Tuesday MM

Good Morning!

I am at a Joint Principals meeting this morning and will return to welcome School board member Marilyn Parker who will visit our school at 1:15.  We also entertain Dr. Ann Lambros from CERTL this afternoon at 3:30 to discuss a new after-school program offered by her organization.

Then we can get to our BIG event - Curriculum Night!  Please report to the gym at 6:00 and be present for the PTA and EIE portions of the evening.  We will dismiss you a few minutes early to beat the parents to the classrooms.  enjoy that time and build some capital with your families. 

A reminder to our certified staff that your Self-assessment and PDP are to be completed before October 1st.  We also need to be sure your Web-Page is updated and will use October 1st as a deadline for that action also.

K-2 teachers, ESL and EC will meet Wednesday afternoon in the media center to begin an I/E & RTI conversation that will help us provide "Focused Interventions" for all students. 

All 3-5 Teachers will be meeting Wednesday Afternoon in the computer Lab for the TAM/NC WISE Grade book training.

Denise Jennings will be our Guidance Sub this week as we await our new counselor to be released from their current position.  Her name is Lauren Saldana and is coming to us from Courtney Elementary in Yadkin County. 

The Sentence Strips are in the Lunch room or Office and all students shall receive two and the "adjustment" letter for the Tuesday Packet.  We are implementing this car rider adjustment Wednesday.

Monday MM

Good Morning!

I want to thank Mrs. Keith Travis for her contribution to our school as a guidance sub.  She is off to Alaska on a cruise and the Interview Team of Suzanne, Mariah, Kathy, Andy, Willie and myself have made a selection for our next counselor and are awaiting Central Office approval before we release her name.

Our next sub will be here on Tuesday, so for Monday- Day SIX - these are the substitutions:

McGee will go to Media instead of Guidance
Lee will go to Art instead of Guidance.

Big Week of activities:
Monday - SIT at 3:20 in the media center.
Tuesday - Curriculum night for Kinder, 2nd & 5th.
Wednesday - Symphony at 9 am for 4th and 5th.
Wednesday - 3rd, 4th & 5th TAM training at 3:15 in the computer lab.
Thursday - Curriculum night for 1st, 3rd & 4th.

Our excellent and capable assistants are providing me schedules Monday.  My aim is to provide focused interventions to create working relationships that will maximize their capacity to serve our students. 

No subs today.

Friday MM

Good Morning!

The 9/11 celebration will be fantastic.  Thanks for the organization and efforts to acknowledge service.

Speaking of service, the SIT meeting for next week has been rescheduled to Monday September 12th from 3:20-4:30.

Stephanie Smith has received her Tech training and will begin to trouble shoot our issues and create a lab schedule.  Collaborative lesson design and the technology plan for the year will be forthcoming, so stay tuned and thanks for your patience.

Thursday MM

Good Morning!

I always enjoy our staff meetings and hope you all will individually reflect and then discuss the information with your colleagues.  The power point for all our meetings are always available in the staff share if you care to review the agenda. 

PTA Board meeting today at 1:00 in mobile 34

I will also meet with the car rider group from 3:20-3:30 outside in the car rider area.

I have a Forsyth Principals Association meeting at central office at 4:00.

Subs:
Brenda Ramier for Venice H.

Wednesday MM

Good Morning!

Thanks for your patience in our dismissal yesterday.  I could not send the kids and staff out when the thunder and lightning were threatening our safety.  We certainly have a long way to go until we can dismiss from inside, but now we know some trouble spots and together we can create a solution that keeps the safety of our student's and staff at the forefront of our actions.

Staff meeting this evening at 3:20 in the media center.

Monday...I mean, Tuesday MM

Good Morning! 

I am writing Monday for Tuesday as I have a Parent conference Early Monday.  I hope you all enjoyed the extra day to our weekend and are charged up and ready to facilitate learning for your students.

Big Thanks to the PBIS Team for the Assemblies!  I am looking forward to Friday the 9th and our efforts to honor the sacrifices made to sustain our nation.

Green team and our Car rider team have meetings this afternoon.

Guidance Interviews are at 4pm and 4:45 today and Wednesday at 4:15, after the faculty meeting. 

If you have an agenda Item for our Faculty meeting,  please get it to me ASAP so we can get it on the schedule. 

Please be "Present" this week in all areas for our school safety and supervision.

Check out this link for a video of triplets in our kindergarten class.

http://www.myfox8.com/videobeta/87ac08a5-d9cb-47d4-9d52-dc4188ddd5a6/News/Back-to-School-Triplets

Thursday MM

Good Morning!

Long post with some items I omitted from the faculty meeting.  Thanks in advance for Reading this through!!!

It felt good to have focused feedback from our Surveys and then to identify the target areas for SIT to develop goals.  GREAT JOB!  The copies of the survey are in the LTM and Grade level chairs or SIT reps are welcome to take a set for further discussion.

It also felt good to have volunteers Step-UP for SIT.  We have many other opportunities for leadership here at Brunson as we need ....

a United Way Campaign manager

a UNCF Campaign manager

an Arts Council Campaign manager

a TAC representative

a Classified Advisory Representative

Many folks have worn these hats in my past four years here and I would like to open the floor and ask for any and all leaders to submit their names to me TODAY to indicate your interest and willingness to serve our school in any one of these capacities. (run-on sentence, sorry)

I also have a "short term" TEAM I want to convene to improve our car-rider dismissal.  All involved staff interested in helping to revamp this important part of our day, please attend our first session at 3:20 Tuesday in the car-rider area.  The implementation timeline will be quick, so put on those Engineering hats and let's improve this process.

Friday at Lunch - 12:00, I need to meet with ESL/Specialist/EC (Joel, Cindy, Mary Lauren, Stephanie S., Deb, Kathy, Andy, Olga, Janet, Stephanie I., Tanya, & Kim B.) regarding morning and afternoon supervision.  Let's use the Music room as we rarely get to visit out there.

Today we are doing 15 minute grade level meeting with K-5th residential in the LTM room.  We will begin 5 minutes after you student's begin specials.  Bring a good attitude and thoughts about workshop and "Imagine It" support.

From the Parent Blog

SUB today

Nelida Flatow for Nicole Londono AM only

Curriculum Nights!

We want to invite you all to participate in our Brunson Elementary Curriculum night in September.  We have two nights that are grade specific.

Tuesday, September 13th for Kindergarten, 2nd grade & 5th grade.

Thursday, September 15th for 1st grade, 3rd grade & 4th grade.

Both evenings will begin promptly at 6pm in the Auditorium for a PTA meeting and greeting from the leadership team.  At 6:25, we disperse to your child's classroom where the teachers have prepared a lesson for you about the year ahead.  Children are always welcome  at our school and may attend the session with you.  We look forward to seeing you so we can continue to build relationships and share vital information for our student's success.