SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
1. We have now scheduled our school fundraiser. We have worked hard to simplify this process to provide minimal disruptions to the classrooms. It is a very simple fundraiser and we have the potential to make a lot of money to help cover EOG prep material resources, general school supplies, and technology improvements. We will share the information with you at the February 13 staff meeting. We will have our fundraiser kickoff assemblies on Friday, February 17 (similar structure as in the past through encore classes), and then the fundraiser will conclude on Friday, March 2. The primary incentive for this fundraiser will be a slam dunk show. The show will take place on Monday, March 19, at about 12:30. More details coming soon...
2. The PTSA will have their Valentines' Day chocolate sale on Feb. 9, 10, 13, and 14 during lunches. They will be selling chocolate bars for students to purchase and give to someone. They simply purchase, fill out the sticker on the chocolate bar, and give to whomever they choose. We decided to limit this to the lunch periods so that you would have minimal disruption in your classrooms.
3. Winter weather is still a possibility over the next few months. Please remember that if we are out of school due to weather conditions, then that A/B day will be skipped over and we will stay on the schedule of the county's A/B rotation (Example: Monday is an A day, Tuesday is B, Wednesday is A. School gets called off on Tuesday. Wednesday will still remain an A day - the schedule will not change.).
4. Clarification on PM duties and dismissal patterns: For 8th grade - all car riders, walkers, students staying for afterschool activities, and athletes are to wait in their classrooms until all halls are clear. For 6th and 7th graders - all car riders and walkers can go like they normally do. But any 6th or 7th grader staying after for anything (including athletics and tutoring) must go to the MP room with Mrs. Neal to wait for the hallways to clear. Encore teachers going to car duty can simply take these students with their car riders and then drop them off at the MP room on the way. This will greatly clear up the congestion in the hallways so that we can get bus riders out efficiently. Please remember that we are trying to get 1,200 students out of the building and it will never be perfect. Thanks to all staff members for their continued assistance with the dismissal process.
5. The new email system will transfer over to Microsoft Outlook on February 21. There is nothing substantial that you are required to do to prepare for this transfer other than to clean up your mailboxes. In preparation for this move, we will share some information at the February 13 staff meeting and then Mr. Downs will offer several help sessions throughout that week. It is important to note that all of us will NOT have access to any email from February 17 - 20. Hopefully the new system will be up and running on February 21.
6. All staff should have received the student handbook review sheet to go over with students. We are already hearing that students are questioning rules, etc. Remember that they are middle schoolers and they will always question or have an issue with a rule. I appreciate everyone's willingness to stay strong and push through with our students. This is showing them that we have a more unified front on the school and system rules. We have added a section for parents on the next newsletter so that they can also review the handbook with their child.
7. If you need to make any second quarter grade changes for students, please fill out a grade change form and put it in my mailbox. I will review, sign off, and give to Mrs. Wilkes to process. Grade change forms can be picked up in Mrs. Wilkes' office or in the Guidance Office.
8. All homebase teachers should receive their homebase report cards by Monday. All students will return to their homebase on Wednesday, Feb. 1, to receive their report cards. We will make an announcement for students to move. We will then have a regular dismissal on this day. Encore teachers will assist with the dismissal in place of the 7th grade teachers as we have done several times this year. Mrs. Wilkes has asked that all homebase teachers scan over the report cards to ensure that no student receives honor roll with a D or F for the second quarter.
9. We will conduct our second round of staff development on Monday, February 6. The sessions will be very similar to the first round. I will email the descriptions of all of your workshop choices so that you can decide which you would like to attend. All certified staff are required to attend a session and must sign up on the school system website in order to receive credit. All sessions will offer a 0.1 technology or reading credit.
10. There is more information regarding the Standard #6 on the teacher evaluation instrument. I will share that with you in our staff meeting.
11. We will have a staff meeting on Monday in place of our vertical planning meetings. This is not a regular staff meeting. There are only two items on the agenda. The meeting will not last longer than approximately 20-25 minutes at the most. We will still have our regularly monthly staff meeting on Monday, February 13.
Please be sure to check the online calendar weekly. The second semester is full of events and activities.
Happy Birthday!
Brittany Branch - Feb. 5
Anna Moore - Feb. 8
John Downs - Feb. 11
Deb Neal - Feb. 13
Tracie Eisbacher - Feb. 20
Karen Cole - Feb. 28
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Weekly Update 1/19/12
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
1. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
2. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Tuesday, January 24, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on February 1.
3. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you over the next few weeks. I will schedule some time to visit your SSC meetings to share - I will contact each SSC group.
4. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. I will forward an information sheet to each of you so that you know the expectations. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16.
5. Students received a flyer last week about a blood drive at Caleb's Creek in February. If any students turn these in to you, please turn them in to the office. We will collect forms in the main office and take to CCES.
6. The 8th grade will take their required field trips to the Career Center in April. The dates are now on the online calendar. We must be creative in our structure for these trips since we no longer have teams. We are now working on the details of the schedule, lunches, etc. Allison Barnes will be forwarding you the information as we get closer to those dates.
7. We have now scheduled our school fundraiser. We have worked hard to simplify this process to provide minimal disruptions to the classrooms. It is a very simple fundraiser and we have the potential to make a lot of money to help cover EOG prep material resources, general school supplies, and technology improvements. We will share the information with you at the February 13 staff meeting. We will have our fundraiser kickoff assemblies on Friday, February 17 (similar structure as in the past through encore classes), and then the fundraiser will conclude on Friday, March 2. The primary incentive for this fundraiser will be a slam dunk show. The show will take place on Monday, March 19, at about 12:30. More details coming soon...
8. The Winston-Salem Foundation is offering Booke grants to educators. The purpose of these grants are to provide professional development funding to a teacher wishing to further their expertise in their field. This is open to any educator, not just teachers. To apply, please visit their website at wsfoundation.org and click on the grant seekers tab. If you plan to apply, you must let me know in writing so that we get the proper permissions for you to apply. This is a wonderful opportunity, so please take advantage!
9. The Straight A lunch will take place on Wednesday, February 8.
10. The PTSA will have their Valentines' Day chocolate sale on Feb. 9, 10, 13, and 14 during lunches. They will be selling chocolate bars for students to purchase and give to someone. They simply purchase, fill out the sticker on the chocolate bar, and give to whomever they choose. We decided to limit this to the lunch periods so that you would have minimal disruption in your classrooms.
11. Winter weather is still a possibility over the next few months. Please remember that if we are out of school due to weather conditions, then that A/B day will be skipped over and we will stay on the schedule of the county's A/B rotation (Example: Monday is an A day, Tuesday is B, Wednesday is A. School gets called off on Tuesday. Wednesday will still remain an A day - the schedule will not change.).
12. Several individuals recently have asked about whether or not staff are allowed to wear hats to school with their outfits. Up until now, I had not addressed this at all in regards to the staff dress code. So, the decision on this issue is that staff are not allowed to wear hats during the school day. This would send the wrong message to the students, as they are not allowed to wear them either. The exact same reasoning would apply to staff. If you have any questions, please let me know.
13. The School Improvement Team met on Tuesday of this week. Several issues were discussed. Actions as a result of the meeting include: 1) I will send out details to all staff members regarding paper progress reports and communicating with students and parents, 2) I will contact SSC facilitators to review several items within their groups, 3) Hallway procedures and several other student items will be addressed in two ways - I will give out information to all teachers to review with students early in the third quarter and a letter will be sent home to parents asking for their support in reviewing expectations with their children as well, 4) CHAMPs and basic Single School Culture norms need to be reviewed as a staff. With many new staff members over the past 4-5 years, there is a need for all staff to be educated and on the same page when it comes to this. We will cover more information on this at our next staff meeting.
14. The Vertical Planning Meetings originally scheduled for Monday, January 30 have been postponed. We will have a staff meeting instead on this day.
15. Please visit the online calendar sometime in the next few days. More dates have been added to the calendar. We still have several events to add as they get scheduled.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
Sandy Derrah - Jan. 23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012
1. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
2. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Tuesday, January 24, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on February 1.
3. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you over the next few weeks. I will schedule some time to visit your SSC meetings to share - I will contact each SSC group.
4. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. I will forward an information sheet to each of you so that you know the expectations. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16.
5. Students received a flyer last week about a blood drive at Caleb's Creek in February. If any students turn these in to you, please turn them in to the office. We will collect forms in the main office and take to CCES.
6. The 8th grade will take their required field trips to the Career Center in April. The dates are now on the online calendar. We must be creative in our structure for these trips since we no longer have teams. We are now working on the details of the schedule, lunches, etc. Allison Barnes will be forwarding you the information as we get closer to those dates.
