1/24/ 17. 7:30 AM. Mike at RESA. / Staff Meeting 3:45-4:15 p.m.
1/27/ 17.End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
January 13 – Happy Birthday Michelle Chimienti
January 22 – Happy Birthday Lesley Bartnick
January 26 – Happy Birthday Marlene Torok
January 26 – Happy Birthday Rachel Trapani
“When teachers help too much, they reinforce the idea that it’s about getting it right and not about the struggle for learning.” ~ Robyn Jackson
DIBELS TESTING ~ Week of January 9, 2017.
Hello Staff,
As we know, DIBEL’s is an integral part of this year. Those students who qualified for support after the first round have been receiving interventions along with progress monitoring. We are now approaching that time when ALL students get reassessed to determine whether some moves can be made as to who may receive support or about those that may no longer need it.
We learned a lot from the last round of testing. This time there will be a new approach to getting the students, that is hopefully much less invasive to learning. Most students will be assessed in their Media Lit time. The goal will be to finish the entire class, but this may be a lofty goal. Those who do not get assessed during the Media time will either stay and finish up with an assessment person in an alternate location (such as the office) or be taken on another date. While students are not being assessed, they will be participating in media as usual.
A big Thank You goes out to the media center staff in supporting the “invasion” for a week. This is truly appreciated.
The DAZE, which is the classwide assessment, will be administered Wednesday mornings to the classes. George and her fabulous crew of miracle-workers will come in and administer the DAZE early wednesday. The goal is to complete all classes before 9:30 am.
The continued work of incorporating this new process is ongoing. All the staff’s efforts and cooperation thus far is greatly appreciated. We will plan to review this attempt and make adjustments as needed.
I wish all of you a wonderful holiday and refreshing week break after the New Year!
Just a heads up that are next set of referrals are due on 1/12. This is soon after we get back. Always remember to print out the form and place it in the MTSS box. Also, (I know so many things are new this year), remember to use the new electronic form. I can help you find it if you need 🙂 Save a copy with the kids name in your MTSS folder. And feel free to refer students at any time. No need to wait since there is a mailbox there all the time.
Wishing you all happiness and joy!
Deb Green
SAFETY & SECURITY
In an effort to ensure that we are maintaining a safe environment, please plan to wear your staff ID badge at all times that you are in the building. This can be on a lanyard or clip — whatever is most convenient for you — but should be visible to anyone who might encounter you in the building. Please let me know if you need a lanyard or clip for your ID. I am well aware of the habits that need to be formed for many of us to do this, as I will myself be practicing wearing a badge every day, too. Thank you for your cooperation!
DECEMBER PBIS REWARD
THANK YOU ALLEN PARK JAZZ BAND!
Our students really had a great time as the Jazz Band performed
some of our Holiday Favorites!
CONGRATULATIONS To Mr. Hoffman and our members of the Chime Choir & Honors Choir!
Members of our Lindemann Chime Choir and Honors Choir (Arno, Bennie and Lindemann) sang some of our favorite holiday songs last night at our Winter Concert. The students were dressed in their Sunday best and sounded fantastic. I would like to congratulate Mr. Hoffman and all of our students.
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Christmas Stories
with Mr. Darga
I really enjoyed visiting classrooms and spending time with our students before our winter break. During my visit, I read stories, passed out candy canes and talked about the story’s message. As the building principal, I could not be prouder of our students at Lindemann elementary. We all agreed, it is not what is under the Christmas tree that’s important, it’s THE PEOPLE around it that matters most.
Wishing you and your family the very best this holiday season!
I would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope you are able to enjoy the holiday season surrounded by your family and friends. May the New Year bring more laughter, healthier choices and opportunities to create memories with those you love. ~ Mike D.
12/22/16. 7:00 pm. Lindemann Chime & Honors Choir. Center for the arts.
12/24/16. Holiday Break
12/25/16. Merry Christmas!
1/1/17. Happy New Year!
1/9/17. Welcome Back!
FOUNDER’S DAY 2017
On behalf of the Lindemann PTA, I am pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Founder’s Day Awards for Lindemann Elementary. Thank you to those who sent nominations on behalf of our staff, programs, and partners. A banquet will be held to honor the recipients on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Crystal Garden Banquet Center.
