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
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