Konnoak Briefs(delayed)

I will update the briefs once we know the schedule adjustments to the school schedule. I hope you enjoyed the snow!!

If we are out of school, March 29th is the first make-up day followed by March 3oth if we miss 2 days. This was scheduled to be part of the spring break. I will let you know if anything changes as well as additional make-up days that we may need.

Please be safe on the roads if you get out.

AM Announcements for January 29th

• Today is day 95.
• Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
• Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.
• Arts Council Information: The Arts Council Drive will begin on Friday, January 29th. The pledge forms and brochures will be in your boxes at that time. Please take a few minutes to read the brochure as it gives information as to where the monies go and are spent. Please consider a donation to the Arts Council. Everyone can give at least $1.00. Last year our staff gave $1000.00. This amount was given by only 34% of the staff. We won the award for the most increased giving of any other Elementary school. Thanks for considering to assist something that helps our city with two of its most valuable assets: arts and culture. If you wish to have your contribution deducted from your pay check, it will be deducted for 10 months if you are a 12 month employee. Any question, please feel free to find me in Room 112. THANKS in advance for your care and help. Our goal for 2010 is $1150.00 (an increase of $150 over last year!)
• Make sure you cut off ll electronic devices when you leave for the day.
• Awards Assembly has been changed to February 5th
• Report Cards are due by 4 pm on Friday. Please submit K-2 to Mrs. Johnson and 3-5 to Dr. Jones.
• Principal Lunch Club today at 11:30 in the media center.
• All After School Activities are cancelled

AM Announcements for January 28th

1. Today is day 94.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.
4. Arts Council Information:
The Arts Council Drive will begin on Friday, January 29th. The pledge forms and brochures will be in your boxes at that time. Please take a few minutes to read the brochure as it gives information as to where the monies go and are spent. Please consider a donation to the Arts Council. Everyone can give at least $1.00. Last year our staff gave $1000.00. This amount was given by only 34% of the staff. We won the award for the most increased giving of any other Elementary school. Thanks for considering to assist something that helps our city with two of its most valuable assets: arts and culture. If you wish to have your contribution deducted from your pay check, it will be deducted for 10 months if you are a 12 month employee. Any question, please feel free to find me in Room 112. THANKS in advance for your care and help.
Our goal for 2010 is $1150.00 (an increase of $150 over last year!)
5. SIT to meet off campus from 11:30-3:30
6. Make sure you cut off ll electronic devices when you leave for the day.
7. Construction is going well in the 1st grade wing. The March 22nd completion date is still on go. Understand that weather could delay the project
8. Awards Assembly has been changed to February 5th
9. Report Cards are due by 4 pm on Friday. Please submit K-2 to Mrs. Johnson and 3-5 to Dr. Jones
10. I have a Title One Budget meeting at 8 am
11. Ms. Denny and Ms. Dees' classes will be going to Old Salem. I failed to mentions that the other threes second grade classrooms went yesterday.

AM Announcements for January 27

1. Today is day 93.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.
4. Ms. Johnson will be at a Assistant Principal's meeting starting at 9:30 am
5. PLCs for K, 2nd , 3rd and 5th
6. Administration will meet with all 4th grade students in the gym at 1:30 pm. We will announce when to come to the gym.
7. Literacy Staff Development will be held from 3-4 in the media center
8. Awards Assembly has been moved to February 5th.
4th and 5th at 8:30 am in the gym
2nd and 3rd at 9:30 am in the gym
K and 1st at 1:15 pm in the gym

1. Today is day 92.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships
4. Please make sure you are cutting of your computers, monitors, and televisions each day before you leave.
5. If you work on Monday, please make sure you sign in.

Weekly Events
1/25-Teacher Workday
1-26-I will be off campus all day
Ms. Johnson will be at an Equity Plus Principal's meeting at Hill Middle school starting at
12:00 pm
1/27- All 4th grade students meet in the gym at 1:30 for a meeting with administration
All Certified Staff will meet in the media center for Math Staff Development starting at
3:00 pm
1/28-The SIT will meet from 11:30-3:30 to discuss the Needs Assessment
1/29-Spelling Bee in the gym. See the details that Ms. Autry sent last week
Principal's Lunch Club in media center
Dr. Jones and Ms. Johnson at a Zone 8 meeting starting at 9:30 at Kimmel Farm
Report Cards due by 4 pm(Dr. Jones(K-2): Ms. Johnson(3-5))
All Time Sheets are due before you leave to Ms. Brown

Upcoming events:

February 4th-Awards Assemblies
4th and 5th at 8:30 am in the gym
2nd and 3rd at 9:30 am in the gym
K and 1st at 1:15 pm in the gym
February 5th: National Wear Red Day for the American Heart Association February 9th-Science Night

Birthdays for the Week:
Carole Anderson January 28th

Quote of the Week:
" Your life will be shaped by the books you read and the friends you keep" John Maxwell

1. Today is day 90.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships
4. I have a Policy meeting at 4 pm
5. I appreciate your attention during our long faculty meeting today
6. It was decided today that we will use our Duty-Free Lunch money as we have in the past. We will use it to pay the other half of the 2nd Secretary's Position (as we have in the past), and 9,000 to cover the additional expense of trading for a full time certified position. Once we know how much duty-free money we will be receiving (usually in August), we will look at how many people we can hire (if any) in the cafeteria.