7. We have now scheduled our school fundraiser. We have worked hard to simplify this process to provide minimal disruptions to the classrooms. It is a very simple fundraiser and we have the potential to make a lot of money to help cover EOG prep material resources, general school supplies, and technology improvements. We will share the information with you at the February 13 staff meeting. We will have our fundraiser kickoff assemblies on Friday, February 17 (similar structure as in the past through encore classes), and then the fundraiser will conclude on Friday, March 2. The primary incentive for this fundraiser will be a slam dunk show. The show will take place on Monday, March 19, at about 12:30. More details coming soon...
8. The Winston-Salem Foundation is offering Booke grants to educators. The purpose of these grants are to provide professional development funding to a teacher wishing to further their expertise in their field. This is open to any educator, not just teachers. To apply, please visit their website at wsfoundation.org and click on the grant seekers tab. If you plan to apply, you must let me know in writing so that we get the proper permissions for you to apply. This is a wonderful opportunity, so please take advantage!
9. The Straight A lunch will take place on Wednesday, February 8.
10. The PTSA will have their Valentines' Day chocolate sale on Feb. 9, 10, 13, and 14 during lunches. They will be selling chocolate bars for students to purchase and give to someone. They simply purchase, fill out the sticker on the chocolate bar, and give to whomever they choose. We decided to limit this to the lunch periods so that you would have minimal disruption in your classrooms.
11. Winter weather is still a possibility over the next few months. Please remember that if we are out of school due to weather conditions, then that A/B day will be skipped over and we will stay on the schedule of the county's A/B rotation (Example: Monday is an A day, Tuesday is B, Wednesday is A. School gets called off on Tuesday. Wednesday will still remain an A day - the schedule will not change.).
12. Several individuals recently have asked about whether or not staff are allowed to wear hats to school with their outfits. Up until now, I had not addressed this at all in regards to the staff dress code. So, the decision on this issue is that staff are not allowed to wear hats during the school day. This would send the wrong message to the students, as they are not allowed to wear them either. The exact same reasoning would apply to staff. If you have any questions, please let me know.
13. The School Improvement Team met on Tuesday of this week. Several issues were discussed. Actions as a result of the meeting include: 1) I will send out details to all staff members regarding paper progress reports and communicating with students and parents, 2) I will contact SSC facilitators to review several items within their groups, 3) Hallway procedures and several other student items will be addressed in two ways - I will give out information to all teachers to review with students early in the third quarter and a letter will be sent home to parents asking for their support in reviewing expectations with their children as well, 4) CHAMPs and basic Single School Culture norms need to be reviewed as a staff. With many new staff members over the past 4-5 years, there is a need for all staff to be educated and on the same page when it comes to this. We will cover more information on this at our next staff meeting.
14. The Vertical Planning Meetings originally scheduled for Monday, January 30 have been postponed. We will have a staff meeting instead on this day.
15. Please visit the online calendar sometime in the next few days. More dates have been added to the calendar. We still have several events to add as they get scheduled.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
Sandy Derrah - Jan. 23
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Weekly Update 1/12/12
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
1. Congratulations to the following students. They received Silver Key Art awards with Mrs. Ring: Monte Travis, Abby Crater, Sierra Hurley, and Ashley Wise. Please congratulate these students on this high honor!
2. We will have quarter testing on Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18. We will run a modified schedule on both of these dates due to the high number of pull-outs for testing. You should have already received the testing schedule and testing locations earlier this week.
3. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
4. A-B Schedule Change! Due to the high school exam schedule in January, there have been two changes in the A-B day encore schedule. All schools are to follow this schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 12 - A day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
5. There will be a School Improvement Team meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:15pm.
6. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Tuesday, January 24, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on February 1.
7. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you over the next few weeks. I will probably schedule some time to visit your SSC meetings to share.
8. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. We will review details with you soon after our January SIT meeting. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16.
9. If we have any two-hour delay days, they will be considered casual days and you may wear jeans. Outside that, only Fridays are designated as casual days unless otherwise noted.
10. Students received a flyer this week about a blood drive at Caleb's Creek in February. If any students turn these in to you, please turn them in to the office. We will collect forms in the main office and take to CCES.
11. Please remember to not send any D-1's with a student to the main office for an administrator. We have had a dramatic increase of this since the holiday break schoolwide. This is a violation of confidentiality policies. In addition, please do not send a student to the main office for an administrator unless the adminstrator or main office has been notified ahead of time.
