Thursday, April 29, 2010

Announcements for April 30th

Today is day 150(Day 3 of Specials)

  • 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
  • Principal's Lunch Club at 11:30 in the media center
  • I will be at a Celebrity Read at Hall-Woodward at 1 pm
  • LeapFrog Pilot Training for selected teachers starting at 7:45 am in the media center
  • The buliding will be open from 9:30-12:00 on Saturday
  • In order to better serve your professional development needs, please take a few minutes to respond to an anonymous survey. The survey can be found on the Administrators' or Teachers' webportal. You will log in and click on the Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey on the left side of the screen. That will take you to the survey where you will click on Respond to Survey at the top to complete on or before May 17, 2010.  Thank you for your participation

    Book Fair Information
  • Media Center will be cancelled due to Book Fair Set-up on Thursday May 6th
  • Book Fair Preview on May 7th
  • Sale will begin on May 10th.
  • Please do not send students to the book fair alone
  • Please do not leave your students unattended during the book fair

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Announcements for April 28th

Today is day 149(Day 2 of Specials)


  • 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
  • SIT Meeting starting at 11:30 at the church.
  • Great job during the training today.  I appreciate your time today

Please read from Dr. Weyker involving Progress Reports

To clarify, we will no longer be sending progress reports via email. Parents who have been receiving emails should be directed to use Parent Assistant. We are not eliminating printed reports for parents who do not have access to a computer...this only affects parents who have been getting emails. The following message was sent through AlertNow Friday informing parents of this as well.


This is a message from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools for parents who have been receiving Progress Reports through email. All student progress reports are now available through Parent Assistant, an online resource that allows parents to access student progress, discipline, and attendance any time, any day. Although the information is available 24 x 7, please allow teachers one week to input grades.
If you do not already have an account, please go to your child’s school (you should go to the school of your oldest child if you have more than one.)
We hope that many of you are already utilizing this resource as we strive to seek the most effective means for communication between home and school.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Announcements for April 28th

Today is day 148(Day 1 of Specials)


EOG Test Training in the gym from 2:45-4:30. Review the email that was sent to you by Raegen Autry. This is required as we have many mods this year. If you have any questions, see me.


  • 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
  • Schoolwire Training: We are offering this training on May 27th at 2:45 pm. See Ms. Ulrich for more details. In addition, Basic Training for Schoolwires will be offered for any teacher @ CO Room 168 from 4:00-5:00 pm on 4/29, 5/4, 5/6, 5/11, 5/12, 5/13.
  • Our EC students will be participating in the Special Olympics
  • 6 + 1 Writing Traits Training-Convention 
  • All renovated rooms have installed dehumidifiers in the room.

Ms. Hardin's wedding shower on Friday at 3 pm in Ms. Darrah's room

Monday, April 26, 2010

Announcements for April 27th

Today is day 147(Day 7 of Specials)


  • 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
  • Schoolwire Training: We are offering this training on May 27th at 2:45 pm. See Ms. Ulrich for more details. In addition, Basic Training for Schoolwires will be offered for any teacher @ CO Room 168 from 4:00-5:00 pm on 4/29, 5/4, 5/6, 5/11, 5/12, 5/13.
    • As we approach the final months of the school year, technology would like to support you in the transition from their SchoolCenter pages to the new Schoolwires teacher webpages. Teachers have 2 choices:
      • They can attend this training at your school to get face-to-face help on transferring their webpage.
      • They can work on their own to save their complete website before our contract with SchoolCenter expires June 30thDenise and I will be at a Volunteer Breakfast at 7:30 am
  • Spring Musical to be performed for our school at 1:30 pm. We will ask 4th and 5th grade to eat lunch in their rooms in order to have time to clean the cafeteria.  We have switched lunch times with Kindergarten and 4th grade.
  • I have my allotment conference at 3 pm with Charlene Davis
  • Spring Musical to be performed at 6:30 pm
Renovation Updates- Projected:
  • May 3rd-5th: Final Cleaning Sytages
  • May 6th-
    • Kindergarten to move back to your rooms
    • Ms. Dye back to her room
    • Ms. Johnson back to her room
    • Ms. Hoover to move back to room #10
  • May 10th:
    • Begin to move MAP I and computer lab
All dates subject to change.  I will keep you posted as EOG Testing may effect the MAP I and Computer Lab moves.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for April 26th

