Tuesday MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

We want to balance the joy and excitement of the season with the academic "press" that is our main objective.  To this end let's be sure to schedule our Holiday classroom celebrations for the afternoon on one of the last two or three days of this year. 
(Wednesday-Friday, December 18, 19 or 20)

If your celebration keeps you from the lunch room, I am SURE you have already informed our cafeteria manager.  If that has not occurred, please do so ASAP.

We do not have any holiday assembly planned for the last week of school so PLEASE encourage ALL families to attend the PTA STEM FAIR event and holiday program by the 4th and 5th grades on December 19th.

I am at the Joint Principals meeting today and will return near noon.  the agenda is posted in the "Blog documents" folder on the Staff Shared Drive.

Subs:
Deb Gray for Trish
Rosemary Hazy for Darcy

Re-COG-nition for STAFF

• I am grateful for Scott Houston who makes the media center able to have many activities running concurrently
• Mrs. Anderson - thank you so much for the kind words in the hall the other day on how I have been doing.  It helped make my day!
• Michelle, I really admire the ability you have to make such an incredible difference in the lives of your students.  You make such a positive impact on them all!  you take such care to recognize each child's needs and find such creative and inspiring ways to help them grow, not only in knowledge but in character
• Mrs. Mason's Smile and flexibility is appreciated DAILY!
• Props go to Stacy Swanson,  AWESOME job with Technology
• I am grateful for Silvia!  She is the smiling "glue" that is at once caring, organized and persistent in keeping us rolling along as smoothly as possible
• Lisa, thanks you for teaching touch math to all of the 4th graders
• Mrs Ray, HANG TOUGH!  you are Awesome
• Paige, I am lucky to have such a fun and supportive partner in crime
• Jenny - Wise beyond her years, helpful and caring
• Debbie Gray - you have a keen sense of each student's needs and you know just what to do
• Mrs. Fidali thinks about the students first in everything she does
• Janet Gauss is a wonderful friend who is supportive and encouraging - a good person and a talented teacher
• I am thankful that Donna McNatt is very organized and great to work with!
• Mrs. Catstello - thanks for the vibrant energy that you bring to our school