Staff Bulletin: Oct. 16-20, 2023

 

Monday, October 16 - Day 5, Rotation 2

National Boss' Day! Thank you Mrs. Knapp for all you do! You truly always go above and beyond for us all. Staff & Stacy - please meet in the EQ lounge at 12:05pm today to indulge in the potluck with all of Stacys favorites and present our gift. -EQ Sunshine

Lunch Option 1: Classic Cheeseburger  

Lunch Option 2: Tater Tot Casserole 

• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (Gaines)
• 3:30-4:30 LEA Rep Training 

Tuesday, October 17 - Day 6, Rotation 2

*EAs - SUBMIT YOUR TIMECARD*

Lunch Option 1: Beef Nachos 

Lunch Option 2: BBQ Rib-B-Q Sandwich  

• 10:00-11:00 Stacy/Mike Meeting 
• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (McKinnon)
• 1:00-2:00 PATH Counseling Connection (Knapp, Kozelek, VanZeeland)
• 3:15-4:00 PBIS Tier 2 Meeting 

Wednesday, October 18 - Day 1, Rotation 3

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

Lunch Option 1: Chicken Nuggets 

Lunch Option 2: Chicken & Apple Cheddar Salad    

• 10:00-10:15 Stacy - Record Announcements (VandeVoort)
• 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) 
• 12:00-12:50 EQ SLT Meeting (Rm 65)
• 1:10-1:55 3rd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 2:10-2:55 2nd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 3:20-4:00 EQ Academic Team Meeting 
• 3:30-4:30 LEP Rep Training - Option 2 

Thursday, October 19 - Day 2, Rotation 3

Lunch Option 1: Chicken Pasta Alfredo 

Lunch Option 2: Sunbutter & Jelly Pitta Dipper 

• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (Ritzke)
• EQ Family Night 5:15pm-7:15pm

Friday, October 20 - Day 3, Rotation 3

Lunch Option 1: Cheese Stuffed Breadsticks 

Lunch Option 2: Home-Style Beef & Bean Chili

• 9:30-10:00 Stacy & Kara Meeting 
• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (VanAsten)
• 3:20-4:00 Office Crew Meeting (Knapp, Steif, Zemlock, Quinn) 

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 23 - 27 Red Ribbon Week 

Oct. 23 - Board of Education Meeting

Oct. 25 - Student of the Month Due 

Oct. 26 - Staff In Service/No School All Students 

Oct. 27 - No School All Students & Staff 

Oct. 30 PAC Meeting (No Meeting Nov. 7th) 

Oct. 15 - Angie Overholt

Oct. 16 - Kate Gross 

Wendy Collins

Staff Thoughts

Thank you for keeping Jessica McKinnon and her family in your thoughts.  Jessica's grandmother passed away last week and they celebrated her through a service on Friday.  Our school family support is always a blessing at times like this!

Family Event on THURSDAY

Our first family event for 2023-24 is scheduled this week on THURSDAY, 5:30-7:00. Thank you for those that are sharing the use of their classroom, video recorded number corner, and those that are helping organize Workplace games.  Again our intention with this event is giving parents some exposure to Bridges Number Corner, Workplaces, and Technology options for home.  We will have two-three classrooms per grade level being used depending on a quick Google survey response.  We are now going to hold the technology portion in the cafeteria and put the cookies in the lobby as families leave.  We will have some students from KHS Key Club helping as well so that teaching staff can be in the classrooms to interact with families about math and technology.

Staff Sign up to attend/help -- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C45AFA72AA4FD0-eqstaff2

Mandatory Reporter Training - 

As we discussed briefly at last week's staff meeting.  We are due for Mandatory Reporter Training.  Holly Parks has now sent the district-wide Mandatory Reporting Training to all staff through Frontline Central. Everyone can click right on the link in the email to complete the training. It should be nice and simple! A reminder that new hires (for the 2023/2024 school year) do NOT have to complete the training again if they have already done so. This training needs to be done by all staff, including administration, by Dec. 1st, 2023. 

Click on link in email sent from Holly Parks to access the training easily. 
Once in Frontline, you will see the training as shown above.

PT Conference Sign-Up - 

We will begin working on our conference sign-up.  Please be thinking about any families you need to pre-schedule time with.  The SLT will discuss specifics of how we will schedule (i.e. in-person Tuesday/Thursday and virtual option Friday, all in person with virtual option available for families needing it)  Ultimately you have been great at showing care and flexibility in meeting families needs the best we can.  If you have any feedback, please let an SLT member or Stacy know.  The sign-up will be sent to the whole school community on Nov 1st, so we will need to have any pre-scheduled conferences (i.e. Spec. Ed., EL, SSP, etc.) set before then.   

