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= CSES Summer Wiki 2012 = Your place to stay up to date on the latest summer news from CSES. Changes are constant! :-) Check back often. toc

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**Upcoming Dates - Mark your calendars!!**
August 9th – Trade Day/ Registration (more information to come) August 16th – Back to School Banquet @ Pine Island 6:30 PM (directions to come) August 20th – Meet and Greet / Drop In 5-7 PM August 21st – Kindergarten Orientation (parents only) 2:00 PM

Schedules


=Team Leaders for 2012-2013= Kindergarten - Kathy Curry First Grade - Debi Garrett Second Grade - Sherri Bishop Third Grade - Tracie Prevatte Fourth Grade - Kathy Stewart Fifth Grade - Karen Lowe Related Arts - David Headrick Special Education - Haley Walker Interventionists - Wendi Bush Special Areas - Maria Tamayo

="Whatever It Takes" / Common Core State Standard Implementation Team= In the past, our team leaders have attended "On Common Ground" meetings four times per year to learn about a variety of topics to bring back to their teams. It was a type of professional development our district provided. This year, the district has decided to change the name of those meetings to "Whatever It Takes" and the focus will be on Common Core State Standard implementation. This year, I have decided to take this responsibility off of the team leader's plate and ask a different team member to be the CCSS expert for their team. These teachers will attend the Whatever It Takes meetings and assist in leading the professional development for our faculty this year in regards to CCSS implementation. The district has asked that we include two administrators, our TIS, our Learning Commons Director and eight additional teachers. Our team consists of: Karissa Cockrell Renee Snow Stephanie Taylor Carrie Geimer Beth Borten Nancy Oldham Cheryl Hutchison Lisa Ross Greg Watchinski Todd Brown Stacey Merritt Kristin Magee

=Data Journals 12-13= After a successful first implementation of data journals last year, we will continue to use them this year. We discussed ideas for revisions during our grade level retreats and have made changes based on that feedback. Once again, the data journals we be located at the front of the agenda books for grades 2-5. In K-1, you will again choose the best location to keep yours. Once again, the purpose of the data journals are to help our students become very purposeful in their thinking about success in school. We want them to understand that it is not only important to set goals, but to be thoughtful about the specific strategies that will be employed to reach those goals. There is a lot of research to support the benefit of teaching these skills at an early age. Our students will be better off for the opportunity to practice this with their data journals.

=Our new classrooms are arriving! = We had two new double portables delivered back in June. One will be home to Mrs. Wood's 5th grade classroom, one will be vacant (for now), and the other two will become our K-2 and 3-5 STEM labs. = = = = = = = =

=Back to School Banquet Menu= An "All American Dinner" BBQ Chicken Corn on the Cob Coleslaw Potato Salad Watermelon Fruti Basket filled with seasonal fruit Peach Cobbler Iced Tea Lemonade