DAWN SCARLETT

Principal
Principal

MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

10540 S. MORGAN
CHICAGO, IL 60643

RAQUEL DAVIS
Assistant

Growing from Good to

Great
Administrative Bulletin #25
March 9th March 13th, 2015
Monday, March 9th :
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DAVIS!
Monitoring of small group instruction w/feedback
Gradebook check
Calm Classroom - 3xs daily (morning, after lunch/recess, before dismissal
Tuesday, March 10th
Calm Classroom - 3xs daily (morning, after lunch/recess, before dismissal

PARCC TESTING

Lesson Plans Due and Math & Reading Assessment Data entered on charts
Grade Cycle Team Meetings SEL Lead
Chicago Childrens Choir rehearsal (3rd: 10:45, 4th-6th: 11:45)
After-School Attendance Program (Ms. Tyson)
After-School Boot Camp Session 3 begins!

Wednesday, March 11th

Monitoring of small group instruction w/feedback
Calm Classroom - 3xs daily (morning, after lunch/recess, before dismissal)

PARCC TESTING
Progress reports printed
After-School Boot Camp
ILT Meeting 3:15-4:30PM

Thursday, March 12th

Monitoring of small group instruction w/feedback
Calm Classroom - 3xs daily (morning, after lunch/recess, before dismissal)

PARCC TESTING

YBTC After-School Club meeting (Ms. Tates)

After-School Boot Camp

Friday, March 13th

Monitoring of small group instruction w/feedback

Calm Classroom - 3xs daily (morning, after lunch/recess, before dismissal)

PARCC TESTING

Progress Report Distribution

March 16
March 17th
March 27th
March 31st
March 31st
April 2nd
April 3rd
April 6th 10th
April 16th
April 28th
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Dates to Remember

Ravinia in-school performance, grades K-3, 1:15PM

8th grade Picture Retake Day
Pre-K-2nd Literacy Lead Network P.D.
3-8 Literacy Lead Network P.D.
Choir performance at nursing home
End of 3rd Quarter
School Improvement Day
Spring Break
Report Card Pick Up Day
Head Start Enrollment

Reminders
PARCC TESTING
Testing begins this week. Please follow the testing schedule and school-wide
procedures for testing. Avoid the hallways during the testing time blocks of 8:30-10:30
AM and 12:30-2:30PM. If you must travel the hallways, the voice level must be at a 0.
Do not send any students out of the classroom unattended. ALL OF MS. GAMBLES
PULL-OUT CLASSES AND COMPUTER CLASSES ARE CANCELLED ON TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY THIS WEEK AND NEXT.
AFTER-SCHOOL BOOT CAMP
All teachers who dismiss students in grades 1-8 at 2:45PM must walk the boot
camp students directly to the lunchroom. Please see the roster for which students
attend each day as they may vary. Boot camp teachers pick up their assigned students
in the lunchroom promptly at 3:00PM. Please issue a pretest and keep attendance and
progress records for the students. See Ms. Lipsett if you need support with anything
boot-camp related.
DATA CONFERENCES
Evidence of student data conferences must be present in teacher data binders, student
data folders, and posted in the classroom/on lockers. We no longer have subs available
to cover classrooms. Please let Mrs. Scarlett know if you have not finished your
conferences.
*SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION Monitoring *

You have your new set of MOY data for reading and math. Use the curriculum ladder
to group and plan specific lesson plans based on what students need to learn in order
to show growth and attainment. Your small group lesson plans and implementation
will be monitored closely this week. Be prepared to speak to the student
groupings, specific skills addressed, assessments, and implications for
instruction.
MATH PACING UPDATED
You should be following the Network 13 pacing guide for math. Below are the foci each
grade level should be working on now.
K
Teen Numbers - March
1st
2 digit place value March 20th
2nd
place value within 1000 March 27th
3rd
Fractions April 30th
4th
Decimals March 20th
5th
Decimal computation and applications - April 2nd
6th
Equations & Inequalities March 20th
7th
Equations & Inequalities March 13th
8th
Linear Systems April 3rd