Halloween - 

As discussed and decided at our staff meeting last week, we will have an orange & black dress-up day on the 31st.  No costumes.  I will share this in the Family Blog as well.

#ObserveMe

1.  Enter in at least two half hour blocks (more blocks if you'd like) that a colleague could come in and observe.

2.  Choose two half hour blocks from 10/23 to 12/14 schedule an observation (academic and behavior). Staff may choose to observe over prep time, recess time, or swap a prep with a colleague. 

3.  Be sure to include the date you intend to observe and your name when you schedule the observation.  Only one staff sign up per observation time.

4,  Send a Google Calendar invite to the colleague you are observing.

5.  Complete the Oct. - Dec. Take Away Sheet (link to be provided before 10/23) during the observation.

6.  Make a copy share with the teacher you observed.

October KASD Internal Newsletter

Click here to view KASD Internal Newsletter! 

Yearbook Pictures

Please add any and all classroom pictures to our 23-24 Yearbook Pictures folder. We are always in need of more photos to use in our school yearbook.

Just a reminder to keep in mind the Do Not Publish Picture List when uploading pictures. 

Thank you all! 

Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23 - Oct. 27

EQ Dine Out Night - Nov. 13

Mark your calendar for a new family dine out option for EQ...

KHS Halloween Concert

Staff Bulletin: Oct. 9-13, 2023

 

Monday, October 9 - Day 6, Rotation 1

Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day / Leif Erickson Day 

EQ Vision Screening 

Lunch Option 1: Cheese Pizza Cruncher 

Lunch Option 2: BBQ Cheddar Burger 

• 8:30-11:30 Stacy - District Admin Meeting (DO) 
• 12:55-1:10 Stacy record Announcements (Maki)
• 1:00-2:30 Firefighters Visit 4th Grade 
• 1:30-3:00 Pupil Service Meeting 
• 3:20-4:20 Special Ed Team Meeting 

Board of Education Meeting @ 5:30pm Board Room/KHS Library

Tuesday, October 10 - Day 1, Rotation 2

*EAs - SUBMIT YOUR TIMECARD*

10:00-1:00 Picture Retake Day. Click here to view the retake list. Staff - please be sure to get your picture taken if you didn't back in August. 

Lunch Option 1: Soft Beef Whole Grain Taco

Lunch Option 2: Cheese Quesadilla 

• 8:30-9:30 Stacy - E5 Meeting (Virtual) 
• 9:45-10:00 Stacy record Announcements (Wiedenhaupt)
• 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) 
• 12:10-12:55 MAPLE Meeting (Art Rm) 
• 1:10-1:55 3rd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 2:10-2:55 2nd Gr Math Collab (Rm 65) 
• 3:20-4:20 Student SSP Meetniig Conf. Rm (Knapp, Schonhoff, B/G, Martinez, Kozelek, Verhagen) 

Wednesday, October 11 - Day 2, Rotation 2

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

Lunch Option 1: Blueberry Bash Waffles

Lunch Option 2: Chicken Salad Sandwich  

• 7:15-7:45 SSP Meeting Conf. Rm (Knapp, Kieckhafer, Kozelek) 
• 8:45-9:00 Stacy - record Announcements (Dercks)
• 12:10-12:45 Family Night Plan Check-in (LMC) 
• 1:00-1:30 Firefighters Visiting 2VA 
• 1:30-2:00 Firefigters Visiting 2Jozwiak
• 3:20-4:15 EQ Staff Meeting 

Thursday, October 12 - Day 3, Rotation 2

Lunch Option 1: Mini Turkey Corn Dogs 

Lunch Option 2: The Perfect Sloppy Joe

• Stacy Out All Day - AWSA Conference (Pupil Service - Kristin K, Emily S. and Ted Selker/Josh Iverson on call)
• 1:00-1:30 Firefighters Visiting 2Ritzke 
• 1:30-2:00 Firefigters Visiting 2Owen
• 2:00-2:45 EA Meeting 

