Konnoak Updates and Announcements for June 1st

Today is day 171(No Specials due to testing)  9 more days!!

 DUE TO A PBIS meeting, we will resume Retention Committee meetings on Wednesday with 2nd grade and Thursday with Kindergarten. 

5th grade students who passed the Science will be split up among K-4th grade classrooms. Also, throughout the week, those who passed reading and/or math will be in K-2 classrooms. Please check email in the morning for the exact names of students. These students can help you by reading to students, etc.

Remember our June 3rd parent night from 6-7. 

• 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
• Science Retest will be today
• I will be at a Principal's meeting today
• PBS will be meeting today at 2 pm
• All air wick refreshners will need to be removed
• All interior doors need to be shut in order to keep rooms condition, especially in the Kindergarten and First Grade Wing.
• Please help our custodial staff by stacking your chairs at the end of each day.
• Dr. Weycker's office has the 2009-2010 K-2 Data Warehouse open for teachers to submit math and literacy assessments for their students. Directions for entering the data as well as new information regarding passwords may be found on the teachers' portal under Documents and then K2 Assessment Folder. This information may be found on the administrators' portal in the K2 Assessment Folder. If you have questions, please see Mrs. McCarthy. The link to the K-2 Warehouse may be found on the teachers' portal on the right hand side, labeled K2 Assessment Data Collection.
• The workshop proposals for the Title I/Equity Plus Conference "Raising the Bar for the 21st Century" are now in the system and ready for you to register. There are two proposals in the system. One for elementary schools and one for middle and high schools. All  certified staff members need to register for this training( I will check to see if classified have to attend). When registering please look for the following information:

Elementary Schools:

Title: Title I/Equity Plus Conference - Elementary

Location: Atkins High

Time: 12:30 - 4:30 (registration starts at 12:15)

Date: August 16, 2010

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Quote of the week: Fear grows out of things we think, it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts.

Barbara Garrison

Announcements for May 28th

Today is day 170(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
• Make sure that you are following the School Closing Procedures Form
• PBS Movie for K-2 is at 12:30 on Friday. We will need to adjust your lunch schedule. We will send out a new schedule today.
• Principal's Lunch Club at 11:30 in the media center

Announcements in May 27th

Today is day 169(Day 3 of Specials )

• SchoolWires Training for the new web page. Remember: SchoolCentered web pages will be removed after June 30th. It is important that you attend this meeting.
• Please make sure that you are monitoring the playground.
• Make sure that you are following the School Closing Procedures Form
• PBS Movie for K-2 is at 12:30 on Friday. We will need to adjust your lunch schedule.  We will send out a new schedule today. 

Announcements for May 26hth

Today is day 168(Day 2 of Specials )

Retention Committee will meet at 2:30 in the media center.



We will start with 1st grade.
Hoover 2:45 pm
Barron 3:05 pm
Hill 3:25 pm
Anderson 3:45 pm
Carter 3:55 pm
Thomas 4:15 pm

• 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
• Please turn in the foillowing names/materials to Ms. McCoy by Friday:
• Principal's Lunch Club
• Award Names
• CARE
• All transportation forms
• RSVPs for Family Celebrations
• June 14th Staff Development - Teacher assistants are not require to attend the training sessions.
• Teacher Assistants will not need to attend the Imagine IT!! Trainings over the summer.

Schedule Updates:

PBS Movie for 3rd grade-  June 7th 12:30-2:00 in the media center
PBS Movie for 4th and 5th- June 8th from 9:30-12:00 in the gym

Announcments for May 25th

Today is day 167(Day 1 of Specials )

• Due to the rain, we have rescheduled the Buffalo Soldiers for September
• Due to remediation, the following activities have been changed:
• PBS movie for 3rd-5th has been rescheduled for a later date(K-2 will have their movie on Friday)
• Yearbook signing will take place at a later date
• Thank you for your flexibility during our remdiation plan
• Rentention Committee will meet on Wednesday due to PBS meeting tomorrow
• Magnet Grant team will not meet at Atkins on Wednesday. 

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for May 24th

Today is day 167(Day 7 of Specials )

EOG Preliminary Results:

Our EOG Results were not as good as I hoped. 

As you can see, we have MAJOR work in reading. Our overall proficiency for reading was 34.5%.

