May 9, 2012

Good Morning Everyone!  Cassandra is out sick today as is Judy Uhrig so there will be no WDLE News this morning.  We hope they are both feeling better.

Great News.  Our Star 3 Professional Development Proposal was approved by Senior Staff Members yesterday.  We will take a team to University of Virginia July 9-13th to learn about Differentiation from C. Tomlinson.  The teachers will then come back and train the faculty. We should glean a lot of information from this Institute.

Walk-Throughs are officially completed.  We have reached our goal.  Of course, we will still be in and out all day:)

The last Saturday Academy is this weekend.  Mr. Holmes will be unlocking and locking the building back up.  You need to make sure he has unlocked the building before you enter. Also, let him know if you plan on working in building A on Saturday so he is aware of who will be in the building.

 All Reading, Math and Grade 5 Science Lesson Plans for next week and Remediation Week are due to me by Friday. Gloria sent you information about this earlier.  You may put the plans in the box outside my door. This is a district mandate that we must follow. PLANS DUE FRIDAY.

Gloria's son graduates this weekend in Michigan!  That is wonderful.  Do we have any other staff members who have children graduating from  HS or College.  Let's celebrate!

Home Moravian is running a pancake breakfast at the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, May 20th beginning at 7:00am.  It will benefit the Prodigals.  I am going to help and would love it if we had some more volunteers from school.  They do so much for us so if you can give some of your time Sunday morning, that would be great.  See Mr. Shorer for details.  It is important for us to give back.

Home Moravian Gift Cards

We were so blessed to receive educational gift cards from Home Moravian.  Please make sure your gift card has been spent by this coming Monday.  Put the receipt and your thank you card in the brown envelope outside my door by Tuesday.  They would like to get their ducks in a row with bookkeeping.  Thank you. I hope you have enjoyed your giftcard purchases.

It's Tuesday, May 8th - ELECTION DAY!

Today is ELECTION DAY.  Elections will take place in the Toyota Literacy Room in Building B.  We are expecting a large crowd.  In order to keep our students safe, please keep your eyes and ears open.  If you see anything unusual, report it to the office.

Reminder: All certified staff need to meet in Room 200 afterschool to fill out a quick survey to be followed by a few quick announcements and then a very quick Star 3 mtg.

Please Welcome Mr. Franco.  He is replacing Mr. Simpson.  We wish Mr. Simpson the best. Mr. Franco is very happy to be joining us.  Be sure to give him a big Diggs-Latham welcome.

HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION TUESDAY!!!!!!  THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF YUMMY TREATS IN THE LOUNGE FOR YOU TODAY SO BE SURE TO STOP BY.  WE THINK YOU ARE WONDERFUL.  THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!!!!!

This is the last week to contribute to UNCF.  Even one dollar helps.  Please consider giving. See Mrs. Gilliam.

It's Teacher Appreciation Week!!!!

Happy Monday!  It will be a very busy week, as usual!  We are a polling site so the Board of Elections will be setting up the voting Machines in the Toyota Literacy Room this afternoon.  Voters will use the ramp by Taylor's room to come in to vote therefore, you shouldn't see any voters in Building A.  I will add to this blog this afternoon so please read again later.

Friday, May 4th

It's finally Friday!  Another busy day.  I am heading off to central office by 9:00 as I have been chosen to be a part of our district's Strategic Planning Team for Reading and the 21st Century Learner.  The more information we have the better:)

Remember to donate to UNCF if you are able.  Thank you to Mrs. Gilliam for all her efforts.

Rest and have a wonderful weekend.

Thursday, May 3rd

Good Morning!! The Counselor's Breakfast was wonderful today.  I thank Ms. Studevent for the incredible job she does with our students and their families everyday.  She is a treasure to us.

TRANSFER FAIR this afternoon-4:00-5:30-North Forsyth High School

PTA Banquet is this evening in Clemmons.

Everyone, Have a GREAT DAY!!

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Happy Wednesday!

Mrs. Pubantz will hold proctor training today at 1:30.  Mrs. Dobson is out of the building today but will be here tomorrow.  Tomorrow is the Transfer Fair, 4:00 at North Forsyth HS.  The WSFCS Counselor's Breakfast will be tomorrow at 7:30 am and the Spring PTA Banquet will be tomorrow evening in Clemmons.

As we prepare for Testing in a few weeks, please be sure to "sweep" your rooms and make sure that all the following are covered or removed.

• Word Walls
• Test-Taking Strategies
• Any tested content
• All Science related content
• IF IN DOUBT, TAKE IT DOWN or Cover it:)

Also, a reminder to all staff, your cell phones should be off ,or on vibrate and secured away during the instructional day. Of course, if you have a family emergency, we can discuss it. Absolutely no phones should be out or on during testing. This is one of the number one reasons for test misadministrations.  This was discussed in our Principal's Meeting yesterday.

Don't forget to contrubute to UNCF if you are able.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!