Today is day 146(Day 6 of Specials)


Congratulations to Denise McCoy who was the President of ESP for the State.  She is also in the Final Four for the Classified Employee of the Year!  Way to go Denise!!!!
  • 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
  • Schoolwire Training: We are offering this training on May 27th at 2:45 pm.  See Ms. Ulrich for more details. In addtion, Basic Training for Schoolwires will be offered for any teacher @ CO Room 168 from 4:00-5:00 pm on 4/29, 5/4, 5/6, 5/11, 5/12, 5/13. 
 Updates for the Week
  • Monday
    • Continue the 20 day test plan
    • Please send the name of the Principal's Lunch Club Winner to Denise
  • Tuesday
    • Denise and I will be at a Volunteer Breakfast at 7:30 am
    • Spring Musical to be performed for our school at 1:30 pm.  We will ask 5th grade and Kindergarten to eat lunch in their rooms in order to have time to clean the cafeteria
    • I have my allotment conference at 3 pm with Charlene Davis
    • Spring Musical to be performed at 6:30 pm
  • Wednesday
    • Our EC students will be participating in the Special Olympics
    • EOG Test Training in the gym from 2:45-4:30.  Review the email that was sent to you by Raegen Autry
    • 6 + 1 Writing Traits Training-Conventions
  • Thursday
    • SIT Meeting starting at 11:30 at the church.
    • Extend2 training will take place from 1-2.   
  • Friday
    • Principal's Lunch Club at 11:30 in the media center
    • I will be at a Celebrity Read at Hall-Woodward at 1 pm
    • LeapFrog Pilot Training for selected teachers starting at 7:45 am
 Birthdays of the Week: None

Quote of the Week: The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. -Dr. Wayne Dyer

Friday, April 23, 2010

Announcements for April 23rd

Today is day 145(Day 5 of Specials)

 
  • 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
  • 1st grade to Natural Science Center
  • We will going through a Title I Audit.
  • Saturday Academy will take place from 8:30-12:30
  • Please review the email that I sent in regards to the New Sick Leave Policy
  • I will be off campus all day
  • Please report any bullying situations that you observe.
Have a great weekend

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Announcements for April 22nd

Today is day 144(Day 4 of Specials)
  • 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
  • Ms. Autry and Ms. McCarthy will be at a CC meeting
  • PLCs for 1st and 4th
  • I have a meeting at the Admin Building at 11:45 am
  • Photo Story SD at 2:45 in the computer lab
  • Allotment Conference is on April 27th

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Announcements for April 21st

Today is day 139(Day 3 of Specials)


  • 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
  • Parkland Students to come today at 9:30 for a presentation.  Please make your way to the gym at 9:15 am
  • PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
  • Ms. Johnson has an AP meeting at 9:30
  • TAC meeting at 12 pm. If you have any concerns that you would like to share, send them to Ms. Renegar
  • No Faculty Meeting today
  • K-2 teachers: 6 + 1 Writing Traits to continue at 3:15 pm instead of 4:15 since we are not having a faculty meeting
  • Administrative Assistant Day-Let Donna, Maritza and MaryLisa we appreciate them 
  • Moving Day- According to Mr. Craven, we should move Kindergarten back in the building the week of May 3-7.  Lookls like May 5th will be the day.  I will let you know as the day gets closer. Computer Lab and AU classes will be moved during that week as well.
  • Any questions that you receive in regards to the Race/EthnicityLetter, please refer them to me. 

Monday, April 19, 2010

Announcements for April 20th

Today is day 138(Day 2 of Specials)

 
  • 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
  • 4th grade field trip. Leaving at 5:30 am and returning at 8:30 pm.
  • I have a meeting at WSSU from 1-3
  • Progress Reports go home
  • My allotment conference has been moved to April 27th at 3:30 pm
  • We will present the Spring Concert on Tuesday afternoon, April 27th around 1:15 pm
Special Presentation on Wednesday:
On Wednesday at 9:30 am, Parkland students will be at Konnoak to present Goodie Bags to all students.  The media is scheduled to be here.  I would like all classes to report to the gym starting at 9:15 am.  We should conclude by 10:00 am with the presentation.  I know this will interfere with the 20-day plan.  I feel this is a worthy cause.  Thank you for you understanding!

