Riverview Staff,

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After this week, the next time we're back together will be in 2017!  Let's wear jeans our first week back (maybe jeans with an elastic waistline if you plan to eat, drink, and be merry over break!).  I am hopeful that our second semester is full of student growth and excitement about school.  Thank you for all you do to make your classrooms warm, caring, safe places where students develop positive relationships with peers and adults.   I truly have enjoyed first semester and I look forward to what the near future holds in the spring...and if you thought the fall was busy, just wait for May! Luckily that's many calm months away!!  

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**Happy Dec. 22 Birthday to Cheri Eskina!

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Monday, January 2 - NO SCHOOL 

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Tuesday, January 3 - ** Please welcome Abbie Spencer back from maternity leave with her sweet baby girl Valley!!

Professional In-Service Day for certified staff. ** Please wear your undergrad spirit wear (with jeans, of course!) if you have any!  If someone received their graduate degree from one of the locations below (but not their undergrad) and would like to represent that school instead, they are more than welcome to do so. 

University of Missouri - KC

Mid-America Nazarene University

Emporia State University

Pitt State University

Kansas State University

University of Kansas

Washburn University

Northwest Missouri State University

Rockhurst University

Baker University

• Morning PD - at MVHS.  All staff should report to MVHS by 8:00 am in the Little Theater

  • 8:00-9:30 am - Presentation by Annie Brock, one of the authors of The Growth Mindset Coach 

  • 10:00-11:30 am - Suicide Awareness Training-- Please be certain to sign in during the classroom session.  Attendance at this session is a Kansas state requirement for all school staff.

    • K, 1, 2, and Exploratory Teachers - A202​

    • 3, 4, 5, and Discovery Room Teachers - A203

  • Bring cash if you would like to support MVHS students by making purchases at the Catty Shack.

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• 11:30-1:00 - Lunch/Collaboration time

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• Afternoon PD -- 1:00 pm - report back to Riverview for ALICE Part 2 Training.  

  • This will be very similar to the training we conducted last January in which scenarios were simulated and we reviewed intruder protocol as a staff.  It will be led by Officer Mo and other district SROs. Officer Mo will run staff through three different scenarios, and then provide time for debriefing at the end.  He stated that individuals who have completed the training feel more prepared and safe than they do before the training.  I highly recommend all staff that are at Riverview on a daily basis taking this opportunity to gain new skills and experiences that contribute to student and staff safety.  

    • ​For those who are willing and able to participate in the ALICE Part II training, please make note that you will need to dress in comfortable, loose, layered clothing that afternoon (for example, jeans and two sweatshirts or light jacket) in order to protect the impact of rubber BBs during the modules.  Thank you for your consideration, and for all everyone does to keep students safe here at Riverview!!

    • **If you have medical or other reasons that you choose not to participate, there will be an alternate ALICE professional development opportunity for you.  For planning purposes, certified staff who choose not to participate in the SRO-led activity, please email me before Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm to let me know you prefer the alternate activity.  For the Blended Learning ALICE Part 2 modules for those who are not going to participate in the active modules, you will need your laptop and earbuds. 

• 2:30-3:30 pm - Teacher work time on personal professional goal

• 3:30-4:00 pm - Committee Meetings

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Wednesday, Jan. 4 - Full day of school with all students K-5.

• IEP/SIT/504 Meetings in Conference Room

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Thursday, Jan. 5

• K-5 PLCs

• Grade books for 2nd quarter close at midnight

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Friday, January 6  ** Happy Birthday, Mr. Harvey!

• NO Staff Meeting

• School-wide Spelling Bee 9:15 am - ???