Good. Thank you. Hi, I'm Amanda Curley. This is my first time actually formally presenting to you on behalf of Pittaway. Um so tonight um I'm going to give a brief presentation about our um second family event that we had this year, um the Pittaway Winter Winter Olympics, which took place right before the start of February break. Um unfortunately our little learners can't be here. This is right around the time they're eating dinner and going to bed, so um I did my best to try and bring their voices into the presentation the best I could. Um I had a ton of video clips. Um as soon as you pull out a little mini microphone everyone wants a turn to speak on there. Um but some of them whisper and some of them scream at it, so um you'll get a laugh out of some of these that you'll see.
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There are six of us that work uh as fifth grade teachers, three of which are ELA and social studies teachers and three who are math and science teachers. So I work with one other teacher and then we teach the same two groups of students throughout the school day. So the fifth grade students have two academic teachers whereas the sixth grade students have four. And I am feeling confused about why the conversation about moving fifth grade to the elementary schools is still happening. And the reason I'm confused is that I love my job. And the reason I love my job is because of the colleagues that I have. They are some of the most hardworking, dedicated, compassionate professionals I have ever met. We have so much joy that is happening throughout our building. And we are also receiving positive feedback from our families. We just had parent teacher conferences last week and we had several families who shared how afraid they were to send their student to fifth grade at a middle school and how thankful they are that they did because of all of the opportunities that are available to them.
There are six of us that work uh as fifth grade teachers, three of which are ELA and social studies teachers and three who are math and science teachers. So, I work with one other teacher and then we teach the same two groups of students throughout the school day. So, the fifth grade students have two academic teachers, whereas the sixth grade students have four. And I am feeling confused about why the conversation about moving fifth grade to the elementary schools is still happening. And the reason I'm confused is that I love my job. And the reason I love my job is because of the colleagues that I have. They are some of the most hard-working, dedicated, compassionate professionals I have ever met. We have so much joy that is happening throughout our building. And we are also receiving positive feedback from our families. We just had parent-teacher conferences last week and we had several families who shared how afraid they were to send their student to fifth grade at a middle school and how thankful they are that they did because of all of the opportunities that are available to them.
So, when last year, um, when I first told my teachers, they said, "Absolutely not." So, it took them a while to get there. And we do do science. But my goal, um, again, uh, South Street was one of the first schools to departmentalize. And that means that we have We're departmentalized third, fourth, and fifth grade. And I have three teachers per grade. And our old model used to be one teacher taught reading, another one taught writing, and another one taught math. When we switched to ARC 2 years ago, it took that amount of time for the teacher One of my teachers said, "You know what? I think I can do ELA's always meant to be reading and writing together, right?" And so, but it again, to empower teachers, it takes time to get them. I wanted to do it, but I want them to believe in it.
Because the current state we are in, this is not working. Next year, um, we are going to lose a lot of families as well as great staff, which is a first for Ruskin. The um, these are the years where children's brains are developing and we should be giving them core memories, not anxiety and depression. Thank you. Thank you. Our next speaker is my D. >> Hi. Um, may I pass something out to you guys before my timer starts? Thank you. Good evening um board of directors, district leaders. Um thank you for having me. My name is Mayalanu. I am a parent of two students at Ruskin. And uh I'm not quite prepared for today because I had 48 hours to prepare. But I'm going to try to stay calm. Um, on the website, your district website, number one goal, it says to ensure a safe and productive learning environment that promotes wellness and positive school culture for all students.
There's a picture of the engine. And then this is a video of my friend Weston mowing the grass. Yeah, that's very entertaining. Um we then moved on to um working with bicycles. So, my bike, my personal bike, had an issue with it. So, we brought it into the shop and Mr. Bill made a lesson off of it and we fixed it up and I was actually really I really appreciate that cuz now I can ride it. Um and in that unit we we learned how to write estimates as like if a repair shop out in the world would um write estimates for your cars. And then um moving off from that, after the bike unit, we started um sweating pipes together, which is copper pipes and those are the kind of plumbing that are in your house and all that stuff. There's a video of it up there.
