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5/18 Swimsuit drive....please remind kids

The picnic will be on the playground on the 26th. Also....do we have a rain plan for our kickball tournament??? Any ideas?

Remind parents that RC link goes live on June 4

Books are due to the library on Monday Please check classrooms for library books.

Boxes are here. Get tape from Barney.

PE- please drop off for rest of the year at the driveway to US. They will walk to south campus for 4 Square. No more walking to gym.

Let your specials know if you are coming the last day of school.

5/11 Tuesday will be our chapel day. We will not go on Thursday.

Swimsuit donation will start next week.

Be sure to remind your class to have proper behavior tomorrow. (although they were really talking about my class:)

Tank tops that have thick straps are okay for the girls. teachers can wear shorts, but they have to be appropriate!!

Boxes are ordered if you are moving or need to pack up.

When you collect and recycle workbooks, turn them into the library on Tuesdays, recycle days.

Fun Run shirt and uniform bottoms are this Friday, but only for kids with new shirts...not old ones. Everyone else is in regular uniforms.

Faculty meeting next Tuesday (mandatory) at 3:45 in the Stone house.

4/27 Please tell Sanders when you are not going to be at lunch....they don't think the US cafeteria and LS cafeteria are communicating.

Friday is a NU day for all because of Harrison, AP for the Day.

Think about what you want to reorder for Math for next year- supplies, materials...what you want and don't want.

Carpool- Last two weeks of school: team will rotate every 2 days, starting with Team 1 on Monday and Tuesday, May 16/17, and so on.... Last two days of school: 26th is Team 1 and 2 27th is Team 3 and 4

Use yellow programs starting tomorrow in Chapel. Remember to count Starfish money. Bring in an envelope with total on outside.

The Enrichment program for next year will be for 1st -5th....details still being worked out.

LS Faculty Meeting on the 17th in the Stone house. We need to bring the wedding gifts for Jenna, Kelly, and Julia. I think we all agreed to $10 a piece of each bride. Maybe we can just get them all a gift card somewhere???

May 3 is PJ day as commanded by the Principal for the Day. I will not be here, but do you guys want to wear PJs? Decide as a team so no one looks like a dork!!

IMPORTANT!!!

It is clear that my time as Team Leader should be coming to an end because I did not read Barney's amended notes last week.....

FIELD DAY is now on THURSDAY MAY 12.

Here is our schedule for the day: 8:30-9:05 Chapel 9:15-11:30 Field Day 11:30-12:15 Class? Movie? 12:20-1:15 Recess/Lunch 1:15-2:30 Rotation 2:40-3:15 MS Ice Cream Social.

How do you like that????

4/20

IMPORTANT....Field Day has been changed (for several reasons) to MAY 11. That is a Wednesday, We will participate from 12:15-2:45. Please make a note on your calendars and post to your webpages.

The AR lab will be open 5 days this summer....dates to come.

4th grade Wax museum will be Friday, April 29. There will be a sign up for 3rd and 5th grades who would like to come and visit.

May 23 will be the chorus lunch and rehearsal from 12:30-3:00. Please have students pack up and head over after our last class. May 24 is their concert.

Next year we will have assigned parking places.

May 3 is Principal Day. Kids can wear pajamas.

5th grade next year will probably have 105 students.

Starfish money is due on 4/28. Please put in an envelope with the total on the front. Have one student bring it up at the chapel offering.

IMPORTANT....Wes Green says that every room must have a lockable cabinet or drawer. Our cabinets above the cubbies do not count because too many people have those keys. If you, like me, use the same key on your desk to lock up your purse, please email Jed and ask for your desk to be rekeyed this summer.

4/6 Jean Bertold, from Haiti, will be coming to visit next week. He will be here M, T, and W. Beth was thinking about him spending time with those children who went the extra mile for Haiti. Maybe a lunch? Let me know what you think and who in your class that would be.....mine : nobody!

"Hats for Haiti" Friday, April 15. $1 donation to Starfish.

Summer reading will not change for 5th next year.

LS Orchestra concert is May 25 at 4:00. Students MUST wear uniforms on that day. No AR coupon exchange.

Please LOCK UP everything that is valuable- purses, starfish money, etc. Things are being stolen, not just money...office supplies too and coffee. We should probably make sure our doors are closed and locked when we go to chapel and no one is around.

If you have summer work order, please email Karen.

Admissions letters are due back on Friday the 15th.

