Cullman City Schools
The Week in Review - February 15, 2019
February PD
This week's half-day PD allowed our schools the opportunity to work on some important areas for teachers and students. Building in time for our teachers to develop professionally supports them in their effort to provide high quality education for our students.
Above: CCPS teachers explore Webb’s Depth of Knowledge during the half-day PD.
Above: Michael Fowlkes presents info about the Leanstream Program to teachers at WES during their PD time.
Above: Students begin using Edgenuity following a training session for teachers during WES PD time.
Above: Aimee Bates presents the new Digital Literacy and Computer Science standards during the half-day PD at EES.
Small group discussion of book
School-wide book study "Culturize"
Dr. Page with small group book discussion
WES faculty and staff break into small groups to discuss a portion of the book they are reading for their school wide book study.
CCS Honored to Employ School Counselor of the Year
Congratulations to Mrs. Elizabeth Shaddix for her recognition as Alabama School Counselor of the Year this week at the Alabama State Board of Education meeting.
Appalachian Regional Commission Visits CCS
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government.
Each year ARC provides funding for several hundred investments in the Appalachian Region, in areas such as business development, education and job training, telecommunications, infrastructure, community development, housing, and transportation.
CCS is thankful for the support we have received from this wonderful group!
ARC members are greeted by Mr. Fowlkes. They received a sincere thank you and a brief summary of what they would be seeing during their visit.
Mrs. Drake prepares students for their coding demonstration.
Students demonstrate Dance Party Coding from code.org on one of our SMART panels.
https://youtu.be/Vbc36R_f49E
The best part of Dance Party Coding: watching and listening to your creation!
Virtual Reality is now a reality for CCS.
Mr. Fowlkes guiding students and ARC members through a virtual tour of the moon.
https://youtu.be/uceMAKPGpcg
It is always fun to watch the VR process from the outside!
We appreciate Mrs. Speciale and her students for their help in this demonstration. The students represented CCS perfectly!
Thank You Cullman City Schools Foundation
Mrs. Doering and the Llama Class at CCPS sent a special thank you to the CCSF for the new iPad in their classroom! "We are so grateful to add new and updated technology to our literacy and math centers."
CHS Spreading Good Habits
To help CCPS preschool and head start students learn about good hand washing techniques, these CHS students joined them to be great models. Young students look up to these high school students and will imitate their good behavior.
Smile!
Special visitors from The Smile Center- Graham’s Orthodontics came to talk to the CCPS Zebras about dental health! We appreciate this important partnership!
CMS Beta Club Induction
Congratulations to the CMS students who were recently inducted into the National Junior Beta Club.
Beta Club Officers
Eighth Grade Inductees
Seventh Grade Inductees
WES Jump Rope Team
The West Elementary Jump Rope Team provided a great show for their classmates this week. These students have skills!
https://youtu.be/rST6Ot_lktI
Movin' On Up
These current 8th grade students and parents met this week to prepare for registration for the upcoming year at CHS. It was a great turnout and we look forward to seeing all of these students and families as a part of CHS next year!
Lots of Love
A lot of love was shown at CCPS this week as we celebrated Valentine's Day.
Dr. Susan Patterson, Superintendent
Email: spatterson@cullmancats.net
Website: www.cullmancats.net
Location: 301 1st Street Northeast, Cullman, AL, USA
Phone: (256) 734-2233
Twitter: @CullmanSuper