Tuesday, November 14th

I am at an Elementary Principals Meeting today and will return @ Lunch.  I placed a two flyers on the board today so check out the SPAW and HR.





   

Monday, November 13, 2017

Let's have a fantastic week.  

Please review our SIP in NC STAR.  Details to access the plan are on our WEBSITE.   We will vote on the plan at Community Crew this Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, we welcome Chloe Romeo from Discovery Education. She will be with us @1:00 for classroom support, see Susana for more details, and then present at Community Crew.

Please read your e-mail (white paper) as I embedded a video to be viewed before Wednesday's Community Crew.

We are finalizing some shifts from your feedback on dismissal.  Implementation will begin after Thanksgiving, November 27th.

The link below is for district PD offerings.

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWoylRIepjLTkxgbEBN1faoznO8qeUzcs3diKA_4hZg/edit#gid=490133492

Thursday, November 9th

Today, share the "why" behind Veteran's Day. It is more than a Friday without school and closed banks. Please e-mail me any learning targets that you utilize surrounding "Armistice Day."
An excerpt form the website for the US Department of Veterans Affairs;

"World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

WEDNESDAY!

BELLT meeting tonight @ 3:30 in the CB Lab

I want to thank Andrew Nelson for supporting Brunson and taking on the role of long-term sub for the vacant 5th grade class starting Monday, November 13th.  We will miss many aspects of what Lara Overby has brought to our school on a daily basis for the last 11+ years.  Please make time to wish her well as she transitions to Davie County as an instructional coach.

Where are you at with direct instruction concerning the scientific method and upcoming science fair?  Work together and enjoy the deep learning that occurs when students are supported in this process.

MONDAY!!!

Let's make this the best 4 day week ever!  

Teach daylight savings for it has relevance and can strengthen problem solving skills.

• A 2014 Rasmussen poll found that a declining percentage of adults in the United States -- 33% -- think daylight saving time is "worth the hassle." That's down from 37% in 2013 and 45% the year before.
• Efforts to kill off daylight saving time are nearly as old as the time shift itself, and even today, some are trying to get it repealed.
• Others like it so much they want it to be kept year round (standard time, by the way, is standard in name only ... We go seven months of the year now with the extra hour tacked on at the end of the day).
• Sourced from CNN

Currently there is not a sub that has picked up for Mrs. Guy.  Please hold your AIG kids in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.  We will come to you class and inform you if a sub is secured.

Friday, November 3rd

Let's make today JOYFUL.  I will be in every classroom today and would love to hear an uplifting story!

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS is Sunday.  Fall back means we will have more light in the morning and less in the evenings.  

Also with the weather being so mild, we may do a Fire drill today?  Always be prepared.

Enjoy the weekend!

Thursday, November 2nd

Thanks for your engagement at the community crew yesterday. Could you please think about a Learning Target that would be relevant and share your efforts?  There will be some space in the PLT room to record your thoughts.

My expectation for you today and everyday - TRANSMIT JOY. 

Jerry Yale is here today in the PLT room to continue working on your Technology pathways.  Please see him during your planing period.