Outstanding Educator
Miss Partin
Mr. Darga
Outstanding Program Secret Holiday Shop
Outstanding Support Personnel
Mrs. Crete
Business Partner of the year
Trentwood Farms
Distinguished Service
Sara Klonowski
CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST
December 21st
Just a short note to let you know we are going to have a Christmas Breakfast on December 21st– it’s a Wednesday.
Also the instructional aides have volunteered to have a mini-Christmas party with all of the staff’s children in the lounge during the breakfast. They will provide cookies, drinks, coloring and maybe a short video. This way moms and dads can enjoy the breakfast while the kids have a special time to themselves. This was TOTALLY thought up by the aides.
I think we will be doing the same thing as last year. We will have it catered and I believe the cost last year was $10. I will confirm that once I talk to Mr. Rhodes.
There will be a sign up sheet on the door Monday (oops snow day ) Tuesday.
George
HOLIDAY CHANGE WARS!
$4,556.75
Here are the final tallies for our Help for the Holidays Change Wars! Great job, Lions! We showed our generosity once again raising $4,556.75 to help needy families this holiday season! WOW!
Congratulations to Mrs. Rimsa’s, Brooks’ and Harrison’s class in raising the most money with $815.91. Congratulations to Ms. Partin’s class for getting second place, earning $633.84 and to Ms Lacey’s class for winning third place by collecting $215.95!
All class totals are attached! Again, thank you so much, students, parents and teachers for your generous donations and thank you to the PTAcommittee for coordinating this effort!
Lindemann North Pole
A big THANK YOU to our LINDEMANN PTA for hosting such a fun event for our students. 190+ student enjoyed taking a photo with Santa, eating pizza, playing games and creating crafts! We would also like to say THANK YOU to Allen Park Middle School for opening their doors and allowing us to use their facility!
THANK YOU Allen Park Police Department for your Generous Donation to the students and families of Allen Park Public Schools. Each year, our community hero’s donate their time and money to assist and give back to our school community.
From the Desk of Dr. Matt Sokol,
Dear Colleagues,
Yesterday I had an opportunity to spot check, via MiSTAR, a few classes in each of the elementaries to see how progress monitoring is going. What I saw was extremely encouraging!
A number of our students identified for Tier 3 interventions have clearly been worked with and have been progress monitored at least three times to this point. The vast majority are making very good progress! One of the beautiful parts of this system is it’s flexibility and ability to adjust “on the run”.
With that said, if we have at least 3 data points for a given student that are above the gray shaded area on the progress monitoring graph we can be confident that they have successfully developed that specific skill to the point that it will not inhibit their ability to be proficient on grade level reading benchmark assessments. At that point, we can either 1. begin to focus on another reading skill that was deficient for that student based on available data (ex. blending, fluency, comprehension, etc.), or 2. return the student to the general education Tier 1 instruction.
This allows the interventionist to either adjust their instruction to better address the needs of their students, or allows them to spend more targeted time with their students who have not made the same degree of progress. The January Benchmark then allows us to take a fresh look at the big picture and adjust accordingly.
I realize that Title 1 and 31A come with their own set of rules for discontinuing students, and we obviously won’t violate that. I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the potential flexibility within an MTSS system.
Great job everybody!
Matt
What is Wayne Youth Services Youth Assistance Program?
The Wayne Youth Services Assistance Program is administered through City of Wayne Parks and Recreation Department.
Youth Assistance is a community based delinquency prevention program, which operates in cooperation with the 29th District Court, Wayne Police Department, The Third Circuit Court-juvenile section, public and private schools, and families.
Services are provided to help strengthen family life and to assist the youths of Wayne to become mature and responsible adults.
Who can benefit from Wayne Youth Assistance Program?
Wayne youths, ages 9-17, who are experiencing problems such as:
Police or court involvement
Problems in school
Family troubles
Incorrigible behavior at home or school
Drug/alcohol abuse
How are youths referred to Youth Assistance?
