8.25.23 Staff Blog

 A big shout out to Melodee and Sheryl for hosting an amazing Kindergarten Academy this week. It was such a breath of fresh air to have students back on campus. I look forward to seeing you all next week!

Upcoming Dates:

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Certificated

Quick Look:

Friday September 8 (tentative)	P.A.C.K Skills Assembly (grades 1-8)
Monday September 11	First day of school for Kindergarten (date for Kindergarten P.A.C.K Skills Assembly TBD)
Wednesday September 13	FIRST early release day of the school year
Thursday September 14	Staff Meeting (8:05 in the library)
Thursday September 14	Community Meeting
Date TBD (September 27 or October 4)	Curriculum Night
Monday September 18-Wednesday September 20	Fall Camp (Journey-9/18-9/20, K-5-9/19-9/20)
Thursday September 28	Picture Day
Thursday October 19	Community Meeting
Tuesday October 24	Picture Retakes
October 30-November 3	Fall Conferences

STAFFING UPDATE: HELPFUL

As many of you are aware, JoAnna Mina has resigned her position in order to move on to her next adventure! I am so happy for JoAnna, but so sad for us. I know this will be a big change for us.  Lisa Painter will be moving into that position, and Cassidy, Kim, and I will be working on hiring for that position.

Our new PE teacher, Shannon Duffy is taking an extended leave through January 1, 2024.  In the meantime, I will be working on hiring a long term leave replacement  teacher for that position. I will make sure to keep you updated as that process moves forward.

Jennifer Seffernick will also be out on an extended leave for the first part of the school year, however, we are lucky to be welcoming Amber Dutton into that role. Thank you, Amber!

SAFE SCHOOLS: ACTION

The mandatory annual SafeSchools training sessions for the 23-24 School Year are active.

The completion deadline is November 30, 2023.

You may log-in here to get started.  You can also find this link on the Human Resources-Links page of the District website.

Please log-in using your firstname.lastname (Ex: mary.smith), as it appears on Employee Access.

Let Marie McCluskey know if you have questions.

CK-8 SYSTEMS/STAFF HANDBOOK DOCUMENT (DRAFT): HELPFUL

This document is in progress, and will be updated as we all learn/refresh our memories on the systems and structures in place at CK-8.  If you see an area that could use an addition,  or if something is not correct, please email me the correction ( rebbecah.emanuel@ssd412.org)

STAFF SHOUT OUTS: HELPFUL

Thank you so much for filling out a staff shout out! If you would like to recognize a colleague, please use the link at the top of the blog.