Friday MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

• K-2 Re-COG-nition @ 12:10
• 3rd and 4th Re-COG-nition @ 1:20
• 5th Re-COG-nition @ 2:05

Please support our substitutes today as we have several;

• Michelle Hart for Darcy Steele
• Rosemary Hazy for Paige Sipe
• Foster Horne for Cindy Sanders pm only
• Leslie Hester for Jessie Spaciel
• Rovena Jeter for Allison Phelps
• No sub am only for Joel Peddle
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Wednesday MM - Day "B"

Good Morning!

Faculty meeting today @ 3:25

Subs:
Jodi Patton-Athey for Bridgette Hollomon pm only
Rosemary Hazy for Kyrie Gough pm only
No sub for Irene Rush
Carol Stewart for Debbie Woodruff 

Tuesday MM - Day "A"

Good Morning!

PTA Birthday Bash @ 1:50 and 2:10.

SIT meets @ 3:30 in the art room to finalize the 2014-15 Title One prioritized school plan and budget.

Faculty meeting Wednesday, 3:20-4:30.  We will discuss EOY plans including the celebration below.



Subs:
Carol Stewart for Debbie Woodruff
No sub for Damita Sharp

Friday MM - Day "F"

Good Morning!

Please join me as we welcome school Board Member Jill Tackaberry to our campus today.  She has served with distinction and is interested in seeing what makes Brunson.....Brunson.

No sub yet for Debbie Woodruff
Lisa Morris for Kim Woody AM only

Thursday MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

Scenario #1

• Mr Bean needs to look back to determine if he was charged with AL days on the 30th and 31st.  If he was, the answer will be June 26th.  If he wasn't the answer is July 1st

Scenario #2

• Mrs Seed is very similar to Mr. Band and will work until the 26th.  Since she has a balance of AL she may elect to take any day after the 19th

Scenario #3

• Mrs Kernal needs to work until the 26th and has earned 4 days to trade for AL.  she will need to take one AL day for the 20th and her four earned days will apply to the 23, 24, 25, & 26

I hope this helps as Brenda is working diligently to be sure you are compensated accurately and fairly.

Subs:

Maria Skabardonis for Laurie Howington

Wednesday MM - Day "D"

Good Morning!

Accommodations training this afternoon

Douglas Jotcham for Darcy Steele
no sub for Nicole Robinson
Leslie Payne for Kyrie Gough PM only

For your consideration

Problem solving requires a acceptance of parameters and a willingness to work within the constraints.

• Scenario #1

Mr. Bean is a fourth grade teacher who did not work on the optional teacher work days, January 30th or 31st.  He has no AL days in his account as he is in his 2nd year of teaching.

Q. What is his last day of employment for this year?

1. June 26th
2. June 19th
3. July 1st
4. June 30th

• Scenario #2

Mrs. Seed is a Third grade teacher who worked the optional teacher work days, January 30th or 31st.  She has plenty of AL days as she is in her 26th year of teaching.

Q. What is her last day of employment for this year?

1. June 26th
2. June 19th
3. July 1st
4. June 30th

• Scenario #3

Mrs. Kernal is a second grade teacher who worked the optional teacher work days, January 30th or 31st.  She has plenty of AL days as she is in her 17th year of teaching.  She also worked the PTA ground beautification and 3 days of Spring break. 

Q. She wants the 19th to be her last day. How many annual leave days does she need to apply?

1. Zero
2. One
3. Two
4. Five

I will post the answers Thursday

Tuesday MM - Day "C"

Good Morning!

We will have a lock down drill this week.  Please tell your students and be prepared, as we will announce it with urgency.

• Classified meeting in room #9 at 8:45
• STEM team @ 3:20 Room #20/Lab
• Accommodations Training with Kathy Wednesday 3:20-4:30
• SIT meeting 5/27 - Title 1 prioritized plan

Carol Stewart for Deb Fidali
Rosemary Hazy for Tonya Grisette

Monday MM - Day "B"

Good Morning!

This is a critical week for instruction.  The priority is to leverage the relationships you have built with students over the previous 150 days to build a fortress of academic confidence.  Just like California Chrome, we want to finish STRONG. 

Classified meeting Tuesday @ 8:45 in Room #9. 

Only one Sub today, Vickie Jones for Tiffany Ray

Friday MM - Day "A"

Good Morning!

Today's rotation will be the last LTM's of the year.  We are moving to a hybrid PLC/LTM, supported with 4 days of summer PD.  The WSFCS roll-out of the new collaborative model begins on our first Early Release day, September 10th, 2014.

The Refrigerator(s) will be cleared and cleaned tonight at 4pm.  All items left after 4pm will be discarded.

We really need your help! As you know Brenda is working on the last teacher payroll of the year. As you also know all teachers are scheduled to work until June 26. This in essence means we are “pre-paying” teachers almost a month in advance. Please make every effort to submit your intentions around absences between now and June 26, so that we can ensure that we do not overpay any employee.

