Welcome Back from Spring Break!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday APRIL Babies..............

 

• April 1- Kim Bersch
• April 1- Joanne Lewis
• April 8- Justin Sumners
• April 10- Tanya Smith
• April 17-D'Lisa Smoot
• April 23- Audrey Brown

Family Affairs- Welcome Back Mrs. Roane. We are so glad you are back.  Mrs. Croookshank sent an email over spring break that her surgery went well and she is expecting to be back in May.
Once again, please keep Mrs. Faqih in your thoughts and prayers as her father passed away in India yesterday.  Many school family members are going through difficult times, your compassion and kindness will go a long way to comfort our colleagues.  Thank you.

Busy, Busy, Week Ahead. 

 

 

 

 

 



Tuesday, March 26th

 

 

New Superintendent Named Today:)

The new Superintendent will be named today after a 10:00 Board Meeting. This is exciting news. Remember he/she will be here to meet us tomorrow at around 11:00 during lunch.  I am hoping we will be able to tour both buildings to show off our school and all of the great work you are doing with our students.

Keeping the Kids on Target

As you know the children are excited about Spring Break. Do your best to keep them on their normal routine and actively engaged. Supervise transition times carefully. We appreciate your help with this. 

SIT Meeting 3:10 to work on CNA. Shakila and Cheryl will run the meeting.

Spring Treats!

Nancy Hoover who happens to Ross' mom will bring in special treats for you this week on the last day of the quarter, Wednesday.  How very special and thoughtful.  Thank you Mrs. Hoover!!!!!!!!

New Superintendent to Visit Diggs-Latham!

Another Busy Week.......Monday April 25th, 2013

Happy Birthday to Mary Winterhalder who celebrated yesterday!

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO CASSANDRA DOBSON who will be the new Assistant Principal at Konnoak Elementary beginning April 1st.  We are so very proud of her!!!!!!!! She is still at Speas until the transition to AP.

 

Congratulations to Mrs. Seachrist who has been nominated for the Promise Award for Outstanding Beginning Teachers. The Awards will be given at the Spring STAY Banquet on April 15th.

 

 Congratulations to Mrs. Jane Bullin who has been nominated as an Outstanding Teacher of Math for our District!!!!!!  

Family Affairs:

Welcome Back Mr. Clarence Thorpe, our evening lead custodian. He had been in the hospital with pneumonia but he is back with us now:)

Ms. Angela Roane underwent surgery last week in her home town. She is recovering and getting stronger. She has also experienced a few deaths in her family during her absence. She needs our thoughts and prayers more than ever. We wish her a very speedy recovery.

Also, Keep Liz Crookshank in your prayers, her knee surgery was last week.

Kristy Reece has written 2 children's books and has just been notified that she will be published!  Fabulous News!!!! We are so proud!!!

Thank you so much for a smooth testing week.  I appreciate you all.  Just a few notes after reflection in order to be ready for the EOGs.

• There should be no cell phones out for any reason. This is district policy. If you need a clock or to have a clock replaced for malfunction, please let us know. Of course, this goes for students as well. There should not be any student or teacher's watches that beep or play any kind of notification. No texting goes without saying.  If there is an emergency, the office will contact you.
• Please be sure to walk around and monitor testing to be sure that children finish or there is no misalignment, wrong answer sheet, etc...
• Thank you for encouraging the children to do their very best. That is all we can do. You did a good job with this. Thank you.  Troubleshoot with them and talk with them about what they do if they get tired or if a problem is too hard and for pacing themselves. The tests were hard this quarter and scores were generally lower across the district.  Hang in there and keep your chins up. I know you are working hard.
• We will be ordering some sturdy, well made, pre-sharpened pencils to help you with the pencil breaking events you have endured. Thank you Gloria for finding a great resource.
• Thank you Ms. Wynns for writing up the Clean and Green Application. We appreciate you more than you know.
• Please let Ms. Kennedy know your intentions concerning leave days for Spring Break.
• By now, All Intent Notifications should be completed.  I recently sent out the date for the Transfer Fair but in case you missed it, it will be on April 11th at 4:00-North Forsyth HS.
• Thank you Dr. Madison for all your work in getting our Title I Audit Information in order. Great Job.
• Be sure to get a Climate Survey from Mrs. Pullen:)
• Thank you to Barbie and Kate for continuing the Book Room Update.  It is a lot of work.
• Thank you Nohora, Julissa, Jenny and David Sisk for a great Toyota Literacy Recruitment Breakfast.

