The River Way, Every Day!
April 22, 2024
Staff Links
DPS Central (curriculum resources)
Bernard Sterling bernard_sterling@dpsnc.net Please email Mr. Sterling for custodial issues.
Susan Diaz susan_diaz@dpsnc.net for language support needs. Schedule support for conferences here.
Electronic Forms Web Links
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- LR Supply Request (click Here)
HR Forms – Sick/Vacation Leave Forms
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- Link to the HR Forms Web Page (Click Here)
- Next, scroll/click on Leave_Form_short_version.pdf
- Complete the form and sent to Dr. Hogans electronically
Payroll
- TACS Time Adjustments (Click Here)
From Cory’s Desk
- Student Wellness Day April 26, 2024 On April 26th, all DPS schools will facilitate a Spring Wellness Day for students..
- SPLASH Save the Dates-June 18-21-DPS is excited to announce our dates for SPLASH: Summer Professional Learning Academy to Support High Expectations for June 18th–June 21st at the new Northern High School. See the flier below for more information and we will provide additional details in the coming weeks.
- Kenan Fellows STEMwork team Funding is available for a Kenan Fellows STEMwork team in Durham Public Schools. This is a $10,000 value for free to educators in Wake, Durham, Chatham, and Lee County. Any K-12 educator in any subject area is welcome to join.
- STEMwork Details:
- Educators who participate in this program will be connected with local industry partners in these four counties for ½ or full day summer immersion experiences to learn about the local industries and workforce skills that they can bring back to their students.
- Educators will also have access to 8 asynchronous online modules that teach everything needed to know about project-based learning (“PBL”) connected to local industries to help bring relevant learning back to students. Scholars will have access to the online course from June 2024 – May 2025. Successful completion of the course results in scholar recommendations based on NCDPI’s evaluation of the course* (8 CEUs – 5 content, 1 literacy, & 2 general). *Local LEAs make the determination of how these credits apply to renewal.
- A Kenan Fellow Alumni as a facilitator will guide the scholar’s work and provide feedback and support throughout the entire program. Please see the suggested timeline below for an idea of the structure of the program. The program modules take about 4-5 hours a month to complete.
- STEMwork Details:
Dates Activity
June 1-16 Complete online orientation and module 1
June 17-21, June 24-28, Summer Site visits to local industry partners (3-4 visits total)
July 8-12th Exact schedule will be communicated the first week of June
June – August 2024 Modules 2, 3, 4
September 2024 Module 5
October 2024 Module 6
November 2024 Module 7
December 2024 Module 8
January-May 2025 Implementation of Project
- Registering is open now if staff want to sign up for the program. There will only be a maximum of 10 spots for scholars from this area. Once those spots are filled, educators will be placed on a waitlist and added if someone cannot commit to the program fully.
- Use this link to register today: https://airtable.com/appnF9Sh62s9SoFEz/shrkfGXFYztAJUmsU.
- Learn more details about the program here: https://kenanfellows.org/stemwork/.
- Questions? Please feel free to reach out to Carrie Horton at cahorto2@ncsu.edu.
- ELEM TEACHERS–LETRS BRIDGE TO PRACTICE UPDATE As indicated in the LETRS platform, Bridge to Practice activities are included at the end of each asynchronous unit. Participants who complete Volume 2 and wish to receive a LETRS stipend must upload one example of their Bridge to Practice work for each unit they complete–for a total of 4 examples. Teachers have two options for uploading their Bridge to Practice artifacts. Teachers should only use ONE of the platforms (Google or Canvas) to submit their Bridge to Practice artifacts for Volume 2–Units 5-8.
- Canvas Course: Using the LETRS Bridge to Practice spreadsheet, teachers may access the Canvas course to upload activities.
- Bridge to Practice Google Form: Teachers may use the Bridge to Practice Google Form.
- TACS Users
- Please be reminded to log in and out daily. Some Little River staff are not getting a full 7.5 work in. Payroll does not accept anything less than 7.5 hours/8 hours for the workday.
- TACS uses should be aware of overtime accumulation. Payroll expects that users may go as much as 30 minutes over considering duties that may linger from the work day, such as students not being picked up on time or staff may be here for meetings. Clearing overtime is especially important now because Payroll expects those remaining balances will have to be paid out at the end of the year. No Little River staff should clock out in overtime without permission.
- Homebase Maintenance Weekend The PowerSchool application will be down for maintenance beginning Friday, April 19, 2024, at 5:00 P.M. and return to service by 7:00 A.M. Monday, April 22, 2024. The application will be accessible to all users once maintenance is complete. Please share this message with other staff as appropriate. If you have any questions, please contact Priscilla Thompson.
