November 18, 2022
Greetings Taylor Families,
I hope that this message finds your family healthy and gearing up for our Thanksgiving recess.
Report cards: Report cards will go live in the Infinite Campus Backpack on Tuesday, November 22 at noon. Please remember to both view and acknowledge the report card for each of your children. If you have any questions about your child’s progress, never hesitate to contact their teacher. To prepare you for what you will be accessing next week, here are a few steps you can take between now and Wednesday.
Cartons for Christmas: Did you know Cartons for Christmas serves local families in need during the holiday season? Last year Cartons for Christmas was able to help 156 families!!! Student Leaders will be collecting non-perishable food items for families in need. Please send in non-perishable food items in during the week of Monday November 28- Friday December 2.
Safety: A reminder that our parking lot is a very busy one. Whether you are dropping off in the morning or at dismissal, we ask that you park and escort your child to cross safely at a cross walk. When cars pull up and drop off, if makes it dangerous for those who are escorting their students to enter or exit the building. As always, please remember to always bring your ID with you when entering the building and allow our greeter to individually grant entry through our process. I thank you greatly for your attention and understanding!
U-PreK application: Attention all families who have children
who will be 4 years old by December 1st 2023. Below is the timeline for applying for Universal Pre-K (UPK) for the 2023-2024 school year, pending continued funding from New York State Education Department. Please note that if the number of applicants exceeds the number of seats available in the program, the District will use a lottery system to determine enrollment.
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Action Step
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December 1, 2022
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Applications are available on this website and for pick up in any of the four elementary buildings.
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December 31, 2022
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Applications due
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January 5, 2023
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UPK Lottery
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January 19, 2023
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Acceptance letters and Waitlist letters mailed to families
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March 2, 2023
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Placement letters mailed to families
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June 2023
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UPK Registration and Screening
Date: To be determined
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Panorama: We thank you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together to educate the children in our district. As you may already be aware, building our social-emotional learning skills is an important goal for our school this year. We will be asking for your child to reflect on their own experiences and approaches to learning via an online survey they will be completing at school. The survey shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes to complete. The SEL student survey data will be particularly helpful to ensure that the social and emotional learning actions schools are taking are working, and decide whether to continue or change what we are doing. We are reflecting on our strengths and areas for growth based on the aggregate data, and will be using this to inform initiatives we will be putting into place in the future.
We are asking that all of our students participate in the survey, as their responses will provide invaluable insights into their experiences and how we can improve and adapt our district to their needs. The responses to these surveys will be completely confidential, similar to other academic or attendance data.
After we have collected student responses, school personnel will collaborate on the following items:
What are ways we can innovate to be more effective and equitable?
- Does the data suggest that any of our practices are ineffective? How could they be changed?
- What does this data make us think about in terms of our practice? About teaching and learning in general.
If you have any questions about this survey, please contact our Director of Student Services, Tim O'Connor, at (585) 349-5151 or[email protected]. If you wish not to have your child take this survey, please contact me directly at [email protected]
A message from our Taylor PTO: The Holiday Shop Family Night is coming up on Friday, December 2nd from 5:30-8:00. We invite you to enjoy caroling, crafts, pizza (for purchase), shopping and a surprise visitor. Fliers came home with students this week. If you are planning on attending, please return the flier noting your food choice and if you are able to donate snacks or your time.
Also at our Family night, PTO will be selling Ranger colored Puravida bracelets via Venmo or cash payment. What a great stocking stuffer! Check out the attached flier.
2022 Capital Project: Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., for an informational meeting on the proposed 2022 Capital Improvement Project. This meeting will consist of a brief presentation, followed by breakout booths for attendees to learn about the: security enhancements, operational needs and no cost impact. Please RSVP to [email protected] for district planning purposes. The meeting is open to the public and will be held in the Spencerport High School PAC. To review the scope of work for our school and districtwide, please visit https://www.spencerportschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=432342&pageId=36686388 The 2022 Capital Project Vote will be on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. in the District Office building.
Next week: There is no school during Thanksgiving break, Wednesday, November 23 – Friday, November 25. As we approach Thanksgiving, I want to wish each of our students and families at Taylor a very Happy Thanksgiving! I am hopeful that this break from our daily routines and tasks allows us to take time to reflect on how fortunate we are. Personally, it affords me a chance to be reminded how blessed I am by my family and the privilege afforded to me to be the principal at Taylor School.
Enjoy the weekend and holiday break!
Telcie Pincelli
Principal