Friday Update 12-4-09

Southwest Elementary School
Friday Update
December 4th, 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.

“Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.”-- William Glasser

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Next week
Monday 12/7 – Admin. Team Mtg., 3rd grade PLC @ 12:10, ESL Principal Mtg., Tech workshop – School Center Test Bank

Tuesday 12/8 – Interim reports go home, Watch Dog – David Rhyne, Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, Staff Mtg., Big Shotz night, Central Office Holiday Open House

Wednesday 12/9 – Watch Dog – Scott Sluder, 2nd Quarter round table mtg., 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th grade PLC @ 12:55, Staff Mtg. Update
Thursday 12/10 – Principals Mtg., 2nd grade PLC @ 11:05, 5th grade PLC @ 1:40, 5th grade to Stevens Center for Nutcracker
Friday 12/11 - Watch Dog – Loran Perkins, Admin. Team Mtg.


Week of 12/14-12/18
(12/14) 3rd grade PLC @ 12:10, SAT
(12/15) Kindergarten PLC @ 8:50, Specialists PLC @ 9:30, CC Mtg., SIT, Time to Eat Night, Board of Education Mtg.
(12/16) 1st grade PLC @ 10:20, EC PLC @ 12:00, 4th PLC @ 12:55, ES AP Mtg., TAC Mtg., Year Long Tech. Mtg., Carolyn Beard’s Retirement Dinner
(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
(12/18) Watch Dog – Jason Carter, 1st grade to Don Juan’s restaurant


Looking ahead



Duty Schedule
Breakfast – Biggam, Trinkle

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!!).
- If you have not voted for Teacher of the Year, please write your nomination down on a purple slip ( Kim Skinner's desk) and put in the basket which is also located on her desk (the deadline is Monday, December 7 at 12:00).
- Our Holiday staff get-together will be held on Thursday, December 17th at 6:00 at River Oaks Church
- The angel tree is up in the Lounge. When you take a tag, please sign on the line beside the tag number. This year, we are requesting gifts be turned in unwrapped, but you can include wrapping paper if you wish. Just make sure that the tag number is on each item or on the bag.
As usual, if you would like to help, but are unable to shop, we will take monetary donations and do the shopping for you.

**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

Heidi Lee – Thank you for your commitment to our parents and children in your leadership at car duty (year round, rain or shine!)
Donna Williams – Thanks for your extra time and effort working with a certain ESL student
Terry Zimmerman – Excellent use of laptop computers and math website to reinforce improper fractions, mixed numbers and simplifying fractions.
Eugenia Ivy – Thank you for your support with our special situations.
Katie Chamra, Terry Lowe and friends – Great job with Jump Rope for Heart
PRT’s – Thanks for working well with everyone to make DIBELS work well






* Week of 11/20
Can Winners

K-2 Tilley 448
3-5 Merritt 679

Honorable mention
K-2 Pennington 204
3-5 Moore 506
Currie 486


Week of 12/4
Winners

K-2 Lawrence 1175
3-5 Vance 416

Honorable mention
K-2 Gough 575
Kreger 467
3-5 Vaughn 386
Marceron 249