Wednesday, February 3, 2016

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Administrators??? Meeting – for All Administrators

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ELPA Training Reminder – for Administrators and ESL Staff
Elementary Math Relays Proctors/Judges – for Elementary Administrators
Professional Development Opportunity for Elementary PE Teachers – for Elementary Principals
2016 Math Relays – for Secondary Administrators

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Administrators??? Meeting

From David Smith
This is to remind you that we have scheduled the next Administrators??? Meeting for tomorrow, Thursday, February 4 at 8:00 am at the Central Office and Training Center. This meeting will be a follow-up to the meeting held on January 21 with Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson. Please remember to bring your copy of the DCIP to the meeting. If you missed the meeting on January 21, please review a video of Dr. Watson???s presentation which you can find here, along with Dr. Watson???s PowerPoint (in PDF form), which is attached here.

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ELPA Training Reminder

From Kristen Scott
There will be a training session for all ESL staff as well as the designated ELPA test coordinator this Wednesday, February 3rd at the Central Office room 268.
Secondary training will be from 12:30-2:00.
Elementary training will be from 2:30-4:00.

Elementary Math Relays Proctors/Judges

From Amanda Kain
Please forward the following link to elementary teachers regarding Elementary Math Relays:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_1ffoRRypkLQxLvKT8K6lf7OZ0h-K9l-tywFO9pI9Qo/edit?usp=sharing

Professional Development Opportunity for Elementary PE Teachers

From Alan King
This is a copy of an email that will be/was sent to your PE teachers on Friday, January 29. As principal, it is your decision whether or not your PE teacher(s) attend this session. We understand and will comply with whatever decision you make. We apologize for the late notice.

2016 Math Relays

From John Scanlan

It is time to start planning for 2016 Math Relays. This year???s relays will be held on Saturday, March 5th at Wyandotte High School.

Important Dates:
Monday, Feb. 8th through Friday, Feb. 26th – Individual events conducted at the building level using STS.
By February 10th – Individuals interested in serving as a coach, proctor or judge need to submit their name using this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dw0SrA-bfuhe0JLucaEtp_uUxDuGOq6iGCvfJWzaeI0/viewform

FYI: Coach compensation is covered by the district budget based on a 25:1 student to coach ratio. Additional coaches need to be paid for by the building budget.

By February 19th – Coaches should arrange for transportation.
Contact Debbie Baker in Transportation, 621-7560, to make arrangements. Let her know that the trip is for math relays so she can charge it to the district budget.

By February 26th – Names of the students who will attend the Relays need to be provided using the links below. Each school can sent up to 98 participants.
Middle School Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FhdnE6eA_vzSnYn_SsiMV0HVwWCA-hD449fJZfyUHbY/edit#gid=1
High School (and Sumner 8th grade) Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bro_c1SWU3_2-CgD-_AfGctlK_D4BlxxNeeMBaBcOVo/edit#gid=1

Note: The registration deadline exists to help us plan for support staff and lunches. After the registration deadline, students can be substituted, but not added.

Detailed Information regarding the Math Relays. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0iU28ZeSkPFfmhrSmw3OXktVmVyTXgyNTNrNHhpMGtrcm81QlVHakJWQU1GUHNEZnZHUXM

I have reached out to your math aligned teacher leader to assist with communication and coordination at your building.

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