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Moving Student Grades in Pinnacle Caused by Staff Reductions – for Elementary Administrators
Action Needed Regarding Health Benefits – for All Administrators
Battle of the Brains Preview – for Elementary Administrators and All District Administrators
Moving Student Grades in Pinnacle Caused by Staff Reductions
From Alan King
Elementary teachers who were moved based on student numbers were switched right around the end of the quarter, which is unfortunate for grading purposes. An added problem is that each quarter’s grades in Pinnacle are calculated from the beginning of the year to the end of the current quarter (thus first quarter grades are important for each quarter). Because of this calculation, we will need to move the student grades for those students who switched classes because a teacher was added or taken away. We will take care of this issue for you, but we will need accurate information from the affected elementary schools. Please send to Alan King the names of students who were moved, along with the name of teacher they were moving from, and the name of the teacher they were moving to. Contact Alan if you have any questions.
Action Needed Regarding Health Benefits
From Stephanie Connor
Please print out and share this flyer with all staff who do not have regular access to e-mail. It is important that all employees understand that ALL employees MUST renew their benefits coverage by November 13, 2015, in order to have health insurance coverage for 2016.
Battle of the Brains Preview
From Mary Barron
Six teams of students from the Quest Elementary Gifted Program will be presenting their Battle of the Brains submissions for an outside exhibit @ Science City. This preview of their work can be seen on Friday, October 30th at Central Office from 5:30-6:30PM. The Battle of the Brains is one of the nation’s most robust STEM competitions, sponsored by Burns & McDonnell, with the winning team awarded part of a $150,000 grant.