ALL Staff Picture Thursday at 9:00 AM
Meet on the playground and wear purple if you can!
Carrie will be scheduling team pictures on Thursday too, so please
think about what you'd like to do/where you'd like to be for
your team picture!
Nuts and Bolts Meeting Goes Online This Fall!
In an attempt to save you/us time, I'm using a YouTube video to go over all the "Nuts and Bolts" items instead of standing in front of you for 45 minutes on Friday. Please review this video sometime prior to Friday afternoon at your leisure. Download the staff meeting agenda here and the BINGO cards are in your mailbox. The BINGO card will help you follow along! Bring these cards to Friday's 1:30pm meeting so we can discuss questions and to win amazing door-prizes. ...well, some nice prizes and a few other ones you'd expect from me.
Dates to Remember - Please bookmark the "Dates to Remember" Google.doc. If you or your team has dates to add, please do so. The items in blue are from last year's calendar and no corresponding date or time has been set. Anyone can update this document throughout the year. The link will be on the right side of the FWR for easy access.
PLC Meeting Room - The conference room by 2nd grade room will be our PLC meeting room for all teams except SPED's every other week meeting.
PLC Meeting Room - The conference room by 2nd grade room will be our PLC meeting room for all teams except SPED's every other week meeting.
2012-13 BLT Team - Our first meeting with this year's BLT will be on August 10 @ 10:30am. Purpose will to be review August 14th Vision Day PD. It should last 45-60 minutes. We will meet in the library.
Budget - Repeat: With the increase in student numbers, I'm approaching the budgeting a bit different this year. Each teacher will be allotted $100 (New to MGE will have $150). After Office Depot supplies are processed and delivered to teams, I will let each team know what extra funds exist for each grade level. Please use the requisition form that was emailed out to teachers as we are trying to avoid reimbursements for personal purchases this year.
Overhead Projectors - If you do not want your overhead projector, you may place it in the hallway and it will be taken out of the building (it won't return). If you want to keep your cart but not the projector, place only the projector in the hallway. If you want to keep both, it needs to be stored in your room or your grade level supply closet.
Overhead Projectors - If you do not want your overhead projector, you may place it in the hallway and it will be taken out of the building (it won't return). If you want to keep your cart but not the projector, place only the projector in the hallway. If you want to keep both, it needs to be stored in your room or your grade level supply closet.
PTO Supply Boxes will be delivered starting at 1pm on Monday, August 13th. The PTO can place the boxes directly on the students' desk if your rooms are open and unlocked. We had over 150 students purchase theses boxes directly from PTO.
AEA Support Team - We have some changes in our AEA support team this year. Please welcome our new AEA staff to Maple Grove and welcome back our returning crew! I hope to have them at our staff meeting Friday afternoon! Click here to download a copy of the entire AEA team supporting MGE this year.
Psychologist - Samantha Gregory
Consultant - Susan Howell
Speech - Cheryl Rigler
Social Worker - Vicki Sanders
Occup. Therp. - Shannon Corkrean
Physical Therp. - Mindy Elliot
Early Childhood - Jessica Hagist
EC Social Worker - Jen Downs/Catharine Roling
EC Occup Therp - Heidi Webber
A Message from Central Print - Some great reminders from Central Print can be found here but I also wanted to extend their invitation to come visit:
Encourage your staff to feel free to stop in and see us at our new location! We are now located at the very EAST end of the hallway in the Athletic wing (old YMCA) of the High School. (If you walk out the glass doors heading to Prairieview you've gone too far!?! ) BUT you are close! Just before heading out the glass doors facing east) there is a doorway on the left - walk thru that door and the next door and you will be in Central Print. Have a great year! Peggy Tippin & Lynette Gartman (987-2722 or cprint@waukee.k12.ia.us)
Heath Screening - If you haven't signed up for your FREE health screening, do so today!
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Final Thoughts for the Week
Where I keep typing/talking and you
don't necessarily have to keep reading/listening.
On the right side of my FWR, I include some quick links for staff. One that I forget to check myself on
a regular basis is "Tuesday's Tips." This link takes you to Dr. Alan Zimmerman's blog page and his
weekly motivational or thought-provoking blog entry. Zimmerman is the author of many books, including
one of my favorites, Pivot. For the first time in almost 6 months, I checked out his Tuesday Tip and
thought it was appropriate as we prepare to welcome 750 students and nearly 1500 parents to MGE!
If nothing else, read the headline quote and ponder to yourself how you fit in with making MGE THE
place to learn, grow and laugh for all.
For the full entry, click here.
Dr. Zimmerman’s Tuesday Tip:
“It is not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your responsibility to make sure they don’t have the chance to forget you.” Alan Zimmerman
Dr. Alan Zimmerman’s Personal Commentary:
When I ask my audiences to name the companies that provide some of the best service
in the country, their lists are remarkably similar. People seem to know where they can
expect exceptional service and they also seem to know where they’ll get mediocre service.
After all, people ALWAYS talk about the service they receive.
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