3rd was 31.3%
4th was 32.6%
5th was 39.8%

For math our overall proficiency for math was: 
3rd was 64.3%

4th was 71.6%
5th was 64.9%

What concerns me is the overall proficiency which is 49.5%, which puts us as a low-performing school.  It is very important that we have a detailed remediation plan.  Ms. Autry, Ms. Johnson, and I will be working on a remediation plan with the grade levels today.  We will need to remediate 188 students in reading, 101 in math and 68 in science.  Many of you will be asked to participate in our remediation.  AYP and ABC results will not be known until late June. 
Announcements of the Week: Ms. McManus

• CONGRATULATIONS: We passed all of the requirements for DPI recognition in regards to PBIS once again!! It will be announced at the May 25th training.
• 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
• EOG makeups will continue. Please review the plan that Ms. Autry completed.
• Make sure you are turning in all forms to the office

I would like to thank Myra for her flexibility this year as we have used her media center for classes, speech, reading groups, ESL, and many, many meetings.  THANK YOU....I know it has been a crazy year for her to try to teach classes with all the stuff going on in the media center!

Great Job Ms. Barron and Ms. McCoy!!!  They had a dinner for Ms. Barron's parents on Wednesday night.  We were honored to have specials guests from NCAE and the Adminstrative Building.  Please see Ms. Barron and Ms. McCoy on how you can get involved in this unique program.  We have been awarded $2000 for next year.  Great job ladies!!!!

Events of the Week

• Monday
• Remediation Review Committee will meet at 2:15 pm today in the media center.  I will have a schedule sent to you by 12 pm today. 
• Tuesday
• Progress Reports go home
• The PBIS(formerly PBS) Team will be at a Mod 2 Training all day
• I will be at an Equity Plus principal's meeting from 11:30-2 pm
• Buffalo Soldiers will be here.  The schedule for the program is as follows:
  9:15 - 10:00 AM ------ PK, K, Mr. Ader and Ms. Cain
  10:15 - 11:00 AM ----- 1st & 2nd Grades
  11:15 - 12:00 PM ------ 3rd & 4th Grades
  12:15 - 1:00 PM ------- 5th Grade, Mrs. Mota, Mrs. Gerald, and Mrs. Dye
• Wednesday
• Our Magnet Grant Team will be at Atkins at 10 am
• I have an SoL of Education meeting at 3 pm
• 6 + 1 Wrting Traits Training(Sharing Ideas) at 3:15 pm in the media center
• Thursday
• SchoolWires Training for the new web paged. Remember:  SchoolCentered web pages will be removed after June 30th.  It is important that you attend this meeting.
• Friday
• Principal's Lunch Club at 11:30 in the media center.

Birthdays of the Week:
Melanie McCabe   May 25th
Sandra Weston      May 27th

Quote of the Week:
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Theresa

Announcements for May 21st

Today is day 166(Day 6 of Specials )

THANK YOU STAFF for your flexibility during testing. This is always a stressful time of the year. You helped our students feel comfortable taking the test. Ms. Autry and her team did and great job in preparing the materials.


Great job Ms Autry in creating the all of the testing plans!!!

Congratulations to Ms. Jonaitis.  81% of the 5th grade students passed the Spanish test.  Last year it was 75%.  This was a 6% increase from last year.  Also, her students were above the district average of 79%.  Great job!!!!!



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
EOG makeups will begin.  Please review the plan that Ms. Autry completed.


Have a great weekend

Announcements for May 20th

Today is day 165(No Specials)

 Reminders:

Make sure you send a letter home requesting stamps for report cards to be mailed.
Make sure you order bag lunches for all field days, June 4th and June 10th. Deadline was yesterday if you have not done so!
Need retention list by Friday.  If you have none, please indicate on the form "NONE."  Submit to me before you leave on Friday.

• 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
• Today we take the EOG Math - Calculator Inactive test for all grades 3-5. Please keep your classes quiet in the halls as there will be testing taking place throughout the building.
• The Spring Extravaganza art show is fast approaching. The exhibit will be held again this year at the Old Salem Visitor's Center. You are invited to celebrate the creative work of our students this year. The opening night is Friday, May 21st from 6-8pm. The show will run from May 21st to the 28th.
• North Carolina Central University’s School of Education presents their 2 nd annual Summer Technology Institute for Educators. Participants will receive 1.5 CEU's.
• Information and registration can be found at: http://web.nccu.edu/soe/about/SummerInstitute/2010SummerInstituteEvite

