Happy Monday! I hope you all had a restful weekend and enjoyed the extra hour from Daylight Saving Time. As we dive into the week, let’s continue building the supportive and engaging environment that makes such a difference. Thank you for the energy, patience, and heart you bring each day. Let’s make it a great week together!

Native American Heritage Month

As we honor Native American Heritage Month this November, let’s embrace the opportunity to teach students about the diverse cultures, rich histories, and contemporary lives of Indigenous communities. Here are some meaningful ideas to incorporate into your lessons:

• Tribal Diversity: Focus on local tribes and the variety of Native cultures across the continent.

• Historical and Contemporary Issues: Cover notable figures and examine past and present challenges and contributions.

• Art and Cultural Practices: Include art projects inspired by Indigenous designs and storytelling traditions.

• Guest Speakers and Projects: Consider inviting Native community members to share their stories or assigning research projects on Native history and culture.

Here are some fun links to get you started:

• History of Spokane Tribe of Indians

• 16 Native American Heritage Month Lesson Plans for November

• 24 Diverse Native American Heritage Month Activities

• Native American Heritage Mount 

Please remember the importance of cultural sensitivity and accuracy. Let's make this month a respectful and enlightening experience for our students. Thank you for bringing these essential stories and perspectives into your classrooms!

Points of Interest

ChargerMonopoly

Thank you all for the fantastic participation in Charger Monopoly Week! It was wonderful to see both staff and students so excited to be at school. Please remember to turn in your winning tickets to Bailey—she’ll be coordinating the classroom parties and prizes!

Quarter Report Cards

This week’s community memo will focus on parent access to Skyward to monitor student progress as we transition to online grades. Printed report cards will also be sent home with students. Please make sure to reach out to parents/guardians of any students with concerns or failing grades.

PLC @ Work

Please be sure to utilize the PLC time to review and revise your current unit plan.  Additionally, please finalize your “list within a list” of essential standards.  

To ensure a full 45 minutes of uninterrupted PLC time, our Para team will be covering breakfast duty on Tuesday morning. Here’s the continued plan:

• The K-2 team will head outside for morning recess.

• The 3-5 team will line up and go directly to the cafeteria for breakfast coverage

• At 8:15, K-2 teachers will pick up their students from the blacktop, while 3-5 teachers will pick up their students from the cafeteria.

Middle school students will enjoy an extra 10 minutes in the morning and will be allowed into the building at 8:10 AM.

Thank you to everyone for helping maintain this quality team time. 

Veterans Day and Charger Assembly 

Our assemblies will be this Thursday.  We will continue to host in our gym, but with a sound system to help focus everyone.  Plase be sure to get your Charger of the Month to Bailey.  The hallway fliers will be shared with you today. 

MS Track Fundraiser

Big thank you to Coach Finch and Tammy for their donated time at Stonelodge Farms making donuts for the track fundraisers. They handmade 600 donuts!!  They were quite taste! 

Counselor Corner

K-5 Teachers:  Thank you for letting me come into your classroom for our Juice Box Bully lessons!  They were fun! 

6-8 Teachers:  If there are additional schedule changes, let’s tackle them today.  I’ve tried to balance classes, but we may need to massage them some more!

K-5 Teachers– You’ll receive a Google Doc for weekly contact regarding mentors.  I’m hoping to have it a lot tighter this term! Mentees will have a weekly log of their activity in your room.  I’ll have you sign it and they’ll turn it into me on the last day of the week. 

3-5 New Student Group Tuesday at 8:45 AM (if that works) – Hot cocoa with the Counselor and new friends

6-8 New Student Group/Friend Group will be this week as well.  I don’t have a date yet. Most likely Thursday!

Individual sessions connected to MTSS progress monitoring have begun!  I am trying to keep these to 20-25 minutes each week.

New Month of Character Strong and PurposeFull People Lessons!  Our word of the month is in our BE WELL category! It’s GRATITUDE!   Please send home the connected Family Newsletter this week!

I’m planning to do classroom lessons again with a read aloud in November/December.  I will likely break it into grade bands and spread them out between now and Christmas break. 

Calendar

2024-25 K8 Calendar

Monday, 11.04

• WASA C2 District Leadership Workshop: Behavior Solutions

• Parent Meeting, 10:30 AM

• Brett/Bailey Office Meeting, 3:45  PM

• MS Girls Basketball, Home vs Valley @ 4 PM

Tuesday - 11.05

• Election Day 

• PLC Teams, 7:15 AM

• OSSI/K8 Meeting, 8:45 AM

• Student Support Team- K8 Conference Room, 10 AM

• BLT Meeting, 3:45

Wednesday - 11.06

• MTSS Round Table, 7:45 AM

• Hosting WSU 7th Grade Engagement with Wellpinit, Chewelah, Valley, 9 AM

• MS Girls Basketball, @ Selkirk 4:00 PM

Thursday - 11.07

• CharacterStrong Tier II Behavior Training, 8 AM

• 8th Grade, WSU Vape Lab (Working to reschedule time)