 
FYI......EVAAS Resource Page New on the Web

A new page has been added to the EVAAS website to help educators understand the reports and other information produced by EVAAS. Material available on the Resources page includes help files, teacher notifications for releases for value-added reports and evaluation dashboards, overviews and more. Please visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/effectiveness-model/evaas/resources/ to review the documents and links to other information related to EVAAS

 

REMINDER: All staff members involved in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment will meet for a working meeting on Tuesday, the 26th in the Media Center.  It is important that all team members be there.

 

 

Exciting News: Our new Superintendent will be here to visit us from 11:00-12:00 on Wednesday.  We are honored to host our new Superintendent! Please be sure your room looks its best as we will be touring the buildings:)  Also, talk to students about this special day.

It's A BOY!!!!!!!

 CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! 

Hooray, We have a new baby and I am a Principal Nana again!!!!  You all are aunts and uncles! Brooke had her baby on 3/21/13. He was 8 lbs. and 8 ounces.  Both mom and baby are doing GREAT!!!!   The baby's name is Aden Michael Hough. Conratulations Mom and Dad!

Fabulous Friday!!!!!

Great Job With Testing TEAM!!!

Please keep Mrs. Roane in your prayers as she has had some surgery this week. Send happy thoughts her away as well as to Mrs. Crookshank.

Walkers....If you have students who are walkers, please remind them to stay on the sidewalk the entire journey and not to cross away from the crossing guard into the street. They can get hurt.

Lunch Today!  Thank you 1st, 2nd and HI teachers for providing a delicious lunch today. What a great surprise!!!!  Thank you all!!!!!

Report card turns in assignments are on calendar. They must be in a folder or envelope with your name on it.  Please turn in on time. The end of the quarter is next Tuesday.

Please make sure that you read my email concerning PowerSource and that you register asap. We will be using PowerSource next year.  There will be on-line courses that you can get credit for to help you navigate the nnew program.

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY!!!!!!

Wonderful Wednesday! March 20, 2013

 

 

Climate Survey Information

It is that time again. FCAE has dropped off Climate Surveys to be completed by all licensed personnel and teaching assistants. Ms. Pullen is standing in for Mrs. Crookshank as FCAE Representative. Be on the lookout for an email from her to inform you of survey instructions.  All surveys will be due by March 27th at 8:00 am. This survey is very important.

Information:

• Intent Forms Due Friday

• Be thinking about and working on your End of Year PDP documentation in McRel.

• Grade level chairs...Be on the Lookout for Clean-Up Assignments in your boxes from J. Pullen

• Please keep Mrs. Crookshank in your prayers today as she will be having surgery on her knee. Also, many staff members are recovering from colds, the flu and stomach viruses. We wish them all a speedy recovery.  Please encourage all children to wash their hands many times a day with soap and water:)

• Thank you Mrs. Pubantz for orchestrating such a smooth testing day! 

• Teachers, you did a great job administering tests today. Thank you. Remember to trouble shoot with your children and remind them that we only want them to do their very best and that there may be questions that are hard. They shouldn't panic. Also, please be sure to walk around to check for mis-alignment, etc....  Remind students to be at school on time, especially if they get breakfast at school.

• I will be attending a district Magnet School Meeting this morning at 10:00.

• Connie will be here to collect Lesson Plans.