Friday, December 4, 2009

Today is day 6 on the specials calendar.

Dress rehearsal performances for the Holiday program have changed-

K-2 will see the program Wednesday at 9:00 and third and fourth grade will see the program On Thursday at 9:00.
Please cast your teacher of the year nomination by Monday.
We look forward to as many people as possible attending our staff holiday social next Saturday. The cost is five dollars (5.00) per person or ten dollars (10.00) with a guest.
Mrs. Ayers classes will be on regular schedule Monday and there will be no rehearsal for the holiday program. After that, Music with Mrs. Ayers will be canceled until after the program.
First grade planning day-Dec 8-am half day
Second grade planning day-Dec 9-am half day
Kindergarten planning day-Dec 10-am half day

AR doughnut Sale-Dec 10 during morning and afternoon car rider pick up.

PBS Corner-Please encourage students to take place in the December PBS raffle. The winning students will make gingerbread houses with Mrs. Chandler. We certainly thank Mrs. Chandler for spearheading this activity.
SNOW, SLEET, ICE...oh my !
With the possibility of white "stuff" falling, It's time to review WSFCS employee attendance protocols in case of bad weather.
Please review WSFCS staff guidelines inclement weather-Here are the expectations in a condensed form-
If school is delayed for one hour- staff is expected to report at their regular time.
If school is delayed for two hours-staff is expected to report regular time but no later than one hour before their regular start time. ( classified-no later than 8:30 and certified no later than 8:50)
Please listen to TV and radio broadcasts for any announcements on inclement weather.
You may find the complete policy by reviewing the on-line WSFCS staff handbook, The Gibson staff handbook. I also have hard copies of the WSFCS employee handbook. You may get one upon request.
Please remember to complete the on-line criminal background check permission form.

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Today is day 5 on the specials calendar.
Joint Principals meeting-Ron away until noon
After- School tutoring
Upcoming events-

Holiday musical rehearsal performances will take place on December 9 and 10-both times at 9:00.
third and 4th and 5th not performing will see the performance on Wednesday at 9:00. K, 1 and 2 will see the performance on Thursday. Both times will help the performers work out the "kinks"
Please send any ticket money for the winter dance to the office. We will hold for the PTA so they can send home tickets. It's shaping up to be a great time, with door prizes and gifts.
The K-2 class and 3-5 class with the most participation will win a pizza party.
AR doughnut sale next Thursday during morning and afternoon car pickup.
Teacher of the Year nominating continues through next Monday.
Staff Holiday social-December 12-5.00 per person.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Today is day 4 on the specials calendar
Science Fair projects by 5th grade will be on display today. Please take the time to preview many of these great projects.
SES tutoring
Staff may begin to nominate co-workers for the teacher of the year competition. Nominations will be taken through next Tuesday. Please get a nomination ballot from the front office.
You may also nominate a classified staff member for the classified staff member of the year on-line. Yesterday's blog contained the web address and Mr. Leak will send the link via email.
Today students will get reminder notices about the Mother/Son/Father/Daughter dance sponsored by the PTA. The PTA is encouraging advance sales as much as possible. The K-2 classes and 3-5 class that has the highest tickets will get a pizza party. Please encourage your students to have parents buy tickets.
We will also send home Title 1 parent compacts with students today. This form is a required component of the Title 1 program. Please encourage students to have their parents discuss them with them, sign and return. Turn in signed forms to office and I will provide a den dollar for everyone who returns a form. (Integrity).
Music rehearsal will continue this week at the same schedule.
Welcome to Ms. Monica Moretz and Melissa Ivester, both will be substituting for teachers currently on maternity. We are glad to have them.
Teachers who want to donate decorations or ornaments to our building trees may bring them anytime. If you would like your class to make an ornament, that would be fantastic ! We would like to have both trees decorated by the end of the week.

Tuesday, December 1 2009
Today is day 3 on the specials calendar.
Staff meeting today after buses depart. Some staff are working in SES. You are expected to find out all information covered in staff meetings and are responsible for any deadlines or expectations set.
We have two trees donated by Mr. Blalock and Mrs. Chandler. We really want to decorate and set the mood for the season in our building. If each staff member would bring an ornament to put on the tree, I really think it would look great. I will get lights to go on one tree. One grade level has volunteered to make ornaments to go on one of the trees.
Two very special recognitions are about to take place for WSFCS employees. Our annual 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year nominations will begin this week. Teachers are nominated by co-workers and voted upon by all staff. Teacher of the year voting will be decided before we go out for Christmas break.
A new recognition for classified staff member is the WSFCS 2010-2011 Classified Employee of the Year. This recognition is the first of its kind and is long overdue. The objective of the award is to recognize classified staff employees. Classified staff can be nominated by any employee on-line at http://wsfcs.k2.nc.us/CEY. This address will allow you to access the on-line nomination form and criteria to be considered for nominations. Our own Ken Leak is on the CAC(Classified Advisory Council) executive board and can provide more details. The deadline for nominations is January 15.

Monday, November 30, 2009
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Today is day 2 on the specials calendar.
Revised ESL schedule starts today. There may be some initial "glitches" (some lunch overlapping) I will speak to teachers involved to iron them out. Just keep in mind the overall purpose of balancing student needs based on available data and serving the identified needs is driving force behind the switch.
Other schedule changes involve rehearsal for the holiday musical starring our own fifth graders. Mrs. Ayers has worked to have a block of afternoon rehearsal time and , as a result, has contacted certain grade levels responsible for switching music special time. No other specials should be affected and the change is no more than one day (scheduled music day). If she has not contacted you, your class will attend music as normal. A more complete schedule of rehearsal times will be given out at the next staff meeting.
Speaking of which, our next staff meeting is Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 or as soon as buses leave in the media center. We should have a brief presentation, a report by hospitality and a special sharing opportunity.
PLC's will meet as scheduled. Assistants covering, please be where you need to be on time. Remember, your responsibility will be to meet the class at the end of their special and monitor the students for about 20 more minutes. Teachers are expected to have very easy tasks for you to monitor with students. You are not expected to teach.
Please keep Mr. Funderburk in your thoughts and prayers. While he did return for a brief time, he had a relapse of sorts. He will be out until January. We are working with Mr. Leak to help fill in when possible.
Other activities:
Skate night
K-2 Science carnival this week.
A full schedule of December's activities will be included in the weekly update to be sent later today.
PBS corner is back-
With the holiday season upon us, The guidance dept and the PBS team have worked hard to get some very special items in the school store. These items will be excellent gifts children can give to parents. If I am not mistaken, adult staff members have been invited to preview the items for purchase. The point is, The PBS team would ask staff to "blitz" students with den dollars like we did the beginning of the year to allow students to have several dollars to spend in the store.
As always, we focus on giving den dollars for following PRIDE in and out of the classroom and take a second to state why the dollar was given-"You followed hallway rules or you showed respect by---".
If the DVD equipment is operating, we will also show the PRIDE dvd this week.