- IT’S AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH! To help support our Exceptional Children’s program a T-shirt fundraiser is underway. Find in mailbox order forms to send home with each student. Please collect from your students and return to Ms. Dickerson in room A8, send a student down if needed. We appreciate all your support.
- Weekend/Afterhours Access
- Use this link to Sign-In. Choose the ‘After/off hours access sign-in’ in the Purpose drop down.
- Saturday 9am-2pm
- Please note
- Math Middle Grades Saturday Academy. The Academy operates February 17-May 4.
- Please note
- Sunday 2pm-5pm
- Saturday 9am-2pm
- Use this link to Sign-In. Choose the ‘After/off hours access sign-in’ in the Purpose drop down.
- PLC Agenda Items
- EVAAS Verification
- 3-5, Middle Grades
- EOG Resources
From Andy’s Desk
Wavemaker by Habit (google.com)
From Colleen’s Desk
- 3 Week Push to the Finish is full of lesson plans and activities to target skills prior to EOG. Please take some time and review this resource.
- EOY mCLASS and iReady Testing Dates
| May 3-23 | mCLASS grades K-5 |
| May 3 – June 7 | Reading Plus grades 7-8
iReady Reading grades 4-5 iReady Math grades K-8 |
- mCLASS cut scores
- EOG Testing Specifications Grades 3-5
- Cute PowerPoint templates and Google Slides themes: https://slidesmania.com/
- A fun way to manage classroom noise: https://bouncyballs.org/
- DPS has provided a list of subscriptions in which all teachers have access. Please use this link to review the slides.
- K-5 Math Quarterly Assessments are attached here.
- Use this link for future LETRS training dates ( read it carefully as there are dates for Year 1 and Year 2 )
- K-5 ELA Quarterly Assessment calendar is attached here. This calendar provides you with the dates for Progress Monitoring along with other information.
Monday (4/22/24) Encore Day A
- 33 More School Days
- Benchmarks
- PTO Spirit Nights at Elmo’s
- 1st Day of Passover /Earth/Jelly Bean Day
Tuesday (4/23/24) Encore Day B
- Benchmarks
- Class Pics
- 5th Grade to Hub Farm
- PTO Spirit Nights at Elmo’s
- School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
- Cheesecake/English Muffin/Picnic/Take a Chance/Book Day
Wednesday (4/24/24) Encore Day C
- Benchmarks
- PTO Spirit Nights at Elmo’s
- Administrative Professionals/Denim/Pigs in a Blanket/Skipping Day
Thursday (4/25/24) Encore Day D
- Benchmarks
- Montessori Training
- PTO Spirit Nights at Elmo’s
- Noise Awareness/Zucchini Bread/Take Sons & Daughters to Work Day
Friday (4/26/24) Encore Day E
- Benchmarks
- Early Release – ES gets ENCORE –no MS discovery
K/1: 8:00 – 8:45
4/5/3-5 SP: 9:00 – 9:45
2/3/K-2 SP: 10:00 – 10:45
No clubs/Enrichment on above dates
- PTO Spirit Nights at Elmo’s
- Pretzel/Get Organized/Remember Your First Kiss/Stop Food Waste Day
Up Coming Dates
5/1 – 4th Grade to Symphony
5/1 – School Principal Day
5/1 – First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
5/6 – Progress Reports
5/6 – PTO Meeting 6pm
5/6 – SI-L Meeting
5/7 – Grades 2,3,4 to Durham Bulls
5/7 – ES Chorus Concert & MS Piano Recital 6:30
5/10 – Early Release ES gets ENCORE –no MS discovery
Elementary Early Release Day Schedule 5/10:
K/1: 8:00 – 8:45
4/5/3-5 SP: 9:00 – 9:45
2/3/K-2 SP: 10:00 – 10:45
No clubs/Enrichment on above dates
Sunday Message:
Good evening Beavers! This is Ms. Moose for Principal Hogans with some notes for this week.
- Thank you for your support of the PTO Spring Book Fair. We hope that all enjoyed the GrandFriends Tea as well as the Glow Dance! We appreciate you support.
- IT’S AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH! To help support our Exceptional Children’s program a T-shirt fundraiser is underway. Find in your child’s backpack this week an order forms We appreciate all your support.
- Also, class pictures will be Tuesday, August 23.
- Friday is an Early Release Day. Students will dismiss at 12:15.
That is all for now. And remember: it is with your help we ‘bridge’ home and school for our student