Welcome to Back to School Night! 2013-2014. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE!

Welcome to Back to School Night!

2013-2014

STAND FOR THE PLEDGE!

6:30 – 6:55 WELCOME

7:00 – 7:40 SESSION 1

7:45 – 8:25 SESSION 28:30

CONCLUSION

SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT

BEFORE/AFTER CARE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE REVISED ATTENDANCE POLICY STRATEGIC PLANNING CURRICULUM CHANGES WITH LANGUAGE

ARTS AND MATHEMTICS (letter)

OVERALL BIG UPDATES!

Become Better WritersBecome Better Readers Improve our AttendanceWork Hard in a learning

community

Specific School Goals

Snapshot of School and its performanceCollege and Career ReadinessPerformance on ASK Test

New Jersey Performance Report

ASK - Math

Concerns – ASK Scores

Attendance- NJ School Performance Report

1.) Identify and develop writing entrance and exit milestones for students in the writing strand of the ELA curriculum.

2.) Identify a developmental writing sequence for grades K-5.

3.) Develop a common writing language 4.) Provide an integrated sequence. 5.) Develop a system for writing folders to

give both students and teachers a tool to reflect on growth.

Alignment Plan

Pre-Intervention meeting Letter to parents Contact parents/guardians of student who is absent 3 consecutive days – unaware of reason Meeting with family (new policy: 5, 10, 18) District wide Breakfast to be held at Barnegat Diner 3x a year Attendance Awards – Mid/End of year Awards

Attendance Initiative

1.)“ALL STAR ATTENDANCE – GRADE ___” 2.) DAILY ATTENDANCE ALL STUDENTS ARE PRESENT + ON TIME

A STAR ON DOOR. 3.)PERFECT ATTENDANCE -MONTH = PIZZA

PARTY!!! 4.) If MORE THAN ONE CLASS HAS PERFECT

ATTENDANCE, DRAWING WILL BE HELD 5.) TEACHERS - INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM

REWARDS

All Star Attendance

THE RULES 1.) READ - 15 minutes a day at home, 5 days a

week 2.) Each student - log - track minutes. 3.) Parents will sign off at home to verify that

the reading has occurred. (K,1) – being read to counts!).

4.) Teachers will keep track of totals in the classroom

5.) At the end of month, every student who meets requirements will receive a free sundae/ice cream at local restaurant.

6.) All classes who reach the monthly requirement will eligible to have their names placed in a drawing. Winner will receive an ICE CREAM party

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Student Growth Objectives

New Teacher EvaluationNew Principal Evaluation

PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career)

Common Core

Other Important Items

Pride in who you are Pride in what you do

Pride in our School Community

Pride in Helping Others

PRIDE

NOTE: send to MAIN OFFICE No note received, call by 2:30 – child can be sent to Main

Office Bring license and present at Office

    DO NOT remove your child from the line as the teacher is taking the children to the bus – ALL children must be signed out in the office    If someone else is signing your child out

Need to bring in license as well Pick-ups need to be verified with a parental note giving

permission.Received permission to attend RLHS OR Refused

BusingNeed to come in to Main Office daily to sign child out Meet Child in lobby at dismissal

Return K-2 Walker Buddy list

End of Day Pick-up

WEBSITE Calendar Announcements - home PTA Email Global Connect

FAMILIES +COMMUNICATION

THROUGH PRIDE TICKETS WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS MONTHLY DRAWINGS HORBELT T-SHIRTS Attendance Awards Reading Awards Assembly Recognition

STUDENT RECOGNITION

MRS. KAREN WOOD

SUPERINTENDENT

Danielle Lucia – PresidentGrace Paulhus – 1st Vice PresidentTanya Algozzini – 2nd Vice President

Rosa Kappmeier – TreasurerDawn Hare – Recording Secretary Beth Wright – Corresponding Secretary

PTA

* Emergency Cards Medication Change of clothes Allergies Illness Questions

NURSE

Barnegat Cares – Character Education Mentoring Bullying Prevention Safety Awareness for Everyone Individual and Referral Services Consultation and Referral Services 609-660-7500, x. 2009

GuidanceMrs. Kim Germano

kgermano@barnegatschools.com

4th and 5th grade students Music actively recruiting Great opportunity Biggest TEAM in Barnegat!

Instrumental Music

TABLES PTA Curriculum and Instruction

Anthony Scotto, Director of Curriculum and Instruction

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ? PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT! TEACHER Counselor Principal

More Information

Off to a Great Start!

Joseph J Saxton, Jr. Ed.D.

Principal 609-660-7500 ext.

2002 jsaxton@barnegat

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