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Thank you for all you did last week to help cultivate and celebrate the Dragon Spirit at our school. Kids had a wonderful time! We appreciate the extra effort you put into making the week special, especially since you also had report cards due. You all make our school feel like home!

You made it through the first quarter. Not only did you make it, you did excellent work! You got to know a new team, prepared a classroom, welcomed a new group of learners, created interesting lessons, engaged IB learners, studied student data, planned differentiated instruction, communicated with families, and had a lot of fun along the way. Congrats! You've definitely made us all proud!

Enjoy your well earned fall break!

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As you prepare to head off to your much deserved Fall Break please take a minute to make sure your calendar is up to date (be sure you have accepted the weekly collaboration meetings invitations from me) and that you have added the PYP Events calendar to your Outlook.

See the picture below for steps if you need help to find it in Outlook. You can also add the whole school calendar (labeled master calendar) if you are interested.

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Thank you for taking the time to meet with me last week for the Pre-RtI meetings. I greatly appreciate your level of engagement and thoughtful questions. We will have our first RtI meeting for the 22-23 school year next week. Please be prepared to identify a specific, targeted, and measurable intervention with an identified pre and post-test measure for any students who you wish to add to our formal, level 2 RtI roster. Please also be thinking about your level one RtI students. Parent/Teacher conferences in October are an ideal time to request a partnership with families and introduce the Learning At Home agreement.

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The Leadership Learner Profile Trait for October is Communicator. Books to support this trait are below:

K-2 One Word from Sophia

3-5 What do you do with a voice like that?

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https://padlet.com/jessicacontreras1/wod54xkiq87snqzt/wish/2317520475

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Please double check to be sure you have entered all your BOY DRA data into the PYP Snapshot prior to your RTI meetings this week. We will be using the Snapshot as a part of these meetings.

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You will find your attendance data for your report cards in your grade level teams. Please look in Attendance > 2022-2023 > Q1 folder. Thank you for adding this data to your homeroom comment in your Toddle report cards.

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Eduphoria has now been properly archived. Everyone should be able to enter goals as originally directed. Goals must be entered for new teachers prior to the GSPD meetings and for returning teachers by Oct 9. Please contact Holly with any questions.

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Please remember that before each break teachers are asked to take everything off of student desks/tables, including name tags or any decorations taped to tables, as well as removing any adhesive residue so that desk and tabletops remain undamaged. Feel free to get your students to help with this project.

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Remember to put an out-of-office notification in your email for Fall Break. Feel free to copy and paste the one below:

Imagine International Academy of North Texas will be closed for Fall Break the week of October 1st-9th. Communication with our faculty and staff will be limited during this valuable time for family, rest, and relaxation. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

I will return to campus on October 10th and will reply to emails as quickly as I can. Enjoy the break! For general information, please explore our website at www.imaginenorthtexas.org.

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Data Chats -- Grades Kinder-5

In preparation for the upcoming Data Chats following fall break, please complete a Data Chat Protocol (DCP) sheet for your class prior to the meeting. Come to the meeting with a completed hard copy for us to keep on file. Below is the link to your grade level BOY MASTER DOCUMENT in Teams. Be certain to generate a SECOND copy and rename it as follows: LASTNAME-22-23-BOY-DCP. Add your class information into your copy and not the MASTER document. These should be saved in your Teams' Data Points folder --> 22-23 completed teacher Data Chat Protocol folder. Carmen will share who your Economical Disadvantaged students are at that meeting.

KG BOY DCP Master

G1 BOY DCP Master

G2 BOY DCP Master

G3 BOY DCP Master

G4 BOY DCP Master

G5 BOY DCP Master

Grades Kinder-2 --> In addition to the above, please plan to bring a device and be prepared to log in to mClass. I will be sharing some reports with you so we can review class data together and begin learning about this new platform.

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Good morning!

As you know, we are rolling out Multifactor Authentication (MFA) for everyone at IIANT. Beginning next week, IT will be assisting you with the enrollment process where you enable your preferred secondary authentication method. We will setup a workstation dedicated for this purpose. If you want to do this part on your own, you can do it anytime by visiting this website -> Additional security verification (windowsazure.com).

Attached is a document that provides information about MFA. Presently, it is disabled by default for everyone, except for IT and 1 staff member who volunteered to have it enforced for her. As we enroll people in MFA, we will also enforce it for them. We will enforce MFA for everyone at IIANT effective on October 17. Please note that if you have not setup an MFA method by then, you will encounter authentication issues when you try to access Microsoft 365.

MultiFactor Authentication.docx

Thank you for your patience and cooperation in this effort.

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Please have your parent conference sign-ups out to parents/guardians when you return on October 11th. Plan for 20-minute virtual conferences with parents/guardians. Check with your team leads for any questions about this after we meet with them on Wednesday.

As your teams prepare their Parent Conference sign-ups, I thought I'd share the blurb I used to help make the expectations clear for parents. Feel free to make this your own or copy and paste.

Dear Parents,

I am looking forward to meeting with all of you on Wednesday, October 19th to share how your child is doing this year. Each conference has been allotted a 20-minute time frame. During your child's conference, we will review report cards and student work samples.

