:40
• Thursday, April 26th:
• Celebration of Stars
• Monday, April 30th
• 5th Grade Cyberbullying Presentations in afternoon in library

Pawesome Staff

Thanks to Cheryl and Elise!! Could not do without your patience and kindness!

Nancy, thanks for working to find an answer to all of my technology questions! Kristen, thanks for easing my mind (even in the wee hours of the morning). You made me feel so much better!

Thank you Elise and Karyl for helping cross my Art Club kiddos!

Thank you Mike for hanging out with my boys during art club. They enjoyed having a fun, positive male role model in the art setting.

Thank you Joe for all you do! Glad to have you back.

Thanks for Joe for always taking care of everything right on the spot.

Thank you to Kristy, Melissa & Cheryl Burns for taking care of the monetary donations for the JDRF. What an amazing amount to donate to such a good cause.

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Congrats to our latest Seesaw Ambassador Katlin Davis!