Congratulations to Lauren Deare who was married on January 2nd. Her new name is Lauren Deare McCrary.

Have a great day

Konnaok Briefs January 18-24

1. Today is day 88.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships
4. The refrigerators will be cleaned out every Friday. All food items that are left in the refrigerators on Friday afternoon will be thrown away. The Pest Control staff has asked that we do this in order to eliminate some of the bugs in the building.
5. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
6. Our School Improvement Plan passed by a 51 to 3 vote.
7. March 22nd is the scheduled completion date for the 1st grade wing. Understand that this date could change.
8. At its recent meeting, the Board of Education approved a minor revision to Policy 5124, Student Evaluation. The revision appears in Section III of the Policy and clarifies "[s]tudent progress shall be reported to students and their parents , legal guardians or custodians at regular intervals." This change is consistent with recent changes in North Carolina law.
9. Yearbooks go on sale. Early Bird Special: All annuals purchased from Jan 11-Feb. 11 can get one for $13.00. After that, the annuals will be $15.00
10. Magnet Grant update: We are finializing the Needs Assessment for the grant. I will send this by email later on Monday. Roberta Haeffele has volunteered to be the Grant Writer as Sharon Carter will not be able to continue in the capacity.

Web Resources for the 21st Century:

Check out the following web sites:
Source: www.everythingESL.net
Teach to Students' Learning Styles

Weekly Calendar:
1/18-No School
1/19-Dr. Jones has a Corrective Action Institute in Raleigh from 10-4:30
1/20-SIT meeting to discuss the Theme Budget
Staff Meeting at 2:45 in the gym. Davis Sisk will be our speaker. Please plan to be there
until 4:30 pm. All Classified staff need to make sure you adjust your time on our time
sheet to not go over 40 hours.
1/21-Dr. Jones has a Staff Policy Committee Meeting at 4 pm

Upcoming events:
January 29th-Spelling Bee
February 4th-Awards Assemblies
4th and 5th at 8:30 am in the gym
2nd and 3rd at 9:30 am in the gym
K and 1st at 1:15 pm in the gym
Febuary 5th: National Wear Red Day for the American Heart Association
February 9th-Science Night

Birthdays of the Week:
Loris Coe January 19th
Tammy Johnson January 24th

Quote of the Week: Remember that believing in the authenticity of people is real and workable. Such a belief is patently right. - Max DePree

Am Announcements for January 15th

1. Today is day 86.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships

4. The refrigerators will be cleaned out every Friday. All food items that are left in the refrigerators on Friday afternoon will be thrown away. The Pest Control staff has asked that we do this in order to eliminate some of the bugs in the building.

5. I have an SoL meeting at 3:00 pm

6. Jana Hentz baby shower in Ms. Darrah's room at 3:00

1. Today is day 86.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships

4. Dr. Jones at a Elementary Principal's Meeting at 7:30 am
5. Tier II Instructional Coordination meeting in the media center at 3 pm

6. January 25th is a Teacher Workday. You can use an annual leave day if you would like Please make sure you go to sub finder. Indicate that you taking an annual leave day with no sub required. Please make sure you have a annual leave day by checking your pay stub before requesting annual leave.

7. Awards assembly will be on February 4th:
4th and 5th at 8:30 am in the gym
2nd and 3rd at 9:30 am in the gym K and 1st at 1:15 pm in the gym

AM Announcements for Jan 13th

1. Today is day 85.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships

4. SIT meets at 2:45 to review the needs assessment.

5. Please complete the PBS survey. If you need another copy, please see Ms. Coe. It is due on Wednesday


6. Please make sure you are completing your attendance accurately and on time

7. Great turn out last night at our Pizza Night

8. The work on the 1st grade wing is going well so far

9. We will send you an update on the Magnet Grant tomorrow

10. Ms. Darrah is doing well after giving birth to a baby girl.

10. Kathy Stamper is recovering from minor surgery. Hopefully, she will be back at school on Tuesday.

AM Announcements for Janaury 12th

1. Today is day 84.
2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.
3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.
4. Kim Morrison will be at Konnoak tomorrow to discuss the Magnet Grant with me. I will share where we are at after our meeting. Ms. Haefelle has volunteered to be our grant writer as Sharon Carter has decided to step down from this position
5. The retaining wall has been built to restrict assess to the 1st grade hall. I have asked an approximate time frame that renovations on the 1st grade hall will be completed. When I get this information, I will share with the staff
6. SIT will meet on Wednesday to review the needs assessment. We will share the results of the needs assessment on Thursday.
7. Donna Brown will be putting in the tardies in NCWISE.
8. We did get the PBS grant. Great job team
9. Please do not leave your students unattended in the hallway or in the classroom.
10. Have a great day!!!!

