Thursday Thriller
June 10, 2021
Marshmallow and toothpick structures in Shannon's science class:
NUTS-n-BOLTS
1. Dates for our Garrison Certificated Staff in August
August 30 .5 BD Day, .5 or 3.5 hours from Other conferences fall/spring time
Welcome back here's who and what
Prepare for 6th graders and 'Open House'
August 31st 1.0 Building Directed (BD) Day
11:30-6:30
12:00-3:00 Incoming 6th grade students
3:00-6:30 Open House Style where 7/8 grade students receive schedule and walk the building
September 1st not part of 5.5 Days, 181st day of contract
1/2 BD or Admin Directed
1/2 Teacher Directed
AM Teacher Directed
PM School Wide Efforts -Principal Directed
September 2nd First Contract Day for ALL
Wade in the AM
Kim and Carina meeting with groups for short periods of time throughout the day. When not meeting with Kim and Carina, planning and prep work
2. Class Supply List -here is the link. Our goal is to purchase as much as we can so families don't have to buy supplies. Please work with your teammates. THIS NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ASAP.
3. Wednesday the 16th -Join us in the courtyard to celebrate staff who will not be with us at Garrison next year. 2:45
4. Friday, June 18th @ 1:00 Pizza and Salad in the Commons for staff. Come eat, chat with colleagues and maybe talk a little smack about who will win the golf tournament later that day. Tee time is at 4:00. :D
5. Tomorrow, Friday June 11th, is the shot clinic beginning at 1:00. We will again call students down alphabetically. Thanks for your patience and flexibility.
6. Please add your comments to the 8th grade slide show.
7. Saturday, June 12th 10:00-Noon the Garrison and Pioneer Adv Writing grades will be hosting SPIFFY. While staff can not attend this event due to COVID restrictions, we will be showing the creative short movies next week on GNN. Please plan on extra time with GNN next week.
Here is the trailer for the film festival: https://spark.
8. Jen Lopez's last day will be the 18th. She has filled in as a temporary attendance secretary for us and done a super job! She is on to another adventure of traveling. THANK YOU, JEN!!!!
9. Friendly reminder if you need boxes ask Brent. He will deliver boxes along with both red and green dots. Boxes can only have ONE dot-either green which goes with you or red which is discard materials that are District materials. PLEASE DON'T BOX UP YOUR OWN PERSONAL ITEMS AND LABEL THE BOX WITH A RED DOT. JUST THROW IT AWAY.
10. Ruben took some AWESOME pictures during last week's track meet. The link to the file is in this email. THANKS, RUBEN!
11. We have hired two secretaries! WHOOP!! WHOOP!! Armida and Ashley will have a full crew come November when Ashley returns from maternity leave. Stephanie Beltran will be replacing Lynette. Stephanie is actually going to work the first session of Summer Sol to learn the ropes prior to August. Yajara Torres Melgoza will replace Ashley upfront. We are excited for these two to join our Garrison family.
12. WA HI graduation is tomorrow at the Fairgrounds. They will be using our parking lot. Just FYI for you.
13. Please have 6th and 7th grade students in ELA fill out the field day form.
14. Letters to families regarding next week's 8th grade promotion events and field day are being mailed and emailed home.
15. Michelle and Katie have worked super hard to put together the Garrison Ability Track Meet!! It goes all day for students. Carina and I will be standing in hula hoops at 2:00 to see which students can throw water balloons at us. If you are bored, come out an watch. Students will be sporting their self-made tie-dye shirts. Let's cheer these guys on!!!
16. Congrats to all the band and orchestra students!!! Band concerts were in person and orchestra students were videotaped. So good to see our students perform!!! Thank you, Roger and Caleb!
Something to Ponder
- 91 days of Zoom
- 42 Days of Hybrid
- 40 Days of In person
- 3 "First Day of School"
- Half time AP-until April :D
- 3 Secretaries
- Roughly 600 Chromebooks issues
- Roughly 1000 textbooks and consumables combined & issued to students in a pick up/drop off manner
- Trying to teach via Zoom
- Passing out school supplies this way
- Setting up your classroom with these 6' and 3 ' markers
With all the above being noted, next week should be a breeze. LOL In all honesty look at what you have accomplished!!! WELL DONE!!!! WELL DONE!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!
Quote
Last Sunday I received a call from my dad telling me my older sister (57) had suffered a heart attack. My sister is the caretaker for my great niece who is 8. Her mother, my sister's daughter, passed away from cancer last February so you can imagine the emotions I was feeling. I was ready to jump in the car and head to Salem. My parents reassured me that they were on the road and will keep the family updated. My sister is recovering. :D She did not have to have an invasive surgery. She is wearing a vest that will hold her heart monitor. Sigh of relief. :D This quote caught my attention and made me stop and reflect.
"Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep the faith. It will all be worth it in the end." -Unknown.
Little Humor
I was on a roll. LOL
CALENDAR DATES
Friday, June 11th Shot Clinic 1:00-3:00, Garrison Ability Track Meet 9-3
Mon-Fri 14-18 SPIFFY short videos through GNN
Tuesday, June 15th Grading for Equity Team meeting @ 7:30AM, Drama Production
@ 7:00PM
Wednesday, June 16th Staff Recognition and gathering @ 2:45
Thursday, June 17th 8th Grade Students to YMCA 9:45-12:00, Drive Thru Promotion
@ 6:00PM WE HOPE YOU STAY and HELP WITH THIS EVENT. KIDS WILL LOVE SEEING YOU ONE LAST TIME. :D
Friday, June 18th 6th-7th grade students field day, dismissal @ 12:30, Staff
lunch @ 1:00 in the Commons, grades due by 3:00
