Mustang Minutes
Nurture. Collaborate. Own
Scarborough's Summary
American Education Week
Enjoy your break!
Inspiration for Your Week
Kudos Korner from the Admin Team
Kudos to the Rockbridge Learning Cohort who engaged in meaningful dialogue and learning on Wednesday. Thank you to the coaches for their leadership!
Media Center News
Teachers, don't forget! You can now get GCPS TV and other television channels streamed directly to your class. Go to the student links on eClass and look for the RES TV button. You can view all your choices there. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Counselors' Corner
We are still in need of coats. Please consider donating to the Coat Drive. Thank you !!!
Custodian Closet
We continue to see the results of students destroying or defacing school property - broken soap dispenser, toilet seat, toilet paper dispenser, wet wad of toilet paper all over the walls and ceiling. An example each soap dispenser cost my department $19 in one location this week I have replaced a single dispenser twice. You ask then why keep replacing, the State Health inspector will write the Cafeteria up if there is not a dispenser in that location. There is a cause and effect for everything. Your continued monitoring of students in the rest-rooms is needed to prevent me from exhausting my budget due to vandalism.
I will be on vacation next week so I would like to remind you a week early to STEP into the Holiday Break!
Secure you laptop and kindles over the break
Trash is all collected from your classroom and placed in the a tied bag in the hallway
Eats, anything perishable in your classroom or faculty refrigerator has been taken home or placed in the trash.
Projector and lights in your room are turned off
Technology Tips
Congratulations! Rockbridge has consistently been the top Classworks user in the NATION for several weeks. Chris says that several GCPS schools(cough cough Hopkins) want in our secret. : )
The Imagine Learning desktop icon has been updated and pushed out to machines. The new icon is a blue box surrounding the jumping jacks guy.
Grades should be finalized by 4:00 on January 5th. Report Cards will be sent home on Friday January 15th in order to accommodate make up interim testing.
Coaches' corner
Ask Questions to Engage with the Text
Strategy: Teach students to engage their mind by asking questions as they read. In fiction they might ask, "What comes next? Why did the character do that?" In nonfiction, they might ask questions about the topic. Read on to answer questions.
The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo
Parent Connection
Friday is Chuck-E-Cheese's Family Night!
Teachers and Staff Members can get a Free Meal and Trip into the Ticket Blaster!
We hope to see you there!
The Parent Center hopes that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are very thankful for all that you do!
Calendar of Events
11/23-11/27 - Fall Break
11/30- NTN
11/30- 5th grade full day planning
12/1- 4th grade full day planning
12/2- 3rd grade full day planning
12/2- County Principal Meeting
12/2- Potluck
12/3- 2nd grade full day planning
12/4- 1st grade full day planning
12/7- K full day planning full day planning
12/7- County AP Meeting
12/11- RES Spelling Bee
RES Birthdays
November
11/23 B. Davis
11/24 C. Encarnacion
11/25 C. Welsh
11/26 P. Hill