Diggs-Latham Shows Pride!

 

 

Black History Celebration A Huge Success!

Yesterday's Black History Celebration was a grand success. Mr. Jahleel Deberry did an outstanding job as Master of Ceremony. I was so impressed with his confidence. He did an awesome job!!! Mr. Stover delivered an informative and interesting account of Black History while Mrs. Susan Ingram shared with us her beautiful rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing".  Mr. McCloud's poem was delivered beautifully and the message will live on in all of us. he is a grand speaker.  What a great experience for our students to see the WSSU Steppers. Our kids were wide-eyed while they were performing.  The Gospel Choir Members from Galilee Baptist Church sang and played beatifully. It is always such a wonderful experience for our students to hear others perform. What great role models for our kids!

I am also so very proud of our Pep Squad under the direction of Ms. Tryla Green, Ms. Alisha Taylor and Mrs. Lallave. I love watching them perform and so does our student body. It takes a lot of practice to be that precise and entertaining. They get better every time we see them. Way to go! Coaches, we appreciate you so much!

Speaking of dance, our Honors Dance Team, coached by Amanda Stevenson,  proved again why they are stand-outs in our district. They also get better and better.  Their performance was excellent and enjoyed by all. The costumes were just gorgeous and the team was focused and driven to show the authenticity of the dance. AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Mrs. Farthing also did an incredible job with her students. The Honors Chorus students sang beautifully and were enjoyed by all. I know this was a lot of work for Mrs. Farthing, especially since our students were involved in All County Chorus, the night before! Well done team.

Hooray for Mrsa. Washburn's 4th graders who made wax historical figures come to life. They did a marvelous job in their preparation. Way to go!

Of course, a lot of credit needs to be given to Mrs. Amanda Gordon and her team: Mrs. Maeretha Hopson, Ms. Farthing, Ms. D'Lisa Smoot, Mrs. Marilyn Gilliam, Ms. Alisha Taylor, Mr. Stover, Mrs. A. Brown and Ms. Studevent.  This event was a huge success because of all of your hard work, planning, dedication, and attention to detail. I cannot express enough gratitude on behalf of our school. THANK YOU!!!!!

I would also like to thank our behind the scenes folks, Mr. Powelson, Mrs. Uhrig and Ms. Pullen. As always, we appreciate their tech work. Thank you too to Mrs. Hamilton for taking pictures. You all are the best!  I hope I didn't inadvertently forget anyone, if I did I apologize, it wasn't intentional:)

SIT NEWS: 

You have probably noticed that there are 5 Project Sign-Up sheets in the lounge. Each Sheet has a Leader or Leaders names on the top. As a school, we are required to complete a Comprehensive Needs Assessment, in which we analyze our school. We look at perceptions, academic data, discipline data, attendance, etc... SIT Members have signed up to do the research but we need additional faculty members to help. Your SIT Rep. will tell you more about it. The SIT Members are required to participate but we would like to have additional school and community personnel help us as well. We value everyones input and feedback. This is a large task that we would like to have finished at the end of the month of March.  All schools are required to complete this very important task. This Tuesday's faculty meeting will be dedicated to getting in groups and working on this project. Everyone will participate on Tuesday but as I said, we need additional people to help on these 5 project groups so please sign up by Friday afternoon. The sheets are in the lounge.  Thank you:) This is a great Leadership Opportunity that will support your evaluation so I encourage you to participate. We will not have Differentiation training at this meeting but our meeting in April will be led by our school's Differentiation Team which includes: Julissa Knight, Mrs. Bostian, Mrs. L. Wright, Mrs. Faqih and Mrs. Pubantz and myself. We will have an informative and interactive session in which we will have doorprizes and snacks! 

Ms. Tryla Green and Ms. Sidonna Brown to take over Parent Involvement Blog

As you know, parent communication is very important.  These two talented ladies will update the parent blog every 2 weeks or so.  I am excited to see their blog, I know they will do a great job. They will be undertaking many challenges as they are administrative interns.  You can find the Parent Involvement Blog on our HomePage.  Thank you to Mrs. Martinez who translates the blog.  Way to step up ladies!

Picture Day is March 5th!  Family Fitness Night is March 7th!

 

Tuesday, February 26th

Happy Tuesday and certainly we welcome Back Ms. Smoot and Mr. T. who returned yesterday.  Continue to keep Ms. Barger in your thoughts and prayers as she continues to recover.