We will need to get a wedding gift for the joint shower....although we need a gift for each girl: Julia, Kelly, and Jenna. We can each donate $20 or so and we will just get what we can for the 3 of them. Any other ideas?

That's it!

3/30 April 4- the blackbirds are being installed into the library. Please don't send students unless it was absolutely necessary.

April 29- 4th grade will do their wax museum in the classrooms and hallway. 5th grade will be invited to visit. Times to come later....

Earth Day is 4/22

May 9 Carmen is coming to tell stories. Rappy will send us times this week.

This Friday is the AR NU day. April 29 is the NU day for April.

Field Day is May 3, with a rain date of May 4. On May 3 we will participate from 12:15-2:45.... If it is on May 4th we will participate from 9-11:30 Classes will pick a color for shirts. No PE classes that day....obviously.

In previous years, the last week of school has been NU. However, this caused much chaos and discipline problems. Therefore, the only NU day will be the LAST day of school- May 27. The rest of the week will be regular UNIFORM. Students with AR coupons may use them anytime during the last 2 weeks of school. They can "buy" a NU day with their unused coupons.

Jed is sending a sheet for Braves tickets for students who got all A's. Please copy it and send it home with children that meet the requirement.

Fun Run is coming....students can wear OLD fun run shirts on April 15. New shirts from this year will be worn on May 13.

Don't forget that Michael White comes on Tuesday. Check the schedule for times.

Next Tuesday is NO HW night.

Week of April 25, Carmen Kissack, from the MS wants to come to each of our homerooms. SHe will be there for 10-15 minutes. Students will log into the HIES website and choose their Fine Arts elective and their language for 6th grade. They need to discuss these choices with parents. If they are going into strategies, they won't choose a language. Please email me times that work for you that week.

3/16 Gray chapel programs this week.

For Lent we will be collecting money for Haiti. US students from the Haiti club will speak at chapel this week.

Aquarium on 3/25. We leave promptly at 8:30 and will leave the aquarium at 11:30 to return.

April 8- 9:30- Jump Rope team from Woodward in the gym.

3/25 Alive @ 3:05. El Azteca

2/16 Jed sent out an email with RC dates on it.

Next community service will be collection of hotel soaps and shampoo.

Check out the GA Aquarium website. It has a lot of teacher stuff.

Dr Seuss Day is March 4. Kids can dress as their favorite character. We should discuss our "rules" for 5th.

Portrait squares are dur Thursday.

Please email special teachers if you are going on a field trip.

Terri will be out at NAIS next Wed-Sat.

That's it!

This Monday will be uniform bottoms with a red or pink Valentine's themed shirts with uniform bottoms

Please make sure your students are going straight to their carpool. They may not go other places, like the Campus Shop.

AR non-uniform day will be the 25th.

Bathroom issues: The girls are writing on the stalls in the bathroom and the boys are "missing the target" and causing "a sticky situation." Gross!! We need to give bathroom speeches on what is appropriate behavior.

Severe weather drill on Monday at 9:10.

1/26 Geoffrey will come and update all computers for IXL so that they work properly. (although I don't think this applies to us) IXL should be used as reinforcement, not as homework....because it can not always be counted on.

Heather will be opening the computer lab for younger children to come and work on IXL...sort of like the AR lab. (once again, doesn't apply to us) She is starting a new project with the 5th grade. She may want them to come in and work in their free time and at tutorial if needed. She says that she can't really teach typing because she only has them once a week. The younger kids and 5th grade are really on their own to learn it. She can send home packets with a keyboard on paper for them to practice on. I suggested she set goals for them and offer a reward as an incentive. (no comment)

Remember the 1st Tuesday of each month is a no HW night. This means no tests on the following Wednesday.

Please have your corrected benchmarks to me in a week.

Our AR trip is Friday March 25. We will leave at 8:30.

Remember that Winterfest is not Feb. 4 at 2:00. They can wear spirit wear on top and uniform bottoms. THIS FRIDAY IS REGULAR UNIFORMS.

Six Flags reading incentive is coming....Donna Jo is getting it together. She also has the ONLINE LISTENING LIBRARY in the catalog now. It is under OLL.

Music will send us pamphlets for Open house. They will be in Savannah at a thing....

If you have students applying out, please get teacher recommendations to Karen by Friday.

Open House: People will be in our rooms from about 1:30-2:45. You MUST be here by 1:00, but if you want a parking space, it may need to be earlier. You should be out by 3:00.

1/5 Test results are back today. Kathy will mail on Friday. Look for discrepancies between what happens in the classroom and the test.
 * Word Study skills category could be lower because it covers areas like Phonics which students have not had in a while.

