Winter Break is almost here!!!
Chancellor News and Notes, December 12-16, 2016
Just a few more days...
We are all excited about the upcoming break, and the students can definitely feel it too! Keep expectations high, and have some fun incentives for good behavior this week! Be aware of schedules for DCA testing, performance times, and all the events that are happening this week (Multicultural Market is one!), to keep things running as smooth as possible.
Events this week:
- Monday: 4th grade musical (see schedule sent out via email) and 6:30 pm performance, Pictures with Santa
- Tuesday: Coffee Bar (yay!), DCA (5th social studies)
- Monday and Tuesday- last days for presale tickets for Multicultural Market
- Wednesday- last day for Toy Drive
- Wednesday: DCA (2nd-5th science)
- Thursday: Multicultural Market (during specials), Wonderland at Westchase (7:00 Chancellor choir/violin performance time)
- Friday: Sing-a-long and Holiday parties, early dismissal!!!
Don't forget to earn those 5 jeans passes!!
With every donation to the toy drive, you can earn a jeans pass (up to 5)! These are good for the rest of the school year! What an easy way to stockpile for those days you don't feel like wearing anything but jeans, and with this cold weather coming in, you know jeans are warmer than skirts or dress-pants!!
You will also be helping out students right here at Chancellor with your donations. The counselors have a list of about thirty students who are in the most need in our building, and this will make their holiday season so much brighter to receive something joyful that is just for them. All extra donations will go to the House of Amos for other families in our immediate area that are in need.
I have heard comments about being asked to give AGAIN, and already giving to students in other ways, and this is just another drive and it's just too much...what is buying one or two $ 5-10 toys going to hurt? That is spent on fast food or Starbucks or random stuff we probably don't need almost every time we go out. That special toy could make one of our students infinitely happy, which is worth so much more than any of the extraneous things we purchase on a weekly basis. Imagine if you lived in an apartment with electricity or water that keeps getting turned off, fear losing your place to sleep or maybe you don't know where you will sleep tonight, not having furniture in your home if you have one, not being able to get anything "fun" because there just isn't any money...wouldn't it be such a nice surprise to get something just for you to have and play with and enjoy? Just something to think about...
Comet of the Week is...Melina Idi!
Mrs. Haven has nominated Mrs. Idi, ESL intervention aide, for our Comet of the Week because "she works so hard in her groups and helps out all the ESL kids for the teachers in Swahili translation. She is a blessing to work with and she dedicates herself with pride when performing tasks."
Mrs. Idi will have the Comet of the Week parking spot this week, a jeans pass, and a snack shack coupon, and will also nominate the next Comet of the Week!
The next two weeks (school weeks)
12 Market Ticket Sales EDC 74
ILT meeting 11:15
Santa pictures
Winter Play
(4th grade)
Night performance
(4th grade play)
STEM
Picture Perfect No PLC
13 Market Ticket Sales EDC 75
Social Studies DCA (5th)
Coffee Bar for Staff
Tech Specialist meeting
SS Specialist meeting
Librarian meeting
REID mtg Chess Club
GOTR KSE PLC K #10
14 NO Ticket Sales EDC 76
Science DCA 2nd (45 min) 3rd/4th (1 hr) 5th (90 min)
Counselor meeting
Intermediate SS Specialist mtg
Mentor meeting
STUDCO Party PLC 5th #11
15 EDC 77
Principal meeting
Multicultural Market
(schoolwide event)
Eat in the classrooms
GOTR Tech Squad No PLC
16 EDC 78
No T-TESS appraisals
End of 2nd nine weeks
Christmas Sing-a-long
8:15-9:05
Holiday Parties 12:30-1:45
No PLC
Early Dismissal and beginning of Winter Break!
January 2
Staff Development Day
3 EDC 79
Begin 3rd nine weeks
Report cards due
GOTR KSE Chess Club
Leading Ladies PLC 4th #11
4 80th Day EDC 80
Science Lead Teachers mtg. (5th)
SDC meeting
STUDCO PLC 3rd #11
5 EDC 81
Report Cards go home
Data Team mtg Sports Club
GOTR PLC 2nd #11
6 EDC 82
STAT
PLC 1st #11