• Please be sure to spend your Gift Cards from Home Moravian and put the receipt in the brown envelope outside my office.  Mallie will be here to pick them up this week.
• Black History Celebration tomorrow at 9:00
• SIT Meeting this afternoon
• Mid-Term Interims due today
• Cannon and McNeil to City Hall this morning
• Mrs. Farthing will take students to All County Chorus at Reynolds HS tonite at 6:30/Come out and see our kids!
• I have received Quarterly Newsletters from AG/k/3. Everyone else, please turn in your grade level newsletters asap. Thank you:)

It is raining outside, but let's make it a great day indoors!

Monday, February 25th, 2013

  Happy Monday! I hope that everyone enjoyed their day off.

As always, this will be a very busy week.  Our Black History Celebration has been rescheduled for this Wednesday. Again, thank you Amanda and your wonderful committee for your hard work. I know that having a day off on Friday has thrown a monkey wrench in your plans but it won't slow you down much as I know you are always one step ahead of any unforeseen occurrences.  Wednesday will be great!

Today At A Glance:

• Cannon to meet with UNCG-Project Enrich at 8:00
• Cannon-Observations/Walk-Throughs
• Frazier-Observations/Walk-Throughs
• Farthing to take All County Chorus students  to practice
• Cannon-3:15 IEP

Mid-Term Interim  reports go out and Important SIT Meeting tomorrow at 3:10

All County Chorus-
Congratulations to all of our students who made All County and Thank You Mrs. Farthing for doing such an excellent job with them.  All County Chorus will be Tuesday evening, 6:30 at Reynolds HS. 

Friday, February 22, 2013

No School Today. We'll see you on Monday. Our Black History Celebration is rescheduled for Wednesday at 9:00 am. Have a wonderful day!!

It's Thursday!

Happy Birthday Miss Stevenson!

Items of Interest:

• Human Relations Banquet this evening - 5th Grader Clinden  McCulloh-Bostian  Way to go Clinden!!
• Black History Celebration tomorrow at  9:00/Talk to your students about  audience etiquette. It is so important that we reinforce that. Remember that staff members should not have cell phones out during any assembly unless it is an emergency and you have cleared it with me first.
• Dress in your Ethnic Attire tomorrow if you have it.
• Don't forget to turn in February newsletter to me for each grade level.
• Let's all keep our fingers crossed that the weather holds up for tomorrow morning!!!!Mid-Term Interims next Tuesday 2/26
• All County Chorus 6:30 2/26  Go Mrs. Farthing!!!!
• THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENTIATION TEAM MEETING on 2/27  at 3:10 in office conference room for the Team which includes:
•  Pubantz/L. Wright/Faqih/Bostian/Knight/Cannon
• DID I FORGET ANYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE?
• IMPORTANT-Sit Mtg. 3:10 on 2/26

February 20, 2013

Good Morning!  Welcome Back D'Lisa Smoot!!!!!! We missed you.

A special thank you to Mrs. Hough, Ms. Faqih, Ms. Frazier, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Pubantz, Mrs. Friel, Mrs. L. Wwright who all contributed to a very successful SIP Review yesterday.  They all worked hard to gather evidence and make a presentation to Mr. Steve Oates, our Elementary School Superintendent. Awesome job TEAM!!!!! We are all proud of you. I just received word from Mr. Foster that our SIP score in now 3.3.  The highest score is a 4.  Way to go team.   I am so proud of our whole faculty.  We will begin work on our Comprehensive Needs Assessment at next week's SIT Meeting.

Items of Interest and Importance:

• Remember to turn in Guided Reading Levels and groups to Gloria today. The expectation is that all grade level reading teachers are doing guided reading. If you have questions or need assistance, I will be happy to help.
• Don't forget to donate to the Arts Council. Even one dollar helps:) This is a great cause.
• Are you wearing green today?
• I would like a copy of each Grade Level's February newsletter. I need to share them with Title I.
• 3rd round Observations are beginning/Walkthrough are continuing.
• Thanks to Amanda Gordon and her team for making final preparations for our Black History Celebration. I know it will be incredible.
• Retention Letters are being translated and will be ready to go home in next Tuesday's packet. Be sure to send letters home to anyone who might be a possibility including those referred in which decisions have not yet been made.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

 

Happy Tuesday!

OSTE Meeting 3:10 in the Media Center/SIP Review Meeting in Room 200 and Committee Meetings at 3:10 throughout the building. Remember to send a copy of your agenda to Mrs. Frazier and myself.

SEEDS.......SEEDS.....SEEDS......

Mrs. Jackson would like you to know that she has left seeds in the front office for your use.  Thank you Irma!

Retention Letters:

If you have students that you are considering for retention, please stop by my office today to pick up letters that should go home today.  Thank you.