Announcement for May 19th

Today is day 164(No 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
• Staff meeting at 2:45 in the gym
• Please turn in any inner office envelopes
• Turn in any parent surveys you may have in your room and transportation sheets for bus
• Kindergarten hall floors will be waxed at 3 pm tomorrow.  Please use the back doors to your room.
• Today we take the EOG Math - Calculator Act test for all grades 3-5. Please keep your classes quiet in the halls as there will be testing taking place throughout the building.
• The Spring Extravaganza art show is fast approaching. The exhibit will be held again this year at the Old Salem Visitor's Center. You are invited to celebrate the creative work of our students this year. The opening night is Friday, May 21st from 6-8pm. The show will run from May 21st to the 28th.
  

Survey for PD(Please take time to do this)

In order to better serve your professional development needs, please take a few minutes to respond to this 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. 

Announcements for May 18th

Today is day 163(No 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
• Please make sure that you limit videos and coloring over the next few days. Please continue to instruct your students over the next 19 days!
• If you show a video, make sure that you follow the proper procedures. I need to approve any video that you show that is not part of the media center
• SIT meeting at 2:45 pm in the media center
• Read over the EOY Calendar

Clarification in regards to Workdays:

March 31 became a regular teacher workday. They either worked or took off and used leave. It has no bearing on what they do on the 15th. The "B" day was moved to February 5. All of this changed with the snow.

Have a great testing day

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for May 17th

Today is day 162(No Specials)

Announcements:  Kirmani

• 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
• Please make sure that you limit videos and coloring over the next few days. Please continue to instruct your students over the next 19 days!
• If you show a video, make sure that you follow the proper procedures. I need to approve any video that you show that is not part of the media center
• Today begins the process that the entire year has pointed to. You have all worked hard and supported our students. Now they have to stand on their own feet and show what they know. Please do a sweep of your rooms. Remove all essential questions; problems you've worked out on the board; items on bulletin boards that have anything to do with reading, math, or science (fifth only). If you are in doubt, take it down.
• Please remember the following:
• Staff members, whether administrators or proctors, should turn off all cell phones and they should remain off until the test is complete and the materials have been turned in to Mrs. Autry.
• All materials on walls must be covered and/or taken down
•  Both the administrator and proctor must be circulating throughout the entire room continuously during the test
• Administrators and proctors cannot bring food, drinks, books or magazines to eat/read during the administration of the test
• Students with accommodations must be monitored to determine if they are, in fact, using the accommodations. The results of their monitoring must be entered on the Accommodation Monitoring forms for each students
• NCDPI and the WS/FCS Testing and Accountability Department will be conducting audits in the schools to ensure that testing is being done according to the manual. Therefore, do not deviate from the manual.
•  Make sure that when you write the time you begin testing; the duration of the test; and the times for breaks and/or the end of the test are clearly visible to the students and from the door to your classroom. We check these times throughout the test and need to be able to see them clearly from the door. Please check your time calculations.
• When in doubt ASK. We want to avoid testing irregularities and misadministrations. Therefore, ASK before you act.
• As of yesterday morning, Konnoak had only 5 parents respond to the WS/FCS Parent Survey on-line. The highest elementary school had only 12. Many schools were not listed since they had no responses.Most schools had 1-3. Ms. McCoy is working on getting more participants.
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   Please review the EOY Calendar

 Buffalo Soldiers Schedule for May 25th:

The proposed schedule for the program is as follows:
9:15 - 10:00 AM ------ PK, K, Mr. Ader and Ms. Cain
10:15 - 11:00 AM ----- 1st & 2nd Grades
11:15 - 12:00 PM ------ 3rd & 4th Grades

12:15 - 1:00 PM ------- 5th Grade, Mrs. Mota, Mrs. Gerald, and Mrs. Dye
 
Birthdays of the Week:

Stephanie Rickett  May 17th
Elizabeth Darrah   May 18th
MaryLisa Irizarry May 21th
  

Quote of the Week:  True friends are those who, when you make a fool of yourself,
don't believe that this condition is permanent."  Erwin T. Randall  

Announcements for May 14th

Today is day 161(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 FPA Board meeting at 7:30
I have a called Principal's meeting at 10 am tomorrow at the Admin Building to hear a special speaker. 
"School Spirit" Day: Students wear red/white/Konnoak shirt (Students can also bring in pom poms if they have any, for the assembly
EOG Assembly at 1 pm. Seating at 12:40

