Joseph Rogers Primary School
December 7, 2015
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Once again a Christmas poem and little light hearted fun in these two weeks leading up to Christmas Vacation.
As I wrote this, I felt like I should apologize for all the things that you have to do. But this is what makes you such extraordinary teachers.
The 12 days of School-mas
On the twelve days of School-mas
My principal gave to me
Twelve standards to unpack
Eleven benchmarks to grade
Ten days to get everything done
Nine more days of bus duty
Eight long list"y" emails
Seven updates to your calendar
Six more positive parent phone calls
Five days of Secret Santa
Four weeks of Wassail Wednesday
Three sets of goals to assess students (on and turn in!)
Two more weeks of lesson planning
and
ONE long, relaxing Christmas vacation (well that's not really from me:)
I figured we all needed a laugh this week! I hope that each of you enjoy your much needed Christmas Vacation. Treasure the time you spend with your family and I hope that your holiday season is very blessed.
Hope you enjoyed the lighthearted newsletter. Serious stuff to come after Christmas!
Lori
1st grade Parent Involvement
On the first day of Christmas
my principal gave to me
a poinsettia in a Christmas tin
and the winner is...Carrie Griffith
On the second day of Christmas
a cute Christmas picture frame
and the winner is...
Janice Marshall
Calendar of Events
fun times at jrp
November 30 - December 14 - AimsWeb Testing
December 7-11 - Benchmark (global) assessments
December 8 - Santa pictures
December 11 - writing assessments due; will meet during collaborative to score these
December 15 - Tasty Tuesday lunch in the library
December 16 - SWOT due from benchmark; Polar Express Day; SWPBS reward; Extended Planning with 4.5 meetings (a schedule will come in email).
December 17 - Abbreviated Day; Christmas Olympics more info to come from Cindi
December 18 - breakfast; focus on unpacking standards for Math; shutdown for Christmas holidays before leaving on break. We will begin this day at 7:00 am
December 21-28 - Hallways will be waxed. School will be CLOSED. School will open again on December 29.
Canned Food Collections
Christmas
Art Reception at Fort Henry Mall
Wal Mart Grant
Benchmark Assessments
Sweet Isaac
We have been reminded this week just how precious our students' lives truly are as we have all watched one of our own face a serious illness and surgery.
Isaac is doing great and we are looking forward to seeing him at school again soon!
Donor's Choose
Fully Funded
Grants
Mrs. Redding had a grant fully funded for a reading nook for the library.
Thank you for working to get these grants funded and make learning more engaging for your students.
If you want to know more about these grants, you can contact one of these teachers or Chris Orr from Horace Mann.
thought
Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps ...means a little bit more.
- The Grinch
We can all learn something from The Grinch.
I hope you will take time for yourself during the Christmas vacation and remember what the season is all about.
Joseph Rogers Primary School
Email: lori.allen@hck12.net
Website: jrp.hck12.net
Location: 2001 East Main Street, Rogersville, TN, United States
Phone: 423.272.9110