Many of you have already reported the projected absences, THANK YOU! The rest of you have until Monday, May 19th at noon, to have the absences communicated to Brenda.

Thanks for your efforts in helping us serve our employees fairly and accurately.

Chick Plunkett
Finance Officer

Subs:

Jodi Patton for Suzette Lopez

Rosemary Hazy for Trish Gulledge
Deb Gray for Bridgette Hollomon

Thursday MM - Day "F"

Good morning!

Thanks for coming to the test training and for being attentive.  I appreciate you being open to change and making it work.  Make sure your kids are aware of the changes and procedures so there are no surprises.  Thanks again,
Kathy

PBIS -
1.  Ms. Hicks was on campus today.  She will send the SET results soon - I have a good feeling about them.  I'll keep you posted.

2.  Our next ReCOGnition is Friday, May 30 in the afternoon.  We will have 4th grade hosting activities for K, 1 and 2.  We will also have the First Annual Brunson Film Fest for all 3rd, 4th HAG, and all 5th grades.  Remember those film shorts y'all made back in August.  Oh yeah....

3.  Our last Mix It Up:
With little time and many things on the calendar we will not have a school wide MIU day.  However, we would like each team to meet (Big buddy with Little buddy) and have a closing ceremony/ celebration sometime between now and the end of the year.  Ideas?  Have a social, sign each others MIU shirts, share what MIU means to you, what have you gained, why do we do it?

4.  The PBIS team is planning a wonderful end of year celebration.  It's gonna be nice and classy just like our faculty.  More details later.

Wednesday MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

Test Training Today

• 3:25 All staff
• K-2 teachers may leave after about 10 minutes
• After that I will do proctor training (about 5 minutes) but test administrators need to listen as well
• Then proctors may leave
• Administrator training will run until at least 4:30
• Please be sure you have read the Admin Guides before coming
• Proctors and administrators will need to sign in
• I will have a pre-printed list; just sign beside your name

Looking forward to it, Kathy Wilheit

SIT agenda and minutes are posted on the Blog documents folder.  We are working on our Title One prioritized plan and will finalize the budget at our next meeting May 27th.  Please give your representative input.

Good News - The source of the water leak behind Mrs. Ray's Mobile has been identified.  The maintenance folks from our district have been using the EDP to solve this real world problem.  Bad News - They will need to wait for additional support from the city to finish the project.  Mrs. Ray will be assimilated into the other 4th grade classes for the remainder of the week as we need two working exits in each mobile classroom.

I am at a Elementary principals meeting Thursday and have posted the agenda in the Blog documents folder.

Subs

No sub for Damita Sharp

Tuesday MM - Day "D"

Good Morning!

The UNCF campaign continues until May 29. Please submit your pledge card to the envelope in the office behind Dr. Stevens' desk. If you have questions, contact Linnea Patrick. lpatrick@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

Robin Phelps for Woody pm only

Monday MM - Day "C"

Good Morning!

Thanks for all the support and interaction for our  fantastic spring fling event on Friday.  

HAG tours conclude this week with 8:30 events today and Wednesday.

Tuesday, each teacher delivers Progress reports and we double up on meetings with SIT & PBIS after school.

Wednesday, ALL STAFF is required to participate in EOG training after-school. 

From Kathy last week;

The test admin guides are here. I will have them ready for distribution by Wednesday. The expectation stated in the manual is that you will read through it before coming to test training, so I am giving them to you a week ahead of time. Please highlight the “SAY”s before our training on the 14th—I will spend very little time in that section.

Katherine Rouson for Marcela PM only
Leslie Payne for Kyrie
Craig Greenlee for Demarie
No Sub for Natalie

SPRING FLING - Day "B"

I am PUMPED UP for our PTA event tonight.  I am especially excited about the "T" of the PTA coming out to interact with our families and continuing to model the ethos of service.

Subs:
Carol Stewart for Michelle
Robert March for Sara D.
Shantell Carethers for cyndy S.
Craig Greenlee for Demarie A.
Andrean Clark for McGee D.
No sub for Sue Ann

Thursday MM - Day "A"

Good Morning!

I am with Jenny this morning at the Annual Counselor/Principal breakfast.  The Piedmont Club is not ready for us!  I promise I will be on my best behavior, though that means I may be "animated" upon my return to campus.

Welcome to the World of Title I
The district will serve schools down to the 50% poverty threshold, which adds the following schools to the family;

• Smith Farms
• Moore
• Kimmel Farm
• Paisley
• Brunson
• Glenn High
• Rural Hall
• Union Cross

Another advantage of our inclusion is the access to programs like:

Title I Summer School

Title I will offer a summer enrichment and acceleration camp from July 14-July 31, (12 days, no Fridays). This summer camp will be designated for all current Title I 2nd graders (rising3rd graders). We will also invite current Title I 1st graders (rising 2nd graders) to the Title I summer camp. The summer camps will be offered at Free Lunch sites from 8:00-3:00 pm, piggybacking on transportation already set up with Read to Achieve. Save the date fliers will be mailed to parents of Title I students within a couple of weeks. We will consult with principals of the tutoring sites. We ask that laptops and or desktops are available for use during the summer camp.