Assembly Schedule for Friday:

1. The assembly is for K-5 (2nd grade will be on a field trip).
2. It will begin at 1:00, but we will start seating at 12:40.
3. A modified lunch schedule will be provided as soon as it is approved. (IT IS ATTACHED!!)
4. There will be no specials for 1st grade or Kindergarten.
5. Kindergarten and 1st grade will be called to the gym around 12:40.
6. 3rd-5th grade will be called around 12:50. Please have the entire grade level walk together to the gym. (DO NOT leave your room until you are called. This will cut down on the "traffic".)
7. We are going to allow K and 1 to be seated before 3-5 enters.
8. 3rd grade will be called 1st to enter so that K/1 can clap for them. We will do the same for 4th and 5th. I would like to have Rocky music or "Eye of the Tiger" playing when they walk in.
9. The step team will be performing.
10. Please have your class to make pom poms, or design inspirational posters/signs to hold up or hang on the gym walls. If you plan to hang something up, please do so by 12:30 on the 14th, or give it to me!
11. 2nd grade: If you would like to make signs, I will hang them in the gym and let the students know they are for them!!

Announcements for May 13th

Today is day 160(Day 5 of Specials)

Please join me in welcoming Nicole Webb who is our new addition to 4th grade.  We are excited to have her with us.

• 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 an Elementary Principal's meetings all day
• "Sock-it" to the EOG's Day: Students wear crazy socks!!
• You will note that from today's date forward (May 10th) you do not have to look for - and correct - any of those ".94/day" absences for teacher or teacher assistants any more. The days will properly upload as full days even though your "official school day" in SubFinder may be less (ex. 7.5 hours). We are pleased that we were able to work around this problem without modifying your SubFinder data in any way. (You may still have to correct days in this month that uploaded earlier than today. Please page through your SPEED records one more time to catch any problems from earlier dates.)
  Now that the program has been corrected, your teachers and teacher assistants should be told that they now should use SubFinder for ALL ABSENCES REQUESTED, including those that are for partial days. Please make this announcement as soon as possible to your school staffs.
• No specials on Friday

Announcements for May 12th

Today is day 159(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
• CCs and Adminstration will be at a Lunch-n-Learn at 11:30 am
• SIT meeting at 2:45 pm in the media center
• Ms. McCoy and I have an AR meeting at 4 pm
• I have a EFPA meeting at 5 pm
• I have a Head Start Meeting at 6:30 pm
• "Dress up your Scores" Day: Dress for success.
• Computer Lab classes are being held in Room 1
• All staff (certified and classified) have to attend trainings on RC days. We do know that media assistants and EC assistants do have something planned on June 14th. Cydney Conger is working on several other offerings (such as CPR and possibly some online courses) for other TAs.  We will keep you posted of various offerings.

Announcements for May 11th

Today is day 158(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
• Interim Reports go home
• "Blow the Top off the EOG" Day: Wear a hat.
• All students did very well in the EOG Assembly.  We will be providing information on activities for those who pass the test the first time.

 

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for May 10th

Today is day 157(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
• Dr. Martin reviewed some curricular changes that will be taking place for next year. I'll be going over those with SIT on Wednesday at our SIT meeting.
• We received more budget information regarding the proposed budget that went to the county commissioners on Thursday. According to Dr. Martin, the commissioners and School Board are not on the same page budget and further negotions are needed to bring them together. Whether that will mean more cuts or a revision of the cuts identified, we will have to wait and see. The board will not adopt its final budget until mid June. At that point all budget reductions will be finalized.

EOG Activities for the Week:

Monday: "Looking Ahead to a Bright Future"  Student can wear sunglasses around school(not in class and during instruction)
Tuesday: "Blow the Top off the EOG" Day: Wear a hat.
Wednesday: :"Dress up your Scores" Day: Dress for success.
Thursday: "Sock-it" to the EOG's Day: Students wear crazy socks!!
Friday: "School Spirit" Day: Students wear red/white/Konnoak shirt (Students can also bring in pom poms if they have any, for the assembly

Assembly Schedule for Friday:

