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YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: YES We Can!! October 23-29, 2016
On October 26, 1881 Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and his brothers defeated a group of outlaws known as the Cowboys in a 30 second shootout remembered now as the "Gunfight at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Arizona. It has gone down as the most famous gunfight of the Old West.
Upcoming Events
October
24 BCPS Spelling Bee @ Patton H. S. @ 7 PM
25 Patricia Stephenson's Birthday!!
25 SIT Meeting @ 11:30 AM
31 Halloween!!
31 End of First Nine Weeks!
November
6 Daylight Savings time Ends
7 1/2 Day for Students
7 Report Cards Go Home
8 Teacher Workday
8 Election Day - Go Vote!!
8 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
9 Curriculum Meeting With KR & DF @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
10 Faculty Meeting @ 3:00 PM in Media Center
11 Veterans' Day (Thank a Vet) - No School!!
14 Beaver Moon
19 Madge Goines' Birthday!!
23 Vacation Day - No School!!
24 Thanksgiving Day - No School!!
25 Vacation Day - No School!!
December
1 1/2 Day for Students
6 Amber Mason's Birthday!1
7 Curriculum Meeting @ CO With KR & DF @ 8:30 AM (PS)
13 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
13 Cold Moon
15 Faculty Meeting in Media Center @ 3:00 PM
20 Misty Acord's Birthday!!
21 First Day of Winter
21 1/2 Day for Students
22-31 Christmas Vacation - No School!!
25 Christmas Day!!
30 Janet Lawson's Birthday!!
30 Miranda Michaels' Birthday!!
January
1 New Year's Day!
2 New Year's Vacation Day - No School!!
6 Begin Superintendent's Souper - Bowl Canned Food Drive
10 Cindy Grindstaff's Birthday!!
11 Jeanie Phasiname's Birthday!!
11 Curriculum Meeting @ CO with KR & DF @ 8:30 AM (PS)
12 Wolf Moon
16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School!!
23 Teacher Workday
24 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
26 Faculty Meeting in Media Center @ 3 PM
February
2 Groundhog Day!! (Pray for Clouds!)
2 BCPS Science Fair @ Old Rock School
5 Super Bowl!!
8 Curriculum Meeting with KR & DF @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
10 Snow Moon
13 Lisa Dale's Birthday!!
17 Lindsay Sain's Birthday!!
20 Teacher Workday
21 Jeanie Hawkins' Birthday!!
22 Washington's Birthday
27 Amy Kirkley's Birthday!!
27 Glenda Stephens' Birthday!!
28 Stephanie Price's Birthday!!
28 Battle of the Books @ Glen Alpine High School Building
March
2 MathCounts @ Old Rock School
4 Leslie Gragg's Birthday!!
4 Christie Ulrich's Birthday!!
6 Leslie Ratliff's Birthday!!
7 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
8 Curriculum Meeting @ CO with KR & DF @ 8:30 AM (PS)
9 Sia Moua's Birthday!!
9 Faculty Meeting @ 3 PM in Media Center
16 James Johnson's Birthday!!
20 First day of Spring!!
27 Cindy Pendleton's Birthday!!
28 Grades 3-5 to WJMS for "New Kids Play"
30 Trina Farris' Birthday!!
31 Teacher Workday
April
3 Terri Morris' Birthday!!
4 Melissa Golden's Birthday!!
11 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
12 Lisa Conley's Birthday!!
12 Curriculum Meeting @ CO with KR & DF @ 8:30 AM (PS)
12 Faculty Meeting in Media Center @ 3 PM
13 Logan James' Birthday!!
13 1/2 Day for Students
14 Mandy Allen's Birthday!!
14 Good Friday
14-23 Easter Break - No School!!!
23 Chelsea Goines' Birthday!!
26 Lisa Smith's Birthday!!
29 Erica Altamirano's Birthday!!
May
6 Billie Strickland's Birthday!!
10 Jane Dale's Birthday!!
10 Curriculum Meeting @ CO with KR & DF @ 8:30 AM (PS)
12 Janet Berry's Birthday!!
14 Elise Hembree's Birthday!!
19 Kindergarten to Tweetsie RR - Yeeha!!!
22 Kerri Phipps' Birthday!!
23 Administrators' Meeting @ CO @ 8:30 AM (PS)
25 Faculty Meeting in Media Center @ 3 PM
29 Memorial Day - No School!! (Remember Those Who Have Given the Ultimate Sacrifice for Our Country)
30 Dianna Wooten's Birthday!!
June
3 Hannah Digh's Birthday!!
6 D-Day 73rd Anniversary
9 1/2 day for Students and Last Day of School!!!!!
12 Mandatory Teacher Workday
13 Teacher Workday
14 Teacher Workday
15 Teacher Workday
16 Teacher Workday
21 First Day of Summer
July
4 Independence Day
9 Deb Bolinger's Birthday!!
14 Tanya Klanert's Birthday!!
15 Amber Lackey's Birthday!!
17-18 Administrators' Retreat
22 Blair Christian's Birthday!!
23 Mary Murray's Birthday!!
24 Tamara Nicholson's Birthday!!
August
2 Jaquie Grady's Birthday!!
6 Todd Rader's Birthday!!
9 Catharine Wortman's Birthday!!
10 Kim Rudisill's Birthday!!
22 Linda Carter's Birthday!!
24 Tamber Duvall's Birthday!!
WILDCATS OF THE WEEK: MRS. ALLEN'S 3RD GRADE CLASS!!!!
Quotable Quotes
Wyatt Earp speaking of his friend, John Henry "Doc" Holliday
Informational Items
2. Our SIT will meet next Tuesday starting at 11:30 AM to work on our plan. We will have subs in some classes to cover for our teachers.
3. Make sure all classrooms/pullout areas have the PBIS matrix and classroom rules posted. this is helpful when the office receives discipline referrals or for you when speaking to parents about a concern. Help the student to associate their misbehavior with the broken rule. Remember the matrix is an umbrella of expectations for the entire school. Your classroom rules should include 3-5 expectations that address safety, the most frequent/problematic behaviors in your class, what upsets us as educators, and other rules that create order and positive outcomes in your class. for example, if movement in the classroom bothers you, them you need a rule about that. If noises bother you then you need a rule for that. This was an activity you completed in CHAMPS training.
4. Christmas assistance information (Toys for Tots, Salvation Army, Christmas Cheer, etc.) is available on the school counselor's website under the events tab. this information will also be sent home with students.
5. Internet Safety Night will be held at WAYE on November 7th in the Music Room. Staff members are welcome to attend. This information will be helpful to anyone with children that use electronic devices, especially those with older children who have their own phone or device.
6. Please make sure to turn off lights when you leave a room and turn off everything when you leave for the day. This helps save our system money we can use on things to help educate kids and help our employees.
7. The BCPS Spelling bee will be at Patton High School on Monday, October 24, 2016 at 7:00 PM.