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9/29 - Lilly Bookmobile (Schedule)
10/2- October Newsletters Due
10/2 Staff Meeting
10/9- No School, Columbus Day
10/23- Staff meeting
10/26- PTO/Midland Fall social 4:30-6:00 @Duffy Field
11/1-Picture Day
11/7- Staff Development Day
11/10- No School, Veteran's Day
11/22-11/26- Thanksgiving Break

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Please make sure you fill out the Sunshine Committee Form - Even if you do not want to particpate. Also - Please get your money to Stephanie or Emily by 10/6

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October 14th - Lilac Farm -
2 - 5 PM

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Assessment Timeline and important info / dates below

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Please see this link for more information

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DIBELS WINDOW - Ends 9/29 -

STAR BOY Screening Window
8/28 – 9/29
Grs 1-9 (Math); STAR
Grs 2-9 (Reading) STAR
(STAR Early Lit is no longer required for K-1 but is available to use. DIBELS will be used to assess foundational reading skills)

any student not assessed in the window will not be counted and their score will not go towards the schools data.

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Schedules (Specials, Lunch/Recess, ESL and SPED)

Make Up Specials Block Schedules
Use the staff coverages document to keep track of all makeups | Beginning of the Year Info
Newsletters - All Newsletters must be translated into the following languages (English, Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Pashto, Portuguese, Spanish, Twi, and Vietnamese). If you have other languages in your classroom you will also need to translate into those languages as well.  | Midland Street School Parent Questionaire

Parent/Family Questionnaire Responses
Staff Coverages / Staff Absences | Midland Street School Calendar
Superstar Staff - See who you may want to connect with | Lunch Count Slips
PTO Grant Funding | PTO Meeting Notes
Crowdsource Funding

If you are using Donors Choose, Amazon/Facebook Marketplace and/or any other crowdsourcing companies; school supplies and items that are provided at school should not be promoted as a need on these sites. There have been reports that teachers are asking for funding for pencils, glue sticks, head phones and other basic supplies. All crowdsourcing posts should be approved by principals, and technology needs to be approved by both principals and Ed Tech. Click above for the crowdsourcing funding approval form.  |

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How to order free COVID test online

Go to COVIDtests.gov- LINK : https://www.covid.gov/tests and click the button that says order free at-home tests. This takes you to the USPS website, where you'll be asked to fill in your first and last name, email, and address, and you can receive up to four free tests per household.

Orders will ship free starting the week of October 2, according to the website. Just a heads up: You may receive a test with "expired" dates on the box- the website notes that the Food and Drug Administration has extended those dates, so the tests will be good until the dates listed online here: Expiration Date Extension

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Thank you and great job to all staff who has helped this week to cover the many changes that are occuring daily (or it seems - by the minute). We are so lucky to have you all on the Midland Team. We could NOT do it without you!

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After School updates:

Likely going to start the week of October 17th.

The job posting should come out by the end of this week. Keep checking Teamonline / Internal Staff Postings to ensure that you apply for the position.

We were given the ok to include students who are not our lowest 30%. So this means we should have enough students to have the staff we originally thought we could have. We are still waiting for the final approval, but fingers corssed it all works out. The information below is tenative and subjec tto change but hopefully we will not have to change it. :)

Staff list and dates. - Tentative (this has been updated, please review if you expressed interest in working afterschool. If you had a conversation with Tara about a change in interest, your name is not on this list because you said you were ok with not working / or giving the time to others)

Tentative Schedule

HUB - We are not yet sure if attendance will be taken though WOOEdu or if we will need to use attendance sheets.

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The Interim report portal opens Wednesday, September 27th, and the grading period is up to Friday, September 29th. Teachers must have grades in WooEDu for the first quarter Interim on Thursday, October 5, 2023. They are available to parents in the parent portal on Monday, October 16, 2023.

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Please make sure that you are entering student info on the following documents:

Early Literacy Letters

Midland Street Data Tracker 23/24 - We will use this all year and we will use it for Classlists next year - so we will not have to input the data repeatedly

DIBELS Score Chart

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Worcester Public Schools Calendar
Goals and Observations
Timeline
Contracts
Grading Timeline - Progress Reports / Report Cards
Assessment Timeline -

STAR

DIBELS
WPS Website
Amplify - Pacing Guides
Google Classroom Codes - District Classrooms

Atlas -
Password - wpsschools
Curriculum Frameworks
Standards Navigator

Updated Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Instructional Guidelines- The STE Instructional Guidelines have been updated for Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8, High School Biology, and High School Introductory Physics. These documents include guidance for instruction and assessment of the standards in the Massachusetts STE Curriculum Framework. They are aligned with assessment expectations for the STE MCAS tests but do not include all the standards that will be assessed. The instructional guidelines should not be used as the sole curriculum guide for these classes.
DESE Science Info

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Ms. Staruk’s class averaged 135 puzzles per student last week!!!

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We are still waiting for a few more translations to come to us from the district.  If you have already sent the letters home to your students, that is ok. Tara has copies ready for you with the exception of those that we are waiting for translations on. As soon as we get those, we will get them to you.
Any questions, please let Tara know.

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The district bought Nearpod! You can now push the Nearpod activities out to students. See the presentation for further information.
SLIDE DECK

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Update:
Well Below Students (RED) - every 2 weeks
Below Students (YELLOW) - 1 time a month.

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ST Math Launch Week of 10/2 - Please complete this Encouragement Notes Google Sheet .