Week of October 2nd- 6th

Thank you for all that you do for our students on a daily basis! It shows that you care through your actions and concern for all of our students! Thank you for being an inspiration to and being inspired by our kids! Enjoy your weekend! 

Managing Classroom Behaviors

Consistency is key with classroom management; but if something isn't working, don't keep doing it! Check out this article for some ideas on how to change up a few small (or BIG) 

things you are doing in your classroom! 

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/big-and-small-classroom-management-strategies-todd-finley

If you want one of us, or our coaches, to come by and collect data to help you better identify issues in your classroom, please let us know! We would love to help! 

Inspire Career Fair is Tuesday (10/3)! 

All 8th grade students who have turned in a permission slip should be dismissed from class at 

10:40 AM to meet in the MPR at 10:45 AM.  

The teachers attending the Career Fair will have signs and list of students who should be in their group. Please help students find their group, arranged by the first letter of their last name. 

All students staying behind will be reassigned classes for those periods which they will be missing. 

Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset

Mrs. Lewis took a team of teachers (Mrs. Halls, Mrs. MacFarlane, and Mrs. Williams) to the training... Motivate Students to Grow Their Minds featuring Emily Diehi.  They learn many strategies that they will bring back to our site. Follow Emily on Twitter @EmilyaDiehl 

Collaborating about Growth Mindset!

Jasmine Hamilton's Wall


PTA Meetings

Please join us at our first PTA Meeting on October 12, 2017.  There will be two meetings that day.  If you can't make the first meeting at 9:15 AM, join us at our second meeting at 3:15PM.


ICYMI: September Mixer  

Our next staff mixer will be at the Fairfield Chevy's on Friday the 29th at 3:30 PM. Following dinner, we will go to the Fairfield/Armijo Football game at Fairfield High School at 5:00 PM. 

Please join us (and the staff from Grange) to cheer on our local athletes! 

Wear your Crystal T-Shirts!

Our district offers Professional Development on a variety of topics. You can apply these hours as buy-back or salary credit.  Check out this link to access the district listing of ALL Professional Development opportunities.

https://fsusd.pdplace.com/index.php?show_main 

There are TWO great PD's coming up on MAP reports and MAP Skills over the next two weeks! Please check out these offerings!

Listen to your kids! -Tracy Williams

Be proud of all the efforts you have put forth so far, believe in yourself and trust that every problem you encounter has a solution. -Maggie Halls

Classroom Management Tips! Sign up for weekly advice from Linsin

 https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/

-Barb MacFarlane

Dr. Sheila McCabe, Assistant Superintendent Educational Services

Nickname: Grin'n, Her last name was Barrett. "Grin'n Barrett"

High school: She attended Dixon High School.  She ran Cross Country and Track  She was the "stat girl" for football, basketball, and wrestling teams.  She was the school mascot her junior year.  She was very active in the Future Farmers of America (FFA), serving as the Chapter President and the Regional FFA Reporter.  She was the Parliamentarian on Student Council.  Outside of school she was involved in 4-H and served as a Solano County All-Star.  Also, she serve as the Solano County Farm Bureau Queen.        I

Career if not The Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services: Lawyer

Would like to be on this game show: Family Feud

Passion: Raise sheep and show at the California State Fair.

Fun Facts: She grew up on a ranch and showed cattle at the local fairs. 

Nimfa Morales, Typist Clerk

Nickname: No nickname

High school: Jefferson High School, Daly City.  # 1 single tennis player, Prom Queen, and President of the Asian Club.

Career if not a Typist Clerk: Interior Designer 

Would like to be on this game show: Family Feud

Passion: Faith in God

Fun Facts: She has a cat named Bob & Sailing song by Christopher Cross helps her fall asleep.

Katelyn Lipsey, 6th Grade Teacher

Nickname: Kate

High school: Oakmont High School. She was in a Health Careers Academy and apart of the Health (HOSA) Club.

Career if not a Teacher: Zoo Keeper or Environmental Scientist

Would like to be on this game show: Cash Cab

Passion: She is passionate about spending time outdoors either taking time to go hiking or on a bike ride,

Fun Facts: She likes to ride dirt bikes

October Staff of the Month

We will announce our October staff of the month at our next Staff Meeting

Attendance for the Week of September 25th-29th

6th Grade: 98%

7th Grade: 97%

8th Grade: 98%

Character Counts 

The English Department focused on all the character traits this month and entered in a school-wide Bumper Sticker Contest.  Next month, the History Department will focus on the character trait, Trustworthiness.  The school-wide contest = Children's Narrative due on October 27, 2017.