Jan 21st- AR NU Day Jan 28th- Winterfest- Spirit Wear top and uniform bottoms.

Jan 29th- OPEN HOUSE. All must be there. Schedule to come

Jan 14- 10:05 Fire Drill

Next Monday morning is Breakfast with Books- 7:30

Friday March 4th- Dr. Seuss Day

Alexis will not be here today. She is sick

Remember if you are going to be absent before a holiday, like MLK, you must get approval first.

Barbara is adding a summer class for students coming from special schools. It will help with the transition into Social Studies and Science....as the students have the most trouble with these subjects.

Team Leaders will meet on the 19th to discuss the grade level meetings on Monday. Just FYI. I guess something may come out of this.

12/15 Susie's AJC article should be in the Friday paper. Look in the Metro section. Way to go, Susie!

Jan 3- Workday. We will start with breakfast at 8:30. Sometime that morning we will meet with 4th grade to talk about the transition. Please email me topics you think we should cover. The rest of the day is ours to work in rooms.

I am getting a new student in January. Reese Simpson is leaving and Matthew McBroom is coming.

Jan 10- Donna Jo is having breakfast with books in the library. Come check the new books out.

Friday morning is breakfast. Please bring a stuffed animal for a donation.

12/1 Carmen Deedy starts when we get back from Christmas break. I will work on the schedule and pass it out later.

Reading incentive starts on January 18th. Our celebration day will be March 25th. Not sure where we are going yet....

Remember to announce on your class page that RC go live on Saturday.

We will have Chapel on Tuesday Dec 14th at 8:30- Lessons and Carols. There will be NO chapel on Thursday the 16th.

December fire drill is on the 8th at 9:10, although that was not 100% confirmed.

Remember the LS holiday breakfast on 12/17 at 7:15.

We will start using the red programs in chapel. This week is Eucharist.

Thursday and Friday the gym will be unavailable for PE because of the Jingle Bell Jubilee. PE classes will be outside, so kids need to bring a coat. If it is raining, the teachers will come to your room.

11/10 Grandparents Day is next Thursday. The morning will go as normal with classes and specials. There will not be much time in the classroom, so don't go out of your way. We will try to stagger ourselves as we go to lunch, so the line will not be too long.

Friday, the 19th, is a full day of school.

They are currently interviewing for a permanent Science Lab teacher. Ann is coming in to talk to Terri on Thursday, so hopefully she will be back on Monday.

The LS Christmas breakfast will be on 12/17 at 7:15 in the library.

If you are planning on being absent before a holiday you must get the absence approved by Terri or Jed. This is to prevent too many teachers from being gone.

11/19 will the next AR out of uniform day.

REPORT CARD DATES- 11/13- links show up on your page 11/19- end of the semester. Although you can close your grade book early if you need to. 11/27- RC must be completed online. (this is over break, so if you need more time Terri can give you until Monday, but you have to tell her) 12/4- RC link live to parents.

FINAL ANNOUCEMENT......DON'T KILL ME.

They are working on the fields across the street and they are closed until January. 2nd grade goes to play there on Friday afternoons while we are at Frolics. Now they have nowhere to go. SO..... I told them that we would switch our FF and LTF times. Here is the new schedule for ONLY 4 WEEKS....

Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10 1:15-1:40 TFK test 1:40-2:10- FF on the playground 2:10-2:35 LTF

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR NOT TELLING ME HOW BAD OF AN IDEA THIS IS.....THANK YOU FOR BEING UNDERSTANDING. :)

Did I tell you today how much I enjoy each and every one of you??? You are all so talented and it is just a true joy to work with you. Have a great Wednesday.

10/20 This Sunday is Episcopal School Sunday at HIEC. The Lower School will be featured. Services are at 9 if you can come.

November Drive will be coats and jackets.

Remember that we meet with Jean on Monday morning at 9:05, LS conference room

If you are doing anything photo worthy on Tuesday, please email Karen. They are looking for teacher/student interactions...like you are on the floor doing something cool.

Donuts/Diversity next Friday.

Please send home Grandparents Invites in the Thursday folders.

John Marshall is returning on Friday for a second visit.

The Halloween parade is next Friday at 9.

Envision training will be on 11/1, a Monday. Even if you don't teach Math, (me and SN) Terri thinks it will be beneficial for us to go and hear the info. We all need to get half day subs. We will meet with 4th in the morning and talk about how its going, what we are doing, etc....then around mid-morning, we will have our training session. We will be done by lunch and back in the classroom. Let me know if you have any questions.