12. The Winston-Salem Foundation is offering Booke grants to educators. The purpose of these grants are to provide professional development funding to a teacher wishing to further their expertise in their field. This is open to any educator, not just teachers. To apply, please visit their website at wsfoundation.org and click on the grant seekers tab. If you plan to apply, you must let me know in writing so that we get the proper permissions for you to apply. This is a wonderful opportunity, so please take advantage!
13. East Forsyth High School is looking to place several teacher cadets with us for a 5 week period. They are seniors in high schools in an Honors program who are wishing to become teachers. They would be with you every A day until 10:00am. If you are interested in having one of the cadets, please let me know by January 17. I will submit your name to the sponsor for possible placement.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
Sandy Derrah - Jan. 23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
1. Congratulations to the following students. They received Silver Key Art awards with Mrs. Ring: Monte Travis, Abby Crater, Sierra Hurley, and Ashley Wise. Please congratulate these students on this high honor!
2. We will have quarter testing on Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18. We will run a modified schedule on both of these dates due to the high number of pull-outs for testing. You should have already received the testing schedule and testing locations earlier this week.
3. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
4. A-B Schedule Change! Due to the high school exam schedule in January, there have been two changes in the A-B day encore schedule. All schools are to follow this schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 12 - A day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
5. There will be a School Improvement Team meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:15pm.
6. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Tuesday, January 24, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on February 1.
7. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you over the next few weeks. I will probably schedule some time to visit your SSC meetings to share.
8. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. We will review details with you soon after our January SIT meeting. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16.
9. If we have any two-hour delay days, they will be considered casual days and you may wear jeans. Outside that, only Fridays are designated as casual days unless otherwise noted.
10. Students received a flyer this week about a blood drive at Caleb's Creek in February. If any students turn these in to you, please turn them in to the office. We will collect forms in the main office and take to CCES.
11. Please remember to not send any D-1's with a student to the main office for an administrator. We have had a dramatic increase of this since the holiday break schoolwide. This is a violation of confidentiality policies. In addition, please do not send a student to the main office for an administrator unless the adminstrator or main office has been notified ahead of time.
12. The Winston-Salem Foundation is offering Booke grants to educators. The purpose of these grants are to provide professional development funding to a teacher wishing to further their expertise in their field. This is open to any educator, not just teachers. To apply, please visit their website at wsfoundation.org and click on the grant seekers tab. If you plan to apply, you must let me know in writing so that we get the proper permissions for you to apply. This is a wonderful opportunity, so please take advantage!
13. East Forsyth High School is looking to place several teacher cadets with us for a 5 week period. They are seniors in high schools in an Honors program who are wishing to become teachers. They would be with you every A day until 10:00am. If you are interested in having one of the cadets, please let me know by January 17. I will submit your name to the sponsor for possible placement.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
Sandy Derrah - Jan. 23
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Weekly Update 1/5/12
SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1. Welcome back! I hope that you all had a restful holiday break. I do hope that the weather will cooperate with us this month so that we don't have many days to make up.
2. Please welcome Samantha Hager to the staff. She has replaced Kathy Albertelli, who retired in December. Samantha will be with us for the remainder of this school year. In addition, please welcome Kathy Pierce as a temporary replacement for Leigh Ann Shelor. Kathy will be with us until an EC teacher has been hired.
3. Kay Hoag will not return to us for the remainder of this school year due to her health concerns. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
4. Congratulations to David Brown! He has been named the December Officer of the Month with the Kernersville Police Department. Thanks for your hard work and what you do for our students!
5. We will have a staff meeting on Monday at 2:15pm. Immediately following the meeting, there will be a short meeting of the UNCG cooperating teachers with Rita Jennings in the Media Center.
6. We will have quarter testing on Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18. We will run a modified schedule on both of these dates due to the high number of pull-outs for testing. Deb Neal will be giving you more details.
7. Good news! There will be NO tutoring during the week of January 9 and the week of January 16 since it is the last week of the quarter! In other words, Thursday, January 5 is the last day of tutoring for the quarter. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
8. A-B Schedule Change! Due to the high school exam schedule in January, there have been two changes in the A-B day encore schedule. All schools are to follow this schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 12 - A day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
9. The Athletic Department will sponsor several grade level socials in January. The dates are as follows:
Jan. 6 - 6th grade social
Jan. 13 - 7th grade social
Jan. 20 - 8th grade social
10. There will be a School Improvement Team meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:15pm.
11. Update on painting: I met with the painters during the holiday break. Their plans have changed slightly for our school. I will share details at our staff meeting.
12. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Friday, January 20, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on January 25.
