5.19.23 Staff Blog

 As always, the final stretch of the school year is coming on with full force. Please pace yourself. More than any other team I have worked with, I know you all assume positive intent and that everyone is doing their best. Please have grace for yourself during this busy time.

Quick Look:

Friday May 19	8th Grade Slideshow Photos Due
Friday May 19	Arts Fest and Family Dance (Cascade- 6:00 p.m.)
Tuesday May 30-Friday June 2	6/7 Camp
Wednesday May 24	VG (Journey) IEP 2:15
Wednesday May 24	Early Release Wednesday (Individual Timel)
Thursday May 25	Safety Meeting (8:05, Library)
Monday May 29	No School
Tuesday May 30	AV (3rd) GT Follow Up, 8:10 Conference Room
Tuesday May 30	RN (5th) IEP 2:45
Wednesday May 31	NO EARLY RELEASE- Full Day
Thursday June 1	Staff Meeting (Library 8:05, Class Lists)
Thursday June 1	OH (Cassidy IEP Meeting) 2:45
Friday June 2	TSA Movie Night
Tuesday June 6	Future Scots Day at Shorecrest-8th Grade Students going to Shorecrest only (details below)
Tuesday June 6th-Friday June 9	K-5 Camp
Thursday June 15	5th Grade Instrumental Concert at Kellogg
Tuesday June 20	Moving On Ceremony (Shoreline Center Auditorium, 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
Thursday June 22	Tentative Spring Fling (GSA, Kim, and Rebbecah)
Monday June 26	Market Day/Outdoor Recess
Tuesday June 27	Last day of school (half day) and Cascade Beach Day for students and families

UPCOMING STAFF MEETING: ACTION 

Our next staff meeting is on June 1 where we will take one last session with class lists and a more cleaned up schedule. Please take some time to check out this clearer (I hope) version of the proposed master schedule so we can make a decision on June 1st. 

Please also finalize your K-5 Spring Camp Plans. Please take some time to fill in this sheet with your plan by June 1.  We will review and finalize this plan briefly on June 1 during our meeting. 

ELEMENTARY REPORT CARDS: ACTION

*Please read below from the Instruction Department.

Dear Elementary Teachers,

As part of our recent “Off the Plate” MOU, and in response to teacher and administrator feedback, a refinement team consisting of teachers, TOSAs and administrators has been working to develop a streamlined elementary report card that reduces the number of reporting strands for ELA, math and science. 

The purpose of this work has been to make the report card more manageable for teachers and helpful for families. Because this group is charged with streamlining/refining the report card, there was also a charge not to add new reporting strands.

The refinement process has included:

• A review of report cards from neighboring districts

• A check on how potential streamlined report strands could be aligned with required learning standards

• Alignment of strands from one grade level to the next

• Efforts to make the report card language family-friendly. This includes using language that is more readily translatable. 

A draft of the potential revised reporting strands can be found here. You can navigate to the content areas being consolidated using the tabs at the bottom of the sheet. A comparison of the current strands with the revised strands can be found here.

You can provide feedback on the proposed strands using this link.

We will reconvene the refinement team in late May/early June to review the feedback and finalize the changes so that we can share next year’s reporting strands before people leave for summer break.

FUTURE SCOTS VISIT: HELPFUL

Please see below for information regarding the Future Scots event on June 6th.  This is for 8th Grade students who plan on attending Shorecrest. Keep in mind, this event is happening during K-5 camp.  In case students are asking you about the event, here is the information I have been given:

Future Scots Visit (8th Grade Students and Families)- Please see information below from SC Activities Coordinator:

Class of 2027 Shorecrest students are invited to our "Future Scots Welcome Morning" on Tuesday, June 6 from 9:00-10:10.This is a time for our new students to learn a little more about high school from older students who put on a program with information and performances in the gym and we follow it up with a question and answer session in small groups facilitated by student leaders.

Please arrive between 8:50-9:00 on Tuesday, June 6. Students may be dropped off at the Gym building on the south end of campus. Students will need to carpool or ride with family to Shorecrest.  A bus will be provided from Shorecrest to Cascade K-8 after the event ends.  We’ll have a welcome table set up and we’d like you to check in and get your name tag.

After the program in the Gym, we will walk to the Commons (our cafeteria) in the Main Building for a small group question and answer session. We’ll be putting new-to-the-district students together in small groups so that they can get to know each other.

We will dismiss at 10:10 in order to transition before our students come down to the Commons during a passing period.

This event is targeted to students and we don’t have special programming for parents. However, you are welcome to join us in the Gym and the Commons as a "fly on the wall". Please check in at the welcome table if you are a parent/guardian attending the event.

Tours of the school will not happen June 6, but will take place at the New Student Kick Off on the evening of August 31 (6:00-7:45) and at the New Student Orientation on the morning of September 5. 

For questions and to RSVP (only necessary if currently out-of-district), please email Shorecrest Activity Coordinator:  johanna.phillips@ssd412.org 

JOGGER WEDNESDAYS!!: JUST FOR FUN =)

Wearing joggers really does make everything better. Join if you would like to!