Comet Express 10.17.11

Monday Morning Music-Have a beautiful day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGq6xrqQN4I

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This Week... 10/17 Report Card Night, ELA/SS Vertical Meeting 10/18 DUTY FREE LUNCH DAY, Leadership Team

Meeting, SB @ RMS 10/19 Candace, April, and Jordi at Admin Meeting,

Picture Retakes, PEP RALLY, FB @ SAMS 10/20 High School Day (refer to email from Carla

Freemyer)6th Grade SMARTS Program begins, BT-1 meeting, SB at home against ATMS,

McTeacher Night 5:00-8:00 10/21 PBIS Incentive Day, Officer Marlowe out

Next Week... 10/24 Benchmark Testing, Faye and Jordi at EOP meeting, Jr. Civitans, SB @ SAMS 10/25 Benchmark Testing, Admin PD with Teams, Super Tuesday Football, 10/26 Benchmark Testing, BT 2 meeting, SB against NERMS at home, 10/27 Benchmark Testing, Progress Reports, SMARTS Program after school, Golden Leaf Program after school, Superintendent's Advisory Council 10/28 PEPs completed, Haunted House and Fall Dance

Celebrations and Hot Tamales

*Allison has a Tardy Log that students have to sign if they are tardy. This is a great strategy to monitor tardies and help students take responsibility for their behaviors. Others are probably doing this. I just happened to notice this practice in Allison's room. *Mandy, Chandra, Lee, Makenzie, Natasha, and Linda did a great job representing our school at the Board meeting last week. Way to go Vanessa and Jill for organizing a successful Book Fair for our school. Way to go Coach Gary on a great victory. Also, thank you for being the kind of teacher/coach who brings his "A" game to the classroom as well. Thanks to April, Mandy, Makenzie, and Janice for making sure our AVID students had a great OPTED trip on Friday.

*Extra Spicy Hot Tamales to Jay, Meredith, Allison, and Chandra for the great Student Council videos. A great way to showcase our kids!

Learning Links and Stuff to think about http://gothamschools.org/2011/10/11/at-

newcomer-school-teachers-step-back-to-help-students-learn/#more-68424

Keeping Us On The Same Page Important Report Card Night Update-Please make sure you send the flyer about Report Card Pick Up Night home. Parents and students shared that they did not get their flyer on Friday. 10.28 Dance-Thanks to everyone who signed up to help with our school dance. Please remember to promote the dance in your classes and help collect food to be sold. 8th grade-drinks, 7th grade chips, and 6th grade candy Email-Remember to check your email at least twice a day for information that is essential in the daily operation of our school. If you believe that you are not getting emails due to not being on certain distribution lists, please let me know immediately so you can be added.

Basic Best Practices *Thanks to everyone for working together to follow the "norms" that were set for our school and signing planners when students leave class. *Thanks to everyone for continuing to develop best practices by displaying Essential Questions and Language Objectives for students. Let's all keep working together to help students use this information to guide their learning.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

"The King of Multitasking"