The Counselor Corner
February
Pennies for Patients
OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO RAISE $4,000
February 15-19
TEACHERS: Pay $10 and you can wear jeans all week. Turn this money into one of the counselors and we will include it in your class total.
Once you have collected money during homeroom, please bring your bucket up so we can count. The Pennies spirit stick will be passed around daily to the class with the leading amount.
TUESDAY: We are paying to stick Ms. Smith and Ms. Mullins to the wall.
We need more teachers to tape...any takers in 6th or 7th grade??
WEDNESDAY: Students can pay to have their picture taken at our photo booth. $1 for one picture. Students can pick up their photos on Thursday during lunch.
WEDNESDAY WILL ALSO BE PENNY WARS DAY....this means students can go into other classrooms and put money in your class bucket. COINS HELP, DOLLARS HURT.
For example, Ms. Godfrey's students would put dollar bills in Mr. Stone's bucket to put him in the negative. His class would try to recover by putting coins in their own bucket.
THURSDAY: We will have our first Mr. Ugly Legs Contest. Many male staff members will compete for the title of ugliest legs. The lucky winner who brings in the most money will sport a tutu and show off his legs on Friday. $1 for a vote.
FRIDAY: We will have our Fireball Tournament. The final round will take place after lunch followed by the winning team vs staff.
The homeroom with the most money will receive the spirit stick and Olive Garden for lunch!
We are excited to have some extra special incentives this year...
If we reach $3,000, Mr. Conner will shave his mustache (we can't picture that either)! If we meet our goal, Ms. Farbo will dress up in a hotdog costume. A couple lucky students will be selected to top our human hotdog with ketchup and mustard. Mmmmm!
High School Registration Information
The wee of March 7, we want to have an 8th grade Disorientation Week. If you have any suggestions on how we can help better prepare our rising 9th graders, please let us know!
East Gaston High School
*Students need to complete their registration card and return it to their connections teacher THE FOLLOWING DAY. Please turn these in to us.
Highland School of Technology
Open house is Tuesday, February 9 from 5:30 - 7:00 PM. Students can go to school website (counselors' announcements page) or our Facebook page for a link to the application.
Gaston Early College High School
There are two open house dates for GECHS: February 8 and February 15, both from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Lena Sue Beam building on Gaston College's campus.
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Looking Ahead
MTSS Meetings-----------------------------------------------Feb. 4
GECHS Presentation @8:30------------------------------Feb. 8
ROTC from EGHS available at lunch------------------Feb. 11
Pennies for Patients Week-------------------------------Feb. 15-19
Staff Meeting after school--------------------------------Feb. 24
MTSS Meetings-----------------------------------------------Feb. 25
*If you have MTSS-related questions, please ask!!*
Blue Devils Shout Outs
Thank you Lori (and her Tim) for ice/snow removal on Sunday. -Conner
Shout out to Ms. Pina. She does a lot and it goes unrecognized a majority of the time. -Martinez
Shout out to all the 8th grade teachers and Mrs. Hasper and administration for all the support they have given me. -Harvey
Shout out to the Math/LA teachers for using Compass Learning. -Conner
Shout out to all teachers in that I'm seeing a lot of use of technology in classrooms - great job!!! -Conner
Shout out to Ms. Hersey for always making me laugh so hard I cry. -Beam
Thank you Lori for always being thoughtful and for working hard to make sure our school is clean and safe. -Davis
Thanks to our counselors for all they do!! Happy Counselors Week - February 1 - 5. -Conner