Good evening everyone. A model student is someone who demonstrates dedication, respect, responsibility and commitment to excellence each and every day. We are proud to recognize him as one of the superintendent students of the month. This honor is given to students who consistently demonstrate outstanding character, leadership, dedication to their academic and school responsibilities across different classes throughout the school. He has shown a strong commitment to excellence through his hard work in the classroom, his respectful attitude, his willingness to support teachers, school staff, and fellow classmates. His positive example reflects the values and standards of our school strives to promote each day. We are proud to recognize his achievements and the positive impact he has on the sixth grade class and throughout the school. Please join us in congratulating our sixth grade superintendent of the month, Caleb Scott Olson. Mom and dad, >> Mr. All right. Next, we have our seventh grade student, Miss Queen.
Or you're saying that all the way around the whole gym? Okay. Okay. So that's the concept we came up with. >> Okay. >> There's some more fine tuned details in there, but >> Okay. >> That's the kind of gist of it. >> Do those beams run along the wall? Like are they on the act? >> These beams >> the interior. No, the angled ones. >> Yeah, the kickers. That >> Yeah, the kickers. Yeah, if you go to the plan view, you those happen periodically along the wall. >> I think it was about 16 on the north. 16. >> How far do they stick out the existing wall? >> I'm just trying to visualize it. >> They're going to blend in with your trusses. >> They're going north south. They be like up above the duck socks. Once they're painted, it'll won't disappear, but I don't know that anybody would know the difference.
Um it so you know Clinton Central um is not alone. In fact you guys in Clinton County fare pretty well. uh comparatively speaking you don't have near the number of you know threats and things that get posed like what we see in some other places but still when it happens it can be very alarming and I can tell you that the schools take it very seriously including all of our schools here in Clinton County. So just to move on here to the point about the balancing test. So ultimately anytime we pull the trigger and releasing information because of a health or safety threat, we document that very well. We have to put in the students file, what the circumstances were, who we disclosed to, what we disclosed, and then make sure that that is maintained as part of the child's education record. that way it's always there and we have that information in the event that we need it um on on down the road.
Yeah. Uh, when Smash Bros. first started being a thing in the esports room, they had to they had to go in a different room entirely because um because a different team was having a hard time hearing themselves uh with the team chat. Yeah. But since but since those they have since quiet quieted down quite a bit. >> Mhm. Yeah. Looks like Donkey Kong tried to throw Yoshi into the stage and knock him off. >> Yeah. >> Oh, was that intentional? >> Yes, it was actually. He's trying to throw Yoshi right off the stage, like trying to take him out there himself because Donkey Kong has the ability uh to use what's known as a cargo throw. And what a cargo throw is is he basically puts the enemy on on his shoulders and literally carries him off, you know. Yep. Yep. That was not a cargo throw.
around for inviting us out to recognize these students. Um, these students show exceptional skill inside the classroom and and outside of the classroom. They've spent countless hours preparing their solo. We had one Ian Thcker and then our ensemble, the Brown Quartet, who was our Sax Quartet ensemble. Um, both played in group one, which is the highest difficulty that you can uh play in to advance to state ensemble, and they both received gold at the district level. Uh we would like to recognize first uh Aaron Brown with the Sax Quartet, Silver Raiding. Uh also in the Sax Quartet, Isaiah Boyce, silver rating Sax Quartet. Silus Woodruff, silver rating. >> And lastly in the Sachs Quartet, Lillian Jung, Silver Rating. And then I had one soloist make it to the state level this year. I'm hoping to have more children involved next year. Um Ian had a clarinet solo, got a gold at the district level, went on to the state level and received a gold rating.
>> Oh my goodness. >> Well, so telling >> of the Exactly. The timing of all this makes, you know, coincidence nearly impossible. just it it's it was definitively the the that meter. >> Mhm. >> So then to complain about it to get to to keep it off the house. Now remember he pulled it a second time because we had this other electrical problem. Well finally they they had fixed settled it the problem. I think it took them over a year maybe 14 months something like that to fix this other problem and they finally fixed it. So to keep the smart meter off the house, we had to file u these legal proceedings. It's becoming parties to a lawsuit essentially. And you know, as debilitating as those symptoms were, there was no way I I could live in my house with that meter on. You know, I I I can't have the headaches.