9/29

If you have a problem with ESL in your room, please email me and let me know. I will email the church with the info....I know Debbie had all her markers taken yesterday.

Our Quest! games will rotate every 4 weeks instead of every 2. Teachers were requesting more time to use them.

Gateway will be on Mondays if you are interested. (This is our service program for teacehers)

EnVision training- Jed is working on scheduling a training with one of their reps. It will probably be in Nov.

2nd week of Nov. is testing....FYI

Is anyone interested in Promethean training? Jed wants to know, so email me if you want it. He will send you to a training workshop. I asked him if there were advanced sessions, but he didn't know.

Friday is spirit wear for Gift Wrap sales. Next Friday is spirit wear for Juvenile Diabetes....they are supposed to bring in $2 to wear spirit wear. (Spirit wear is uniform bottoms and a HIES shirt)

We have an author visit on Oct 20. 5th grade will go from 2-2:45

Grandparents Day....don't come up with a big deal project for the classroom. You won't have time. They can play Quest games or we can do something with the laptops. Then we will have a feast in the gym.

Terri also talked about the search process. When I see you I will tell you. Don't want to write it....

9/15 It was suggested that we continue to make cards for Bobby Fay and also for Jackie. She is still out in San Fran with Tyler. Tyler does not want her to leave and Karen thinks she would love cards from us and from the kids. Let's get one from the bookstore from us and then make cards if you can with the kids.

It was mentioned that the kids are talking about Bobby and cancer. A lot of them know, but we want to still respect the Fays wishes and not use that word. Tell the kids he has a "serious illness" if it comes up.

The prospective candidates for Headmaster come next Wed, Thurs, Fri from 7:30-8:00 in FAB. EMail your room moms for morning coverage if you are interested in attending for the whole time.

Oct 6 is Lee Denim Day. $5 donation to Jean to wear jeans.

Donuts and Diversity is starting next Friday in the AR lab. It starts at 7:30. All 4th and 5th graders are welcome. Teachers, too!

Talked to Terri about Quest. She said we can handle it how we want. She suggested we tell our Quest moms to rotate the games, but that we would let our 5th graders teach each other. We do not have to give up 20 minutes or a whole period. Does that sound good? Whatever we decide, let's all say the same thing.

9/8 Booster club shirts will be distributed today. Wear them on Friday with uniform bottoms

PAWS will start in the next couple of weeks.

No chapel tomorrow. Canned Food drive begins next week.

Fire Drill on Friday at 10:05

iXL license will be renewed by the end of the weeks.

Type to Learn passwords are coming from Heather soon, too.

Open House- For 5th 6:00-6:35 Our parents will visit the co-curricular teachers. 6:40-7:15 They will come to us for our show!

Grandparents/Special Friends Day will be Thursday, Nov 18th....They will be here until lunch. We will all eat in the gym like we did last year. More details to come....

Meeting 8/30/10

· Please fill in name/grade on permanent folder. · All school convocation is Sept. 7 in big gym at 10:00 · cubbies are below their name – remind students · Marnie’s fifth grade books – Susie take from Ellen’s office · Wireless Wednesday: o lets look at curriculum and revisit in a couple of weeks · AR – we will keep non-uniform reward. They will be the last Friday of every month · Alexis & Jean will be sending out list of pre-approved PAWS students. If somebody is missing, please let Jean know. If student needs it and isn’t on the list, contact Alexis to observe.

8/25

Make sure to put your attendance in every morning. Meredith got big props because she was the only one yesterday....showoff!! :)

Any non-uniform days this year will be on the last Friday of the month. Our AR program can stay how it is...they liked how we did it. Coupons are given out and cashed in on the last Friday. If any are left over, they can cash them in the last week of school. If Jed/Terri give holidays non-uniforms, they will be for a holiday top with uniform bottoms.

Please make sure you give to the annual fund if you have not.

Recycling will be next Tuesday. 4th graders will be coming around in the morning.

Next week will be Week 1 for carpool if all goes well.

Next Friday before Labor Day is a noon dismissal.

THe playground will be resurfaced this Sat.

Make sure t-shirt sizes are to Karen as well as your schedule. The football t-shirts will be distributed on the 8th, to be worn on the 10th with uniform bottoms.

On the playground, no hanging upside down. The PE teachers have told the kids 2 students per tetherball game. Let's watch the football game and see how it goes. Remind them that it is 2 hand TOUCH!