1. Principal’s Coffee Chat
Elon Park Elementary
November 6, 2015
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2. Updates

3. Updates

4. Today’s Chat Vision and Mission Statement Managerial items
Coffee Chat Norms
Today’s Agenda
Please put cell phones on vibrate
If you have to take a call, please go into the hallway
Limit sidebar conversations
Hold questions until the end of each segment
Focus on issues that are within our control
Vision and Mission Statement
Managerial items
Common Core Math Activity
Questions

5. Vision
At Elon Park Elementary, staff, students, families and community members collaborate to provide an extraordinary learning environment where all reach their full potential, enrich their individual talents and exhibit school pride…at ALL times, in EVERYTHING they do.

6. Mission
At Elon Park Elementary, the school community will support the commitment to the following:
Providing every student with rigorous, engaging and balanced instruction.
Basing all decisions on student strengths and needs according to all available data.
Appropriate, effective collaboration among staff, families and community members for the benefit of each student.
Facilitation of 21st century learning through implementation of best practices.
Delivery and participation in effective professional development.
Continuous school improvement.
180 School Days resulting in a minimum of one year’s growth academically for every student.

7. Managerial http://youtu.be/HSj0Ce_A3w4
Fall treat change Thank you for allowing us to change the Fall treat- teachers needed to maintain instructional focus after a busy September and October.
Communication with teachers Please remember that teachers have 24 hours to respond to s. Please be careful with how you communicate in your .
Lunch Please remember to place late student lunches on the cart. Do not ask the front office to call the room to let the child know their lunch is there.
AdvancED Survey Thank you for your participation in the survey as it helps the district with our accreditation process. We use survey data to help write our school improvement plan.
Morning Carpool Safety Please continue to park at the soccer fields and use the sidewalk if you plan to walk your child to school.
Attendance, tardies and early dismissals Please try to get to school on time as many grade levels begin the day with reading instruction. For the safety of all students, we do not allow dismissals after 3:00.
Automated calls Do not panic if you receive an automated call about your child being absent or tardy. If you find this to be an error, please call or Jennifer Milano, our attendance secretary.
Field trip chaperones You must be a registered volunteers to be a field trip chaperone. Many of our the field trips are ticketed events such as Children’s Theater, farm, etc. You can’t just show up and think that there is a ticket available for purchase. No siblings are allowed on field trips.
Volunteers needed Volunteers are needed in the front office, nurse’s office, workroom, cafeteria, and the media center. Sign up links are located every week in the PTO newsletter

8. Common Core Math Activity -What is the most important/significant number on the Hundreds board? Justify you answer.

9. Questions If you have questions, please ask them now.
Please note any questions pertaining to only your child on an index card.
OR them to .us
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