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BUILDING YOUR K-5 FAMILY, BUS INFORMATION, AND REGISTRATION! K-5 Learning Communities Newsletter May 2018 What a busy month May is for our kids, families, and educators! As we celebrate the end of another won- derful school year, we want our families to be aware of the continued planning our team is doing in prepa- ration for your return in August! Building Your K-5 Family Your K-5 teachers have been engaged in team building opportunities in preparation for the transition to five new learning communities. Once per month in September, January, February, March and April, the new K-5 learning community teacher teams came together during early dismissal PLC time. These PLC team building sessions provided opportunities for teachers to get to know each other and work in grade- level teams. As a result, teachers began to develop a vision for their new learning communities and helped to create a Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) behavior matrix that will be used in all K-5 buildings. The educators also took a bus ride through their learning community area to become fa- miliar with the new boundaries. During the week of August 6-10, the staff members of the new learning communities will engage in more team building. This professional learning opportunity will include school improvement planning, participating in a poverty simulation, and developing systems for their buildings. Bus Transportation Your K-5 learning communities principals want to give parents/guardians advance notice of the transpor- tation information for next school year. 2018-2019 bus transportation information includes the specific details regarding the shuttles for the new K-5 Baldwin and Harrison split learning communities. Our first priority is to ensure safety while transporting your child between school and home locations, while providing efficient and effective bus routes for the district. We consulted with the QPS transportation department to coordinate bus routes for all QPS students and determined the start time and stop times for all K-5 learning communities. The start time of 8:45 a.m. for all K-5 learning communities was determined in order to provide the two-tiered bus service for the earlier start time at QHS and QJHS. This two-tiered bus service maximizes the use of the QPS bus force to safely and effectively load, transport, and unload elementary students. Each K-5 school will open the doors at 8:00 a.m. for all students because breakfast service will continue to be offered at each K-5 building. Regarding the before and after school child care program, each K-5 school will open the doors at 7:00 a.m. for those students only. The Denman (Harrison Street) and Baldwin split learning communities will provide a transfer shuttle bus service for students before and after school. • At the two Denman learning community locations - Denman K-1 on 8th Street (formerly Berrian School) or Denman 2-5 on Jefferson Street (formerly Adams School), parents can drop off and pick up students at one location and the students will have transfer shuttle bus service to and from the other loca- tion. • At the two Baldwin learning community locations - Baldwin K-2 on 30th Street (formerly Ellington School) or Baldwin 3-5 on Maine Street (formerly Madison School), parents can drop off and pick up stu- dents at one location and the students will have transfer shuttle bus service to and from the other loca- tion. Parents of incoming K-12 are encouraged to register online during spring registration, which is open now through May 31 st , in order to determine bus service needs for the 2018-2019 school year.
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BUILDING YOUR K-5 FAMILY, BUS INFORMATION,
AND REGISTRATION! K-5 Learning Communities Newsletter May 2018
What a busy month May is for our kids, families, and educators! As we celebrate the end of another won-derful school year, we want our families to be aware of the continued planning our team is doing in prepa-ration for your return in August!
Building Your K-5 Family
Your K-5 teachers have been engaged in team building opportunities in preparation for the transition to five new learning communities. Once per month in September, January, February, March and April, the new K-5 learning community teacher teams came together during early dismissal PLC time. These PLC team building sessions provided opportunities for teachers to get to know each other and work in grade-level teams. As a result, teachers began to develop a vision for their new learning communities and helped to create a Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) behavior matrix that will be used in all K-5 buildings. The educators also took a bus ride through their learning community area to become fa-miliar with the new boundaries. During the week of August 6-10, the staff members of the new learning communities will engage in more team building. This professional learning opportunity will include school improvement planning, participating in a poverty simulation, and developing systems for their buildings.
Bus Transportation
Your K-5 learning communities principals want to give parents/guardians advance notice of the transpor-tation information for next school year. 2018-2019 bus transportation information includes the specific details regarding the shuttles for the new K-5 Baldwin and Harrison split learning communities.
Our first priority is to ensure safety while transporting your child between school and home locations, while providing efficient and effective bus routes for the district. We consulted with the QPS transportation department to coordinate bus routes for all QPS students and determined the start time and stop times for all K-5 learning communities. The start time of 8:45 a.m. for all K-5 learning communities was determined in order to provide the two-tiered bus service for the earlier start time at QHS and QJHS. This two-tiered bus service maximizes the use of the QPS bus force to safely and effectively load, transport, and unload elementary students. Each K-5 school will open the doors at 8:00 a.m. for all students because breakfast service will continue to be offered at each K-5 building. Regarding the before and after school child care program, each K-5 school will open the doors at 7:00 a.m. for those students only.
The Denman (Harrison Street) and Baldwin split learning communities will provide a transfer shuttle bus service for students before and after school.
• At the two Denman learning community locations - Denman K-1 on 8th Street (formerly Berrian School) or Denman 2-5 on Jefferson Street (formerly Adams School), parents can drop off and pick up students at one location and the students will have transfer shuttle bus service to and from the other loca-tion.
• At the two Baldwin learning community locations - Baldwin K-2 on 30th Street (formerly Ellington School) or Baldwin 3-5 on Maine Street (formerly Madison School), parents can drop off and pick up stu-dents at one location and the students will have transfer shuttle bus service to and from the other loca-tion.
Parents of incoming K-12 are encouraged to register online during spring registration, which is open now through May 31st, in order to determine
bus service needs for the 2018-2019 school year.
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Save the Dates Quincy Public Schools will host a district-wide K-5 Meet the Teacher Night on Monday, August 20
th from 5:00
p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in each of our five learning communities. Meet the Teacher Night will give students and par-ents the opportunity to meet their teacher and explore their new school. We invite you to join us as we cele-brate our K-5 Transition and open our new K-5 Learning Communities! This is an event you will not want to miss!!
Quincy Public Schools will also host Back to School Nights in each of our K-5 Learning Communities through-out September. The individual dates for the Back to School Nights are listed below. Back to School Nights will provide information about learning opportunities and give students and parents a glimpse at the exciting hap-penings of the 2018-2019 school year.
Make sure to save the dates on your calendar and join us for the 2018-2019 Meet the Teacher Night and your Back to School Night!
2018-2019 K-5 Meet the Teacher Night and K-5 Back to School
K-5 Elementary Schools
Meet the Teacher Night
School Date Time Location
All K-5
Elementary Schools
Meet the Teacher Night
Monday, August 20 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. All Locations Below
K-5 Elementary Schools
Back to School Night
School Date Time Location
Baldwin Elementary
Former Ellington (K-2) Former Madison (3-5)
Wednesday, September 12
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
K-2nd
Grade: 3001 Lindell 3
rd-5
th Grade:
2435 Maine St.
Denman Elementary
Former Berrian (K-1) Former Adams (2-5)
Tuesday, September 18
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
K-1st Grade
1327 S. 8th St.
2nd
- 5th Grade
2001 Jefferson St.
Iles Elementary Tuesday,
September 11 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 3111 N. 12
th St.
Lincoln-Douglas Elementary
Tuesday, September 11
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 3211 Payson Rd.
Rooney Elementary Tuesday,
September 4 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 4900 Columbus Rd.
