Sunday, March 28, 2021

It's Almost April!


Happy Almost April! 

April
Rain has such fun in April, it patters through the trees
Talking to all the leaf buds and robins that it sees
It splashes through the puddles and skips along the walks
Goes coasting down the grass blades and dandelion stalks
It dips in all the flowers and when the clouds blow by
It paints with flower colors a rainbow in the sky. 
-Author Unknown

How is it almost April already? I hope you have a great week! I will see you all on Wednesday! ~Jennifer

April is National Poetry Month! Here are some ideas to celebrate poems with your students: https://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry . Do you have a great idea or resource? Share in the blog comments! And don't forget Poetry Jam! Info is at the bottom of this post, and will also be in the family blog again this week! The deadline to submit is April 5th. 
March 29-30 I am still in NJ and will return to Waggoner on Wednesday. Sandra A will be here as admin in charge subbing for me on Monday and Tuesday. Thanks, Sandra! 
March 31 - Staff Meeting & PD 1:30- 3:00 -- this week we will be taking a look at tri 2 data as grade level and vertical groups (DBE/EO) and also from 2:30-3:00 Raena will be here to share with us about the new Aeries tracker which should be a BIG improvement from the Illuminate one. 
April 1 3:00-4:00 Site Council on Zoom 
April 1 WJUSD Board Meeting -- Reia Cooper is leading the pledge :)
April 5 No school 
April 6 / 8 Picture Days! In person and also drive up will be available both days in the afternoon for Distance Learners. More info this week!
April 9th - Classified & Certificated Employee Recognition Forms Due Click here or check your email
April 20 TK/Kinder Family Info Night - more info to come
April 22 Poetry Jam and Slam



9 Nan Williams
16 Tracey Matheson
20 Jennifer Pelletier

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POETRY JAM AND SLAM!



Students, Staff, & Families: It’s time for the 11th Annual Poetry Jam and Slam! This year the event will be held virtually via a Poetry Jam/Slam Webinar on April 22nd beginning at 6:30pm for the TK-5th grade performances, with the middle school and high school performances immediately to follow.

SIGN UP HERE: Google Sign up Form 
The deadline for sign ups is April 5th and the deadline for posting videos will be April 12. The videos have a 3-minute limit and we are keeping last names off the Flipgrid to protect online privacy.

We have set it up as a Flipgrid (which hopefully most of you are familiar with) to make it easy for the students to record their poems. They will need to select TK-5 OR 6-12 as their topic.
https://flipgrid.com/2021winterspoetry

Click Here for the Flyer For More Information and to view all of our Sponsors.

Participant Prizes for individual or small group (2-4 students) poems will be a $5 Kona Ice gift certificate sponsored by Winters PTA. Whole Class Participants (TK-5) will receive a size upgrade to Kona Ice, sponsored by Kona Ice Winters. 6th-12th grade will perform in a slam beginning at approximately 7:15 to compete for a variety of local gift-cards! In addition, 6th-12th will also compete for gift card prizes with a separate middle school and separate high school competition. The top 6 middle school students and the top 6 high school students will receive a Target Gift Card from First Northern Bank and Winters Friends of the Library, a free personal pizza from Pizza Factory Winters, and a free drink from Steady Eddy's.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions to Mrs. Rodriguez @ orodriguez@wintersjusd.org.

Sunday, March 14, 2021

Feeling lucky?



Spirit Days Ahead!
Tell your students to dig out those blue Winters PTA shirts! Cohort A wears them on Mondays, and Cohort B  and Distance Learners on Fridays! I will still be wearing my blue shirt on Fridays! 
And since it's St. Patrick's Day this week, I'm feeling like being lucky all week! You are invited to wear green Monday-Thursday if you want to join! Ambi has inspired me with her month of wearing green! 

Vaccines
We have quite a few staff with second shots this week which is good news! It will be an adventure to cover the days but I do have a plan, and a plan B. Please leave the easiest plans ever, and as low tech as possible so that it will be easy for anyone to step in. I'll share my coverage plan tomorrow. I have planned for the day after coverage for you also, in case you aren't feeling well-- and in the event you feel fine please come back :)  Kinder classes - if you and your aide are out together you will just have one person to cover your class. 

Dates & Details
No staff meeting this week. Too many vaccine people and I owe you a Wednesday anyways from a meeting a few weeks back! 
March 18 WJUSD Board Meeting 6 PM
March 22-26 SPRING BREAK
March 24th Happy birthday Brandy! 
March 29-30 I will be in New Jersey seeing my baby! Sandra A will be here as admin in charge subbing for me. 
April 6 / 8 Picture Days! In person and also drive up will be available both days in the afternoon for Distance Learners. This feels like a little slice of normal. 
April 9th - Classified & Certificated Employee Recognition Forms Due Click here or check your email
April 22 Poetry Jam and Slam

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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Let's do this!

I will keep this week's WAG brief since I know you have a lot on your plate! We have been planning for a long time for this day-- it's going to be great, it won't be perfect, and that is just FINE. Eight in person days til Spring break. Ten total days. We've got this.

Hybrid One Stop Doc This doc is your one stop shop for back to school! It also includes recess assignments for the first day. 

Also, in case you didn't know, out by Nan's room there are three new outdoor blue tables for staff to eat lunch or take a break! The staff room also has tables with wipes and a purifier if you want to eat indoors. 

Dates & Details

3/ 10 9-10:30 Jennifer at admin (zoom)

3/10 11:00 Quick stand up meeting in Jennifer's Zoom Room - all staff 

https://wintersjusd-org.zoom.us/j/4947795821?pwd=NUZlejl4dFZyb1lKNTF2SDhTYTRBQT09

No 1:30 staff meeting- Discretionary Day

March 24th- Happy birthday Brandy!