Heads up
Got Field Day? Please send me the dates - we need some smiling happy kids pictures for the community report and the newspaper is always looking for happy kids.
Final Hat Day for Junior Highs and Middle Schools is this Friday, May 22nd. Thank you for supporting Kiwanis and Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Thursday night is 21st Century Showcase at Fulbright from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out to celebrate the work of our 21C grant recipients and support this innovative program that has impacted students and teachers across the district. At last night's board meeting, the foundation contributed $125,000 to this program.
I'll be sending links to staff for them to use to sign up to facilitate/collaborate with TATA Consultancy Services in producing two great, free camps for students in June. Teachers who sign up should plan on attending the June 13th training session at TATA in Bentonville (across from Walmart home office). I helped last year and the training was helpful, the engineers from TATA will facilitate the programming. The main task for teachers is to facilitate the classroom management and learning for students. It's a fun time and a great way to earn PD hours. Yes, PD hours will be earned for facilitating this camp. Student enrollment is capped at 30 per camp, Here's the video my group produced at last year's camp. Good times, good times.
No #bpseduchat this week. Next week's topic is NEW! As in what new things did you implement this year in the classroom and/or building and how did they impact students.
Preparations for Diversability Aware Interactive are nearly complete. Chris Dewitt is working out transportation for those who need it.
We are preparing for our launch of Peachjar e-flyer distribution. The Scott Family Amazeum has already signed on to support the initial distribution. Each building will need to have a designated person to upload the flyers to Peachjar, so think about who might served this role in your buildings. It is much simpler than paper distribution, and will not require a huge time commitment. We will communicate this change to parents, community partners, etc.
Grants and PD
Here's the google doc for schedule of PD information from Matt Saferite. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FXyIt80yQ5Vbt86N5uCB8q0TeCqCo9AeJsC3apekuzc/edit?usp=sharing
Video of the Week
Enjoy your week.
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