Coming Soon to Arno…
Sept. 19
Dibels Testing starts
Superintendent Forums begin
Sept. 20
Dibels Testing
Superintendent Forums continue
Danielson eval training- Steve all day
Sept. 21
Dibels Testing wraps
IEPs per schedule Jenson
Fire Drill 12:00
SIP meeting 3:45
Sept. 22
Nothing Scheduled
Sept. 23
Nothing Scheduled
Arno Vision
Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower and inspire students
to become collaborative learners that strive for academic excellence
PLC’n at Arno
4th Grade Discussing Plans for the Week
Dibels Next…is coming soon
DIBELS ASSESSMENTS
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next is a standardized set of general reading outcome measures. The measures assess for(depending on grade) phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, accuracy and fluency with connected text, vocabulary, and comprehension. The measures are designed to be short (1-3 minutes) and can be used as a universal screener, as well as a progress monitoring tool. The purpose is to identify students at-risk of not meeting grade level reading benchmarks and to provide such students targeted supports immediately.
This year, we will be administering the DIBELS in grades K-5. The number of tests per student will vary based on grade level. A team of trained staff will be administering the DIBELS this fall. On the days of assessment and the day and time (AM or PM) you can expect students to be pulled for assessment from their class. Once again, these are very brief assessments and will take less than 3-5 minutes per student. The 4th and 5th grade DAZE portion will be administered as a whole class. With instruction the exercise takes approximately 5 minutes.
We will starting with our team from Arno on Sept. 19-21. They will be pulling from one grade level per half day, starting with K. We will have follow up info on the data portion.
Please read the article below for further information
Goal Reminders…
As previously discussed at our staff meeting we will be using an on-line evaluation platform to house all of our evaluation data each school year.
In case you were not present, or may not remember the process, I created a step by step instructional video for you to watch. This will help guide you throughout the process of logging into the system and creating your goals.
WATCH VIDEO: https://youtu.be/
After you watch the video, feel free to log in and get started. Click the web link below:
Website: https://live.stagessoftware.c
Log On Info: your email address (ex: darga@
Password: Password (you will reset this after you log in)
* After you create your goals, don’t forget to hit “Save & Submit” to share with your building administrator. Again, I would like you to schedule a goal meeting with me after Sept 19
Here are some additional resources to assist you with the process. 
Meet the Teacher
Thanks for a great evening for parents at last night’s Meet the Teacher. We had a good turnout, awesome looking classrooms, and everyone seemed very happy and excited for the school yea! Now the year is off and running!!! Please make sure I get a copy of your sign in- in whatever form it is, and your total count
Dear all,
We have some very exciting news for you. Our Chromebooks can run Microsoft Office! The login for Office 365 will be on the bookmark bars for staff and students. The login and passwords are the same for Office 365 and Google. Username ” *****@appublicschools.com Password: same password as your google login.
We will be uploading instructions on our Help Desk on how to log into Office 365 soon. If you would like to use the online version of Microsoft Office (Office365) at your desk, please go to http://portal.office.com and login. It is available now and you and your students can use it at home and school/work.
NOTE** To save any document you will have to setup your one drive first. (one time setup)
1. Login to http://portal.office.com
2. Launch One drive and click to continue through the prompts
3. Open application of choice and work and save in Microsoft Office online.
4. Any documents saved will be saved automatically in your one drive just like Google
PTA Fun Run…
Hello Arno teachers! What a busy first week we’ve had! Whew! As you know our Fun Run has launched!
The PTA wanted to let you know of a simple way to view your Classroom Fun Run report!
This is set up online for you so you can stay updated with where your classroom falls on the leader board & encourage participation.
This can really help our PTA overall goal if we have your support emailing, blogging, FB, tweeting, whatever you can do to help promote this event! Let families know how important their support is for student & staff benefits! You can bookmark this attachment and the link will work the entire time, in real time. All you need to do is open the attachment, download it, and click their “Team” name that is highlighted in red. This will bring you to your live Classroom page.
Drills so far
So far so good on drills- some observations:
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I did observe some teachers popping their heads out of their room quickly, this is the correct procedure with lock down. As part of the hurried routine to lock up, you need to do a fast scan of the hallway to make sure there are no kids wandering that need to be grabbed.
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Fire drill went well- but there were still some doors open. It is important to close your doors as they are fire rated- which is meant to save your room long enough to hopefully not catch on fire. Please make sure you are closing your door on the way out, and carrying your roster to do a line check.
Our next drill is Wednesday at lunch, 12:00. This will get a little more ‘interesting” to implement.
