Yealey Families,

What a joy it was seeing pictures of happy kids playing in the snow yesterday.  As much as I hate snow myself, I do love at least one day of sledding and cold fun.  We had a great week here at school too.  I had the joy of hearing a class play "Are You Sleeping?" on the ukuleles!  It's amazing how quickly they are picking that up.

We are almost 100% complete with STAR testing this week.  We will use this like we do every year to check on the progress being made and make instructional decisions for the rest of the year.  This assessment also has the added benefit of being given for many years previously.  So, I will be able to look and see how each grade level is doing compared to their scores last year and in comparison with previous students at their grade level. The iReady diagnostic is not really a summative test like STAR.  We are almost complete with these diagnostics.  These will be used to gauge progress for each individual student within that program and then help the program create purposeful learning paths for the second semester.  We decided to give these assessments when the students were here in person because of the stress they caused many families in the Fall when we gave them at home.  We hope that it has been less stressful on most of you.  And what we really hope is that this is the last time we have to worry about if assessments will be given at home or at school!  The CASE assessment is a district requirement and we will tackle that next week.  Be sure your kids know that all we want is for them to do their best and have fun showing off what they know. 

Information about Friendship (Valentine) Celebrations will be coming home from each teacher.  The teams are working on plans for Covid friendly celebrations.  We want to try to do something even if it is different than our normal to celebrate the relationships we have here at Yealey.

There will be no blog update next week.  I will be out with my daughter who is having shoulder surgery.  Please send positive vibes our way.  Enjoy the weekend - stay warm and dry.

See you next week!

Mrs. Turner

principal

 Yealey Families,

What a beautiful sunny two days we have had in the middle of January.  Such a nice pick me up!  Makes me even more excited about spring - you know my love of warm weather!  It has been an amazing week here welcoming back our hybrid kids.  Again, the kids have rolled right in like they just had a long weekend.  They are happy to be here, happy to see each other, and ready to get to work!  

We are doing our mid-year assessments to check on our progress for the year.  Over the next couple of weeks we will complete STAR, iReady, and CASE assessments.  Please encourage your child to do their best and show what they know.  We will use this data to plan for the rest of the year so we can finish strong. 

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.  Get outside while the sun is shining.  And, I will look forward to seeing students Monday morning!

Mrs. Turner

principal

 Yealey Families,

I hope everyone had a great week at home and is staying healthy.  We have been working hard to get ready to transition back to hybrid instruction next week.  The transportation department said that their system should be updated and correct at the beginning of next week.  So, if you've had issues figuring out bus information, please check Monday.  As always on the first day of school allow for extra time as we figure out bus routes and get the kids back in their routines.  We may roll buses out after school a little later than normal on Tuesday and Thursday just to be sure we have everyone in the correct spot before we go.  We will be following all the same procedures that we followed when we were hybrid in the Fall.  So drop off can begin at 8:25 with temp checks by Mr. Rice and Mr. Boh.  

Food services will continue to provide food for students on their at-home days but they are asking you to sign up for this by using the form virtual students have been using.  I believe the link for this form can be found on the Boone County Schools website.   "A" hybrid can be picked up at the kitchen door on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 to 2. "B" Hybrid can be picked up on Friday and Monday at the same time.  If you have any questions, please just call and ask for Shawnda Burns, our awesome cafeteria manager.

We had a parent volunteer to serve as our minority SBDM member!  Thank you Mrs. Reddy!  To make this official, the PTA has to hold an election.  So please use this link to vote so that Mrs. Reddy can begin working with us at our January meeting.  Thank you so much!!

https://forms.gle/N7fe9arffrojUucj8

As always if you have any questions, please just let me know.  I hope everyone enjoys the long 3 day weekend and we will see some of you next week!! :)

Mrs. Turner

 Yealey Family,

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone enjoyed the winter break.  We have enjoyed being back and at least seeing everyone online.  We are working on placements for students who are joining the hybrid group on 1/19.  You should receive something next week letting you know if your child is A/B and who the homeroom teacher is.  We have had to coordinate with the middle and high schools to be sure families are all on the same schedule.  If something happens and we have missed something, please let us know and we will fix it. It's just been a lot to try to organize. As far as I know, the district plan is still to return to hybrid instruction on 1/19!  We are all anxiously waiting for this.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  Stay warm!

Mrs. Turner