Court
Police
Schools
Family
All referrals should be made directly to Wayne Youth Services Program Office 734-721-7004
4635 Howe Rd, Wayne MI 48184
What services are offered by Wayne Youth Assistance Program?
Support/Impact groups for teens and their parents
Community Work Service Program
Drug/Alcohol testing and information
Substance Abuse Intervention Groups
After School Elementary Program
Referral Services
MENTORING UPDATE:
Advisors: Mrs. Brown & Miss Soranno
A new Tier 2 research based intervention will be starting directly after Christmas break. Students who have missed three consecutive PBIS monthly rewards qualify to receive support from a 5th grade mentor. The 5th grade mentors applied at the end of 4th grade and were selected based on their grades and behavior. 5th grade mentoring packets have been created for our 6 mentors who were selected. Each mentor received a folder to keep track of their sessions with their mentee. We will have three rounds of mentees this year. We had a lunch meeting today and explained how the mentor program will be run. The students were very excited! If you have any questions about the Mentor Program please reach out to Mrs. Brown or Miss Soranno.
GREEN TEAM COORDINATORS
Thank you Jessica Rimsa & Erica Majtyka
For volunteering as our new Green Team Coordinators!
Can the questions you’re asking in the mathematics classroom be answered with a simple “yes” or “no,” or do they invite students to deepen their understanding?
Asking better questions can open new doors for students, promoting mathematical thinking and classroom discourse. To help you encourage deeper discussions, here are 100 questions to incorporate into your instruction by Dr. Gladis Kersaint, mathematics expert and advisor for Ready Mathematics.
Please visit the website for more information and the PDF file to these resources.
12/22/16. 7:00 pm. Lindemann Chime & Honors Choir. Center for the arts.
12/24/16. Holiday Break
12/25/16. Merry Christmas!
1/1/17. Happy New Year!
1/9/17. Welcome Back!
Quote of the Week
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
Leo Buscaglia
CLASSROOM HOLIDAY PARTIES
THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 2016
Mike / August = Holly Mor’Giggles!
HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATING CONTEST
Its’ fun and festive. This is a voluntary. You do not have to participate.
For those who do, we will have a guest judge come around pick their favorite door from the lower elementary & the upper elementary.
The winner will be announced on December. 23, 2016.
Here are some sample ideas:
Christmas Story Time
I would like to once again come around to all of your rooms to give you a 30 minute holiday break, and read Christmas stories and pass out candy canes to our students. Please review our Lindemann Office Calendar and add your name when you wish for me to visit. For example: Mr. Darga. Christmas Stories
Thank you for being patient and flexible if an issue arises that needs my attention.
If that happens, we will re-schedule.
Merry Christmas ~ Mike D.
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READWORKS.ORG
Dear Fellow Educators, A lack of background knowledge and vocabulary are some of the biggest barriers to reading comprehension. Build background knowledge & vocabulary with ReadWorks Article-A-Day™ReadWorks Article-A-Day™ is a new 10-15 minute daily routine where students read one high-quality nonfiction article every day, as part of a weekly, topically-related article set. In K-1st grades the teacher reads the article out loud to the students.We love to hear what you think! Let us know your thoughts or feedback.Happy Teaching! The ReadWorks Team.
READING RESOURCE
Here is a LINKto Biblionasium. It is a place for kids to keep a reading log, review books, and get reading ideas from their teachers. It is basically Good Reads for kids, but it is private.
To learn more about this awesome program – click the LINK below:
We’ve all been there: After passing back the math quiz, a frustrated sigh and “I’ll never be able to do this!” comes from the corner of the room. And we’ve all met the student who’s so afraid of failure that he refuses to try anything new, whether that’s reading a more challenging book or doing a long-division problem that looks more difficult than the one he did yesterday. Then there are the kids who are rarely discouraged. They understand that even if today was tough, tomorrow is a new day.
The difference between the kids who bounce back easily and those who can’t seem to recover from the frustration is resiliency.
Resiliency comes from kids’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and what happens to them. Fortunately, these internal factors—humor, inner direction, optimism and flexibility—are traits that we can build or strengthen.
One thing we shouldn’t do is shield kids from everyday frustrations. They need to experience everyday failures and challenges. It’s the kids who never feel frustrated (or who experience excessive stress) who are vulnerable later.
