DAISY DAILY FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21, 2016

November 20, 2016

Daisy Staff,

As we enter the week of Thanksgiving, I thought you might enjoy seeing some of the work our students have been doing pertaining to "thankfulness."

Below are a couple students from our Room 10 Resource Room who joined our Life Skills group from the high school on a field trip this past week.  They enjoyed  visiting the vibrantly-colored turkeys at Gozzi's Turkey Farm in Guilford.

As we enter the holiday season, please be mindful that this time may become increasingly stressful for some of our families....and us : )  If you're noticing this, please reach out for assistance from our incredible counselors here at Daisy (Corey, Marilyn) and me and we will be work with our school staff and our connections at WYFS to be sure we help take care of our families and staff.

We will have a VERY quick week this week, with 1 pm dismissal on Wednesday.  Rather than meeting in formal grade-level meetings this week, I ask that you work with your teams during that time on needs that are most pressing.

Please let me know how I can help make this week productive and worthwhile for you and our children.

Warmly,

Ruth

Here's a look at the weeks ahead.......

Monday, Nov. 21, "D" Day:

• 8:00-8:45 am--Daisy Leadership Meeting in Ruth's Office

Tuesday, Nov. 22, "A" Day:

• 3:15-4:15 pm--"Tech Tuesday" in the Music Room

Wednesday, Nov. 23:

• Deadline for Daisy Budget (2016-2017) to Central Office
• (Time Cards Due early this week)
• 1 pm--Early Dismissal for Thanksgiving Holiday

Thursday, Nov. 24-Friday, Nov. 25:

• NO SCHOOL--THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Tuesday, Nov. 29:

• Marking Period 1 Ends

Wednesday, Nov. 30:

• 1 pm Dismissal/Professional Development
• 5 pm---CAS Excellence in Education Awards--Aqua Turf, Southington (If you haven't already responded re: joining the group to celebrate our "SBAC" video, please let me know by 11/23/16.)

Thursday, Dec. 1:

• 1 pm Dismissal/Professional Development
• PMT Refresher Training for Special Education Teachers

Wednesday, Dec . 7:

• Report Cards go home

Thursday, Dec. 8:

• 10:30-11:30 am--WECC/WELL Meeting in Staff Room

Tuesday, Dec. 13:

• 7 pm--BOE Meeting at WHS

Friday, Dec. 16:

• 4-7 pm---Daisy Holiday Party at Cuckoo's Nest

We had an excellent turn-out of families and staff members at our introductory breakfast for EL families last week.  

We look forward to making this a monthly occurrence.