Mid-Winter Wind Up

Well, that was a short week! I don't have many details to add to our recent blog post other than a few end-of-semester dates and assessments to keep on our radar:

Monday, January 10-Friday, January 21: Winter MAP testing window

Friday, January 14: End of our first semester

Friday, January 21: Digital report cards will go live with a power announcement

Week of January 24: Mid-year running record assessments reported on data sheets and data meetings commence 

It's a new year! PBIS 

As we've been trained, the new year is an excellent time to welcome students back to school and reteach our behavioral norms throughout the first week. I am learning that the effectiveness of PBIS in our school community relies on the commitment of ALL of us to keep on keeping on. When PBIS falls off the rails, it's because team members struggle to remain committed to important components. I say that fully aware of the growth areas for myself as a PBIS team member. As you build your schedule for our return on January 3, please make space for the PBIS expectations and lessons. At our next staff meeting, I'm eager to share some stories of success in our students fully because of the successful implementation of our SER program! No need to "sign up" for lessons but page 10 and beyond offer a refresher for all of us with our lesson plans. Our SLT has put a LOT of time into creating a wonderful mini-library of PBIS books for you to access and utilize in teaching/reviewing these expectations. I encourage you to consider using these as a tool for your implementation/reteaching this first week back or anytime! 

Here is a suggested timeline:

Rose Park Teaching Schedule for PBIS lesson plans--- Winter 2022

Monday 1/3:  Classroom/indoor recess

Tuesday 1/4: Playground/Woods

Wednesday 1/5: Chapel in the Well

Thursday 1/6:  Bathrooms

Friday 1/7: Hallways

Monday 1/10: Community/Field Trips/Guests to classroom

Tuesday 1/11: Lunch Line

Wednesday 1/12: Media Center

Staff Meeting

Our NEW date is this Wednesday, January 12 from 3:30-4:20ish. 

Collaboration Days

Black History Month

It feels a little funny to start thinking of planning and resources for learning in February, but it IS a new year and February will be here before we know it. Black History Month is an important time for our children to learn familiarity and respect for ALL people, races and tongues, as God calls us to love like He loves. Part of celebrating ALL people is learning about others' stories. This includes the celebrations and the struggles. Here is a small library of books with online links to read-alouds so you can familiarize yourselves with some suggested titles for your learners. Please tap me if you have questions or wonderings about resources for the learning you have planned in your class during this month or any month truly! 

Discovery Night

We've got another one on tap! Team January, please mark your calendars for January 20 in the evening. More details will be forthcoming as the date nears! 

Tulip Time

I know! WHAAAT?!?! A lot has had to change but Tulip Time is still in May...RIGHT?!? Yes....rest assured Tulip Time has undergone a few changes but it's still in May. This note will be going out to families in our January Blog. We'll talk about what this means for our 1st-4th classes and how we'll care for our little parade celebrities during this special event! 

Tulip Time Choices

In 2018, Tulip Time reframed their mission statement to read “Mission Statement: To celebrate Holland’s tulips, Dutch heritage and community.” To better align ourselves with their mission statement as well as with the goals here at Holland Christian our Rose Park and Forest School students will be given two options for dressing up and walking in the the 2022 Kinderparade. More details will be forthcoming as we get closer to Tulip Time but we want you to be aware of the options well in advance of the Tulip Time season. Our students from Rose Park and Forest School will be given the option of walking in either our new “tulip” section of the parade or our “Dutch heritage” section. The whole of our two groups walking together will be a celebration of our “community”.

• If your first through fourth grade student chooses to opt into the “tulip” section of our parade, your child will design and construct his or her own tulip to carry and then dress as a gardener based around our "Rooted" t-shirt. This gardener costume might include gardening boots and gloves, overalls, a wide-brimmed hat, etc. Anything you have handy at home that helps your child look like a busy gardener tilling the tulips will fit the part perfectly!
• Students who opt into the “Dutch heritage” portion of our student body will wear their own dutch costume and carry the parade props our students have carried in the past.

All of our students from Rose Park and Forest School will be walking together as one big community in the aforementioned subsets. More details about logistics, costumes and timing will be coming soon. Don’t hesitate to email Miska with questions or wonderings at mrynsburger@hollandchristian.org