Cooper Weekly News
Be in the know! Nov 10
News from Your Admin Team!
Thanksgiving Feast
Thank you to all who helped make the 2023-2024 Thanksgiving Feasts a huge success. A special thanks to Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade for making the beautiful table runners. They were a huge hit with all the families! Thank you office staff for all your support as well. Our community has always loved this event, and it was a huge success again. Happy Thanksgiving!
GTES
All admin will be completing brief 2 and formatives for all staff
12 Days of Holiday Cheer will begin November 30th - More details to come (Cooper Weekly 11/17)
American Education Week
Teachers, please review the weekly events and participate each day. Thank you.
Remember, this is a week to highlight all the amazing things we do in public school.
PBIS Strategy
Cooper STAFF SHOUT OUTS!
Please begin scanning the Cooper Shout out QR code.
As we receive these shout outs, they will be added to the Cooper Weekly and the staff member will be placed in a monthly drawing to win a PBIS incentive
Click the title above to link to our 12 Days of Holiday Cheer. All the fun festivities will be listed there which begin on 11/30.
Committee News
SEL Committee
The school counseling team, Mrs. Delva ( K & 5th grade), Mr. Joseph ( 2nd & 3rd grade) and Ms. Bugg ( in the 1st and 4th grade) presented the School Counseling Advisory Council information to the SEL Committee on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The counselors used data from the 2022-2023 school year to plan the counseling program for the 2023-2024 school year. The school counseling team will present this information to the entire Cooper Staff on the Digital Learning day, November 3rd.
SunShine
The Holiday Luncheon provided for Sunshine members will be Dec. 7th. Please make arrangements with your parent volunteers to have your class covered for you to eat lunch with your grade level. Choices will be sent out soon. When the choices come out, please respond quickly so our counts are accurate. If you are not a Sunshine member but would like to purchase a lunch, please see Tonya Richardson for payment. We hope everyone is enjoying the monthly treats.
Pictures
Fall Picture Make Up - Friday, Nov 10th | Media Ctr | 8am-11:30am
If parents have questions, concerns or need help ordering, please direct them to BPI Photography:
Bowen Photography, Inc.
North GA Office 770-887-3080
Customer Service 866-363-6936
GCPS Annual Benefits Enrollment Has Ended
Benefits will be effective January 1, 2024. All deductions will begin in the December 2023 check, except flexible spending which will begin in January 2024.
For future benefits-related questions, please reach out to Heather Griffeth or send an email to Benefits@gcpsk12.org
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Next Week
Tuesday 7:30 meeting - Event planning
- International Night in Leadership Room
- STEM Night in Donna Davis' room
- Fine Arts Night in Dr. Clark's room
Tiger of the Month Ceremony - Nov 13
Parent Participation Days - Nov 14 & 16
All Pro Dad's Dinner - Nov 16 @ 6:30pm
Who you Gonna Call?
Front Office Items - Items such as transportation changes, copier issues, etc...please email the front office email address at 293.OfficeStaff@gcpsk12.org
Clinic Email - Please be sure to email Allison Johnson for any clinic questions or needs. allison.johnson@gcpsk12.org
Stellar Substitute Coverage - If this is for coverage other than SST / IEP schedule, please reach out to your grade level Admin. For meetings, please access the online calendar.
Custodial Items - Samira.Tahirovic@gcpsk12.org (You may also include Heather Griffeth as a back up)
- AM/PM Duty - If you need coverage of either your am/pm duties, please email the following group (Rene Palenzuela, Zola Delva, Fildin Joseph, Geneva Bugg, Kareen McKoy and Daphne Miles). Please be sure to be at your designated am/pm spots on time!
- Benefits / Leave / Workers Comp / Certification - Reach out to Heather Griffeth @ heather.griffeth@gcpsk12.org
GCPS Resource for all sorts of things
Employment Verification, Loan Forgiveness, Forms Finder, Employee Notices, Incentives, etc...)
https://www.gcpsk12.org/domain/14627
When in doubt of who to reach out to, please feel free to email Heather Griffeth and she can steer you in the right direction. Thank you!