Back to School! August 11, 2014

Pirate Booty
Welcome back to school! It's going to be a great year! If you are new to Star Academy, welcome aboard our pirate ship! I'm looking forward to seeking treasure and celebrating with you all! This blog will be posted weekly- every Sunday, usually, and it will include important dates and details, a little message at the top (Pirate Booty!). I usually try to include something to think about or something to inspire. Starting next week, I'll include things I loved around school. You will also usually find a tech tip or two. Please take a minute to subscribe to this blog in the box to the right- that way you'll receive any new posts via email as soon as they are posted. Feel free to leave a comment as well! Have a great week!

Here's a post from Michael Linsin about setting the tone the first day of school. Enjoy!










Dates and Details
August 11- 

Quick staff meeting in the lounge at 3:30- just to check in about the first day. Very short!
August 13- 

Staff meeting- all teachers 7:30-8:30 in the lounge. Here's the link to the agenda- feel free to add items!
August 14- Genius Hour! Tech time from 3:15-4:15-- Anything goes this week! What do you need help with? BTSN presentation? Your website?  We'll be in the lounge!
August 15- 

Fit Friday walks- PM K and TK can pick a time and walk together. Just avoid a pickup time :)
3rd-5th will walk from 8:40-9:05
K-2nd will walk from 9:10-9:35
August 18- 

TK-2 Back to School Night
530-610 TK and K present in classrooms
610-630 general session in cafeteria
630-710 1st and 2nd present in classrooms
August 19- 

3rd-5th Back to School Night
5:30-6:00 General session in gym
6:00-6:45 teachers present in classrooms

Tech Tips & Treasure

How to Find and Credit Creative Commons Images from Flickr by Richard Byrne

Richard is a genius. Check out his blog- he shares tons of tips and tricks! The one above can help you find images and attribute them correctly using Flickr.