Friday, October 13 - Day 4, Rotation 2

Lunch Option 1: Macaroni & Cheese 

Lunch Option 2: Black Bean Burger 

• Stacy Out All Day - AWSA Conference (Pupil Service - Kristin K, Emily S., Karen W. AM, and Ted Selker/Josh Iverson on call)
• 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) 
• 1:00-1:30 Firefighters Visiting 2VandeVoort 
• 1:10-1:55 3rd Gr Lit Collab (Rm 65) 
• 2:10-2:55 2nd Gr Lit Collab (Rm 65) 

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 16-20 National School Bus Safety Week

Oct. 16 - National Boss’ Day

Oct. 19 - EQ Family Night, 5:30-7 pm

Oct. 23 - 27 Red Ribbon Week 

Oct. 23 - Board of Education Meeting

Oct. 25 - Student of the Month Due 

Oct. 26 - Staff In Service/No School All Students 

Oct. 27 - No School All Students & Staff 

Oct. 9 - Tara Dakins  

Oct. 13 - Carrie Owen 

Oct. 13 - Evan Guell 

Oct. 15 - Angie Overholt

Annalee VanAsten 

I will be out of the building/district all day on Thursday and Friday.  I am attending the AWSA Elementary Principals convention in Brookfield along with the other KASD Elementary Principals.  Pupil Service will be here to support and Ted Selker and Josh Iverson (RV Asst. Principals) will be on call as an admin. 

~Stacy

Staff Thoughts

As you know Kristie Kiesow was out of school on Thursday and Friday of last week.  It is with great sadness and care that I share that Kristie's oldest brother passed away last week unexpectedly.   The obituary can be viewed by clicking here.  Please keep Kristie and her family in your thoughts.  Sorry for the loss of someone so special Kristie. 

Before School

Thank you for helping us to remind students that we do not put the balls/equipment out in the AM before school because students are really only at school for 10 minutes or less (7:35-7:45) and with the potential of 550+ students on the playground between EQ and NDLC at one time it is not safe.  Thank you for helping to reteach them also that balls/equipment are not to be brought to school from home and any balls/equipment found outside from the day prior can be given to the teachers outside.  Thank you!

Family Event Date Change

Our first family event for 2023-24 is scheduled for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th  5:30-7:00.  This family event will be based on giving parents some exposure to Bridges Number Corner, Workplaces, and Technology options for home.  We will have three classrooms per grade level being used as well as the cafeteria.  We will have some students from KHS Key Club helping in the cafeteria so that teaching staff can be in the classrooms to interact with families about math and technology.

Staff Sign up to attend/help -- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C45AFA72AA4FD0-eqstaff2

Yearbook Pictures

Please add any and all classroom pictures to our 23-24 Yearbook Pictures folder. We are always in need of more photos to use in our school yearbook.

Just a reminder to keep in mind the Do Not Publish Picture List when uploading pictures. 

Thank you all! 

EQ Dine Out Night - Nov. 13

Mark your calendar for a new family dine out option for EQ...

• KHS Halloween Concert

Staff Bulletin: Oct. 2-6, 2023

 

Monday, October 2 - Day 1, Rotation 1

Kaukauna Homecoming Spirit Week: Disney/Super Hero Day 

National Custodian Day! 

Lunch Option 1: Classic Chicken Sandwich 

Lunch Option 2: Chicken Cheese Steak 

• 9:15-9:30 Stacy - Record Announcements (B/G) 
• 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) 

Tuesday, October 3 - Day 2, Rotation 1

*EAs - SUBMIT YOUR TIMECARD*

Kaukauna Homecoming Spirit Week: Pajama Day 

Lunch Option 1: Turkey Hot Dog 

Lunch Option 2: Chicken & Apple Cheddar Salad 

• 9:15-9:30 Stacy - Record Announcements (Cooksey/Forster)
• 11:15-11:45 SSP Meeting Conf. Rm (Knapp, Kozelek, Herlache) 
• 1:00-3:00 EQ Data Team Data Review (Knapp, Rosenbeck, Baumgartner, Schonhoff, Dakins) 

Wednesday, October 4 - Day 3, Rotation 1

Kaukauna Homecoming Spirit Week: Sports Theme 

7:35-7:50 Walk to School Day! 

