Mt. Bethel Messenger
January 12, 2018
NEWS FROM THE A-TEAM
STAFF NEWS
- CONGRATULATIONS, Allison and Dan McGraw! Last Friday, Allison and Dan welcomed two precious foster children (Kalia, 6 and Malakai, 4) to their home!
- CONGRATULATIONS, Brittany and Brian Fagan on welcoming sweet Eston earlier this week! Brittany was in the hospital awaiting his arrival from Sunday until Tuesday when he finally arrived. Eston is truly worth the wait!
BUCKET FILLERS - 40 YEARS OF BUCCANEERS!
- S-T-U-P-E-F-Y-I-N-G S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G, Ribhu Sonthi, Mt. Bethel Spelling Bee winner from Miller/Williamson's Fifth Grade! Ribhu will represent our school at the County Bee on Saturday, January 27th.
- TAKE A BOW, Spelling Bee Staff! Melissa Danner has been involved in Spelling Bees for 35 years and did a spectacular job as this year's MBES Queen Bee / Coordinator.
- DROP THE MIC, Abbie White! Abbie's elocution as the word caller is truly an incredible gift, and she stays calm under pressure!
RTI-2- Meeting on 1/16
Students who may require an additional year must be discussed, placed on Tier 2 (if not already on a Tier), and a Proficiency Matrix will need to be completed by Friday, 1/19 and returned to your RTI Facilitator.
Bugle Blurbs - Due 1/17
PAYDAY - JANUARY 24TH
CTLS-Assess - January 25th - Planning
Please meet with Carrie Lowery in the Conference Room at your planning time. Bring your charged laptops and any questions you want to load into Item Builder - any subject - that you will find useful!
How to Use the Snipping Tool
SOAR - Safe Orderly and Respectful (on the bus)
Thank you for your attentive participation in the SOAR Program this week. You likely felt the passion and genuine care our transportation department has for our students, for safety, and for doing what is best for kids!
You are encouraged to follow our CCSD Transportation Mascot, Hawkeye, on Facebook to receive bus safety tips!
Cobb Digital Learning Day - February 16th
CLICK HERE for the website.
CLICK HERE to sign up to participate.
Spring Specials Schedules
If you need a reminder:
| Kindergarten | First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade| | Fourth Grade | Fifth Grade |
Mark Your Calendars!
Sunday, January 14
- Happy Birthday, Caitlin O'Neill!
Monday, January 15
- No School. MLK, Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 16
- Happy Birthday, Jaime Davies!
- ACCESS for ELL's Window Opens
- RTI-2 Meetings - some during planning some after school.
Wednesday, January 17
- Bugle Blurb Deadline
- Appleyard Out - District Leadership and Learning @ KSU
Thursday, January 18
- Jaime out - SSA Meeting at Northstra Church
Friday, January 19
- Happy Birthday, Joanna McCree!
- RI/MI Window 2 Closes
- Proficiency Matrix due to RTI Facilitator for Any Student Considered for Retention
Saturday, January 20
- Happy Birthday, Mary Rees!
Looking Ahead:
- January 22: BLT - 1/2 day am
- January 22 : FACT Programs resume
- January 23: Meet with Jill @ planning to discuss ELA and next steps in Readers/Writers Workshop
- January 23: 100th Day of School
- January 24: Pay Day!
- January 25: CCSD Math Coaches conducting Math Walks in Classrooms
- February 15: Vicky Carter, Director of Special Education visiting MBES 10:30 - 12:00
Duty Schedule
IMPORTANT: When the temperature is below freezing, all am duty staff, please work together to ensure nobody contracts hypothermia. One person on car duty should cover crosswalk. One person should be at buses. Rotate in/out every 7ish minutes.
AM BUS CLIPBOARD: Bartnicki
AM BUS LANE MONITORING: Gibson
AM CARPOOL: Hill, Layman, Gardner
PM CARPOOL: J. Miller, Curry, Sikes
SECOND LOAD STANDBY/FACT PROGRAM LATE ARRIVALS: Griffin