Subs:

David Robinson for Brenda Coles

Wednesday mm

I am at co for a pick up of checks and will do a big post this afternoon.   Lots of news to share.

Follow up to Funky Friday Instrument Making

Last Friday was a sensational day.  I was impressed by the kids engagement and moved by the multitude of lessons learned.  Thanks to Joel, James, Jamie, Cindy, Stacy and a host of volunteers who made it happen.

If you have not seen the Landfill Harmonic before check out this video.  It ties right in to the power of music. It is an appropriate clip for kids, though it is subtitled, so either good for older kids or be ready to read the subtitles.  It is worth a watch.
http://www.landfillharmonicmovie.com/

Tuesday MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

Primary voting is in the Gym today.  Dr. Stevens will monitor the lobby and be sure that visitors report to the gym.  PLEASE SUPERVISE AT ALL TIMES TODAY.  LIMIT MOVEMENT IN THE GYM AND LOBBY AREA.  K-1 USE YOUR CLASS BATHROOMS ONLY.  The safety of our students during and election is on the Board of education's radar and we need to step up and ensure we are doing everything we can to limit interaction between students and voters.

Leftovers from the faculty meeting;

• Copier passwords are available form Mrs. Washam
• A draft of EOY dates are on our calendar they will shift but plan on working through the 19th.  AL will only be approved for Friday the 20th and beyond
• Wednesday dates are on the calendar
• Summative Evaluations for all staff are being scheduled.  Be prepared and have thoughts about PDP goals relating to our three teams
• SIT - Academic Excellence
• STEM - EIE or EDP Implementation
• PBIS - Student Management and Universals
• Link to the "scotch" ad

I am at the Principals meeting, agenda is on the Staff Shared drive in the Blog Documents folder, and will follow up with two more meetings regarding budget and allotments.

Sub today - Rosemary for Lara 

Monday MM - Day "D"

Good Morning!

Faculty meeting updates from Wednesday will be posted in Tuesday's blog as today is full of vital and timely information.  

Tuesday I will be at a Joint principals meeting through the afternoon.  Our SIT meeting for the 6th is rescheduled for Tuesday, May 13th.  

SPRING FLING!  Please sign up for a shift with our PTA.  (You may earn credit hours toward Rs days at the end of the year)

http://www3.signupgenius.com/mobile/index.cfm?action=signups.signup&URLID=4090A4FAEA929AB9-super

U N C F

  “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”

The annual College Fund campaign is underway, your yearly opportunity to contribute to the education of deserving but economically disadvantaged students. Any amount you can spare helps build the fund.

Gifts may be in the form of cash, check, credit or debit card, or payroll deduction. 

• Please consider using payroll deduction. It’s so easy to have a small amount deducted from a paycheck over several months.
• To donate using a credit or debit card, go to http://give.uncf.org/wsfcs

Please complete a pledge card and place it in the UNCF envelope behind Dr. Willie Stevenson’s desk in the office before May 29. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

Linnea Patrick, Campaign Rep.
lpatrick@wsfcs.k12.nc.us


There will be a Tech PD offered in Jessie Spaciel’s trailer #34 on Wednesday, May 7 at 3:30. 

This is an optional opportunity for those interested in learning how to navigate ActivInspire. Please bring an idea for an upcoming lesson topic, any materials needed in relation to that, and your laptop. We will be creating flipcharts for use with your class. In addition, if ActivInspire is not on your laptop, please bring it to me before Wednesday afternoon so I can update your device.  Thanks, Stacy.

Jacqueline Rosa for Charity
Ramona Starling for Woody
Veronica Scales for Joel

Friday MM - FIELD DAY

Good Morning!

Enjoy the interactions and growth of our students today.  Build positive memories that can connect the grit and perseverance displayed in today's activities to the future.

Comic book Day on Saturday May 3rd.  Andy will open the building and you may come in and work within those hours.   Please document if you want to trade hours for Rs days in June.

Subs:
Willie Carson for Trish Gulledge
Gwen Sloan for Lisa Weber
Marie Davenport for Tonya Grisette
No sub for Irene Rush
Carol Stewart for Deb Fidali PM only

Thursday MM - Day "B"

Good Morning!

I am looking forward to Paint, Movement, Performance and Design.  The creativity and use of the Engineering Design Process to transform our field day is inspiring.

Today I go to CO for our allotment conference.  I will post on the blog Monday the remaining topics from the faculty meeting and the schedule for EOY evaluation conferences with staff.

Subs:
Veronica Scales for James Dorsett AM only
Marie Davenport for Tonya Grisette
Carol Stewart for Deb Fidali PM only