Konnoak Briefs for the week of Febuary 12-21

• Today is day 102
• 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
• 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. We have until February 19.
• Dr. Martin has received quite a few questions about going to school Monday. He is going to send out an AlertNow message about perfect attendance. Since parents planned absences in good faith and since perfect attendance is an award that many schools give, Monday's absence WILL COUNT for student accounting purposes but will NOT COUNT against a student receiving a perfect attendance certificate.
• Please make sure that if you send students out of your room, that you provide them a hall pass.
• Do not leave any of your students unattended.  If you need to step out of the classroom, please make sure you have coverage.

Events for the week:

Monday: Dr. Jones at a Principal's Panel at WSSU at 4 pm
Tuesday: Dr. DJ Jones will be at our school on Tuesday to conduct a follow-up visit
               Science Night starting at 5:30.  All certified staff are asked to stay
Wednesday: PLC meetings for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
                   Ms. Renegar will be at TAC at 7:30 a.m. in Room 169
                    Staff Meeting at 2:45
Thursday: PLC meetings for EC, 1st and 4th
                Kindergarten Registration Begins
                Pam Glover will visit some of the SIOP classess starting at 9 am
                Dr. Jones has a Staff Policy Committee meeting at 4 pm
                Ms. Johnson, Ms. Smart, Ms. McCoy will be at a conference in Raleigh
Friday:     Kindergarten Registration Continues
                Spelling Bee at 9:00 a.m. in the Administrative Center Auditorium
                Ms. Johnson, Ms. Smart, Ms. McCoy will be at a conference in Raleigh
                All County Chorus at SouthWest Elementary School all day. We have 5 students
                who will participate. They are:
                Richard Showers

                Thomas Ponce
                Brianna Littlejohn
                Aurion Young
                Alexis Tillotson                
                Heart to Heart Dance from 5:30-7:30.  All are invited to attend.  The cost is $3.00
                I have 2 meetings at the Central Office starting at 3 pm
Saturday: Saturday Academy will be held 8:30-12:30
               Egg Drop Competition at 9:00 a.m. at Hanes Mall (Belk Court)

Upcoming Events:

• The end of the quarter will be on March 29th
• PBS Movie Afternoon: 3-5 will be held at 12:30 on Feb 25th and K-2 will be held at 12:30 on Feb 26th. All students who would like to participate will pay $5 in Cardinal Cash. The students whose lunch times are after 12:30, will eat lunch earlier.
• We will be holding a Learn 360 Basics Technology Staff Development on Thursday February 25th from 2:45 to 3:45. There will be .1 unit of technology credit given for this workshop. This is not a required workshop but it covers a new useful tool available for all of us to use with our instruction. The workshop is ready for you to register for through the staff development registration site. Please let Jeannie Ulrich know if you are planning to attend and be sure to register before you come.
• Black History Program will be held on Feb 24th. K-2 will have their program in the morning and 3-5 will have their program in the afternoon
• Sams Club versus Konnoak Basketball game will be held Saturday, March 20th from 2-6 at Griffith Annex. Please come and support us! It will be comical!

PBS Movie Details:

Movie and Popcorn Day Details:

3-5 – Feb. 25th
K-2 – Feb. 26th
Both days the time is 12:30 – until….

Movie: UP
 Students can pay $5 cardinal cash to attend.

 Teachers need to take a list of students who know they want to participate (and can pay) on Feb. 18th and send it to Dr. Jones.

 Dr. Jones, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Bedard will monitor. (anyone else that is free right at 12:30 please let us know and help—the craziest time will be at the beginning.

 Mrs. Smart (and possibly Mrs. Baylor) will be in charge or popcorn and drinks.

 Students CAN still participate after this date, you would just need to continue to send the names to Dr. Jones. This is going to help us estimate the popcorn and drink numbers.

 Students will pay their cash at the door—it must be valid with the teacher signature and can not be counterfeit.

 LUNCH: If your students are in lunch at this time you can either: work out a earlier time for them to come (ex. 1-2 teacher takes all of the Ks who are participating for the very first lunch time and the others go at the later ones) OR you can ask the cafeteria to provide just those students in your class with disposable trays and they can take them into the gym.

 SPECIALS: will not be cancelled—Mrs. Weston will come to your room if it conflicts with the movie time.

Ms. Thomas will be sending out directions and flyers to the staff. They will also be posted in the lounges and on the PBS bulletin boards.



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