Friday Update 11-5-10

Friday Update
November 6th , 2010

We have two new Southwest Elementary staff members to welcome to our family. Please welcome them as they begin their time with us next week.

Mrs. Betty Pendley will start half days next week as our new Data Manager. She has worked as an assistant and technology facilitator at Clemmons Elementary School.
Mr. Bart Rodden has been hired as our new Lead Custodian. He is coming to us from Meadowlark Elementary and will be joining us in a few days.

Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. ~Author Unknown

Next week –
Monday 11/8 –– 3rd grade PLC @ 10:50, 2nd grade PLC @ 1:40, Watch DOG – David Seibert
Tuesday 11/9 - Kindergarten PLC @ 8:30, EC PLC @ 12:30, Watch DOG – David Rhyne, Happy Birthday to Erin Gough, Staff Meeting, White Elephant BINGO (6:00 – 7:30), Report Cards Go Home
Wednesday 11/10 - 4th grade PLC @ 9:15, 1st grade PLC @ 12:55
Thursday 11/11 – No School – Happy Veterans Day!
Friday 11/12 – 5th grade PLC @ 10:00, Watch DOG – Ray McDowell, Last Day of Book Fair

11/15-19
11/15 – 3rd grade PLC @ 10:50, 2nd grade PLC @ 1:40, Happy Birthday to Tiffany Larson
11/16 – Kindergarten PLC @ 8:30, EC PLC @ 12:30, Happy Birthday to Pat Taylor, SIT, Winston Salem Symphony Strings for 4th and 5th grade
11/17– 4th grade PLC @ 9:15, 1st grade PLC @ 12:55, Happy Birthday to Terry Zimmerman, 3rd grade puppet show, 4th grade to Heritage Theater
11/18– Watch DOG – Eric Blanks, Principals Meeting, Spanish Club, PBIS Meeting, Honor Roll Celebration @ 10:00
11/19– 5th grade PLC @ 10:00, Watch DOG – Randy Patton, 1st grade Thanksgiving Feasts

FYI/Reminders:
-The space in front of the annex sidewalk is no longer available for parking. It must remain open so that we maintain proper handicap access. We will put in a work order to have it properly.

-Please continue to remember those staff members who are dealing with personal illness or the illness of a family member.

-Please remember to wear your staff ID every day.
- Thank you for your work to get report cards ready. Please remember to follow up with communication with those students below grade level


Staff Stars
2nd grade teachers – Thanks for a great job testing!

5th grade – Great PLC today!

Wende Powell – Thank you for your work with 2nd grade enrichment

Kathi Lawrence and Peggy Isenhour – Nice work with your guided reading groups

Vanessa Menendez and Sandra Garcia – Thank your for always being willing to translate whatever and whenever needed!

Marilyn Barr - Great use literacy graphic organizers for predicting/inferring

Nicole Skinner - Effective use of THINK ALOUD with teacher read aloud text and student friendly division picture strategy that helped your students

Dawn Garlow - Creative Alliteration Sentences/Illustrations

Joyce Burnette - Wonderful writer's dialogue thinking through the step by step actions

Amy Tilley - Hats off to you for trying Hand Up/Pair Up/Share cooperative learning structure

Cristen Leteourneau - Creative Spanish interactive powerpoint focusing on directional words

Catherine Herko - Awesome job empowering your fifth grader writers to write poetry

Lauren Hagler - Effective job with the cooperative fraction to decimal to percent activity

Katie Chamra - Great job with cooperative learning activities in fourth grade - thanks for being focused on the needs of your learners

Donna Williams - Wonderful fundations instruction with your students

Bunny Coates - Super job with guided reading decoding strategies!

Nellie Broyhill, Debbie Herrin, Cornelia Hauhuth - Hats off to you for opening up our buildiing each morning!