Kruskamp Class News: 3/30/17
Spring Break Reading
Running Club
5th Grade Baby Pics!
5th grade parents, email a baby pic of your graduate to gwinoaks1@gmail.com by April 15th to be included in the graduation slide show.
Milestones Practice Online...it's free!
Milestones testing will begin the week of April 17.
Log onto www.gaexperienceonline.com for free, year-round online practice.
4th Graders to Fernbank
5th Grade to Stone Mountain
All 5th graders will wear their 5th grade t-shirts that day. Also, please send your child to school that day with a water bottle and a snack. We'll eat sack lunches when we return. Electronic devices will not be permitted on the trip.
Counselor's Corner
WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is an innovative father involvement, educational initiative of the National Center For Fathering. There are two primary goals of the WATCH D.O.G.S. program.
1) To provide positive male role models for the students, demonstrating by their presence that education is important.
2) To provide extra sets of eyes and ears to enhance school security and reduce bullying.
WATCH D.O.G.S. began in 1998 in a single school in Springdale, Arkansas and has since grown into a national recognized program that has brought hundreds of thousands of fathers and father figures into the school classrooms and hallways across the country, creating millions of hours of “in school” volunteer time and having a tremendously positive impact on the educational process. Today there are more than 5,707 registered WATCH D.O.G.S. schools in 47 states plus DC. Currently, there are WATCH D.O.G.S. programs in China, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Italy, and Germany.
Who Are WatchDOGS?
WatchDOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S. school. During the day, WatchDOGS may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, watch the school entrances and hallways, assist with traffic flow and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students, but other students as well. Many school principals have reported that the mere presence of a WatchDOG dramatically reduces reports of bullying. On the day of their participation, WatchDOGS are given a brief review of their involvement and they wear an official WATCH D.O.G.S. t-shirt with a disposable ‘Dog Tag’ identifying them as WATCHDOGS.
Daniel Fraga. will be heading up the male role model volunteer program at Gwin Oaks Elementary. Please contact him at:
watchdogdanielfraga@gmail.com