MT. BETHEL MESSENGER
January 2, 2019
LOCAL SCHOOL WORKDAY - 1/3
Attire: Jeans or workout gear that you would wear in public. Baseball caps acceptable.
Flex hours. Lunch off campus is a great idea with a friend or ten.
Carrie Lowery will be here if you have any tech instruction or CTLS questions.
Please make sure that you and your teams work on the following:
- Prepping report cards for distribution on 1/11.
- Planning for the coming 9 weeks.
- Decluttering and purging. If you don't need it, get rid of it now.
- Working on your work.
- School Supply Lists.
- Completing prioritizing standards for Q3, creating & uploading common formative assessment.
DISTRICT PL DAY - FRIDAY, 1/4
Locations are listed in the document below. We will be using the Crowd Compass App again. You will need to choose January 4th to view the available sessions.
QR codes - one for am and one for pm sessions - will be the means for signing in.
Directions for downloading the app are below, as well.
*Jeans appropriate if you wear a Mt. Bethel shirt.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES - 2019-2020
Grade Level Teams:
- PLEASE REVIEW LIST BELOW - it is what we requested for this year's supplies.
- Discuss what changes need to be made for 2019-2020.
- Make updates. INCLUDE OG BINDERS/DIVIDERS if your team plans to require. These need to be part of supply list - not a school request/grant in the future.
- GRADE LEVEL TEAM LEADERS: email entire desired list to schoolsupplypacks@mtbethelpta.org and cc copresidents@mtbethelpta.org and jessica.appleyard@cobbk12.org by January 7th.
Q2 REPORT CARD TIMELINE
- GRADES CLOSE on 12/21.
- Specialist grade entry due 1/3.
- Kindergarten – 3rd Grade
- Grade entry and comments due 1/9 by 3:00.
- Cherie will print report cards and place in your boxes on 1/10.
- 4th/5th Grades
- Student grades posted in gradebook by 1/3.
- Comments due by 1/9.
- Print on 1/10.
- Report cards go home on 1/11.
SPELLING BEE - 1/16 - RESCHEDULED DATE
Tech Thursday - MIE Training
MIE Training will resume on Thursday, 1/10! Schedule in the next edition of the Messenger.
Carrie will be out, so our trainer will be Rob Wofford - he is pretty funny so it should be entertaining.
Mark Your Calendars!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
- 12/30 - Sharon Dixson
Thursday, January 3rd
- Teacher Workday. Flex Hours.
- See above for expectations
Friday, January 4th
- Teacher Professional Learning Day.
- See above for expectations.
Monday, January 7th
- Paras first day to report back
- First day back with kids!
- 4th Grade to Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Tuesday, January 8th
- Appleyard out - New Principal and Mentor Academy
- 4th Grade to Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Wednesday, January 9th
- Happy Birthday, Cherie Vodopia!
- SPELLING BEE RESCHEDULED TO 1/16
Thursday, January 10th
- Tech Thursday - MIE Training
- 8:00 am - Open House for Parents of Newly Qualified Target Students
- Davies out in am - ESOL Admin Training
- Appleyard out 9-12: CCC Guiding Coalition Training
- Johnson out 12:30 - end of day. CCC Guiding Coalition Training.
Friday, December 11th
- Happy Birthday, Danielle Sheldon!
- 2nd Quarter Report Card Distribution
- 5th Grade Wellstar visits
- 5th Grade High Touch High Tech
- 4th Grade to Fire Safety Village
DUTY SCHEDULE
BUS MONITORING: Art
AM CARPOOL: Danner, Allred, Oakes
PM CARPOOL: Barnes, Curry, Bain
2ND LOAD/LATE FACT DUTY: Sikes