Southeast Middle School Jaguars

Southeast Middle School Jaguars

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Weekly Update 9/30/10

SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

1.  Congratulations to Megan Speziale.  She is pregnant and due in April.  Congrats!

2.  Please be sure that your Bogen extensions list is posted by your Bogen phone.  Highlight the main office and administrator Bogen numbers.  If you need assistance, start with the main office secretaries. 

3. If any parents have questions regarding the Parent Assist Module, please direct them to Cindy Wilkes. She is our point of contact.

4.  We have some furniture in storage that we need to get rid of. We have several couches and chairs. They are the same style as the furniture in the main office, but the fabric is green (imagine that!). We are making them available to staff members to purchase for your best offer. Let me know what you'd like to have and we'll "wheel and deal" and make it happen!
 
5.  We are having some server issues this year. Slow logins, no home drive, 2 data drives, no drives at all forcing the user to log off and log back on.  On Thursday and Friday please log into all machines in your room. When you log into your computers, all profiles on those computers will be deleted and a new one will be put in its place. What this means is that any extra icon, file, shortcut etc. that you have saved to the DESKTOP of your computer will be DELETED. So if you have files on your DESKTOP that you want to save, you need to move them to your H: Drive or risk having them be deleted. This is for EVERYONE.
This does not mean your Home Directory is being swept or that you will lose your Internet Favorites - just anything saved to the desktop of your computer.

6. Starting Friday, October 1, all teachers will be able to log into the copiers and begin making copies!  You may use your code from last school year.  Each copier in the workroom will have a list of teacher names that are assigned to that particular copier.  Please look for your name.  If you are new, please see Susie for your copier code.  Each teacher has 500 copies per month alloted.  For this reason, I strongly encourage you once again to utilize the Print Shop services.  There is about a week and a half turnaround time for any copying needs that you may have there.  In addition, you may still use the copying service that the front office offers for any of your copying needs.

7.  When you do start making your own copies, please make sure that you notify a secretary if the copier has an issue such as getting jammed or if it runs out of toner. The secretaries will attempt to fix the problem when they are freed up to do so.  Please only use the copiers that you are authorized to use (i.e. the guidance copier is for the guidance office and for EC teachers). 

8.  Agenda for Monday's staff meeting:  Leave time, substitutes and coverage, reporting crimes, student searches, ALC, possible schedule plan for next school year, etc.

9.  Don't forget that if you are not being evaluated this school year, your PDP is due to Gentry by Friday, October 8.  You and I both must sign your PDP. 

Shout-Outs
* Congratulations to Brad Rhymes, Jane Trace, and Leslie Ring.  They are all winners of the Kernersville Chamber of Commerce grants.  They will each receive monies to support projects in their classrooms.  We are proud of you!

A-Ha Moments:  Staff Handbook Spotlight
This week's spotlight is on the 'Collecting Funds' section of the staff handbook.  You are all doing a great job of turning your monies in daily.  This takes the responsibility off of you if there is ever a discrepancy during an audit.  Please remember to fill out a purchase order request for any purchases you wish to make.  Once approved, then the order can be made.  Do not make any purchases or orders without first getting the PO approval.  This will result in you not getting reimbursed!  Orders made without prior approval will be cancelled.  Check out the 'Collecting Funds' section at the end of the staff handbook for more details.

Upcoming Events
The staff calendar is up-to-date online.  You can access it through the SEMS website under Teacher Resources.  Many dates were just added, so please be sure to check it out.  This calendar will be updated frequently. 

Happy Birthday!
Allison Barnes - 9/30
Mara Lea Coston 10/3

Tonia Maxcy 10/14
Andy Suttles 10/14
Nancy Holmes 10/16
Bill Martin 10/26
John Watson 10/24
Teresa Hilbun 10/29