If you feel like we need to meet again, I am happy to accommodate you at a later date. Please, join on time. It is essential that we all respect the twenty-minute time frame.

Thank you!

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Picture Retakes will be Tuesday, October 11. Picture retakes are for students who were not photographed earlier or whose photo is not acceptable. Parents who want their students' pictures retaken should let the teacher know and return the picture package at the time of the retake.

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Monday

Todos Juntos; Grades K-2 @ 8:30am; Grades 3-5 @ 9:30am; MPR

Last day to register for the Dragon Dash & get a t-shirt

Grade 4 RTI Meeting

Tuesday

Vision and Hearing Screening, Library

Grades K,1,2,3,5 RTI Meetings

Wednesday

Vision and Hearing Screening, Library

Team Lead Lunch @ 12:30pm; Room 245

Programme Meeting @ 2:15pm; Rooms 181-182

Thursday

Vision and Hearing Screening, Library

Friday

Vision and Hearing Screening, Library

Shelter/Hazmat Drill at 10:10am

LP Leadership Award Lunches (students bring their lunch to the art room during regular lunch time)

mClass Completion Deadline

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October 1-9 Fall Break

October 9 - T-TESS goals due in Eduphoria

October 10 - Professional Development Day

October 11 - Picture Retakes

October 11 - Send Parent Conference Sign-Up Email

October 12 - Communicator LP Form DUE

October 12 - Collaborative Team Planning

October 15 - Dragon Dash

October 19 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

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We will be having an Shelter In Place for a Hazmat Air Quality scenario on Friday, Sept 30 at 10:10am. You will hear an announcement over the intercom.

Hazmat Alert

Shelter For Hazmat Air Quality

Hazmat Alert

Shelter For Hazmat Air Quality

1. Teachers and students should remain in their rooms, keeping students to limited movement. Teachers clearing hallways, waiting for further directions over the intercom. Have the Hazmat container at the ready to use as required.

2. Facilities will simulate shutting down HVAC system report back all secure when complete.

3. Sweepers will secure perimeter doors report back all secure when complete.

4. Once all secure from sweepers/facilities The “All Clear” can be given over the intercom and normal day resume.

In an actual emergency once Facilities has secured the HVAC System they would begin sealing exterior doors and any compromised areas. We would stay in place as a site and monitor local directions.

Attached is the inventory list for the Hazmat Container. Please let the Facilities Team know if the inventory of your bucket is not accurate by submitting a Facilities Help ticket.

Thanks! If you have questions, please submit them through the Facilities Help ticket as well or contact your programme director.

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Happy Birthday!

September 26 - Dina Herrera

September 28 - Jose Marin

September 29 - Stephanie Sy

October 3 - Francien Podor

October 9 - Kim Moore

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Hello amazing PYP educators!

Vision, Hearing, and Acanthosis Screenings are mandated by the Department of State Health Services and will be conducted in the library from September 27, 2022- September 30, 2022. All Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th-grade students, and any student new to Imagine, this school year will be screened. If your student wears glasses, please ensure that they are wearing them for the screening. Parents/guardians will be notified of results that require further evaluation.

We will not be screening students on Monday, September 26, 2022, so that we do not interrupt the wonderful tradition of Todos Juntos. Due to this, some 3rd grade and Kindergarten classes have been rescheduled from their normal library time and have already been contacted.

Procedure:

2nd and 4th grade: Only students new to Imagine in 2nd and 4th grade will be screened. The entire class will not be screened, as it is not required. All 2nd and 4th-grade classes will have their Library time in their classrooms. Mrs. LeBlanc will come to you! We will call your classroom when we are ready for the new students in 2nd and 4th grades.

KG, 1, 3, 5: Please refer to the included schedules. For most of you, screenings will occur during your normally scheduled library time, unless affected by Todos Juntos. You will walk with your class to the exit door of the library and stay with them in the hallway. You may choose to read to your class or have them read independently. We will come into the hallway and ask you for 4-5 students at a time. Please ensure that students are principled and sitting quietly in the hallway. Our goal is to screen your entire class during the scheduled time.

Clinic:

Wednesday, 9/28

The clinic will be closed. Please handle all minor issues in the classroom. Please use the first aid kits that were provided to you at the beginning of the year. For true emergencies, Please contact the front desk ext: 1010, or use your walkie-talkie. We will be notified.

Tuesday 9/27, Thursday 9/29 and Friday 9/30

There will be one substitute nurse present in the clinic. Teresa Janecek, RN, is happy to fill in and looks forward to working with all of you. However, we ask that you ONLY send students that take scheduled medication, and students that have emergent situations. Please try to call extension 1100 before coming or sending your student. We understand that this won't always be the case if you are outside.

6 B’S (SEND THE STUDENT IMMEDIATELY WITH AN ADULT)

BLOOD-serious bleeding

BONES-serious injuries to bones, joints, limbs, head injuries (not bumped heads) and all eye injuries!

BARF-any vomiting, not just stomachache

BREATHING- Difficulty breathing/ asthma/allergic reaction with airway possibly closing

BURNING UP- fever

BLOOD SUGAR- low

As always, your support and cooperation is invaluable and truly appreciated! Questions? Email nurse@imaginenorthtexas.org so either Nurse Shermin or I can respond, OR call ext 1100