July 27, 1995

10 years ago! September 8, 2007

Thank you to our FABULOUS Campus Monitors for keeping our Kiddos safe!

• Thanks to the David, Talashia, Maurice, Sue, Brent, Jonathon, and Malashia for adapting to a paperless lunch detention system! Way to go! Thanks for helping us save copies! 
• Kudos to Jennifer for hosting the Band Dinner Fundraiser and Desert Auction! Way to build your music program! 
• Whoot! Whoot! Vince, Tracy, Heather, Darrin and Carl are killing it as our coaches! Crystal Cougars are UNDEFEATED!!! 
• Major thanks to Heather for giving up her lunch to support and supervise during lunch this week! 
• Read 180 in room F101 is LIT!!! Way to rock that curriculum, Amy! 
• Growing minds is where it's at! Thank you to Maggie, Barb and Tracy W. for repping FSUSD at the Ignite Learning with a Growth Mindset Training! 
• Cookie Dough is coming to Crystal! Thanks to Stella for running and orchestrating our first fundraiser of the year!
• Thank you Mr. B for submitting art for the Health Fair next weekend! Congrats on the win! 

• October 2 - Superintendent Site Visit
• October 3 - Inspire Career Fair (8th Grade)
• October 3 - IPR (in lieu of staff meeting)
• October 4 - Football Green Valley @ Crystal 
• October 5 - Volleyball/Cross-Country Green Valley @ Crystal 
• October 9 - No School 
• October 12 - PTA Meeting 9:15 AM and 3:15 PM in the Library 
• October 19 - T.E.A.M. Workshop - Grange Middle School 

Staff Birthdays: 

• Tracy Gilson- 5
• Noemi Lay- 11
• Carla Accettola-  16
• Maurice Mouton- 25

Fun with the AP's

Week of September 25-29

All three administrators have been busy this week with observations! It has been a pleasure to visit each of your classrooms and see the great work you are doing with our kids! 

What a week of Twitter Mania! Thank you all for participating in the 

#FSUSDTweets Challenges and the 

#FSUSDEdChat ! What a great way to build your PLN!

Focus on Engaging Students in Your Lessons

How do you elicit responses from students in class?

Check out this list and links of ideas:

1. Popsicle sticks with student names to call on students randomly
2. Random Name Picker 
3. Class Cards - iPad App to select and track student participation
4. Deck of cards passed out at the beginning of the period.
5. Numbered seats with coordinating numbers in a bucket.

Book Study

Remember to complete your Flipgrid!

Crystal Middle School's Pineapple Chart is COMING SOON! 

 What is a Pineapple Chart?

The pineapple symbolizes "Welcome". Using this chart,

 you can welcome people into your classroom to observe 

and request lessons you'd like to see. 

These Visits ARE: 

INFORMAL

VOLUNTARY
EVERYDAY LESSONS
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

NOT OBSERVATIONS

Stop by Mrs. Guernsey's office next week to sign up to have staff come observe or to look for that specific lesson strategy that you've been wanting to find out more about.

#FSUSDEdChat

Please join us at the next #FSUSDEdChat with our very own Mrs. MacFarlane!!!

Check out this LINK for upcoming #FSUSDEdChat

Attendance for the Week of September 18th-22nd

6th Grade: 98.07%
7th Grade: 97.99%
8th Grade: 98.17%

No Excuses University

T.E.A.M. Training

Thanks to all the teachers who came out and learned how to better support our students and families. The next T.E.A.M. meeting will be help on October 19 at Grange! 

MAP Testing is Upon US! 

Click on this link to look at the schedule:  https://docs.google.com/a/fsusd.org/document/d/1GJ2sLDkFhJoefPC3yQBxZlx5jsoX9LGDy360UXs8E3U/edit?usp=sharing

The MAP testing window was extended to October 11 due to the technical problems. 

We will be sending completion reports at the end of next week. 

Our next staff mixer will be at the Fairfield Chevy's on Friday the 29th at 3:30 PM. Following dinner, we will go to the Fairfield/Armijo Football game at Fairfield High School at 5:00 PM. 

