In the Loop
McDowell School News 11/18/16
What's Up?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
(NOTE: Next Loop will be December 2, 2016; there will be no Loop Thanksgiving week.)
BUS DUTY - 11/21/16 and 11/22/16; *11/28/16-12/2/16
EW Office - Evans/ *Richardson
Kickball Field - Rushwin/*Curl
PPU - Stitts
UPCOMING
11/18 - Deadline to submit $20.00 for Holiday Sharing Program in order to wear jeans November 21-December 22!
11/22 - MANDATORY GRADE LEVEL MEETING IN C-11 @ 8:00AM SHARP
11/22 - Announcements @ 9:10 on channel 22.
11/23, 24, 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday Break11/29 - Announcements @ 9:10 on channel 22.
12/21 - Staff Christmas Party at Kristen Evans (more information to come)
12/22 - Staff Christmas Breakfast @ 9:00AM in Room C-11.
BIRTHDAYS
12/1 - Eric Standley
12/2 - Patty Montgomery
NOTES
- PLEASE have a walkie-talkie with you at all times when you are out of the building, especially on the playground.
- POINSETTA SALE - ORDER DEADLINE IS 11/18/16. Order form is in the office.
- This month's tech theme is Google Classroom. If you are using Google Classroom in any way, take a pic and Tweet it. You are then eligible for a $20 gift card. Each month one winner per grade level will be chosen.
GRADE LEVEL MEETING
While it is understandable that there are pitfalls anytime a new program is initiated, the writing units of study (Lucy) is a McDowell priority. Not only a McDowell priority, writing is a district priority as well. This program is to be implemented with complete fidelity. To do this we need to work together. Together we are better! Think back to Bridges. It is important for your teams to plan and support each other in this endeavor.
Speaking of writing: see below
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen was a fascinating man. My wife and I were listening to a tribute of his songs on the radio this weekend. In a sound bite he professed that he can barely carry a tune which is an odd admission from a singer songwriter. Although you may have not heard him sing you most definitely have heard at least one of his songs. His abilities got me to thinking about the hidden treasures you might have in your class. His abilities at first blush might seem weak, but he persevered with grit and determination to have his voice heard. Below is a short biography of Leonard Cohen. I hope you enjoy and decide to GOOGLE and read some of his poetry and discover more about his history. He was a fascinating writer of song and poetry.
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was born in 1934. An early writer and guitarist, Cohen began to compose and release folk-rock and pop songs by the mid-1960s. One of his most famous compositions is "Hallelujah," a song released on 1984's Various Positions. Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, and he received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2010. Cohen died in 2016 at the age of 82.
Leonard Cohen was born on September 21, 1934, in a suburb of Montreal, Canada. Part of an intellectual, middle-class Jewish family, he was encouraged by his parents to pursue his interests in poetry and music and was also thoroughly immersed in Jewish theology and the stories of the Old Testament. In many ways, these early interests and influences provided the blueprints for much of his later work, which straddles the worlds of literature, mythology, poetry and song with a masterful lyricism that is one of its defining features.