On Thursday, our school completed our first fire drill of the school year. We will complete four fire drills over the course of the year, including one with the local fire department in October. Following our fire drill, we also practiced walking to 63rd Street Church, which is our relocation site should we need to evacuate the school and we are not be able to return. Our students did an excellent job with the relocation and I was extremely impressed with the way they followed directions and took this opportunity to practice seriously. I am confident that in an emergency situation our staff and students will know how to respond in the best way possible.
Many of our classrooms started to delve into the curriculum this past week, as it was our first full
week with the students. We finished up our STAR assessments and will be using the data we collected to plan for our DEB (Differentiated Engagement Block) groups during our data review meetings this coming Monday and Tuesday. Our teachers will also be attending an additional training on either Wednesday or Thursday in preparation for our all school improvement training on Friday when we have no school for students. As a result, your child's teacher will be out of the classroom for a short period on either Monday and Tuesday and again for a full day on either Wednesday or Thursday. The district has made a conscience effort to limit the amount of time that staff will be pulled out of the classroom for trianings this year, but this week will be one week where they will be out of the classroom for important meetings that will set us up for a successful year with students.
Our new bus company, First Student, is continuing to make adjustments in order to improve our bus service. Many of the kinks that we experienced at the start of the year have been worked out and busses should now be running at the originally scheduled times that were posted to the website at the start of the school year. Please visit the district website to check the bus routes and verify times. Changes that were made with stops or routes have also been reflected on the website. Those changes were discussed with individual families that were effected, but I encourage parents to look at the routes again, as the buses should be following the routes that are currently posted.

This Tuesday is the Elementary Band Open House for students in fifth or sixth grade who are joining band for the first time. Information regarding this event has been posted to the Peachjar! Parents should also look out for information from our PTO regarding our upcoming Fun Run, as well as, information about our first Box Top contest!
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
Monday, September 15th: 5th Grade Parent Outdoor Education Information Mtg., 6:30 p.m. @ Sipley School
Tuesday, September 16th: Beginning Band Open House, 5-8 p.m. @ JJH
Friday, September 19th: No School, School Improvement Day
Friday, September 26th: Fun Run
Friday, October 3rd: Fall Picture Day
Tuesday, October 7th: Room Parent/New Volunteer Mtg., 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7th: Mingle with Matthews, 7 p.m.
Thursday, October 16th: 5th Grade Robert Crown Parent Information Night, 6:30 p.m. @ Murphy
Friday, October 17th: Market Day Pick-Up
Thursday, October 23rd and Friday, October 24th: 5th Grade Outdoor Education Trip
Friday, October 24th: Halloween Dance
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