Cougars' Illustrated
5 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!
Week of December 13 thru December 18, 2015
Parent Love
Thank you to our ARK Parents for putting up our Christmas Tree and providing the lovely decorations!
Happy Holidays
Sharing is Caring
A big shout-out goes to Mrs. Pettit for showing love to 1B students. They are making holiday memories.
Core Beliefs
- Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement.
- Effective instruction makes the most difference in student academic performance.
- There is no excuse for poor quality instruction.
- With our help, at risk students will achieve at the same rate as non-at risk students.
- Staff members must have a commitment to children and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence.
Spelling Bee
C. F. Carr's Spelling Bee Competition Winners are:
- 3rd grade: Keyshawn Green
- 4th grade: Kayla Delgado
- 5th grade: Alex Olds
- Runner Up: Rashad Gossett
Upcoming Dates
Saturday, Dec. 12th
- Building Open: Instructional Planning or Room Cleaning
Monday, Dec. 14th
- ACP testing: 8:30 - 10:30 am (Language Arts)
- Secret Santa begins
- Snacks in Teacher Lounge provided by Watermark
- Wear your Christmas Socks!
Tuesday, Dec. 15th
- ACP testing: 8:30 - 10:30 am (Science)
- Secret Santa Gift
- Snacks in Teacher Lounge provided by CILT
- Wear Red and Green
Wednesday, Dec. 16th
- ACP testing: 8:30 - 10:30 am (Social Studies)
- Secret Santa Gift
- Lunch provided by Ark Parents in room 109 (tentative)
- Wear your Reindeer Deer Antlers
Thursday, Dec. 17th
- ACP Testing: 8:30 - 10:30 am (Specials)
- Secret Santa Gift
- Faculty/Staff Holiday Celebration, C. F. Carr Dinning Hall @ 4:30
- Wear your Ugly Christmas Sweater
- Door Decorating Winner announced at Holiday Celebration
- Secret Santa reveal during Holiday Celebration
Friday, Dec. 18th
- ACP Make-ups
- Raising the Bar at C. F. Carr faculty/staff lunch provided by Sunshine Committee
- Teachers bring your favorite holiday dessert for the faculty/staff lunch
- Holiday program: Pk - 1st grade @ 1:30 - 2 pm; 2nd - 5th grade @ 2:15 -2: 45 pm, auditorium
- Wear your Santa Hat
Monday, Jan. 4th
- Professional Development, C. F. Carr Library @ 8:30 am
Lesson Plans and Failure Notices
Lesson plans for the week of December 18th should have been submitted December 3rd. Teachers not having current lessons plans will receive letters this weekend.
Classes with failure rates above 10% will need to complete student success plans that document instructional approaches and interventions teachers will use to support student success. Students should not be failing classes due to missing assignments: re-teach, re-take, re-grade....
Classes with failure rates above 10% will need to complete student success plans that document instructional approaches and interventions teachers will use to support student success. Students should not be failing classes due to missing assignments: re-teach, re-take, re-grade....
Deepening your Professional Knowledge and Practice Series
The goal of this series is to introduce short snippets from professional articles geared towards growing us as professional intellectual educators. (TEI Domain 1, 2, 3 and 4).
Everyday we have the opportunity to help build the potential in students to achieve their wildest dreams and deepest desires.
My College Dreams - 7 of 11
My College Dreams - 8 of 11