Parent Blog

Please review the parent blog at:

http://konnoakparent.blogspot.com/

Let me know if we need to add anything to this. It will be updated at lease once a week...maybe more.

I will also have it translated in Spanish as well.

Konnoak Briefs for the week of January 11-17

1. Today is day 83.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

Week at a Glance:

Monday:

• Dr. Jones at a District Budget Meeting at 9:30
• Ms. Johnson at a FAPA meeting at 10:00 am
• PBS Team Meeting in the media center at 2:45 pm
• FCAE Board-Dr. Jones and Ms. McCoy

Tuesday: Progress Reports go home

• VIP Math Night at 5:30 pm
  

Wednesday:

• SIT meeting to discuss the Needs Assessment starting at 2:45 pm
• Denise McCoy will be speaking at the Konnoak Moravian Church at 6:00pm. Dinner will be served. All staff are invited to attend.
  

Thursday:

• Dr. Jones at a Elementary Principal's Meeting at 7:30 am
• Tier II Instructional Coordination meeting in the media center at 3 pm

Friday:

• Dr. Jones at a FPA meeting at 7:30 am
• Jana Hentz Baby Shower at 3 pm in Ms. Darrah's room
• Dr. Jones at a Society of Educational Learning meeting at 3:30 pm
  

Updates:

• We now have a Parent Log. Visit: http://konnoakparent.blogspot.com/
• Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
• Yearbooks go on sale. Early Bird Special: All annuals purchased from Jan 11-Feb. 11 can get one for $13.00. After that, the annuals will be $15.00

Upcoming Events:

• No School On Monday
• Pizza Hut Night on Jan 18th. We will send a flyer home
• Teacher Workday on Jan. 25th
• We are working on a Staff versus Sam's Club Basketball Game. It is tentatively scheduled for March 5th.

Birthdays of the Week:
Susan Martin January 17th

AM Announcements for January 8th

1. Today is day 82.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

4. Kim Morrison will be at Konnoak tomorrow to discuss the Magnet Grant with me. I will share where we are at after our meeting

5. CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Haeffele who won a Target Grant for her 2nd grade team for an upcoming field trip

6. The retaining wall will be built to restrict assess to the 1st grade hall beginning Monday. I have asked an approximate time frame that renovations on the 1st grade hall will be completed. When I get this information, I will share with the staff

7. Make sure you are completing your attendance each day and on time.

8. We will be sending home a note to our parents that will ask them that all transportation changes will not be accepted after 1:30 pm. We will also not allow parents to check their child out of school between 2:00-2:30 as this has become a safety issue. Please send any parents who are trying to take their child off the bus route or trying to get their child out of your class to the office.

9. We are working hard to decrease our tardies to school. I will stand in front of the building until 8:20 each morning having parents sign in their child if they are late. We are asking our parents to make sure they bring their child to school by 7:55.

10. Please vote on the SIP.

AM Annuncements January 7th

1. Today is day 81.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

3. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

4. Great job Jennifer and Raegen for the staff development on Common Assessments yesterday. I also appreciate all the questions in regards to the way to administer common assessments.

5. Please review the email that was sent yesterday in regards to inclement weather. We may have inclement weather on Thursday night that COULD cause a delay.

6. Parking: We will be able to park near the Kindergarten wing. Since they are working on the 1st grade wing, parking will take place on the hill near the track. A dumpster will be placed there soon. The playground and track will be available to you.

7. Please turn in all RSVPs for Pizza Night to be held on January 12th to Denise by 1 pm today. RSVPs is a new requirement of Title One.

8. Please vote on the SIP today if you have had time to review it. We will end the voting on Monday afternoon. It will be emailed to you later today.

AM Announcements for January 6th

1. Today is day 80.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.


Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

3. Little Symphony of Forsyth County will be at performing in the gym for all K-2 graders starting at 10:15 am. We will make an announcement when we are ready for you to come to the gym.

4. Dr. DJ Jones and Charlene Davis will be on campus tomorrow around 11 am. We will be reviewing the needs assessment that Dr. DJ Jones has created. I will share this with you as soon as the final draft is complete

5. We need to vote on the School Improvement Plan. It has been approved by Title One as well as Charlene's office. We will vote on the plan this Thursday. I will send the entire staff a copy today before noon. If you have any questions, feel free to see Ms. Hill or myself.

6. All certified staff will be involved in a training today on Common Assessments in the media center.

AM Announcements for January 5th

1. Today is day 79.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning.

Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

3. I will be off campus today for a Principal's meeting from 7:45-12:30

4. Staff Development on Wednesday for all certified staff from 3:00-4:00 pm in media center. Please make plans to attend.

AM Announcments Jan 4th

1. Today is day 78.

2. Mission Statement: Konnoak Elementary School will provide a quality education in a nurturing environment that will develop each child’s potential and promote life-long learning. Vision Statement: Students will learn and succeed in a safe, engaging, and caring climate of high expectations and supportive relationships.

3. Staff Development on Wednesday for all certified staff from 3:00-4:00 pm in media center. Please make plans to attend.

4. Due to the cold weather, please be careful if you take your students outside.