School is not out yet. Please still be teaching meaningful content and have written objectives on the board. If we do not teach until the very last day- parents and students start saying we are doing nothing in school except filling out worksheets and watching movies.
Ending the Year on a Positive Note
The Responsive Classroom had a couple of great ideas that gets our students to those higher levels of thinking and requires a performance task. (Think Common Core!) Here are a couple of great ideas….which you can revise and use with your class!
A few years ago I decided to make sure my class would have time for saying goodbye on the last day of school. To help them prepare, the night before I gave them “thinking homework,” asking them to reflect on what they remembered about the school year and to be ready to share their memories with the class.
Near the end of the next day, I shut the door and posted a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it so we wouldn’t be interrupted. People knew what we were doing must be important—it was the first time during the whole year that I’d closed the classroom door!
For about thirty minutes, we shared our "I remembers,” and I jotted down what the children said, everything from “learning to read” to “singing on stage at the holiday concert.” We hugged, laughed, and cried. Before the children left for the day I gave them copies of everyone’s “I remember” to take home. I have done this every year since. It has become a cherished way to end the year on a positive note.
Royal King Performance during the school day:
June 8: The performance for the school day will start at 10:00am and should take about 45 minutes. You can have classes bring out chairs or sit on blankets, it is up to you. We will perform on the blacktop and it will be set up similar to how we hold our teacher P.E. challenges. Classes will sit in a large oval and performance will be in the middle. If you have prep during that time the release teacher will take over your class. If you don't have yard duty during that time, yard duty will take over your class so you get your 10 minute break.
The evening performance will be the same where we are asking parents to bring lawn chairs if they want to sit.
Evening performance:
K-3 5:00
4th-7th 6:00
Field day:
If you have prep during field day the release teacher will take over your class. Yard duty will be walking around and giving you a 10 minute break.
Happy Retirement! Next Friday we bid farewell but maybe a see you later when you come visit or sub at our school to Patty Raina. It has been a privilege to work beside you the last 11 years. Thank you for all you have done for our school and our students. Thank you for bringing chickens to our school. We are dedicating our chicken coop to you and naming it Mrs. Raina's Coop, so we have a little of you on our campus every day
Monica Portigliatti Pomeri is taking full time position at the Preschool level. We appreciate the support and guidance you have provided our staff and students at SV!! We wish you the best!
Kelsey Jones thank you for spending your time at Suisun Valley. We appreciate your time on our campus with our students. We wish the best on your next adventures.
Cecily Dennehy thank you for nurturing our students and being a team player while you were at SV. We wish you the best at your next school.
Krista Gutierrez is taking a lead cafeteria position at Matt Garcia. Congratulations on your new position. We appreciate your time here at SV and wish you the best .
Jon Raina will be moving on from his yard duty position. We appreciate the support and relationships you built with our students while you were on our campus. We wish you the best.
Upcoming dates:
May 31- June 8 (no dancing on 6/3) Royal King dance starts; 7:45 am teacher dance practice in the MPR
June 3- AR party; Report cards due to Jas
June 6- Intruder drill
June 7- Staff meeting/social 3:15 at Caymus in Suisun Valley
June 8 Dance performance K-3 5:00pm, 6:00pm 4th-7th on black top outside, tell parents to bring lawn chairs
June 9- In person promotion for 8th graders 10:00am in MPR
June 10- Last day of school; minimum day Field day
June 17- Genentech Give Back day
Aug 6 - PD- buy back day - NEU
Aug 15 - Welcome back staff meeting
Aug 17 - First day of school
