Wednesday, September 20th

SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT

• Do not allow students to walk or play under the large sweet gum tree near the far bridge on the playground.

Wednesday

• Staff Crew tonight at 3:30 in the media center.  

Thursday 

• Woodwinds perform for 4th and 5th grade @ 9:00 in the gym
• Curriculum night and family crew for Kindergarten and 1st grade, 6:00-7:30 pm

Friday

• is Friday!

Tuesday, September 18th

Mrs. Adkins is out sick today.  

We are fortunate to have a focused PTA driven by the belief that, Human capital > Financial capital.  To this end, the PTA implements one fundraising campaign entitled "Be.week," dedicated to raising financial capital to support human capital.  Please participate and communicate positive beliefs to all the parents and students in your class. 

During “Be Week,” we will celebrate and show our support for this wonderful school community that is giving our children the foundation and confidence to Be whatever they can imagine! This kick off to our PTA Direct Donation Drive includes opportunities for students to join in the fun by dressing up to support Brunson with 100% participation!

• Monday: Be Heroic - Dress up like anyone you think is heroic. 
• Tuesday: Be Determined - Wear spirit gear or colors of a college 
• Wednesday: Be Unique - Wear what makes you unique and special- be wacky, be tacky, be unique! 
• Thursday: Be Brunson – Wear Brunson gear and/or school colors. 
• Friday: Be Green - Wear green as we beautify the school campus.

Today I am at a Elementary Principals meeting, agenda below.

8:00 Principals PLT - Donna Cannon
9:00 Math - Velvet Simington
9:30 Science - Warren Potts
10:00 Break
10:15 Social Studies - Rebecca McKnight
10:45 ELA - Kathryn Kear
11:15 Technology - Kevin Sherrill
11:30 PLT - Deborah Hartman
12:00 Behavior Support - Angela Evans-Everett
12:20 Wrap-Up - Shelia Burnette, Adam Dovico & Paula Wilkins

Wednesday we have a staff crew meeting @ 3:30 led off by Patrick McCann, Benefits Counselor for

Pierce Group Benefits (704-491-5626) pjmccannllc@gmail.com

Monday, September 17th

The 2-hour delay provides us time to reset our classrooms after your AMAZING storm preparation.  Below are some norms for a two hour delay

• Staff reports at normal time, Be Safe and call if there is an issue
• Teachers are ready & welcome students into classrooms @ 9:50 
• Breakfast is served and students enter the building @ 9:50
• Announcements and the pledge @ 10:20
• Specials for Period 1, 2 & 3 are cancelled
• No Crew for 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade
• Specials starts with 4th period @ 10:40
• Lunch schedule is standard
• 4th & 5th grades will have crew 
• Our digital learning coach, Yvonne James, will be available as needed in the new PLT room

Let's all rekindle relationships with students today and get back on the academic growth train!

Thursday, September 13th

I will be posting pictures and updates on the school via our school twitter account @BrunsonOffice

We have a great opportunity to partner with UNCSA and version 2.0 of ArtistCORPS.  To improve the service provided to our students, we are looking for 3 volunteers to lead the collaborative effort with the ArtistCORPS members. (1 teacher from 3rd, 4th & 5th grade)  Expansion to K-2 will occur as we build the capacity to provide artistic and standard-based lessons.

Wednesday, September 12th

Please welcome our new 50% Testing Coordinator, Angie Chee!  

Day two of Crew!

Team time (3:30-4:30) today has options:

• BELT meeting from 3:30-4:30 in the Technology Lab
• Crew Writing team 3:30-4:30 in room 14
• Grade Level planning
• Kindergarten in room 2
• 1st grade in room 9
• 2nd grade in room 15
• 3rd grade in room 26
• 4th grade in mobile 37
• 5th grade in mobile 32
• specialist in the media center
• EC/ESL in room 13

Due to the arrival of Florence, my boys have classes cancelled at UNC-CH and App State.  Some may wonder, "why is WSFCS not being responsive to the threat of wind and rain like our institutions of higher learning?"  Let me share my perspective;  Universities are complex systems housing thousands of residential students and need to make the call early to allow for travel logistics.  WSFCS is complex, yet we transport students back home everyday.  Thus our mission is to actively monitor the storm to honor the value of instructional time while keeping student safety our priority.  Stay tuned and keep focused.

Tuesday, September 11th

Please take a moment to reflect and honor the memory of 2001.  I was in a classroom full of high school science students, jointly trying to comprehend the incomprehensible.  It was my last year as a classroom teacher as I began the NC Principal Fellows program at UNC-G in the fall of 2002. 

Today we will commemorate 9/11 with a full minute of reflection time on the announcements.

After the announcements, 3rd grade students will begin the BOG-3.  

Join me in welcoming Deb Landreth to our Crew as a part time reading interventionist.  Her role will be to work with our students on the verge of proficiency in the 1st & 2nd grades.  Tier two interventions are 7 to 10 minutes in length and 8 to 10 days in duration between progress monitoring.  

News on Florence is day by day.  If you are in a low lying area, survey what you would like to lift to higher ground in the event we get flooding rains. 

Monday, September 10th

Welcome to week #3 and the opening Crew session.

Third grade students will take the BOG-3 on Tuesday Morning.  Please monitor movement and volume to provide an appropriate assessment environment for our students.

We met with SMO, our contract cleaning service, to create the plan for improved service in the afternoons. 

• A supervisor will be present for several days to ensure a fully secure lock down at 8:00
• Two additional employees, Cassietta and Gayle will be attending to rooms
• A new site supervisor, Pasquella,  will begin mid-week 
• All classroom teachers need to stack or "table" chairs for daily sweeping
• All classroom teachers need to close all blinds daily for security & energy management 

Together we can improve the physical condition of our school.  We are crew, not passengers.