Student Success Team Notes (Week 4)
September 26 to September 30, 2016
Weekly Update: Petersburg City Public Schools, Department of Student Success
Student Success: All Team Meeting
Please join us for the first monthly Student Success Team Meeting! We will meet as a group, and then break into smaller groups for focused work. Please bring your short and long term goals for this year. Light refreshments will be served.
Friday, Sep 30, 2016, 03:00 PM
Blandford Academy, East Bank Street, Petersburg, VA, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and October Hosts Red Ribbon Week
Professional School Counselors, please take the lead in planning events and activities at your schools to support these initiatives. All other team members, please help support the counselors' work.
Visit the links below for resources.
http://www.stompoutbullying.org/index.php/campaigns/national-bullying-prevention-awareness-month/
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/
BLUE SHIRT DAY® WORLD DAY OF BULLYING PREVENTION™
The first Monday of each October is Blue Shirt Day® World Day of Bullying Prevention™
STOMP Out Bullying™ created BLUE SHIRT DAY® WORLD DAY OF BULLYING PREVENTION™ to signify the importance of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month each October.
Please wear a blue shirt on Monday, October 3, 2016!
Monday, Oct 3, 2016, 12:00 AM
Petersburg, VA
Our English As A New Language (ENL) Population is Growing!
Please see below for the current ENL student enrollment by school.
- Robert E. Lee = 51
- J.E.B. Stuart = 36
- Petersburg HS = 32
- Peabody MS = 31
- Westview ECC = 19
- AP Hill = 13
- Walnut Hill = 8
- Blandford Alternative = TBD
Trauma Informed Practices
Visit the following links for information and resources on Trauma Informed Practices:
Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) and Trauma Informed Practices (TIPs)
The VDOE is supporting our implementation of PBIS divisionwide, and has provided financial resources to fund professional development. We will have support from Dr. Rick Bowmaster, and hope to use some of the funds to support Trauma Informed Practices PD, as well.
Please stay tuned for more information!
Don't Forget Dr. Blount's Newsletter!
Dr. Blount publishes a weekly newsletter for school based administrators. Please check the weekly updates to keep abreast of the weekly expectations for each school.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19XgjqzvVfGR6jQsuqToTBfjNYSLBdXyajSUYezep9Bo/edit
Remember to Review the Virginia State Superintendent's Memos
Ann Ifekwunigwe's Contact Information
Email: anifekwunigwe@petersburg.k12.va.us
Location: 255 East South Boulevard, Petersburg, VA, United States
Phone: (804) 896-2266
WHO WE ARE: Student Success Team Members
- Dr. Nicole Agee (VPI+)
- Ms. Barbara Patterson (VPI)
- Ms. Angelia Thorpe (Head Start)
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION at Blandford
- Ms. Danielle Davis (Coordinator)
GIFTED EDUCATION
- Ms. Stephanie Harvell (Coordinator and Secondary Teacher)
- Ms. Patricia Payne (Elementary Teacher)
CAREER PATHWAYS
- Dr. Kim Allen (Coordinator)
- Ms. Brenda Green (Executive Assistant)
ASSESSMENT
- Ms. Gwen Price (Director)
ENGLISH as a NEW LANGUAGE (ENL)
- Ms. Jannette DuHart (Coordinator)
- Ms. Angela Flores (Interpreter)
SCHOOL COUNSELING
- TBD (Lead Counselor)
STUDENT SUPPORT
- Dr. Anthony Walker (Director of Student Support and Temporary Discipline Coordinator)
- Ms. Patricia Walker (Administrative Assistant)
- Mr. Torrey Manson (Supervisor of Special Education)
- Ms. Juanita Edmonds (Intervention Specialist)
- Ms. Renesha Collier-James (Compliance Specialist)
- Ms. Lorna Caines (Social Worker)
- Ms. Alexandra Javna (Social Worker and PBIS Assistant Coordinator)
- Michelle Benson and Dr. Peggy Miles (School Psychologists)
- Mr. Jerome Coleman (Speech Pathologist)
- Yolanda Jones (Homebound Coordinator)
DISCIPLINE
- Mr. Jafar Baraka (Temporarily at Peabody--Principal)
- Ms. Darlene Martin (Truancy Case Mgr. at Peabody MS, AP Hill ES, and JEB Stuart ES)
- Ms. Josette Carey-Barnes (Truancy Case Mgr. at Walnut Hill ES, Robert E. Lee ES, and Blandford Academy)
- Ms. Sonja Bland (Truancy Case Manager at Petersburg HS)
NURSING
- Ms. Cox (Health Services Coordinator/Nursing)
STATE and FEDERAL PROGRAMS
- Ms. April Blunt (Director)
- Mr. Brandon Jones (Youth Development & Family Engagement Supervisor)
- Ms. Benetta Washington (Family Engagement Coordinator)
- Ms. Raynell Carpenter (Federal Programs Associate)
- Ms. Tamika Freeland (Administrative Assistant)
- Mr. Darcell Whitaker (Family Engagement Specialist--AP Hill ES)
- Ms. Whitney Ward (Family Engagement Specialist--JEB Stuart ES)
- Mr. Trevon Jones (Family Engagement Specialist--Peabody MS)
- Ms. Carolyn Scott (Family Engagement Specialist--Robert E. Lee ES)
- Ms. Cynthia Parker (Family Engagement Specialist--Walnut Hill ES)
Dr. Ann Ifekwunigwe, Executive Director for Student Success