Um so you can go through. Yep. Um so just just a little preview. Um so families were invited to come into this, so we had a little photo op thing. And those rings that you see in the picture, um each class decorated a ring and they're tactile, so they used different items in the classroom that represented the colors. Um, and it was a way to bring a um, project together that represented all of the classrooms at Pitt Away together. And then our event included um, movement activities, crafts, and sensory. Um, and for this event we um, utilized the calf space as well as our gym space. Yep. So, hopefully it plays. I'll play it. You might have to listen to Matt home. So, on each of the slides they're going We can only hear it probably on Jim's computer, right? >> Yeah. And I'm sure it's really cute.
And so if we aren't seeing this picture on why it needs to move, then I'm assuming it's coming from outside of the house. And so I would like to personally invite each of you if you are interested to come to my classroom and to see what fifth grade is all about. You can come see me teach math in the morning or teach science in the afternoon. If you come in on Fridays, you will see our walk to reading literacy program that the ELA teachers painstakingly put together using data collection and analysis to give students targeted interventions and enrichment. If you come in when we're not teaching and students are at specials, you'll be able to see the seven different unified arts classes that are available to them. If you come after school, you will be able to see six of the different afterchool uh activities that are available to them.
And so, if we aren't seeing this picture on why it needs to move, then I'm assuming it's coming from outside of the house. And so, I would like to personally invite each of you, if you are interested, to come to my classroom and to see what fifth grade is all about. You can come see me teach math in the morning or teach science in the afternoon. If you come in on Fridays, you will see our walk to reading literacy program that the ELA teachers painstakingly put together using data collection and analysis to give students targeted interventions and enrichment. If you come in when we're not teaching and students are at specials, you'll be able to see the seven different unified arts classes that are available to them. If you come after school, you will be able to see six of the different after-school activities that are available to them, one of which was started by a fifth grade student this year, our writing club.
And so, last year one said, "I want to do the ELA curriculum." And I said, "Okay, this is it." And I called this lady right here, "Melissa, we're doing science." So, South Street right now is the only school in our elementary schools in Danbury that has this model. We dedicate in grades 3, 4, and 5 a whole 65 to 75 minutes strictly dedicated to science. So, our model now is an ELA teacher, a math teacher, and a science teacher. And Melissa has been right there with my teachers. They said, "Yes, we're doing it." And I can tell you so many stories how our students are applying what they're learning in science to the reading, the writing, and the math. So, um I'll just quickly share a little bit about what our programming will look like at South Street this year. Besides the dedicated time to science, um I I have to say the strategic decision to do this does not come easily.
It's interesting that we kind of all have the same topic here. Um but unfortunately on Monday a student went to school, checked into class and asked to go to the restroom after doing some worksheets. The student decided to leave school. He walked straight out of gate 8 at Ruskin. The gate was unlocked and open during school hours. This student did not feel safe and comfortable in class, so he left. At 9:41 there was a knock on my door. It was my son. He was crying in distress, confused and lost, but he made it home to his safe zone. I thought school was supposed to be a safe zone. So the email, the print out in front of you is the email communication after the fact. If the timeline is correct in that email, then he was he technically left the classroom at 8:50. So that was 50 minutes before he came home.
Yeah, that's probably enough because it's leaking onto the ground. Uh-huh. Then from that um we moved on to um laser engraving mainly, as you can see up there, where we take our laser machine and we basically make a Google slideshow with the image that we want to laser onto it. And then we the the laser is like to the end of the computer's brain, it's like a printer. Um so, you just print it onto it. Oh, And um and you can print like whatever you want. You can laser whatever you want. So, that's that's like a logo onto a cup there and um going to need those ones. We lasered some cups up for you guys. Um it has the Chico Junior logo on it and uh the uh see Chico Unified School District logo on it. How's that? >> Uh then we moved on to our 3D modeling unit, which is um if I can find the slide.
>> Good evening to Dr. Saro, Miss Marcy, our board members, fellow educators, parents, and students. It is truly a pleasure to gather with all of you tonight to celebrate the achievements of our students. Allow me to read my informative essay as are part of our seventh grade standards. The title of it is dedication, excellence, achievement, celebrating superintendent award. Seventh graders are unique, diverse, and at times make headlines at school. making this great level truly phenomenal in the eyes of the teachers in this. However, despite the many remarkable students, one name stood out this quarter. If you ask me why she deserved this award, the answer is simple. She is Yay. And just as her name stands out, each letter represents the qualities that make her deserving recipient of the superintendent award. Why? youthful spirit. She brings energy, enthusiasm to learning every day. A achievement. She consistently reaches her goals through hard work.