1. The assembly is for K-5 (2nd grade will be on a field trip).
2. It will begin at 1:00, but we will start seating at 12:40.
3. A modified lunch schedule will be provided as soon as it is approved. (IT IS ATTACHED!!)
4. There will be no specials for 1st grade or Kindergarten.
5. Kindergarten and 1st grade will be called to the gym around 12:40.
6. 3rd-5th grade will be called around 12:50. Please have the entire grade level walk together to the gym. (DO NOT leave your room until you are called. This will cut down on the "traffic".)
7. We are going to allow K and 1 to be seated before 3-5 enters.
8. 3rd grade will be called 1st to enter so that K/1 can clap for them. We will do the same for 4th and 5th. I would like to have Rocky music or "Eye of the Tiger" playing when they walk in.
9. The step team will be performing.
10. Please have your class to make pom poms, or design inspirational posters/signs to hold up or hang on the gym walls. If you plan to hang something up, please do so by 12:30 on the 14th, or give it to me!
11. 2nd grade: If you would like to make signs, I will hang them in the gym and let the students know they are for them!!

Weekly Activities:

• Monday
• I have a District Budget meeting at 9:15
• "Looking Ahead to a Bright Future" Student can wear sunglasses around school(not in class and during instruction)
• Extend 2 testing will be from 8:30-12 in Dr. Jones' office and the CFST trailer
• Ms. Johnson and I would like to meet all 3rd-5th grade students at 1:30 in the gym for a time to talk about the importance of the EOG.  You are welcome to come or you may use this to time to do what you need to do in your room.  The meeting will last until 2:10 pm.
• Tuesday
• Interim Reports go home
• "Blow the Top off the EOG" Day: Wear a hat.
• Wednesday
• CCs and Adminstration will be at a Lunch-n-Learn at 11:30
• SIT meeting at 2:45 pm in the media center
• I have a EFPA meeting at 5 pm
• "Dress up your Scores" Day: Dress for success.
• Thursday
• I have an Elementary Principal's meetings all day
• "Sock-it" to the EOG's Day: Students wear crazy socks!!
• Friday
• I have a FPA Board meeting at 7:30
• "School Spirit" Day: Students wear red/white/Konnoak shirt (Students can also bring in pom poms if they have any, for the assembly
• EOG Assembly at 1 pm. Seating at 12:40

Birthdays of the Week:

Sue Dye   May 10th
Aimee Thomas  May 11th
Diana Mota  May 13th
Frances Ramos May 15th

Quote of the Week: If you think you can you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right. Mary Kay Ash

Announcements for May 7th

Today is day 156(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
• I will be at a Guidance Breakfast with Trudy Smart
• Preview Day for the book fair
• Ice Cream Social from 1:30-2:15 in the cafeteria
• Adminstration and CCs will be at a Gateway meeting at 2 pm.
• SmileStone pictures for 5th grade

Either June 11th or June 16th will be a required workday.  Please vote on which day you would like to be required to work.  If we vote June 11th as a mandated workday, then you can take June 16th as a Annual Leave day(if you have Annual Leave Days).

June 11th or June 16th mandated workday
June 14th is a mandatory Rc day
June 15th is a mandated Rs day.

Announcements for May 6th

Today is day 155(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 at 7:30 am
• Kindergarten, Hoover, Johnson, and Dye will move back to thier rooms
• Book Fair set up. No media for Thursday morning
• Specialist Planning Day- Subs have been hired(Except Dance and Health)
• PLCs for EC, 1st and 4th

Announcements for May 5th

Today is day 154(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
• Due to the computer lab moving, Ms. Coe will be coming to your room starting on Thursday.  In additon, Ms. Coe will have a sub on Friday who will be coming to your room.  Computer Classess will be held in the Room #1 starting on May 10th
• All Bulletin Boards need to be updated for May.  Place somehting in regards to testing and/or EOG. This need to be completed by May 7th.
• Bag Lunches for 5th grade on May 14th
• Bag Lunches for all classes on May 25th for Buffalo Soldiers
• Please complete the Professional Development Survey on the Administrators or Teachers webportal. Deadline for completion is May 17.
• PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
• Office meeting at 9:15. Ms. Porter will cover the office
• Buffalo Soldiers will be at Konnoak on May 25th. We will get a schedule to you soon

  Have a great week

Announcements for May 4th

Today is day 152(Day 5 of Specials)

Teacher Assistant meeting at 7:15 am on Wednesday

Morning Duties for the month:

AM Car Duty: Navarro and Coe
AM Cafeteria Duty: Smart and Ulrich
Bottom of Ramp: Ramos
Main Lobby-Hamiliton
Bottom of Ramp: Warner-Smith
New Wing Bathroom: Leach

