Konnoak Updates for the week of Feb. 8th-14th

• Monday is day 97
• Dr. Jones has a District Budget Meeting at 9:15 on Monday
• There is a Zone 8 meeting that Adminstrationand CCs will attend starting at 2 pm at the Admin Building on Monday
• ESL Principal's meeting at 3:30 pm on Monday
• Instructional Coordination Meeting in the Media Center starting at 2:30 on Tuesday.  The Media Center will be closed from 2:30-4:00 PM
• Progress reports to go out on Tuesday
• SIT meeting at 2:45 on Wednesday
• Dr. Jones has a Elementary Principal's Meeting at 7:45 am on Thursday
• Dr. Jones has a FPA Board meeting on Friday at 7:30 am.  Should be back at school by 8:30 am.
• The Awards Assembly will be held on Friday. The schedule is as follows:
• 4-5 starts at 8:30 am
• 2-3 starts at 9:30 am
• K-1 starts around 1:00 pm
• February 15 is a Rc day. Please make sure that you attend any staff development that is offered by the District.  Ms. McCarthy and Ms. Autry will inform you on opportunities for you to attend.
• Science Night has been rescheduled for February 16th starting at 5:30 pm
• Make up days are as follows for students:
• February 1st will be made up on June 9th
• February 2nd will be made up on June 10th
• February 3rd will be made up on March 29th
• February 5th will be made up on March 30th
• Staff make-up days will be:
• February 1st will be made up on June 14th
• February 2nd will be made up on June 15th
• February 5th will be made up on March 31st( this may change) We are working with students who are persistently tardy. Letters will be sent home this week as well as a phone call/visit from Ms. McCoy or Ms. Barger.
• Please make sure to make contact with every parents whose child receives a notice of possible retention. You need to schedule a conference with them to review the issues involved and your plan for their child for the addressing the issues. Remember to review all PEP's as well. If you have trouble contacting a parent please get together with Ms. McCoy  for assistance.
• We are approaching the annual State Health Plan enrollment period in March with Blue Cross\Blue Shield. This year will be different from all previous years. ALL WS/FCS employees must do an on-line attestation of their smoking status. Until this is completed ALL COVERAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DROPPED TO 70/30. Once the attestation is completed, non-smokers will be returned to 80/20. You will be hearing more about this as the enrollment period approaches. Please remember at EVERY employee, no matter what job the perform, must complete the attestation on-line. There is NO paper option.
• I received a bill yesterday at the Joint Principals' meeting for all the computers that were left on during the month of January. We were fortunate. Our bill is $164. The bill for the entire system was over $19,000. Originally Dr. Martin asked us to pay these bills and the money would go into the Technology budget. Every teacher and/or assistant responsible for the specific computers that were left on was to pay $1.00 for each night the computer was not shut down. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Martin changed his mind. Schools and individuals will not have to pay. Technology is installing a program that will shut off all computers in the system automatically at 8:00 PM every night. This will save the school system several hundered thousand dollars every year in energy costs.  Although this porigram is being installed, please make it a habit to cut off your computer when you exit the building
• We have complaints from the Konnoak Community Watch Organization about doors being left unlocked after hours. Mr. Whitaker will check every outside door to ensure they are locked. Please help us with this by checking your doors before you leave as well as windows to make sure your room is secured. I have asked Mr.Ader to secure the cafeteria windows. If you see any window opened, please shut the window for us.
• Access has began (or trying to begin) for our ESL students.  I appreciate your flexibility in regards to losing the entire ESL department for a month for testing!

 Happy Birthday:
Trudy Smart Feb 3rd
Julio Navarro Feb 4th
Terri Clark Feb 5th

Quote of the Week:  You will learn the most about teaching by studying the students you teach.