JMQ Flash
December 14 -18, 2015
Notices and Highlighted Events
'Tis the Season.....
Fun for all ages!
Is he real?
We say hello to Santa every morning!
The Weekly Scoop
Lion's Club Food Drive - Bring your donations Monday for jeans reward(s) as described in my prior email!
Monday, 12/14/15
- Submit all your time sheets through December 12th Monday morning if you want to be paid
- Hudson PEP Tour, Kindergarten - 4th grades
- Jada Owens, speaker, and Lucas Bass, signer, will lead the pledges at the Board of Trustees General Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the ESC
- Math Coaches will be on campus all day and meet with 3-5 math teachers during conference time in the Data Room (During walkthroughs they expect to see:
APS-Check Problem of the Day as a think-aloud,
Number talks,
Small group math rotations with student-student talk,
Student use of manipulative objects,
Students who can talk about their learning, and
Other best practices strategies.)
Wednesday, 12/16/15
- PLCs will not meet
- We are honored to have Mr. Ezell Stephens on our campus to share his story with intermediate students (Special district guests and the media have been invited to meet our special guest and enjoy a meal of his Heavenly Sent Fried Chicken.)
Thursday, 12/17/15
- Kindergarten - Polar Express Day
- 4:00 JMQ Staff Christmas Party, El Sombrero (Make sure to RSVP to Beverly by Monday!)
Friday, 12/18/15
- First Grade celebrates the book, The Polar Express
- 8:30 - Students are invited to attend a musical presentation in the gym (Teachers, this is optional, but all who come must be seated and in place promptly at 8:30. The JMQ Honors Choir and Dr. Jim Taylor from Kilgore College, will perform. This will not be advertised to parents due to space constraints.)
- 10:00 - Primary Parties
- 10:30 - Intermediate Parties
- 12:00 - Early Dismissal
Professional Development
A few thoughts....
As I think about the present days and the future possibilities for the students at Johnston-McQueen, I see a significant number of students who do not have an effective external or internal rudder. When children are sent to my office and we talk, it often becomes apparent that they have few "mirrors" outside of school to shape and lead them down a more positive path. Students need "mirrors" they can relate to that show them there is a better way!
This Wednesday, thanks to Gail Stephens, we are introducing a few of our students to a "mirror" of possibilities. Gail's brother-in-law, Ezell Stephens, is an entrepreneur and restaurant owner in Seattle, Washington. He owns Heaven Sent Fried Chicken, and he will share his story with many of our intermediate students. The challenge for us is to give our students a panorama of positive, realistic role models (in addition to those given by the sports media) so that they may begin to dream of possibilities they have never imagined for themselves. If we are instrumental in planting a dream and shaping the behaviors to achieve it, we will have done a great thing for those kids who walk on the edge.
I wish each of you a joyous Christmas! May God refresh you as you enjoy time with friends and family! I am grateful for the mirror of caring you offer and kindness you show to children and to one another. Merry Christmas!