• Veterans Day and Charger Assembly

• MS, 9 AM - Running the Assembly Schedule

• K-2 @ 2:00-2:30 PM

• 3-4 @ 2:30-3:300 PM

Friday - 11.08

• Student Access Day

Saturday - 11.09

• MS Girls Basketball, @ Valley 

Up and Coming Events:

• 11.11 - Veterans Day No School

• 11.15 - Regular School Day

• 11.27-29 - Thanksgiving

Helpful Links

• PLC @ Work Documents

• K8 Daily Schedule

• SWIS Referal 

• K8 Meeting Agenda

• K8 PBIS

• MTSS Process

• K8 Dashboard

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K8 Community Memo

September 28, 2024 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Not displaying correctly? View in browser We'd like to share some important information about a form your child will be bringing home on Monday: the Child Nutrition Eligibility & Education Benefit Application. Completing this form is vital for our school, as it helps secure funding for programs and services that benefit all students, such as free meals, additional learning support, and more classroom resources. Please complete and return this form by Tuesday, October 15th, even if you've filled out something similar in the past. One form is needed per family, so if you have multiple children in our school, only one form needs to be submitted. As a fun incentive, the class with the most returned forms will earn a donut party! Thank you for helping us support our school by completing and returning this important form. Warm regards, Mr. Joachim Inland Empire Beef is a family owned and operated ranch based in Northeast Washington. The Henneman family has been ranching and farming in Eastern Washington since the early 1940s. They raise Washington State Born, Raised and Processed Beef in Stevens County. All of their beef is grass fed and raised with no antibiotics and hormones. Working with responsible local butchers, they provide their local communities and schools with a wide array of products including ground beef, stew meat, and smoked meats. Our student enjoy their beef in our Sloppy Joes on Thursday! Orange Door Classroom Contest, Oct. 12-18 Wear Orange Day: Wednesday, Oct. 23 Juicebox Bully Lesson (k-5), Oct 21-24 Click on the schedules below... We encourage families to enjoy after-school sporting events together and kindly ask that children remain supervised throughout the event to ensure a fun and safe experience for everyone. Monday, 10.14 Tuesday - 10.15 Wednesday - 10.16 Thursday - 10.17 Great Shake-Out Drill MS Football Home, 4 PM Friday - 10.18 MS Cross Country Meet Teacher Learning Improvement Day No Student Access Day Up and Coming Events: 10.21 - Hearing and vision screenings (rescheduled) 10.29 - End of 1st Quarter 10.31 - Trunk or Treat @ 6PM Mary Walker School District's Webpage K8 Student Handbook Link MWSD 24-25 School Calendar Link Springdale Charger Athletes Page Brett Joachim Unsubscribe from emails by Brett Joachim.

K8 Community Memo

September 28, 2024 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Not displaying correctly? View in browser Thank you to everyone who attended last week's parent-teacher conferences! It was inspiring to see so many of you connecting with our teachers and staff, forming the relationships that truly help our students succeed. Your involvement and partnership are central to our school community, and we're grateful for the time, care, and commitment you dedicate to your child's education. We'd also like to extend a special thank you to our teachers for their unwavering dedication and preparation, which made these conversations meaningful and insightful for all involved. If you weren't able to attend, it's not too late to connect with your child's teachers! Open communication between home and school is essential to student success. To discuss your child's progress, effort, and overall experience, please feel free to reach out to teachers directly by calling 258-4730. We're here to support you and your child every step of the way. Warm regards, Mr. Joachim Mrs. Ashbrook's 2nd-grade students are actively learning about sentence structure, exploring how to create clear and complete sentences. The 8th-grade students are gearing up for an exciting case-based lab experience in partnership with Washington State University's School of Medicine, where they'll get hands-on insights into medical case studies! Ms. Barr is helping her 4th graders understand improper fractions by explaining that these "top-heavy" fractions have a numerator that's greater than or equal to the denominator. Because of You, Life Doesn't Stop Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. This could be a little girl in the ICU or a mother with Stage 3 leukemia. If you're worried about needles, don't be—most blood donors compare the experience to a mild, split-second pinch! The entire process is very safe and very fast, and you will feel amazing knowing you potentially saved up to three people. Click on the schedules below... We encourage families to enjoy after-school sporting events together and kindly ask that children remain supervised throughout the event to ensure a fun and safe experience for everyone. Monday, 10.07 MS Volleyball @ Home, 4 PM Tuesday - 10.08 Charger Parent Meeting, 8:30 AM MWSD Blood Drive in Library, 9:15-1 PM Cross Country @ Newport, 4 PM Wednesday - 10.09 Thursday - 10.10 MS Football Home, 4 PM Friday - 10.11 Student Access Day Up and Coming Events: 10.14 - Hearing and vision screenings 10.29 - End of 1st Quarter 10.31 - Trunk or Treat @ 6PM Mary Walker School District's Webpage K8 Student Handbook Link MWSD 24-25 School Calendar Link Springdale Charger Athletes Page Brett Joachim Unsubscribe from emails by Brett Joachim.