13. Monday, January 23, is an Rc day. All teachers and most support staff will have Common Core/Essential Standards training. Please be sure to register for your training ahead of time.
14. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you individually over the next few weeks.
15. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. We will review details with you soon after our January SIT meeting. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16. Core paper progress reports for the current quarter will still go out as planned on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
16. East Forsyth High School is looking to place several teacher cadets with us for a 5 week period. They are seniors in high schools in an Honors program who are wishing to become teachers. They would be with you every A day until 10:00am. If you are interested in having one of the cadets, please let me know by January 17. I will submit your name to the sponsor for possible placement.
Please continue to check the online calendar that is updated weekly.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1. Welcome back! I hope that you all had a restful holiday break. I do hope that the weather will cooperate with us this month so that we don't have many days to make up.
2. Please welcome Samantha Hager to the staff. She has replaced Kathy Albertelli, who retired in December. Samantha will be with us for the remainder of this school year. In addition, please welcome Kathy Pierce as a temporary replacement for Leigh Ann Shelor. Kathy will be with us until an EC teacher has been hired.
3. Kay Hoag will not return to us for the remainder of this school year due to her health concerns. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
4. Congratulations to David Brown! He has been named the December Officer of the Month with the Kernersville Police Department. Thanks for your hard work and what you do for our students!
5. We will have a staff meeting on Monday at 2:15pm. Immediately following the meeting, there will be a short meeting of the UNCG cooperating teachers with Rita Jennings in the Media Center.
6. We will have quarter testing on Tuesday, Jan. 17 and Wednesday, Jan. 18. We will run a modified schedule on both of these dates due to the high number of pull-outs for testing. Deb Neal will be giving you more details.
7. Good news! There will be NO tutoring during the week of January 9 and the week of January 16 since it is the last week of the quarter! In other words, Thursday, January 5 is the last day of tutoring for the quarter. We will resume the second round of tutoring during the week of January 24. Deb Neal will get your new tutoring lists to all teachers. For the third quarter, we will do tutoring during 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods.
8. A-B Schedule Change! Due to the high school exam schedule in January, there have been two changes in the A-B day encore schedule. All schools are to follow this schedule:
Thursday, Jan. 12 - A day
Friday, Jan. 13 - A day
Monday, Jan. 16 - Holiday
Tuesday, Jan. 17 - A day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 - B day (Quarter testing - modified schedule)
Thursday, Jan. 19 - B day
Friday, Jan. 20 - B day
9. The Athletic Department will sponsor several grade level socials in January. The dates are as follows:
Jan. 6 - 6th grade social
Jan. 13 - 7th grade social
Jan. 20 - 8th grade social
10. There will be a School Improvement Team meeting on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:15pm.
11. Update on painting: I met with the painters during the holiday break. Their plans have changed slightly for our school. I will share details at our staff meeting.
12. GRADES DUE: Grades for the second quarter will be due by Friday, January 20, by 4:00pm. Please turn in your verification sheets to Sandy Derrah by this time. Please remember that the calendar laws changed and the county no longer must have a teacher workday at the end of each quarter to enter grades. On Monday, January 23, all teachers will have Common Core/Essential Standards training since it is an Rc day. Report cards must go out to students on January 25.
13. Monday, January 23, is an Rc day. All teachers and most support staff will have Common Core/Essential Standards training. Please be sure to register for your training ahead of time.
14. We have received the individual teacher EVAAS reports from last year's testing. I will share these with you individually over the next few weeks.
15. We are still planning to move forward with our new paper progress report plan starting the second semester. We will review details with you soon after our January SIT meeting. Please remember that the School Board policy indicates that your grades be updated weekly in NCWISE and parents watch this very closely. So be sure to update your grades according to this. During the second semester, paper progress reports will go out on February 29 and May 16. Core paper progress reports for the current quarter will still go out as planned on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
16. East Forsyth High School is looking to place several teacher cadets with us for a 5 week period. They are seniors in high schools in an Honors program who are wishing to become teachers. They would be with you every A day until 10:00am. If you are interested in having one of the cadets, please let me know by January 17. I will submit your name to the sponsor for possible placement.
Please continue to check the online calendar that is updated weekly.
Happy Birthday!
John Sigmon - Jan. 10
Joan Munday - Jan. 10
Helen Miller - Jan. 15
Leslie Ring - Jan. 15
Jennifer Morgan - Jan. 20
Brendan Elkins - Jan. 23
Sandy Derrah - Jan. 23
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