Friday Update 12-11-09

Southwest Elementary School
Friday Update
December 11th, 2009
The staff conference sign-up sheets are outside my office door. During our “10 minute conferences” that I will have over the next few weeks, I would like to focus on ways that we can help you reach our struggling students. Thank you for all that you do every day.

"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers." Josef Albers

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Next week
Monday 12/14 – 3rd grade PLC @ 12:10, SAT

Tuesday 12/15 – Clemmons Middle Band concert for 5th grade @ 8:30, Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, CC Mtg., SIT, Time to Eat Night, Board of Education Mtg.

Wednesday 12/16 – 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th PLC @ 12:55, ES AP Mtg., TAC Mtg., Year Long Tech. training @ 3:15, Carolyn Beard’s Retirement Dinner

Thursday 12/17 – 2nd PLC @ 11:05, 5th PLC @ 1:40, 1st grade to Don Juan’s restaurant, Watch Dog – Todd Stephens, Staff holiday “potluck” 6:00 at River Oaks Church

Friday 12/18 - Watch Dog – Jason Carter, 1st grade to Don Juan’s restaurant


Week of 1/4-1/8
(1/4) Watch Dog – Justin Jones, 3rd grade PLC @ 12:10
(1/5) Joint Principal’s Mtg., Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, Focused Staff Mtg., Donatos Night
(1/6) 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th grade PLC @ 12:55
(1/7) Admin. Team Mtg., 2nd grade PLC @ 11:05, 5th grade PLC @ 1:40, Technology Workshop – Social Bookmarking
(1/8) Principal’s Mtg.


Looking ahead
1/12/09 Progress Report

2/2/09 Report Card

Duty Schedule
Breakfast – Weiss, Aikins, Letourneau, Sereika

Bus –Larson, Garlow, Dosek, Marceron, Trinkle, Vest, Letourneau, Sereika, Aikins, Hauhuth

Car riders – Morning – Patty Overby, Susan Twyman
Afternoon – Caller – Lee, Tilley
Inside –Womble, East, Roberts
Outside – Herko, King, Kreger, Currie, Drummond, Moss
Hall – Everhardt (computer lab), Hauhuth (gym lobby)
Parra (Music Hall), Allen (Auditorium Lobby)

FYI/Reminders
- Please remember Joanne Baker in your thoughts and prayers as she will be out until January recuperating
- Criminal Background forms must be completed online by Dec. 14th
- All computers must be turned off daily. Beginning in January, Central Office will charge $1 per computer left on (OUCH!!).
- Our Holiday staff get-together will be held on Thursday, December 17th at 6:00 at River Oaks Church. Please sign up in the lounge.
- All PLC’s will be held in Room 19 (our new science room) and will be facilitated by administration
- Kindergarten assistants need to attend Tuesdays PLC @ 8:50
- Duty Free Lunch will be held on TUESDAY ONLY this week


**This year the “Can-Do man” will give every student either a dog tag or a bracelet when they reach the 500 can mark. Please encourage each student to keep an individual record of their can donations.


Staff Stars
Dee Brown and Georgia Kennedy – Thank you for all your help making Mrs. Baker’s class run smoothly during her absence
Kim Chadwick – Good job using non-linguistic representations (tangrams) to teach geometry
Cristen Letourneau – Excellent use of technology in the classroom
Shipps Washington – Thank you for your help directing traffic in the afternoon
Numerous SW staff members – Thank you for your work to make sure that many of our families’ needs are met for this holiday season
All PLC groups - Thank you for doing an excellent job of making our conversations useful and connected to the work that we do with our students