Please join us (and the staff from Grange) to cheer on our local athletes! 

Wear your Crystal T-Shirts!

PTA Meeting

October 12, 2017
9:15-10:15 AM
Library

October Staff Meeting- IPR

What is a IPR? In Progress Report.  We will review data and our interventions on campus.

Inspire Career Fair is coming up on October 3, 2017

Permission Slips will be given to all 8th grade students during their MATH class on 

Monday September 25, 2017! 

ALL permission slips MUST be turned in by Wednesday September 27, 2017! Please send them to the office as they are received to Mrs. Guernsey! 

An email will be sent Monday morning to give you further instructions. 

Nicole Williams, Counselor

Nickname: No nicknames

High school:  She went to four different high schools and graduated from Valley High School in Sacramento, CA. She attended Sacramento High in Sacramento, CA, Gardena High in southern California, and Elk Grove High, Elk Grove CA. At each of these schools, she continued to pursue her passion of participating in track and field. She was soooooo good, sometimes the coaches made her run with the boys because the girls were too slow. She played on the Varsity Girls Basketball team and participated in the Black Student Union.  She did not attend many dances or go to sporting events in high school because she started working in 10th grade to help support her family. In 11th and 12th grades, she worked at least two jobs while going to school, running track and field, and preparing for college. She was determined to go to college. She skipped taking the PSAT and instead, took the SATs three times and the ACT one time. She was offered full-rides for track and field at UCLA,  UC Berkeley and CSU, Sacramento and chose to attend CSU, Sacramento. 

Career if not a Counselor:   She loves the law so she would be a Criminal Law Attorney. She would fight for the young people who make mistakes as children, but are unreasonably sentenced to life in prison. She recently read a book called Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson that further inspired her to consider law school when she retire. 

Would like to be on this game show:  Family Feud 

Passion:  She is passionate about a dance called Chicago Style Stepping.  This dance is similar to, and is associated with the Bop, Swing-out and Ballroom and was popularized first in Chicago, Il. She has been doing this particular dance for about seven years and is an unofficial instructor in Sacramento. She also does Ballroom and would like to learn Salsa. 

Jennifer Shearer, Math Teacher

Nickname: 

​Jenni and Jen​

High school: 

​

Snider High School (Fort Wayne, IN)​

Career if not a Secretary: 

​Physician's Assistant (I switched majors halfway through college)

Would like to be on this game show: 

​Family Feud​

Passion: 

​Running and Mentoring ​

Fun Facts: 

​

I was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  At the age of 18 I moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.  I ran Cross Country and Track & Field in middle school, high school, and college (for UNLV).  After teaching for seven years in Vegas, I moved to California to be with my fiance.  I love sports; hockey is my favorite.  You will always see me in 

LuLaRoe (clothing) and Origami Owl (jewelry). 

 

• Thank you to Nimfa for keeping our office running smoothly, day in and day out! We couldn't do what we do without you! 
• HUGE thanks to Talaisha Lopez and the entire Special Education team for working together to find a solution to a problem! 
• Congratulations to Katie Molina, Edward Blaylock, and Howard Kornblum for emailing us your #selfcare challenge this weekend! Way to take care of yourselves in order to be at your best for our kids! Stop by Lisa's office to complete a Treasure Card!
• Whoot! Whoot! Our first fire drill of the year was complete and clear in 5 minutes and 10 seconds! Great job on our first drill. As a reminder our goal is under three minutes! 
• Thanks to all the teachers (Crystal and Grange) who attended our FIRST TEAM training! It was great to collaborate and learn together! 

Guess which staff members (yes, more than one!) are in this photo!!! 

September Staff Birthdays!

• Jay Dowd-  5
• Jennifer Doherty- 5
• Jacob Alarcon-Young- 6
• Tara Spinelli- 10
• Karen Bower- 14
• Darin Drumheller- 17
• Heather Scicluna- 18
• Lisa Reed- 27
• Bryce Tomas- 28

• September 26 - District College Fair at Fairfield High
• September 29 - September Mixer @ Chevy's then to the Armijo Football Game! 
• October 3 - Inspire Career Fair for 8th grade students (more details to be emailed!)
• October 3 - IPR in the library

Fun with the APs

Friday Morning Fun!

Double selfies with the APs!