 

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Konnoak Updates and April 19th Announcements

Today is day 137(Day 1 of Specials)

  • 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
  • Don't forget to turn in your pledge card for the UNCF drive. They can be turned in to Ms. Hardy.
  • The Energy Management came to our school on Monday, April 12th.  They made the following suggestions:
    • Make sure all televisions, computers, and monitors are off. 
    • Make sure that theromostats are set correctly. 
    • Please make sure blinds are closed properly.
    • Do not put the theromostat on the setting "hold"  It will run all night.
  • Week 2 of the 20-day countdown.  I have seen great instruction during this time
  • Magnet Grant proposal has been sent off to be editted.  I will attach the grant in a separate email.  Great job Roberta!
  • Picture money due on April 23rd
Events for the Week
  • Monday
    • Ms. Autry and Ms. McCarthy will be at a CC meeting
    • SIT meeting at 2:45 in the media center
  • Tuesday
    • 4th grade field trip.  Leaving at 5:30 am and returning at 8:30 pm.
    • I have a meeting at WSSU from 1-3
    • Progress Reports go home
  • Wednesday
    • PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
    • Ms. Johnson has an AP meeting at 9:30
    • TAC meeting at 12 pm.  If you have any concerns that you would like to share, send them to Ms. Renegar
    • I have an allotment conference with Charlene at 3:30 pm.  (NO FACULTY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO MY CONFERENCE)
    • K-2 teachers: 6 + 1 Writing Traits to continue at 3:15 pm instead of 4:15 since we are not having a faculty meeting
  • Thursday
    • Ms. Autry and Ms. McCarthy will be at a CC meeting
    • PLCs for 1st and 4th
    • I have a volunteer breakfast at 9 am
    • Photo Story SD at 2:45 in the computer lab
  • Friday
    • 1st grade to Natural Science Center
    • Will will going through a Title I Audit.
  • Saturday
    • Saturday Academy will take place from 8:30-12:30

Birthdays of the Week:

 Gloria Smith     April 22

Quote of the Week:  You can accomplish anything in life provided you don't mind who gets the credit. -                                 Harry S. Truman


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Announcements fro April 16th

Today is day 136(Day 7 of Specials) HAPPY FRIDAY!!!


The parent and survey links are live for our 5th grade students and parents.  I will have our students to take the survey during thier computer class.


  • 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
  • Last day to complete your intent form
  • I will have a meeting at WSSU starting at 10:00  am
  • K-Coummunity Helpers Day
  • I have a SoL Education meeting at 3:00
Have a great weekend

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Announcements for April 15th

Today is day 135(Day 6 of Specials)


 
  • 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
  • I have a principal's meeting starting at 7:30
  • PLCs for 1st and 4th
  • I have a FPA Board meeting with Dr. Martin
Have a great day

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Announcements for April 14th

Today is day 134(Day 5 of Specials)
  • 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
  • PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
  • SIT meeting in media center at 2:45 pm(rescheduled for Monday, April 19th)
  • I will be at a meeting from 5:00-7:00 pm

Monday, April 12, 2010

Announcements for April 13th

Today is day 133(Day 4 of Specials)
 
  • 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
  • Report Cards go home
  • I will be at a Staff Policy Committee meeting at 4 pm
  • Report Card pick up night for 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grades from 5:30-7:00

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Konnoak Updates and Announcments for April 12th

Today is day 132(Day 3 of Specials)

We have a new addition to our Konnoak Family.
Kristi Miles had baby girl.  Her name is Madison Rae and weighed 8.2 lbs and was 20 in long.

New Additions to our staff:
Jessica Pipkens will be the new AU Teacher
Jessica Ausbon is a 2nd grade tutor
Sarah Parker is a retired teacher who is working in Ms. Hentz's classroom
Jessica Thomas is working in Ms. Miles classroom
Carol Telley is a retired teacher who is working in Ms. Showers' classroom

