Monday MM - Day "C"

Good Morning!

Hospitality will have some creamer and sugar for the K-cup gifts found in your mailbox.

Report cards will be delivered in Tuesday Packets on the 28th.

PTA Birthday Bash for January and July is Tuesday.

WatchDOGS Bagel Breakfast is Friday!

Vision Screening is Friday in the Cafe. 

Faculty meeting this Wednesday.

Please welcome our new media assistant is Carol McCormick  She will work on Tuesdays and Fridays at Brunson from 7:30-4:00.

Kathy is @ Access training today.

Friday MM - Day "B"

Good Morning!

Two hour delay - We will have our LTM before the students arrive - 3rd at 8:30.  Remember, on days that we have a delay, our WSFCS expectation is for all staff to arrive for a full day of work @ regular reporting time.  If you have an issue please consider to ask for permission first rather than beg for forgiveness later.  I am reasonable(?) and want your safety to be priority #1.

Many teachers are at a Workshop today so please welcome our subs and be helpful!

• Annette France for Donna McGee
• James Reams for Lara Overby
• Brittany Jones for Brenda Coles
• Cheryl Askew for Sara Davis
• Meta Faulkner for Tonya Grisette
• Shelly Kirley for Demarie Anderson
• Michelle Hart for Darcy Steele
• Catherine Blankmeyer for Venice Hailstock
• Barbara White for Nancy Smoot

I will host a brief Classified employee meeting at 2:05 Friday in Mrs. Phelps classroom.  Please bring two copies of your schedule, one for me and one for you.

Please wish Scott Houston well as this will be his last day with the Brunson Family.  He has accepted a position in Rocky Mount as the director of youth services at their public library.  Congratulations and best wishes!  We appreciate all  you have done for our students and staff over the last two years.

Please welcome Hanes Magnet Social Studies teacher Mr. Andy Oberman to our campus.  He is working on his administrative degree and will spend today learning the role(s) of an elementary school administrator . 

Did anyone find my hat?  I will be looking Friday as I aim to complete a walk-through in every classroom looking for the posted objective, AND the level of engagement.  This data can help inform our work in springtime LTMs, after Andy and I collect sufficient data to be valid and reliable. 

The "Look-fors" added from the CWT tool.

3c. Determine level(s) of student work

Remembering: Can The Student Recall Or Remember The Information?Understanding: Can The Student Explain Ideas Or Concepts?Applying: Can The Student Use The Information In A New Way?Analyzing: Can The Student Distinguish Between The Different Parts?Evaluating: Can The Student Justify A Stand Or Decision?Creating: Can The Student Create A New Product Or Point Of View?

3d. Determine level of class engagement (select one)

Highly Engaged: Most Students Are Authentically EngagedWell Managed: Students Are Ritually EngagedDisengaged: Many Students Are Not Engaged

Thursday MM - Day "A" Third Quarter

Good Morning!

Our final Magnet Tour today at Noon!  All magnet applications are due before 4:30 pm on Friday the 24th of January.

My favorite stocking hat is missing.  It is a grey wool knit, that has a small tag "CT" for centennial trading company.  I have other hats, but that one is fits just so.  I remember carrying it with me last week and I left it sit in someones classroom.  Thanks for the help!

We have no timetable on the new mobile for James.  Our CO leader, John Craven, came by on Tuesday to gather documents to present to the City/County inspectors who must sign off on the project before we "break ground."  James appreciates your concerns and questions but we have a plan to inform you of any changes;

1. When we have new information, James will wear a floppy hat all day.
2. That hat will activate you to ask, "why are you wearing that hat?"
3. James will share the information he has on the trailer.

So, until you see James with the Floppy hat, we will have business as usual with Music in the classroom.

Wednesday MM - Day "F"

Good Morning!

Today, display a passion for learning and model for students your vision of an engaged learner.

Remember we are on the last day of the 2nd quarter specials calendar and the new calendar, found in the blog documents folder, begins on Thursday.

No PD today as we made great headway Tuesday.

Magnet tour at 8:30

Marion Williams for Tonya Grisette

FRIDAY MM - Day "E"

Good Morning!

Click MLK and ask - Whom do I serve?

I am looking forward to seeing those who are interested in our Coffee Talk on Tuesday. Please submit the appropriate form to Mrs.Stephenson if you are planing to take annual leave that day.

STEM team meets at 1pm on Tuesday.

Subs:
Ramona Starling for Angela Adams - Keep Angela in your thoughts as she went to the hospital with abdominal pain - Looking at gallbladder/other infections as possibilities.

Thursday MM - Day "D"

Good Morning!

Congrats to Helen Ransom our spelling bee champion.

I am at an elementary school principals meeting today until lunchtime.
{Agenda is posted in the Blog Documents folder on the shared drive}

Magnet tour today @ Noon.

Questions to ponder about reading instruction.

• How much time are your students engaged with text?
• what portion of your day is Direct instruction?
• What literary materials and resources do you use daily?
• Do all students "grow" at the same rate?
• Can we affect a student's rate of growth? 

Wednesday MM - Day "C"

Morning!

I have shared a draft of our next specials schedule with the specialists.  They were helpful in creating some adjustments and now I need your eyes to finalize the process.  I will catch up with a representative from each grade level today to share a draft copy.  Please share within your teams and provide any suggestions/corrections to me before Friday!

Spelling Bee finals are in the Jim at won.

No Meeting or PD today as we have the Optional Coffee Talk on the Rs day next Tuesday.

No sub for Irene