Lunch Option 1: Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake 

Lunch Option 2: Turkey & Cheese Sandwich 

• 8:30-11:15 3rd Grade Field Trip to The Grand Opera House 
• 8:30-10:30 District Continuous Improvement Meeting (Knapp, Dakins, Schonhoff, Angoli, Baumgartner) 
• 11:45-12:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (Durrant)
• 12:00-1:00 EQ Academic Team Meeting (Rm 65) 
• 2:00-3:00 SSP Meeting (Knapp, VandeVoort, Schonhoff, Kozelek) 
• 2:00-3:00 Firefighters Visiting 3rd Grade Classes (Cafeteria) 
• 3:20-4:00 BASE Tier I Meeting (Dercks)

Homecoming Parade at 6:00pm. Click here for more details. 

Thursday, October 5 - Day 4, Rotation 1

Kaukauna Homecoming Spirit Week: Silly Socks or Hat Day 

Lunch Option 1: Muffin, Yogurt & Cheese Fun Lunch 

Lunch Option 2: Italian Chicken Parm Wrap

• 7:30-3:30 EQ Data Review Day (schedule)
• 11:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (Sprangers)

Friday, October 6 - Day 5, Rotation 1

Kaukauna Homecoming Spirit Week: Kaukauna Spirit/Orange & Black 

Lunch Option 1: Cheesy Italian Pull Apart 

Lunch Option 2: Tuna Salad Sandwich 

• 9:00-10:00 Stacy/Kara Meeting 
• 11:00 Stacy - Record Announcements (Sprangers)
• 1:15-1:45 - SSP Mtg. (Kozelek, Gaines, Verhagen, Knapp)

KHS Homecoming Football Game, 7:00 pm @ Bank of Kaukauna Stadium

Upcoming Events:

Oct. 9 - Board of Education Meeting

Oct. 9 - Vision Screening 

Oct. 9-13 Fire Prevention Week

Oct. 10 - Picture Retake Day 

Oct. 11 - EQ Staff Meeting 

Oct. 12 - EA Meeting 

Oct. 16-20 National School Bus Safety Week

Oct. 16 - National Boss’ Day

Oct. 19 - EQ Family Night, 5:30-7 pm

Oct. 23 - Board of Education Meeting

Oct. 24 - EQ Family Night (changed to Oct. 19)

Oct. 25 - Student of the Month Due 

Oct. 26 - Staff In Service/No School All Students 

Oct. 27 - No School All Students & Staff 

Oct. 3 Emily Schonhoff 

Jaime Dercks 

National Custodial / Maintenance Day

Happy National Custodial Day to Daryl, Perry, Amanda and Crystal, along with our maintenance crew Ben, Derek, Kevin, Kyle, and Luke that travel from building to building. Thank you for all you do for our school! 

Walk to School Day Oct. 4

Thank you for all those that are able to volunteer for Walk to School day in some format.  Your time and help is very much appreciated.  Please be at the park at 7:15 a.m. to greet students.  Jonen and Little Tykes park walk is 20 minutes so please leave at 7:20 a.m. The Fieldcrest Park walk is a little less so that group could leave around 7:25 a.m.  Stacy will get a banner to one of the staff members in each group.  Thank you for taking a number of pictures either before or during your walk.  If you still want to sign up click here to SIGN-UP TO WALK from a park or to walk during lunch recess with students.  

If anyone has interest in being Quinney Cougar that morning on the school playground to welcome our walkers, 7:35-7:50, let me know!

Homecoming Spirit Oct. 2-6

This week Electa Quinney Elementary will be celebrating homecoming along with the High School. To help all of our elementary students to feel a part of the festivities, we will have dress-up days as follows:

Monday, Oct. 2: Disney/Superhero Day

Tuesday, Oct. 3: PJ Day

Wednesday, Oct. 4: Sports Theme

Thursday, Oct. 5: Silly Socks or Hat Day

Friday, Oct. 6: Orange/Black Kaukauna Spirit Wear

There will be a parade again this year.  It will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 PM and will once again be held downtown.  We would like students to enjoy the fun and spirit of the parade so our Elementary Schools will not walk in the homecoming parade.  You can see more detailed information by clicking here.

Family Event Date Change

We needed to change the date of the Family Event (prev. Oct. 24) because there is a family event at Tanner planned that night as well and a community truck or treat event at Aurora.  We changed the date to THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th  5:30-7:00.  This family event will be based on giving parents some exposure to Bridges Number Corner, Workplaces, and Technology options for home.  We will have three classrooms per grade level being used as well as the cafeteria.

Staff Sign up to attend/help -- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C45AFA72AA4FD0-eqstaff2

Important things to review...

If you haven't had the chance yet, please take a moment to review these policies and practices that are important for all to be aware of.  We will touch on them at staff meetings in October...

