Harrison Park Post

Monday the 1st  SIT @7:55 Somali Language Boundary Update @ 2:45   DLI Program Boundary Update @ 5:30   English Language Boundary Update @ 6:00   Chinese Language Boundary Update @ 6:30  Tuesday the 2nd   Russian Language Boundary Update @ 2:00  Staff Meeting @ 3:30  TAG Q&A for Parents @ 5:00  Wednesday the 3rd  Spanish Language Boundary Update @ 6:00  Vietnamese Language Boundary Update @ 6:30  Thursday the 4th  SEGC Meeting 6-9 (can view online)  Friday the 5th   No School Teacher Grading Day  All grades for middle school students are due by 12:00 on the 8th. Elementary teachers will be doing progress reports and will need to provide copies to the office for student files. It is a workday for all staff members. PFSP staff if you are unsure of your duties for Friday please reach out to me.  K-5 teachers will be working on progress reports that need to be translated, in lieu of PLC...

 I am headed out in a few minutes to get my Booster and prepare for tonight's SEGC Meeting. Here is a link to the meeting. You are welcome to watch on YouTube. The meeting runs from 6-9.  https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCTOk9wS- GWpQPVoDeOuD3BQ/featured Tomorrow morning we will hold a stand up meeting in the auditorium to go over the proposals that will be shared tonight. This is not mandatory. IN THE EVENT my booster gets me good I will have someone make an announcement and may do this virtually. In the event of this it will be announced before 8:00. Because I have a plan B I will definitely be here!  We will be using the online conference scheduler. More details out soon.  In the event students wear costumes tomorrow we are not going to make a big issue about it. Per the district's dress code pretty much anything would be allowable. The exception is racial, drug/alcohol references and things sexual in nature. Student faces should not be covered (full masks) and n...

Conferences!  We have started the process of scheduling interpreters for conferences. Homeroom teachers PLEASE turn in the class lists with language preferences that were handed out last week. We only have five that have been turned in.   Linked below are the two options we will be using for conference scheduling. Please vote by 12:00 tomorrow. We will be making a decision at that time.  The first option is to use an online scheduling program that allows parents to make their own appointment. It also sends out reminders, links, etc. to them. Teachers and office staff can access it as well and plug people in. The drawback of this option is specialists and others may have difficulty being able to determine when classroom teachers are holding conferences. We would have to work through this a bit more to fully know.  The second option is to use the same Google Doc we used last year. This document is not accessed by parents, but is easy for all staff to view. It wil...

ESL will be utilizing Fridays to ensure they have enough planning time and to do small group work with students needing additional support. We will begin co-planning time in a few weeks. Please be aware they will not be in your rooms beginning this week. Let me know if you have any questions.  Middle School teachers grades are due by November 8th.  I have added a stand up meeting on Friday morning. This is optional. There will be two proposals brought to the SEGC on Thursday evening. Both of these proposals have large impacts on Harrison Park and I would like to talk about them with you all directly as soon as I can. 

  Monday the 25th ASERT Meeting @ 3:30 PTA in Staff Workroom from 12:30-1:45 COVID Tests go out Tuesday the 26th Staff Meeting (Many Job Alikes) @ 3:30 COVID tests returned Wednesday the 27th Equity Meeting @ 3:30 Thursday the 28th  SEGC Meeting 6-9 (Can be watched on YouTube) Friday the 29th *Saturday the 30th Building Access 9:45-1:00 Lunch Service - Swan, Jarvis, Hall Manley and Jarvis This weekend was a soaker! I definitely had to adjust my plans. The week looks pretty wet so be prepared for indoor recess and restless students. It may be a good idea to plan an extra indoor stretch break.  New Teacher Support - Theresa will be leading a new teacher group for support in many areas like understanding benefits (credits, leave, etc), grading/conference planning, engagement strategies, and management strategies. If you're interested in joining, email her.  Middle School Teachers - If you have announcements for the greater good that you would like to post to Trivory, se...

Thank you for participation in today's drill. I was with a parent until 10:20 and was a bit discombobulated going into it. I guess that made it more authentic?  Thank you for showing up daily. I know we are all feeling tired and sometime's hopeless. Take a moment to check in with someone and offer support.   Please fill out this   short google form   for the counselors I will be leaving tomorrow around 1:45. Emily will be here. Just letting you know. 

Emily will be out tomorrow morning. She should be in around 11:30.  Oh where oh where have the tech carts gone? We are looking for a few tech carts. I am not talking about the ones that were pillaged by the district in March of 2020 that many people have chosen to keep in their room for storage/charging purposes, but rather the ones with actual classroom sets of Chromebooks in them. We are trying to locate them ASAP. Our K-2 carts have arrived and we hope to dispatch these out to classrooms next week. The district is counting two that were given to us for summer school in our total and we need to ensure these go to K-2 classrooms. If you have a cart please let me, or Kenneth Hamilton know.  As a reminder seating charts are required through the districts new SOPs. Please keep your seating charts up to date. ALL classrooms are required to have them.  The Duo 2-Step system has been extended. If you need support with this there are several resources. I will attach a slide sho...

All staff a kind neighbor has given us four tickets to tomorrow night's Timber match. The game begins at 6:00 and seats are FRONT ROW. If you would like these tickets please leave a comment here, email or text me and your name will be entered in a drawing. I will draw at 9:00 tomorrow morning. Those attending with you have to be vaccinated. This is not the case for children under 12. If you only want a ticket, or two tickets please note that.  Thank you Equity Team for your work today!!!!! I hope you all were able to provide the team with valuable feedback.  Emily will be out tomorrow (Wednesday the 20th) until approximately 11:00. Karl, and perhaps a few other guests, are hoping to make it tomorrow morning to do math walk throughs/observations. These begin at 9:00. Unfortunately, the last few visits have been cancelled a the last minute.  Snacks will be discontinued until November 1st

Lunches will be indoors from this point forward. Communication went out to parents today.  As  a reminder there are no snacks this week. Snacks will be available again next week.  Homeroom teachers there is a class list in your box that we will ask for you to turn back in, or we will come and collect it. Please take a few minutes to go through the list and provide feedback for families that need translation/interpretation at conferences. We will be working on scheduling these beginning on Wednesday.  I will be announcing that SUN students need to leave at the bell tomorrow. Please HOLD your SUN students until the BELL rings. If you are a 1st-3rd grade teacher you may release them when the bell rings and you head out to class. 4th and 5th grade teachers they may leave when you head out of your classroom. 

 Schedule Monday the 18th Middle School Phone Visits from Ms.Moore & Ms.Dickey (Homeroom) SIT @ 3:30 SUN BEGINS! Tuesday the 19th Safety Team Meeting @ 8:00 Staff Meeting @ 3:30- Equity  Wednesday the 20th Potential Math Observations w/ Karl Logan  ILCT @ 3:30 Thursday the 21st SEGC 6-9 (You can watch on YouTube) Friday the 22nd Lunch Service- Swan, Hall, Manley, Jarvis Due Emergency sub folders should have been checked by Leah, Emily or Theresa. We will continue to reach out to people if we have not received them.  Goal due dates were extended until November 5th, however because time was given during PLCs for this purpose we are strongly encouraging you to get them in ASAP. We will need to conference with those of you who are being evaluated this year and want to ensure we have time to complete this. The mandatory training due date is at the end of this month. Staff was given half a day in August and a staff meeting to complete trainings. If you have not already...