Cougar Staff:
“Mamma said there’ll be days like this” goes the old
Shirelles song, but I don’t remember anything about there being weeks like
this. It has been one of those weeks,
and I am glad we are nearing the weekend.
The full moon has had everyone all wound up and rambunctious this week,
and the students too! I hope that
everyone has a restful weekend and enjoys a couple of days away.
Personnel:
Please continue to remember Saundra Cariel. Her cancer has worsened, and she and her
family appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
Lori Carroll’s husband John had surgery yesterday. Please remember Lori and John as well.
Thank You:
Thank you to Team 2 for hosting showcase lessons this
week. I enjoyed spending a few minutes
in each of the classrooms and studying everything from Columbus to
hovercrafts! Great job, Team 2! Please remember that all teachers are
expected to observe in a classroom on showcase lesson days. This is a great way to pick up new strategies
that may also work well with your students.
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
We had a very good turnout for our first parent/teacher
conferences of the year. I heard many
positive comments from parents, students, and staff about how conferences
went. Thank you again to Melanie Manion
and her Cougar Zone staff for providing the books for students whose parents or
guardians were in attendance.
Monday K-PREP Meeting:
Many of you have already stopped by my office to get a
“sneak peek” at this year’s scores, but we do still plan to meet after school
on Monday afternoon to look at our school-wide data. I look forward to sharing our good news with
all of our faculty Monday afternoon.
Remember, we do have to keep our scores confidential until the reports
become public next Friday, September 27.
Walkathon:
Please review the information that Mr. Parker emailed to you
this morning about this year’s GCMS walkathon.
The walkathon kickoff will be on Monday.
I will speak to the students in the gym on Monday morning, so they may
be a little late getting to first period on Monday. Our related arts teachers have volunteered to
hand out the walkathon packets to students during related arts on Monday and go
over the materials with the students.
This will save our team teachers quite a bit of time and effort, so
please thank a related arts teacher when you see them!
Hansel and Gretel are coming!
On Wednesday, we are fortunate to have a Broadway Drama
troupe visiting GCMS to present the play “Hansel and Gretel”. This is the same company that visited last
year and did a great job presenting “Tom Sawyer” for our students. We will have three performances, one for each
grade level.
(7th grade at 9:00, 8th grade at
10:45, and 6th grade at 1:00)
Tech Lessons:
Many of you have already given me your “teacher verification
document” after teaching the technology curriculum lessons. If you are teaching the lessons for your
team, please get me your signed verification sheet by September 30.
Professional Growth Plans:
If you have not already done so, please arrange to meet with
the administrator in charge of your evaluation to develop your new professional
growth plan. These need to be taken care
of by September 30 as well.
Bully Reporting Form:
From time to time, a teacher will email the administrators
about a bullying issue that is reported to you.
This is fine, but also we would like for you to encourage the
reporting student to fill out a bully report form. This way, we have documentation of the
report, and can investigate more thoroughly.
Also, when emailing about a discipline issue, it is good to email all
three administrators, because sometimes one out of the three of us can get free
to deal with a discipline issue more quickly than if you only contact one of
us.
Quote of the Day:
“The young do not follow our preachings…they follow us.”
~Robert Brault
Coming Attractions:
Sept 21 8th Grade Parent Involvement
trip to WKU
Sept 25 Hansel and Gretel Play, see
calendar for times
See You At The
Pole (prayer gathering), 7:30 am in front of GCMS
Sept 26 Team 9 Showcase Lessons
Flu Vaccines at
GCMS (8:30-10:30)
Oct 3 GCMS Walk-A-Thon
Oct 4-11 Fall Break
Oct 30 Picture
Retake/Makeup Day
Nov 1 PLC Day (no students)
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