A Web-based newsletter for the staff of Everett Public Schools
Oct. 11, 2010 (NewsLinks articles are now archived on Docushare)
· United Way helps us do our work
· Common Core Standards – what are they, and what do they mean?
· Come to a staff focus group, Oct. 19 or 20
· Apply for a Foundation classroom grant before Oct. 20
· Your school board at work – online information and legislative priorities
· News around the district – good work and good deeds by all
· Opportunities – for students and staff
· Key dates you won’t want to miss
UNITED WAY – one more way to support student learning
United Way helps support the work we do every day in our classrooms. United Way campaign teams are in our schools and support departments between now and November. Please join us in a warm welcome and thanks for everything they do for our families.
WHAT ARE COMMON CORE STANDARDS?
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will make five stops statewide to share information with the public about the state’s possible adoption of the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
See the full schedule of information sessions listed on the OSPI website.
STAFF FOCUS GROUPS, OCT. 19 AND 20 – learn about and make suggestions for the new data system
The district is in the process of buying a new Learning Management System (LMS) to replace our current system (IMS). Please join us at one of the times and locations listed below as we share the timeline for that process and learn from you what features you believe are important in the new system. No need to RSVP; just come with your ideas.
We’ll also be visiting with parents on the evenings of Oct. 19, 20 and 21 to learn what features they consider important as they follow student progress and support student learning at home.
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m., Cascade Library
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m., Garfield Library
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2:30 p.m., H.M. Jackson Library
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m., Cedar Wood Library
FOUNDATION GRANTS – apply for them now!
Classroom grant applications are available now and due Oct. 20! Get yours in one of two ways:
· On the Foundation website
· On the district website
Applications are due to the Foundation office in Hawthorne Elementary by the close of business on Oct. 20, 2010.
The Foundation plans to have decisions and checks to grantees by the first week of December. Each application contains information needed to complete your application. If you have any questions, please email Kristie Dutton or call extension 4693.
YOUR SCHOOL BOARD AT WORK – more info, more quickly, just a click away
All agendas, approved minutes and documents from school board meetings are now much more easily accessible, usable and searchable on the BoardDocs site. Thanks to community support of educational technology and the network backbone that district support has made possible, you and members of the public are just a click or two away from detailed information about district policy and governance decisions.
See the school board’s resolution in favor of Referendum 52.
Even school newsletters are available in the library section of BoardDocs.
Everett High School’s Commander Rick Gile and Sequoia’s JoAnne Buiteweg were honored by the school board on Oct. 5 – JoAnne for representing the district as the Region’s Teacher of the Year and Rick for his Navy honor.
Details about Commander Gile’s selection by the Department of the Navy as the NJROTC Area 13 Citizenship Development Teacher of the Year for 2010 is on BoardDocs.
Board members and Superintendent Cohn spent two days at the Washington State School Directors’ Association legislative assembly. Information about WSSDA’s 2011 legislative session priorities is online.
NEWS AROUND THE DISTRICT – information about good work everywhere
10.08.2010 Parent focus
groups during High School and Beyond events
10.08.2010 High
School and Beyond family nights
10.07.2010 Community and staff came together to "Stuff the Bus"
for kids
10.06.2010 FV teacher Debbie
Strong featured in the Tribune
10.05.2010 Five JHS students named National Merit Scholarship
semifinalists
09.30.2010 Cancer walk
organizers thank EPS community services staff
09.28.2010 Mill Creek Principal Mary Ann Opperud retires on
Sept. 30
09.28.2010 EHS NJROTC instructor
receives Citizenship Development Teacher of the Year
award
09.24.2010 Transportation
adjustments made for 100 Penny Creek
students
OPPORTUNITIES – for staff and students
1. Snohomish County Association of Educational Office Professionals (SCAEOP) is hosting its first Fall Event for the 2010-11 school year at Shawn O’Donnell’s restaurant in South Everett on Monday, Oct. 25 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. for an appetizer/workshop with guest speaker Mayna Sgaramella presenting “Polishing Your Professional Image.” RSVP and reservation form online.
2. The Storybook Theater offers school field trip performances of popular stories at the Everett PUD Auditorium throughout the school year. Performances this season are Little Red, Jack & the Beanstalk, and Sleeping Beauty. Visit their website for performance dates, times, and ticket information.
3. Once again, the Pilchuck Audubon Society Classroom Conservation Award is available for elementary school teachers. Application is online and due by Nov. 1, 2010. Or you may call Laurel Cheap at 425-335-1810.
4. The Washington State Board of Education graduation requirements survey is now online. The state board is interested in your perspectives on the proposed changes to state high school graduation requirements. The survey will take approximately five minutes to complete, and the board will consider your feedback during the Nov. 9, 2010 meeting.
5. Staff Art Show will be on display Oct. 19-Nov. 12 at the Educational Service Center at 4730 Colby Ave. in Everett.
KEY DATES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR – important dates and celebrations you won’t want to miss planning for now!
POLICY & PROCEDURE INFO – links to all policies and procedures are online
Everett Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. Designated to handle inquiries about nondiscrimination policies are: Affirmative Action Officer, Carol Stolz, 3715 Oakes Ave., Everett, WA 98201, 425-385-4106; Title IX Officer, Randi Seaberg, 3715 Oakes Ave., Everett, WA 98201, 425-385-4104; ADA Coordinator, Kristine McDowell, 202 Alder St., Everett, WA 98203, 425-385-5250; Section 504 Coordinator, Becky Ballbach, 4730 Colby Ave., Everett, WA 98203, 425-385-4086. (Email address for each is FirstInitialLastName@everettsd.org)
Diane Bradford
Communications Dept.
Everett Public Schools
425-385-4040
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