Staff Bulletin: Jan. 15 - 19, 2024

 

Monday, Jan. 15 - Staff In-Service/Students No School

Martin Luther King Jr. Day 

Click here to view EQ Specific PD Schedule

• 1:30-2:30 Stacy Meetings @ EQ
• 2:30-3:00 Stacy/Kara Meeting

Tuesday, Jan. 16 - Day 4, Rotation 2

EAs Submit True Time

Lunch Option 1: Beef Nachos 

Lunch Option 1: BBQ Pork Sandwich 

• 10:10-10:55 4th Gr Lit Collab 4C, 4D, 4S (Rm 65) 
• 11:10-11:55 4th Gr Lit Collab 4H, 4M, 4B/G (Rm 65) 
• 1:00-1:15 Stacy - Record Announcements (Maki) 
• 1:10-1:55 3rd Gr Lit Collab (Rm 65) 
• 2:10-2:55 2nd Gr Lit Collab (Rm 65) 
• 3:15-4:00 PBIS Tier 2 Meeting 
• PAC Meeting 6:00-7:00pm EQ LMC

Wednesday, Jan. 17 - Day 5, Rotation 2

School Spirit Wear Day Every Wednesday - Wear an Electa Quinney Shirt, Kaukauna Shirt, or Orange/Black!

Lunch Option 1: Chicken Nuggets 

Lunch Option 1: Chicken & Apple-Cheddar Salad

• 9:30-10:30 Stacy & Holly M. Meeting 
• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Annoucements 
• 3:20-4:00 EQ Academic Team Meeting 
• 5:00-6:30 ELL Winter Family Event KHS

Thursday, Jan. 18 - Day 6, Rotation 2

Lunch Option 1: Cereal, Yogurt & Cheese Fun Lunch 

Lunch Option 1: Sunbutter & Jelly Pitta Dippers

• 10:10-10:55 4th Gr Math Collab 4C, 4D, 4S (Rm 65) 
• 11:10-11:55 4th Gr Math Collab 4H, 4M, 4B/G (Rm 65) 
• 1:10-1:55 3rd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 2:10-2:55 2nd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 3:30-4:30 SSP Meeting Conf. Rm (Knapp, Schonhoff, Milledge, Herlache, Wirth)

Friday, Jan. 19 - Day 1, Rotation 3 - Staff In-Service / Students Early Dismissal

School Attendance Confirmation forms getting sent home with students today - please bring them down to the office as they come in

• 8:45-9:45 EQ School-Wide Assembly
• 11:30 Early Dismissal
• 12:00-3:30 Staff Records Work Time

Upcoming Events:

Jan. 2 - Jan. 26 Winter iReady Window

Jan. 22 Board of Education Meeting

Jan. 24 Facilities Planning Community Conversation 6:00-8:00pm at River View

Jan. 26 Funky Friday - Dress as silly as you want to today! (mismatch, hippy, tie-dye, clown, etc.)

Feb. 2 ACCESS Testing Ends

Feb. 5-9 National School Counseling Week

Feb. 9 100th Day of School - Dress like you are 100 years old or wear something with 100 on it!

Feb. 12 Board of Education Meeting

Feb. 14 Valentine's Day - Wear Red, White, and Pink

Feb. 15 National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

Feb. 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day (#MakeKindnessTheNorm)

Feb. 26 Board of Education Meeting 

Mar. 1 Oshkosh Herd Family Night 

Jan. 16 - Heather Gostisha 

Jan. 17 - Meghen Gerard 

Jan. 18 - Rita Latimer 
Jan. 20 - Sheri Krueger 

Jan. 15-19 Shaina Zemlock 

Jan. 15th PD Day

Click here to view the schedule for the PD day on Monday including the EQ specifics.  Your feedback from our first ObserveMe cycle was wonderful to hear at our December PD and matches so well with the next steps in our learning.  On Monday during part of our school continuous improvement time we will dig into what we can continue to do to form and influence our collective efficacy as a school (the sources) and the things that can hinder our collective efficacy (enemies).  We will also touch base briefly on the report cards that you are diligently working on this month and a reminder of how to complete the BIESY.  You will have the afternoon for completing the BIESY, group collaboration, and prep time.

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Winter Weather - Winter Weather Expectations

Please click the slideshow title below and review with students for our winter weather expectations when the snow starts flying again.  At our December EA meeting we also discussed the following items to create a common understanding to help us all.

• Balls can be used on the blacktop when the field is closed as long as it is not being kicked toward the school or toward the road.
• Snow, mud, or ice must wear boots 
• Snow = boots and snow pants 
• When there is snow on the ground, no boots and snow pants = black top 
• Coats - we are now at the point where just a sweatshirt isn’t ok at recess anymore. They will be sent in to get their coats if they don’t wear them out. If they didn’t bring a coat, they will have the natural consequences of being cold or can get one from Mr. Tom’s Closet.  If you are noticing repetitive forgetting of a coat, please call home to ask for their support. 
• No Rugby!!!!!

Attendance Data

We published some attendance data in November from the start of our year.  The charts below have December added with that month complete.  Let's celebrate that we had less students missing a day of school or more in December than in the prior two months.  Thank you for all the connections and relationships you continue to foster with students and parents. Let's keep that line going in the right direction!  

23-24 SCHOOL YEAR	# of Days of School in the Month	# of Students	% of Student Body that Month
September	18 days	307	84.81%
October	20 days	282	77.90%
November	19 days	262	72.58%
December	15 days	296	82.22%

Winter iReady Window

Let me or any of the coaches know if you'd like our assistance at all as we continue with the Winter iReady window.  The first two blog posts in January contained links and information too so refer to those if needed.  You can see previous blog posts by clicking the blog archive menu on the right side of the screen while viewing the blog.

Summer School 2024

It is hard to believe we are already planning for another great summer school session! We have taken your feedback and have already begun to make changes to continuously improve to support our staff, families, and students. This incredible opportunity for our students and community would not be possible without you!

2024 Summer School Staff Interest Form

Here are some details for Summer School 2024

Location: Kaukauna High School

Schedule/Course Offerings:

• Summer School Session: June 11 - June 28, for a total of 14 days, Monday – Friday

• Most classes will run for 3 Sections - 8:00-9:15, 9:20-10:35, 10:40-11:55

• We will continue to offer remedial courses by invitation only: 4K - 8th grade ELA & Math

• Summer School Open House: June 10th (staff are NOT required to attend)

Anyone who works Summer School for 2024:

• The rate of pay for certified staff will be $26.37/hour for internal staff and $24/hour for external staff

• The rate of pay for support staff will be $13.45/hour for internal staff and $11.20/hour for external staff

• If you cannot commit to working but are interested in subbing, please complete the interest form

• If you are working summer school for the 14 days, your children will be able to register early for summer school courses 

Grading 

The grading window for 1st Semester is open for you to enter grades. An important reminder....for core areas of ELA and Math, you ONLY grade to the power standards. You will be able to see all of the standards below the power standards, but do not need to and should not grade the individual standards.  

Click here for a 40 second video that might help to know where/how to go for post grades. Remember...you are only doing the power standards which you choose from the pull down menu at the top.  

The window will remain open until Monday, Jan. 29th.

EQ STEP Charts

I have now added the link to the updated STEP charts for EQ in the useful links area to the right when viewing the blog with you. The step charts shared prior were PDFs and don't update with changes so this link will always have the most active/recent view.  As we've discussed they are evergreen and we will continue to update them as we progress.  Please let your grade level reps on the SLT, Academic Team or BASE team know if you have questions or ideas.  These groups help to update the plans.