• Teacher Working Conditions Survey results can be found at: http://www.northcarolinatwc.org/ Please take a look at the results. We will discuss them soon.
• 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
• Please complete the Professional Development Survey on the Administrators or Teachers webportal. Deadline for completion is May 17.
• PTA will provided lunch for us on Tuesday in the gym
• Transfer Fair at Parkland High School at 4:30
• The reason that this is happening is that your employees are indicating (in SubFinder) that they will be absent from "7:00am to 2:30pm" or some other period which is not fully 8 hours long. You will note that the period "7:00am to 2:30pm," for example, is only 7.5 hours long, which equates to only 94% of a day. In order for the system to account properly for these absences, your employees will need to enter their absence as "7:00am to 3:00pm" or some other period which is fully 8 hours long. Teacher assistant and secretarial positions are defined by the Board of Education as 8hr/day positions, and they are required to account for their daily time in 8 hour increments. This is true even if they happen to work fewer than 8 hours on any given day. You must key in a full 8-hour period for each day's absence in SubFinder from now on. 

No Staff Development on Wednesday due to Modification Training

Modification EOG Group meeting on Wednesday (if you need to attend, you have received an email from Mrs. Autry)

You are required to attend 1 of the 2 sessions.
Session 1:
7:15-7:45 in the Media Center
Session 2:
2:45-3:15 in the Media Center

Upcoming Events:

Mr. McDonald spouse of Mrs. McDonald will be honored as volunteer of year. If you would like to attend see Ms. McCoy. Cost of dinner at the Village Inn in Clemmons will be $20.00.

May 8th Step Team performance 12:00 ( Konnoak Moravian Church) Community Day benefits will be given to Konnoak Elementary. Please come out and support this great event!!!!

Konnoak Updates and Announcements for May 3rd

Today is day 151(Day 4 of Specials) 

Morning Announcements-Hall's class
Morning Duties for the month:

AM Car Duty: Navarro and Coe
AM Cafeteria Duty: Smart and Ulrich
Bottom of Ramp: Ramos
Main Lobby-Hamiliton
Bottom of Ramp: Warner-Smith
New Wing Bathroom: Leach


Teacher Appreciation Week: PTA will provided lunch for us on Tuesday in the gym  Thanks for all you do for our students!

Teacher Working Conditions Survey results can be found at:  http://www.northcarolinatwc.org/   Please take a look at the results.  We will discuss them soon.

• 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
• Please complete the Professional Development Survey on the Administrators or Teachers webportal. Deadline for completion is May 17.
• The following e-mail arrived earlier this week from NCCAT. Any of our ILT's with 2 or 3 years experience may want to check this out.
• Do you have talented 2nd and 3rd year teachers that you want to keep in the profession and in your school? Let NCCAT help you - at no cost to the teacher or your school! Please contact NCCAT Teacher Services at 800-922-0482 or Dr. Renee Coward at renee@nccat.org to register for this free, five-day residential seminar for your beginning teachers. They pay for everything! Ask anyone who's been. It is marvelous. They even cover your sub.

Weekly Updates

• Monday
• PBS Meeting at 2:45
• ESL Principal's meeting at 3:30
• Tuesday
• Transfer Fair at Parkland High School at 4:30
• Wednesday
• PLCs for K, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th
• Office meeting at 9:15.  Ms. Porter will cover the office
• Staff Development-Math at 3:00 for all Certified Teachers
• Thursday
• Principal's meeting at 7:30 am
• Kindergarten, Hoover, Johnson, and Dye will move back to thier rooms
• Book Fair set up.  No media for Thursday morning
• Specialist Planning Day- Subs have been hired(Except Dance and Health)
• PLCs for EC, 1st and 4th
• Friday
• I will be at a Guidance Breakfast with Trudy Smart
• Preview Day for the book fair
• Ice Cream Social from 1:30-2:15 in the cafeteria
• Adminstration and CCs will be at a Gateway meeting at 2 pm.
• SmileStone pictures for 5th grade
• Saturday
• Saturday Academy from 8:30-12:30

Upcoming Event:

Buffalo Soldiers will be at Konnoak on May 25th.  We will get a schedule to you soon.

Birthdays of the Week:
Roberta Haeffele   May 4th

Tracy Hardin        May 8th

Amanda Showers May 9th

 
Quote of the Week: You must become the change you want to see in the world. - Attributed to Mohandas Gandhi