Parents' Guides to Student Success

It was great to see everyone at Curriculum Night on Thursday! Teacher's handed out packets including various items such as school discipline and homework policies and what to expect in the upcoming year. I've mentioned Common Core before and I thought I would let you know there is a resource put out by the National PTA that outlines what your child should learn by the end of the year. I'll include the link here and I'll also put it on the side where the other links are located. I'll also include the Intermediate Discipline plan so you have easy access to it. If you have any questions, let me know!

Parents' Guides to Student Success

Intermediate Discipline Policy 

Responsibilities for Learning                                                  Responsibilities for Behavior

               Complete class work                                                           Follow school/classroom rules

               Complete homework                                                          Respects rights and property

               Follows directions                                                                 Practices self-control

   Participate/exhibits effort                                                    Works cooperatively

Responsibilities for Effective Communication

                              Communicates appropriately

                              Respectfully expresses ideas clearly

                              Is an attentive listener

·      These responsibilities are aligned and reported on the elementary report card.

·      Evendale students are expected to be positive problem solvers and work with staff members to solve problems that arise though the use of the conflict stoppers, Think It Through sheets and Peace Path.

·      If a student fails to meet the expectations, the intermediate classroom discipline plan will be followed.  In addition, an “N” may be reported on the report card in the area of the infraction(s).

·      Severe infractions will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

·      The Evendale Student Handbook describes the types of infractions and the range consequences in more detail.

·      Students will receive recognition based on how well they achieve the Evendale Expectations.

Intermediate Action Steps to Discipline
Step 1	Warning (verbal, nonverbal cue, etc)-connection to specific expectation that was not followed.
Step 2	Completion of Think it Through Sheet- Teacher/student conference
Step 3	Same as above and loss of recess, note in planner
Step 4	Phone call home- document parent phone call
Step 5	Same as above and submit behavior documentation report to principal, contact parent and possible request of conference, and multiple infractions might result as an “N” reported on report card.
Step 6	Same as above and office referral

Students can be recognized for their successes throughout the year in various ways including, verbal praise, recognition on announcements, inclusion in the newsletter, reward recess, choice time, homework passes, certificates, S’s recorded on report cards, and semester and end-of–the-year awards assemblies.

Story maps

Hi, my name is Miss Joseph and I'm addicted to Pinterest. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I suggest not walking away from this post right now. Just kidding! Pinterest is a website where people post, or pin as the lingo goes, to virtual bulletin boards things they want to remember, try out, or just plain love. Pinterest pulls you in the instant you start looking at things and I can spend hours looking at everything from food recipes to clothing options to places I would love to travel but most importantly educational ideas! I have found several good ideas that I use in the classroom and I thought I would share some items a little at time that you can use at home.  As the year goes on you will be hearing more and more about common core. One of the standards is Informational Text and for grades 3-5, students need to be able to summarize what they have read and provide details.  The links below will provide you a printable version of story maps similar to the ones I use here at school.  They are graphic organizers that will help your child arrange their thoughts about a story they have read in a methodical manner, guiding them from beginning to end.  If you click on one and are unable to print, let me know. I've checked them all out but you never know with the internet! The last link is to the Pinterest website in case your interested although I'm warning you, it's pretty addictive!

Beginning, middle and end
Main idea and details
Facts Chart
Pinterest

Upcoming Events!

Join us on Wednesday, August 28th from 6:30-8:00 pm for Curriculum Night! It's for grades K-5 and gives parents an opportunity to find out about our new math program, Go Math, our reading program, Success for All and school wide policies and expectations. Grades K-2 will be from 6:30-7:15 pm and 3-5 will be from 7:15-8:00 pm. Come socialize with other parents, participate in educational activities and ask your child's teachers questions about the curriculum. I look forward to seeing you at Evendale on August 28th!

On September 2nd school will be closed for Labor Day so enjoy the time with your family!

On September 3rd a PTA meeting will be held at Evendale at 6:30 pm and will last 1 hour. 

Pages

I've posted links to pages you may be interested in on the side of this page.  The first two are Evendale's page and Princeton's page.  The third is a link to the new Common Core Standards.  These learning standards have been adopted across 45 states, including Ohio, so you can familiarize yourself with the new standards on this page. I will continually add pages I think you may find interesting so come back to check them out!

Welcome back to the 2013-2014 school year! The ice cream social was a huge success, with the help of Evendale Walmart. It was wonderful to see everyone there and visit before school officially started. Today was the first day of school and the kids seemed to be excited to be back! I sent home student and parent interest inventories with your children today. Please complete them and return them to school by Friday, August 23rd. If you have any questions, please contact me at my school email djoseph@princetonschools.net. I look forward to working with everyone this year and can't wait for all the exciting things to come!