Morning Announcements-Smith
  • 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
  • This is National Library Week.  Please let Ms. Worrell and Ms. Totten your appreciation of the work they do in the media center
  • Don't forget to take the Governor's Working Conditions Survey. Konnoak is at 90.77% participation. At 95% our school is included in a drawing for prizes. This is your chance to be heard. Each of you who received a sheet explaining the process along with an Access Code should go on line and complete your survey. Please take care of this by Wednesday. This can be done from any computer connected to the internet at the following address: http://www.ncteachingconditions.org/
 Week Events
  • Monday
    • 20-day count down begins
    • I will be at a District Budget meeting
  • Tuesday
    • Report Cards go home
    • I will  be at a Staff Policy Committee meeting at 4 pm
    • Report Card pick up nighgt for 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grades from 5:30-7:00
  • Wednesday
    • PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
    • SIT meeting in media center at 2:45 pm
    • I will be at a meeting from 5:00-7:00 pm
  • Thursday
    • I have a principal's meeting starting at 7:30
    • PLCs for 1st and 4th
    • I have a FPA Board meeting with Dr. Martin
  • Friday
    • I will have a meeting at WSSU starting at 9 am
    • K-Coummunity Helpers Day
    • I have a SoL Education meeting at 3:00

 
Birthdays of the Week:

Ronnie Crosby- April 13

Angie Keaton-April 13
Myra Worrell- April 14
Khadija Evans-April 16
Donna Brown-April 16

 
 

Quote of the Week: You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your on. -Eleanor Doan

Friday, April 9, 2010

Announcements for April 9th

Today is day 136(Day 2 of Specials)

  • 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 relationship.
  • PLC meeting for 1st grade
  • Report Cards due by 4 pm
    • K-2 to Ms. Johnson
    • 3-5 to Dr. Jones
  • Basketball game at Griffin Anex from 6-10 pm
  • Last day to complete open enrollment form: As you know, we were advised by the State Health Plan last year that individuals who smoke or otherwise use tobacco products and are not actively pursuing tobacco cessation programs will be automatically moved to the 70/30 health plan coverage level with the July 01, 2010 plan year. In the following year, a similar change will be made for those individuals whose Body Mass Indexes are outside the acceptable range for their height/age. During the open enrollment period this year, individuals will be required to attest to their use/abstinence from tobacco products. Those who attest that they are not users of tobacco products will be permitted to enroll at the 80/20 health plan coverage level. Those who cannot attest to that, or whose covered family members use tobacco products, will only be eligible to accept the 70/30 plan. For that reason, it is critical that all employees who currently have coverage under the State Health Plan participate in open enrollment, to ensure they are enrolled in the plan that best meets their needs/eligibility.
  • All open enrollment is on-line this year. Paper copies of enrollment forms are not be available. Employees can access the enrollment programs via the internet from their home computers, or at work.
    Failure to complete open enrollment processes will result in your coverage defaulting to the 70/30 plan. Changes to this enrollment status cannot be made after Friday April 09, 2010 for the July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 plan year.
    Please complete the Race/Ethnicity questionaire that can be found under the News and Events heading on the WSFCS Home Page
  • There is No Classified Intent Form This Year because classified employees can promote during the school year. Also with HR and Assistant Superintendent approval you can transfer.

Reminder that Saturday Academy will be held this Saturday from 8:30-12:30


Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Announcements for April 8th

Today is day 135(Day 1 of Specials)

  • 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 relationship.
  • PLC meeting for 3rd and 4th
  • WS Symphony-Fun with Fiddles for Kindergarten at 10:15 in the gym
  • Dr. Foster will be at Konnoak training K-2 teachers in RtI from 12-3:30
  • Kindergarten Wing is scheduled to be ready by the week of May 3rd
  • The federal government has revised the race and ethnicity categories for Equal Employment Opportunity reports. The school system is required to ask all employees two questions about ethnicity and race:
    Whether you consider yourself Hispanic or Non-Hispanic.
    Whether you consider yourself American Indian, Asian, Black, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or White. You may choose more than one race.
     You can answer the two questions by going to the "News and Events" Section . We are required to compile this information, so please help us by answering them by April 16.
  • Open Enrollment for your health care ends on April 9th.  If you do change your enrollment form, you will automatically go to 70/30 on July 1st.
  • Look at Hentz and her baby at:   http://jlhentz.edublogs.org/talk-to-mrs-hentz/

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Announcements for April 7th

Today is day 134(Day 7 of Specials) AC will be turned on today!!!



