DAISY DAILY FOR WEEK OF MAY 16, 2016

Our Annual Bike/Walk to School Day

Was a Marvelous Success!!!

May 15, 2016

As we start another week at Daisy, I'd like to share some updates with you:

• Thanks to ALL who helped to make our first week of SBAC Testing so successful!  Our 3rd and 4th graders took the ELA sections of the assessment last week and will take the Math sections of SBAC this week.  Please consult the schedule that was distributed via Google doc for any schedule changes (lunch/recess times, etc.)  I so appreciate the work of our proctors as well as everyone else who has helped to accommodate this testing.
• Thanks to all who responded to my invitation to serve on a Scheduling Committee.  The first meeting of this group will take place at 8 am on Monday in my office.  All who responded by Friday are included on this committee and I will be happy to accept more staff members in order to represent all segments of our population.  If you are interested and haven't yet responded, please let me know ASAP.
• We will have an all-school assembly on Monday morning at 9:30 am entitled: "Kid Power's Operation Lunch Line 3D." This show is about eating healthy and feeling great and contains a 3D visual tour of the human body, emphasizing anatomy, humor and feeling good.  This presentation will take place in the gym.  (Only make-ups for SBAC are scheduled for Monday, before and after the 9:30 am performance. Kim is working with proctors to schedule these.)
• Thanks to all who participated in reviewing Placement Cards in Team Meetings last week.  The updated, color-coded forms will be available in the office this week for classroom teachers.  We will continue our work with placement this week.
• Please know that Julie Silva's resignation was accepted at last week's Board of Education Meeting.  Julie made the decision to stay home for an extended time with her two children and asked that I share this with her colleagues.  
• Unfortunately, Lori Salisbury's father-in-law passed away last week.  I know that you will share with me in expressing your condolences to her.  The family is planning services, etc., and I'll let you know when Lori has more information to share.

Please read on for events of the weeks ahead.........

• Monday, May 16--"B" Day (SBAC Make-ups)
• 8:00-8:45 am--Scheduling Committee Meeting in Ruth's office
• 9:30--PTO Cultural Arts Presentation--"Kid Power Program"
• 9:55-10:55 am--Grade 2 Team Meeting (to be rescheduled)
• 3:00-4:00 pm--"Daisy Digger" Meeting
• Tuesday, May 17--"C" Day
•  (SBAC Testing--9:00-10:30 am)
• 8:00-8:45 am--Daisy Leadership Team Meeting in Ruth's Office
• 9 am--Orthodontist to visit 2nd Graders
• 3:15-5:15 pm--First Meeting of ELA Curriculum Writing Group (location TBD)
• 6:30 pm--Grades 1 and 2 Concert in the Gym
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• Wednesday, May 18--"D" Day  
• (SBAC Testing--9:00-10:30 am)
• 1:30-2:30 pm--Grade 1 Team Meeting
• 1:30-2:30 pm--Grade 4 Team Meeting
• 3:15 pm--Final District Leadership Team Meeting (PDEC) at WMS
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• Thursday, May 19---"A" Day  
• (SBAC Testing--9:00-10:30 am)

• 8 am--Data Team Meeting in Room 1
• 9:15-11:30 am--K Field Trip to Fishtale
• 12:30-1:30 pm--K Team Meeting
• 1:15-2:45 pm--Grade 4 Field Trip to Oxford Pond
• 6 pm--Grade 5 Orientation Meeting for Parents at WMS
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• Friday, May 20---"B" Day  
• (SBAC Testing--9:00-10:30 am)
•  9 am--Noon--Ruth to TEAM Facilitators Meeting at LEARN
• 9 am--2:00 p--Grade 2 Field Trip to West Hartford Science Museum

• 11 am-noon--Grade 3 Team Meeting

THE WEEKS AHEAD..............

• The finished results!
• Our fourth-graders created a spectacular mosaic mural on earth day : )
• May 10-20
• SBAC Assessment Window at Daisy (See Specific Schedule for Each Class.  Test times are approximate; please check with office to determine if testing in Room 10 is complete.)
• May 23-24--SBAC Make-Ups
• May 25
• 7:45-9:30 am--Rehearsal for 4th Grade Concert at WHS Auditorium
• 9:30 am - 1:30 pm--Grade 1 Field Trip to Bushy Hill Nature Center
• 3:15-4:15 pm--School-Based PLC Meeting
• 7 pm--PTO Meeting (Last one for school year)
• May 26
• 6:30 pm--4th Grade Choral/Instrumental Concert at WHS Auditorium
• May 27
• Field Day at Daisy!!!
• May 30--Memorial Day--No School
• May 31
• Nature's Learning Field Trip to Pilot's Point/Duck Island--Grade 4:
• 9:45-11:15 am--Mrs. Parkhurst's class
• 11:15 am - 12:45 pm--Mrs. Salerno's class
• 12:45-2:15 pm--Mrs. Hartt's class
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• June 1
• 3:15-4:15 pm--Staff Meeting
• June 2
• Rain date--Field Day
• June 3
• Grade 4 to Wethersfield Historical Society field trip, from 8:45 am to 1 pm.
• June 6
• 9:55-10:55 am--"Young Athletes" AM Preschool Event in Gym
• June 7--1 pm All-School Assembly to hear WHS Chorus/Band 
• June 8
• 12:30-1:30 pm--"Young Athletes" PM Preschool Event in Gym
• 3:15-4:15 pm--School-Based PLC Meeting
• June 9
• 9-10:30 am--4th Grade Students to visit WMS
• 9 am--K Field Trip to the Beach
• 1 pm Dismissal for Students
• End-of-Year Luncheon
• June 10
• 4th Grade Promotion--9:15 am
• 1 pm Dismissal for Students\
• Transition Meetings--PM
• June 13
• Last Day of School for Students
• 1 pm Dismissal for Students
• Transition Meetings--PM
• 8:30 am--Graduation at WMS
• 5 pm Graduation at WHS (Line up at 4:15 pm)
• June 14
• Last Day of School for Teachers
• Professional Development Day
• 7 pm Board of Education Meeting

Our New & Improved SBAC Video is now on YouTube.

Please visit and enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAT8NuASEg

(The link is also on our Daisy webpage.)