Daisy Daily for the Week of June 1, 2021

 Memorial Day 2021

"Red, White & Blue Day" at Daisy

(Photo Credit: Corey Ehrlich)

Fourth-Graders enjoyed a recent walking field trip

to Oxford Academy to participate in a Pond Study. 

(Photo Credit: Sara Salerno)

Wishing our Colleagues Well....

• As you may know, Laura Esposito, is retiring at the end of the school year after an illustrious, 38-year-long career with Westbrook Public Schools.  If you haven't yet responded to Lynda or Vanessa (in Room 1) regarding a gift collection or retirement advice (see display outside Room 1), please do so ASAP.  Please also reserve the date--June 10, 1:15 pm, when our Sunshine Group will present Laura with a gift under the tent outside by the cafeteria.
• Also, Melissa Hart, will complete her final year as Occupational Therapist in Westbrook Public Schools this June. Melissa and her husband are relocating to Texas where they will begin the next chapter of their lives.
• Please check your mailboxes for information re: sharing some love with Taylor Price as we wish her the best on the upcoming birth of her first child.

Modified Field Day--Tuesday, June 1st, 2021:

• Please come prepared for a day of fun outside/inside with our students, dressed in comfortable attire.
• Ryan Percival has shared a Google Classroom link with all classroom teachers for the schedule of the day.  If you haven't located it, please contact Ryan.  
• We'll start the day with an announcement on the Public Address System, welcoming everyone to the day.  We'll also guide you to a link for an opening Kids' News video.
• Each classroom should have chosen a color for T-shirts for the classroom, but variety is great as well, so no worries if that doesn't work out.
• Please note the common times for the outside Dance Party and for the lunch pick-up time for your grade level.  Please plan to picnic with your students, outside if possible.
• Each classroom is teamed up with support staff, so that you can flex time to give each other bathroom breaks, planning, etc.  
• Please note that there are no Specials nor Grade-Level Meetings on Tuesday.  We will reschedule grade-level meetings usually held on Tuesdays to another day this week.
• Nurse Ed Albrecht will be with us on Tuesday and we will have an outside Health Station set up.
• Popsicles for all are in the freezer in the cafe lunchroom in bags with the classroom teacher's name written on them.  Enjoy them whenever works for your class.
• There are a few 504 meetings, etc., scheduled for Tuesday, since this was a rain date, so please arrange with your partners today re: coverage so that those necessary can attend.

Please let me know anything that I may have forgotten and reach out to Ryan and/or me with questions or concerns.

Let's make it a very memorable Modified Field Day!!!

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Here are some helpful EOY Checklists as we enter the final two weeks of the school year, believe it or not!!!

End-of-Year Checklist 

For Faculty/Staff

June 2021

• Report Cards are open in PowerSchool and they will be distributed on the last day of school.  Grades and comments should be completed in PowerSchool by June 8th; to allow time for printing.
  
• Please Update Data in Grade-Level Data Documents with year-end STAR scores, Running Record Reading Levels, etc.;  as well as SRBI documents.
• We'll finalize Class Rosters this week, but won't notify families until August as things could change.
• Fans can be used in windows through the end of the year--only if exhausted outside.
• Classroom and Special EducationTeachers; and Specialists---Please submit Purchase Orders for classroom supplies by June 11 via email to Ruth, Alicia, Lisa.     
• Amount per classroom: up to $350 (does not need to be ordered all for beginning of year)
• Must be through approved vendor.  If not sure, check w/ Alicia.
• All orders from ELA and Math PLC Leaders, Special Area Teachers, also due June 11.
• Welcome Letters to Next Year's Students (Submitted electronically, in general form, not with students’ names) to Ruth/Lisa/Alicia; also due by June 11.
• Staff members should get electronics updated through Tech Dept., as Ben notified earlier in email.
• Return classroom keys, fobs (if not working in ESY or Summer Learning Academy) to main office.
• Please know that access to classrooms will be limited over the summer due to ESY, Summer Learning Academy, Park/Rec Camp, maintenance work, cleaning, etc.  I'll share more re: room assignments for summer programs, work scheduled in classrooms, etc. ASAP.

•  If staff members desire to come in over summer, please call/email in advance to see if rooms are available; and come through front entry.

Wednesday's after-school meeting will be a Staff Meeting, open to all staff members, in a virtual format from 3:15-4:00 pm.  This was originally scheduled as a Department PLC Meeting, but since we just met in departments, we really need to meet as a group to discuss schedules/plans/wishes for the new school year.  I'd love to have representation from all areas and then we'll break into smaller working groups.

Please let me know other burning topics and questions you may have.

FUTURE EVENTS:

• June 2: Staff Meeting--3:15-4:00 pm (Virtual)
• June 2: Daisy PTO Meeting @ 7 pm (Virtual)
• June 9: Fourth-Grade Promotion; 9:30 am (Outside)
• June 10: Rain Date for Fourth-Grade Promotion; 10:30 am (so as not to interfere with 8th Grade Promotion)
• June 11: Last Day of School (No lunches served)
• (June 9-11 feature early dismissal at 1 pm for students.)

• As always, please check the Daisy Staff Google Calendar for all important events at:

DAISY STAFF GOOGLE CALENDAR

Let's make it a GREAT week!!!

Ruth