  • 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 relationship.
  • PLC meeting for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
  • Office PLC meeting at 9:30 am. Ms. Porter will be covering the office.
  • 3rd grade Field Trip to Tanglewood(1/2 of the 3rd grade teachers)
  • Instructional Coordination Meeting with Administrators from the Central Office at 2:45 pm in the media center
  • We will not be having an awards assembly on April 14th due to our 20-day testing blitz.  We can combine awards during our EOY assemblies
  • Webpage host will change from school centered to Schoolwires.  This will happen by June 30th.  We will be providing taining in the near furture as well as updates before you get out of school.  Ms. Ulirich will be trainerd on April 15th on Schoolwires.
  • Open Enrollment ends on April 9th.  If you do not complete it, you will automatically go to 70/30.
  • Remember no plug-ins!
  • Sherri will be coming out to do an upgrade on our SuccessMaker program today. This is an extensive upgrade and will probably take the better part of the day. It is very important that no one be in the SuccessMaker program while we are doing the upgrade. The upgrade will also require a reboot of our server which means that no one will be able to use network services at that time. When we get ready for the reboot, you will be advised to be logged out of your computer. So if you are leaving your classroom, please be sure to go ahead and log off of all of your computers before you go. It will be okay for your computer to be at the login screen. We will make an announcement before we do the reboot. Thanks for your help with this.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Announcements for April 6th

Today is day 133(Day 6 of Specials)  AC will be turned on by Wednesday!!!

  • 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 relationship.
  • 3rd grade Field Trip to Tanglewood(1/2 of the 3rd grade teachers
  • I have a Principal's meeting starting at 7:30
  • Magnet Grant Team meeting in the media center at 2:30 pm
  • Dr. Jones and Ms. McCoy at a FCAE Board meeting
  • STAY Celebration to recognize our 1st year teachers at 5:30 pm at Old Town Baptist Church

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for April 5th

Today is day 132(Day 5 of Specials)   WELCOME BACK!!


We have two news additions to the Konnoak Family:


Jana Hentz had her baby boy, Jackson, on Monday. All is doing well!!!
Amanda Showers had her baby boy, Jared, on April 1st.  She is also doing very well!
  • Morning Announcements-Miles
  • Duty for the Month of April: 
    • Bottom of the ramp-Hinshaw
    • Main Lobby-Blanco
    • Bottom of ramp(outside)-Haywood
    • Front on Bathrooms on New Wing-Klutz
  • 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
  • SALSA Lessons:  As we are approaching the end of the year and temperature raises up, not only because spring weather, I was wondering if any teacher, assisstant or student's parents would be interested in FREE SALSA lessons, as part of my personal's cultural program. It would be just one hour per week, I would be your teacher, and we will have great fun... Thus, I am sending this flyer to all school staff as a survey so I can make an idea about the staff that would be attending. Please let me know if there is a better day and time.I am inviting the ESL parents to this activity FIRST so I can see the response.This cultural program tries to target the ESL population involvement with the school. So all parents attending the free lessons will need to "pay" something in exchange. That will be parent "homework". The idea is that they would eventually improve their English by practicing through these activities as well as understand the importance of bilingualism in their children, which I see as a gift that they must keep and share with their children.
  • In light of the recent sucide of a girl due to bullying in Massachusetts, make sure you report all bullying incidences to the administration.  

  • Monday
    • Principal Kafele presentation
      • Grades 3-5 7:45-11:30
      • Grades K-2 12:30-3:30
  • Tuesday
    • 3rd grade Field Trip to Tanglewood(1/2 of the 3rd grade teachers)
    • I have a Principal's meeting starting at 7:30
    • Magnet Grant Team meeting in the media center at 2:30 pm
    • Dr. Jones and Ms. McCoy at a FCAE Board meeting
    • STAY Celebration to recognize our 1st year teachers at 5:30 pm at Old Town Baptist Church
  • Wednesday
    • PLC meeting for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
    • Office PLC meeting at 9:30 am.  Ms. Porter will be covering the office.
    • 3rd grade Field Trip to Tanglewood(1/2 of the 3rd grade teachers)
    • Instructional Coordination Meeting with Administrators from the Central Office. 
  • Thursday
    • PLC meetings with EC, 1st amd 4th
    • WS Symphony-Fun with Fiddles for Kindergarten at 10:15 in the gym
    • Dr. Foster will be at Konnoak training K-2 teachers in RtI from 12-3:30
  • Friday
    • Report Cards due by 4 pm
      • K-2 to Ms. Johnson
      • 3-5 to Dr. Jones
    • Basketball game at Griffin Anex from 6-10 pm
  • Saturday
    • Saturday Academy from 8:30-12:30

Birthdays of the Week:

William Baker      April 8th
Angela Inzar        April 9th

Quote of the Week:  "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
- Leo Buscaglia