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Cougar Staff:

It has been good to get back into school this week after six consecutive snow days.  Hopefully, we can continue to be in school from here on without many (if any) more snow days.  The weathermen are talking about snow for Friday afternoon and Friday night, but I am hopeful that this doesn’t affect school on Friday and is gone before Monday.  I know that everyone will continue to make the most of each and every school day we have whether that be in February or in June. Just try to stay away from the sinkholes.

Personnel:

Please continue to remember those with health concerns and family members with health concerns.  Both Cassie Jarboe's and Lea Ann Frank’s husbands have surgeries coming up.  Jeremy Meredith and Chris Drake both have surgeries in the near future as well.  Stacy Pierce is continuing with chemo treatments every three weeks, and is about half way through the series of treatments.  It was good to have Wendy Butler back this week after her time off with surgery.  It is also good to have Mary Jane Crawford back after the passing of her father.   I know that you join me is wishing each of these and others the very best.

Faculty Meeting:

We will have our February faculty meeting after school on Monday.  Our main agenda item will be discussion of the Ruby Payne webinar.  The district has temporarily blocked all streaming video, so if you have not already viewed the webinar, we are trying to come up with a solution to allow you to do so.  We will let you know asap.  If you have already viewed the webinar, please post to http://padlet.com/wall/7xgr1oph7g.  I appreciate Becky Miller setting up this padlet discussion for us.

Math Grant:

Mrs. Pearl and I will attend a kickoff training on Tuesday regarding the Math-Plus grant that we have been awarded through GRREC.  We hope to have a lot of good information to share with the math department next Friday during CSI time.

Calendar for 2014-15:

As Mr. Anderson emailed earlier this week, he plans to recommend Calendar option A with some minor adjustments to the Grayson County School Board at tonight’s board meeting.  This is the calendar option most similar to this year’s calendar.

Attendance Contest:
The district is once again sponsoring an attendance contest for the month of February.  The school in Grayson County with the best percentage of improvement compared to last February will receive $1500.  The other schools will receive $500 in recognition of attendance efforts as well.  Please encourage your students to be here every day!

Living Well Promise:

Don’t forget that if you enrolled in one of the Living Well health insurance plans this year, that you are required to go online and complete the “Living Well Health Assessment” between now and May 1.  This is located online at www.livingwell.ky.gov.  Sarah Crume sent out a helpful email with detailed instructions back in December.  I can forward that email for anyone who may have misplaced it.

Quote of the Day:

“A winner is big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” ~John Maxwell

Coming Attractions:

Feb. 14..Dance sponsored by Volleyball and Y-Club, 3:00-5:00 (weather permitting)

Feb. 17..Makeup Day, School will be in session

Feb. 17..after school faculty meeting

Feb. 18..Team 4 Showcase Lesson Day

Feb. 19..GCMS SBDMC Meeting, 3:00

Feb. 28..Please do not spend any 920X classroom funds after this date

Mar. 26..Reward Assembly for all students with no office referrals, 1:45

Mar. 28..Battle for Heart, AHA Event