CAASPP Training at GVMS!

All GVMS teachers have been trained on administration of the SBAC, labels are being made, baggies are being prepared, and students are taking practice tests!  All teachers have had their TOMS accounts sent!

Community Engagement at GVMS!

We are thrilled to have our community members, Mark McGovern and Michael Arauz from CrossFit Interchange and C3 Church, coming to GVMS every Friday to participate as Watch DOGS!  Interested?  Contact Mrs. Cherry to get involved by emailing her here!

Challenge Day is coming for 2016-2017!  Mark your calendars for October 25, 26, and 27 as we need parents and community members to be there for our kiddos!  Email Mrs. Bates HERE if you are interested in participating!

PBIS - MGCCA

Jacqueline met with J.P. and two PBIS team members to go over how to input information into SWIS for referrals and CICO.  From that meeting we decided the next steps were to revise our referral form to match the SWIS data entry system.  From there the high school teacher would input high school referrals after reviewed by the principal and the middle school teacher would input middle school referrals after reviewed by the principal.  Data will then be shared by the PBIS team lead at monthly staff meetings.

Community Readers Visit K.I.Jones!

On March 2, K.I. Jones students and staff celebrated Read Across America Day with the help of our community readers from the Cordelia Rotary and the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. FSUSD Board Member Kathy Marianno also joined us and it was hard to tell who was having more fun - the students or the readers!  Thank you to all and to Sheila McCabe for organizing our community reading team.

Readers waiting for student ambassadors to pick them up and escort them to classrooms.  Yes!  They wore silly hats!

Customer Service at K.I.Jones

Students with iPads roamed the playground chatting with parents in March and asking them to take our customer service survey.  We grabbed 27 responses quickly and the results were excellent!  While we found some places to improve, we were happy to see that most of the parents surveyed found us to be welcoming.  The aging facility and configuration pose challenges with cleanliness outside, but the changes we've made have improved our rating here.  More work to do and we are on it!

K.I. Jones PBIS Team Actively Working the List

The K.I. Jones PBIS Team has completed a revamp of signs, banners, and the ROAR ticket given for respect, open-mindedness, always safe, and responsible.  They have been ordered from the SCOE Printing group and FSUSD Maintenance and will be installed on the buildings in key places as soon as they arrive.  Thanks to J.P. for helping us get over this last obstacle!

The PBIS Team also decided to entice students with excellent cafeteria behavior by having a separate drawing in the cafeteria for a Special Lunch (needs a catchier name).  Students whose name is drawn will bring a friend and sit at the most awesome lunch table ever - on the stage in the cafeteria.  They will receive a special ticket to the Special Lunch and will be able to order a lunch, if desired, from Child Nutrition (pizza or whatever).   We're looking forward to starting this next week!

K.I. Jones Attendance Rises!

We are super proud to report that school wide attendance has improved and we are meeting our attendance goal!  Emphasis on attendance each Monday in the daily announcements, competition among classes in grade levels, attendance awards at assemblies, emphasis on celebrating STAFF attendance, posting attendance messages in our main hallway, and supporting it on the marquee has paid off!  Reaching out personally to families and creating important relationships has helped as well.  We are currently meeting our goal of  a 97% attendance rate.

For the 2016-17 school year, we plan to focus a majority of our attention on grades TK - 1 as they are the grades with the biggest rate of chronic absenteeism.