• Click to view this helpful Seclusion and Physical Restraint document to learn the important ins and outs about the procedures when needing to utilize seclusion or physical restraint with students.  Full policies -- Policy 445 and 445 Rule
• 5 year Mandatory Reporter Training coming due for School Safety & Abuse and Neglect. Our last training was in 2018 so it is time for an updated training.  DPI is making changes and we will discuss at our October staff meeting about what is needed to complete the updated Mandatory Reporter Training.  Stay tuned.

Frontline (prev. My Learning Plan) Now Ready

The Frontline system is ready for you to begin working in.  The first step is your SLO – Student Learning Objective. Helpful info is included below...

• This year you have until November 1st to complete your SLO.  
• SLO is under "Goal Setting Process" in your evaluation are of Frontline.  The document to complete is "Goal Setting Plan".  Your SLO can relate to any of our EQ School Continuous Improvement Plans in Learning and Academics, Safe and Healthy Schools, and Retention/Connectedness.
• Consider a department or grade level goal as you collaborate and learn together.
• Self-Assessment – Choose one indicator as a strength in each standard and one indicator as a weakness in each standard.  There are 6 standards.  The  indicators are the statements on the left 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.  So you will have two boxes filled for each standard - one strength and one growth area.  Write in your one sentence reflection for each.  So twelve boxes/sentences in total.  
• PPG – Professional Practice Goal -- The PPG tends to get confusing.  This is NOT/should NOT be the same as your SLO.  It should be, what are you going to do in your “own professional practices” to make an impact on…your SLO goal OR maybe one of the areas you noted for growth on the Self-Assessment.  Here are a few examples so you can see the difference between the two SLO/PPG.  Please note that these examples are very detailed, however, that is not necessarily the expectation in your SLO/PPG.

Highlights from Holly Magness on Frontline Professional Growth Updates: 

• Frontline Professional Growth is just that, a model for collective coaching, conversations and continuous growth
  • This growth model is evident in that the summative evaluation overall score has been discontinued
  • A rating is still given in each of the 6 standards
• All "Teacher" Forms have been updated from CESA with the most recent version 
  • When additional certified staff group forms are updated by CESA we will move to those forms
• The SLO/ PPG and Documentation Log are all included in the Professional Growth form in all of the "Teacher" Updated Forms
  • The Documentation Log will remain a required component only for New 1, New 2 and Summative Year Certified Staff 
  • This means that even though the form is included for all "Teachers" regardless of year, it is only required in the  New 1, New 2 and Summative Year 
  • All other certified staff groups will continue to have the documentation log as a separate form in the New 1, New 2 and Summative Year 
• When reflecting on Professional Growth, Educators will have a minimum of two reflections in each of the 6 Standards
  • One strength reflection and one area for growth reflection in each of the 6 areas accounts for the two reflections
  • A total of 12 reflections will be completed
  • This has also been the prior practice
• The "unannounced" formal observation form has been discontinued 
• A formal observation includes a pre and post conference between the educator and administrator
  • This is not a change and is only included in Summative Year 3 and in the New 1 and New 2 Years
• All Survey forms are no longer included in the KASD model for certified staff
• Certified Staff may use a survey or gather feedback and include this as an artifact in a documentation log should they choose
• Below is a table as a quick reference for staff:

	New Cert. Staff  1 and 2	Continuing 1	Continuing 2	Continuing 3/ Summative Year
SLO/ PPG	★	★	★	★
Goal Setting/ Self Assessment &  Mid Year Review	★	★	★	★
Documentation Log	★			★
Informal Observation 1	★	★	★	★
Informal Observation 2	★		★	★
Informal Observation 3	★
Formal Announced Observation with Pre/ Post Conference	★			★
Summative Performance	★			★

Yearbook Pictures

Please add any and all classroom pictures to our 23-24 Yearbook Pictures folder. We are always in need of more photos to use in our school yearbook.

Just a reminder to keep in mind the Do Not Publish Picture List when uploading pictures. 

Thank you all! 

Background Checks

As we start booking field trips, please remember that your chosen chaperones must have a valid background check on file. Please check with Shaina in the office. HR has stated that only individuals that have been chosen to go on a field trip should be turning in background check forms. Plan accordingly as background checks take about 2-3 weeks to process. 

EQ Dine Out Night - Nov. 13

Mark your calendar for a new family dine out option for EQ...

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• KHS Halloween Concert