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October 2019
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
We are into the last week of October and November will be here on Friday?!? Wow!
I am looking forward to our annual Fall Festival tonight from 5:00-7:00! Armbands for endless play will be $10.00. Concessions will be available. We will have games, inflatables and vendors. We will have 2 entrances - north side by the lunchroom and on the south side at the elementary office.
No Extended Day today because of the Fall Festival. Make sure you work out arrangements with your students who attend Extended Day.
This is Red Ribbon Week @ Creekside! The theme this year is "Send a Message. Stay Drug Free".
Monday - Wear Red & say no to drugs
Tuesday - Be a "Jean"ius! Say no to drugs and wear blue jeans
Wednesday - Drugs can't find me! Wear Camo
Thursday - Drugs are scary! Say boo to drugs and wear orange and black
Friday - Wake up drug free! Wear pajamas
We had a super successful Boosterthon fundraiser this year! We raised over $30,000 for our school and we had a great fun run this past Thursday. I want to thank our Creekside family for working so hard for our school. Thank you!
I appreciate everything you do for our students and our school! Keep up the GREAT WORK!!
#gocreekside
August / September 2019
Thank you for all of your hard work the first 2 weeks of school! I am so impressed with your classrooms, your doors and the work you put in to making everything look so good for your students!
I am amazed by all the classroom decorations, wall designs, and love you put into your rooms for your students! GREAT JOB!!
Lesson Plans
I will be sharing a Google lesson plan folder with each teacher through email. Please drop your lesson plans each week in this folder. Just drop in by each Monday morning for the week.
PTO Meeting next week
We will have a PTO meeting next week @ 6:00 pm on Tuesday. PTO is a huge supporter of our school and our classrooms. Hope you are able to attend.
Grandparents week - Sept 9-13
We are going to dedicate specific days of the week for grandparents to come and eat lunch. Please share this with your parents. See LINK for a printable announcement or to share.
Upcoming dates:
08.20.19 - School pictures
08.27.19 - PTO meeting @ 6:00 pm in lunchroom
08.27.19 - Creekside staff appreciation breakfast sponsored by PTO!
09.02.19 - Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
July 2019
07.01.19
Mid-Summer News
I hope everyone has had a great summer so far! We are just now to the mid-point! Enjoy your July!!
I just wanted to send out a mid-summer email to keep everyone up to date on new hires, changes and reminders.
New hires:
Mrs. Jennifer Craig - New Secretary
Many of you will recognize Mrs. Craig. She has volunteered for 3 years @ Creekside in our copy room and other areas. She will have a K student this fall and 3rd grader.
Mrs. Jordan Hill - 1st grade teacher
Mrs. Hill is transferring to Creekside from Tanner. Many of you will know Mrs. Hill. She graduated from East Limestone and has taught at Tanner for a few years. Mrs. Hill has a son that will be in 3rd grade.
Mrs. Lindsey Holthaus - 1st grade
Mrs. Holthaus is new to Creekside and Alabama. She is moving here from Kentucky. She taught 2 years in KY and is very excited to join our staff @ Creekside!
Mrs. Lauren Stegen - 2nd grade
Mrs. Stegen is new to Creekside and but has a few years of experience in 2nd grade in Florida. Mrs. Stegen moved to Huntsville with her husband last year from Florida. She taught K last year in HSV.
Changes:
Mrs. Rhonda Hilbert - K-2 Interventionist
This is a position we have needed for years. Without us being a Title school we do not have $$ like other schools in our district to hire an interventionist. This change was able to happen with us gaining a partial unit and then using some District Choice $$ to make it happen (thx to our CO for helping in this).
Mrs. Hilbert is very excited about this change! For those of you who may not know, Mrs. Hilbert has been in 2nd for a few years but was our Reading Coach for several years. Mrs. Hilbert is highly trained in reading intervention and we are so excited to have her as our K-2 Interventionist.
Mrs. Hilbert will be in the old tech lab. This will be a great location for our students.
Leaving.....
Mrs. Katie Craft - Art
Mrs. Craft has resigned and will be joining Madison City School system as art teacher at a school in their neighborhood where her kids will be going to school. We wish Mrs. Craft nothing but the best!! We will miss her.
We will be hiring a new art teacher at the next LCS board meeting on July 11th.
New PreK
We have gained another PreK unit!! The new unit will be next door to the other PreK classroom.
We will be hiring a new PreK teacher and the new Auxiliary teacher at the next LCS board meeting on July 11th.
Floors
We are getting close to being finished in the Primary building. Please be patient with our progress. We should be finished soon with all floors and then we will come back and fix any issues. I know we had a couple of issues on B-wing & A-wing. We will circle back soon to fix any other issues.
Please do not sit any furniture out in the hallways. Please email me if you want something removed from your classrooms. I will work with the custodians after they are finished with the floors.
Room changes
Hilbert to Tech Lab
Tech lab to ESL room
ESL will now be in the long narrow office by workroom B. This should be a good move and be closer for students to travel.
Nurse Beth Ann to Leadership Room. Center of school. Closer to CPS but also close enough to CES. Close to lunchroom and CPS gym/playground.
Class lists
Kindergarten class lists - teachers should receive on 07.17
Grades 1 & 2 class lists - teachers should receive on 07.29
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Upcoming Dates:
07.22 - K Kamp
07.23 - K Kamp
07.25 - Principals Meeting for MS/NA
07.29 - Principals Meeting for MS/NA
07.30 - Professional Day - more info to come
07.31 - Professional Day - more info to come
08.01 - Institute Day - mandatory trainings
08.01 - OPEN HOUSE - 5:00-6:30 PM
08.02 - Workday
08.05 - 1st DAY OF SCHOOL!!
My Schedule for the next several days.
Just in case you need me …. Here is my schedule for the next several dates:
07.02 - CPS
07.03 - CPS
07.04-07 - Off for July 4th
07.08 - CPS
07.09-12 - Out of town for Principal’s Conference
07.15 - CPS
07.16-21 - Vacation
07.22 - CPS - K Kamp
07.23 - CPS - K Kamp
Thank you and have a great 4th of July week!
Matt Scott - Principal