Here are three ways to develop student resiliency in a moment of frustration, and five ways to build resiliency in your classroom for the long run.
In the Moment
Keep perspective.
To you, it’s a small thing (one quiz grade, missing a turn at the block center, presenting in front of the class), but to the student it’s a disaster. Keeping perspective isn’t about minimizing the problem or insisting that it could be worse: It’s about problem solving.What You Can Do:
Triage the situation: Help the child think about other quizzes that are coming up, the time he spent at the block center yesterday, or the way she prepared for the presentation, to show them that this is one event among many. Then, plan ways to tackle these stresses in the future.
Capture the opportunity.
We do kids a disservice when we step in too soon so they never experience making mistakes. (For example, when a parent corrects a child’s homework errors before he turns it in.) In fact, children learn more when we allow them to make mistakes. It’s all in how we teach them to handle it.What You Can Do:
Praise effort: What you praise shows what you value. So focus praise on kids’ effort or creativity. A huge mistake could show a lot of creativity and ingenuity, even if the outcome is a disaster.
Cool down.
Of course, the best time to teach cool-down strategies is before kids get upset, but in-the-moment is the time to get them to practice those strategies.What You Can Do:
Cool-down corner: Create a cool-down corner with heavy pillows and calming music with headphones, or books. Teach older kids to count to 10 while taking deep breaths or to distract themselves by reading or writing until they’ve calmed down.
For the Long Term
Create connection.
Relationships are key to resiliency, and it’s not the number but the quality that counts. In addition to the emotional benefits, the best way to learn how to deal with minor stresses is to have it modeled by peers.What You Can Do:
Spin a web: Create a web that shows how the kids are all connected to one another. Then, use that web to figure out where and how you can build new connections.
Peer mentoring: Instead of doing show-and-tell or another presentation, pair kids up and have them teach one another something they know, share a book they read or explain a favorite hobby.
Build competence.
Every student is good at something. In particular, students may struggle when they don’t see the connection between their strengths transfer across situations—think of the student whose multiplication skills are strong, but he struggles to apply them to word problems.What You Can Do:
Compliment cards: Make it a habit to leave sticky notes with compliments on your students’ desks. Plan out a delivery schedule that will make it feel random to keep them pleasantly surprised. Even better, use those compliments to call out students for their strengths—during a social studies project, ask a curious child to create a list of questions about the Revolutionary War, for example.
Give them options.
Choices give kids power and self-determination, plus it lets them make choices and live with the consequences, however minor. Giving kids authentic (not false) choices doesn’t have to be complex—choices around how to complete an assignment are enough.What You Can Do:
Choice boards: Provide a list of choices that students can make with each assignment. For younger students, this could be a limited list of options (answering questions out of order, choosing to skim a passage before reading it). For older kids, this could be a discussion about different ways to approach a project.
Would You Rather? Playing “Would You Rather?” shows students how different people approach the same situation and takes them through the decision-making process. (Here is one list of WYR questions. This site has lots of WYR questions for older students.)
Connect with characters.
Books are a great jumping-off point for talking about resiliency. For example, Chester’s Way and Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes, novels like Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, and biographies provide a lot to talk about when it comes to resiliency.What You Can Do:
Focus on control: During discussion, focus on the choices the character made. This helps students understand that how we handle situations is within our control. And ask: What other choices could the character have made? And how would it have changed the outcome?
Encourage constant progress.
Setting and achieving goals builds the practice of self-monitoring and helps students see the results of their hard work. The trick isn’t in setting goals but in sticking with them.What You Can Do:
Stair steps: Have students set big goals, and identify a few steps along the way. Then, have students reflect after each step about what helped them get there and what they want to keep, or stop, doing.
This blog article is adapted from Building Your Bounce from the Devereux Center for Resilient Children, a partner of Apperson in supporting teachers to integrate social and emotional learning into their classrooms. Learn more about Apperson’s support of social and emotional learning.
12/7/16. MTSS District Committee Mtg. Riley (AM Session) / 1/2 Day for Students. PM Session PD for Teachers.
12/8/16. District Safety Committee Mtg. Riley. 4 – 5 PM. ICC Meeting. Riley. / 6:00 PM PTA Meeting. Art Room.
12/9/16. LINDEMANN STAFF HOLIDAY PARTY
12/12/16. 9 AM. Administrative Council. Riley
12/24/16. Holiday Break
12/25/16. Merry Christmas!
1/1/17. Happy New Year!
1/9/17. Welcome Back!
Even though it has been a long week, each of our parents were greeted with genuine smiles and enthusiasm! As teachers, you gained important background knowledge of your students and family dynamics. Thank you for making those connections and building a strong educational team! Parents were gathered in the halls catching up with friends and family. The atmosphere was filled with positive energy and a sense of a true school community which makes Lindemann a very special place! As our parents were leaving our building, I received many compliments on our teachers, staff members, and how great the building looks. As the building principal, I was beaming with pride! Thank you for your professionalism, dedication and compassion.
~Mike D.
Christmas Story Time
I would like to once again come around to all of your rooms to give you a 30 minute holiday break, and read Christmas stories and pass out candy canes to our students. Please review our Lindemann Office Calendar and add your name when you wish for me to visit. For example: Mr. Darga. Christmas Stories
Thank you for being patient and flexible if an issue arises that needs my attention.
If that happens, we will re-schedule.
Merry Christmas ~ Mike D.
QUARTERLY MATH ASSESSMENT
Based on the timeline agreed upon by your grade levels, all grades should have administered the Q1 Math Assessment by now. K-4th grades have scheduled the building grade level team analysis of this assessment this week. Please plan to take this time to discuss with your partners. This document is in the shared 2016-17 Elementary Professional Development folder in the District Quarterly Assessment Q1 folder: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eCtEa1RsvdnxQvRkhZMbufs8Jcd3-vFp-zCbQsS4rko/edit
Congratulations to our 2016 PTA REFLECTIONS PARTICIPANTS!!
Below are some notes of encouragement as to why we should be encouraging our kids to participate in the reflections contest each year!
• All children deserve opportunities to explore and be involved in the arts. The arts play a crucial role in students‘ success in school and beyond, enhancing their reading and language skills, mathematics skills, thinking skills, motivation to learn and positive school environment.
• The national pta reflections program is pta’s cornerstone arts program. It offers students the opportunity to earn local, state and even national recognition for original artwork they create in response to a specific theme.
• Students who participate are given an opportunity to explore the arts and culture, develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills and recognize themselves as artists
• Families can support their children’s participation by creating time and space for their student to work on their entry, providing encouragement to their child’s creative imagination.
• All artwork ( dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts) must reflect this years theme ‘Let Your Imagination Fly’.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION!
The KIWANIS Club of Allen Park generously donated a Student Dictionary to each 3rd grade student in our school district. Yesterday, representatives from the KIWANIS Club visited our three elementary schools and presented the students with their gift.
ART OF GIVING PROJECT
Art Drop Boxes will be available in our office for collection of this project:
The ART OF GIVING is a project that is very near and dear to my heart, just as ART is at the HEART of Blake. Although this project is very personal, with all of us working together, it has the potential to impact and uplift so many others. I began the Art of Giving when my boys were small. The Bowman boys, like many chronically ill children, spent countless hours in the hospital. They tire of the many, often painful, procedures; however, these procedures are their means of survival. Art therapy is a very vital part of these children’s care. It creates a positive direction, allows them to express their emotions about their health, and is a different approach to cope through ART. I have had the rare opportunity to see first hand how amazing art therapy is for these children; please consider joining us during our Art of Giving event, the reward is priceless. ~ Kim Bowman
Luke & Lulu’s Café is a lifetime dream that has finally come true. After many years of experience in the food and hospitality industry, Kimme Bandoske decided to give her own eatery a chance. Kimme is the owner and chef of Luke & Lulu’s, which is located at 7706 Allen Road in Allen Park, Michigan.
Luke & Lulu’s Café is the simple solution of homemade recipes created with the freshest of ingredients paired with locally roasted coffee in an eclectic atmosphere. This new addition to Allen Park, which opened in May 2016, is family owned and operated.
