Volume 39 issue 29

March 18-March 22, 2013

Volume 39 Issue 29

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STES Students excel

in Technology…

again

See page 8

Special thanks go to All Pro Dad’s Speaker,

Former Mayor Shirley Franklin, for her

encouraging words…

Way to go!

STES P.E.

Department does

it again!

See page 4

Word of the Day –

Vocabulary Builders

Monday – Ostentatious

Tuesday - Camaraderie

Wednesday - Inevitable

Thursday – Amicable

Friday – Subtle

Stonewall Tellegraph P a g e | 2

It is the policy of Fulton County School Systems not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability, in any employment practice, educational programs or any other program, activity or service. If you wish to make a complaint or request accommodation due to discrimination in any program, activity, or service, contact compliance coordinator, Mr. Ron Wade, 786 Cleveland Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia 30315 or call (404) 763-4585 TTY 1-800-255-0315.

March 21, 2013

When was the last time you forgave someone? The world we live in today is filled with several types of

people. It seems as though every time we turn on the news we see another one of our young people lost to

the ways of the world. If we, as parents, community member and teachers, would take the time to talk to

the youth of today as they are growing up the problem may cease to exist eventually. By teaching them to

not harbor ill feelings when things are done they feel to be wrong we, as adults, are setting the first

example. Children must learn to talk it out with a trusted adult and get to the bottom of the

misunderstanding before it becomes an actual “situation.” Often times we wait until the problems occur

before we show the child any attention or other ways in which the situation can be handled peacefully.

Forgiveness is a term we hear very rarely in regards to problem solving, but if it were a constant act shown

by adults in their lives we would be much better off. Forgiveness is not one of the easiest tasks to

accomplish which is why it takes much more courage to forgive someone than it does to cause them harm.

So again I ask…When was the last time that you truly forgave or better yet; taught your child the truth

behind forgiveness?

Ms. Golden



From The Desk of Nurse Plott

How You Can Help Prevent Eyestrain

Courtesy of www.webmd.com

You can help your child prevent eyestrain, as well as neck and back pain, by taking these steps:

Place the screen between 20 to 28 inches away from your child's eyes. Align the top of the screen at eye level so that children look down at the screen while

they work.

Use low-watt bulbs in lighting fixtures as well as drapes or blinds to reduce glare from windows.

Choose a comfortable, supportive chair positioned so that the child's feet are flat on the floor.

Encourage children to move around and change positions while working.

Suggest that they limit leisure screen time to two hours or less a day. This includes watching TV, playing

video games, and using mobile phones.

Teach kids to rest their eyes. Every 20 minutes, tell them to look at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds.

Also remind children to blink regularly to prevent dry, irritated eyes.

Take notice if children are squinting, frowning at the screen, or rubbing their eyes, says Hoenig. These are

all signs of eyestrain. Make sure their prescription wear is up to date.

Glasses may be needed for some people with computer vision syndrome. A single or bifocal lens, or

tinted lens material, may help increase contrast perception and filter out glare and reflective light to

reduce symptoms of eye strain.

March is Save Your Vision Month!

**NOTE: The clinic is in need of

more sweat pants in ALL sizes**

Talented And Gifted-

March Critical Thinking burtontag.weebly.com

This month we will focus on Personal Analogies…last month we focused on Direct

Analogies…after reading about personal analogies, what is the difference between a direct

analogy and a personal analogy?

Personal Analogies allow a student the chance to identify with a topic or object in the first person.

Personal analogies allow students feel like they are the topic or object…the student has a

connection to whatever the topic or object is…a personal analogy provides a flash of inspiration and

allows the student to feel as though he or she is at the center of the topic or object. This helps

them develop more creative ideas to solve problems.

Allow your child to answer the following personal analogies…Please send responses to

Mrs. Burton~ TAG Room B125…or via email [email protected]

How are you like a tiger?

How are you like an airplane?

As a tiger, what do you see? How do you feel? Of what are you afraid?

How are you like a butterfly? If you could talk what would you say?

How are you like a library?

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CCRPI (College and Career Ready Performance Index) Guidance Lessons

In an effort to align Career Guidance practices with the requirements under the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), I will be facilitating Career Guidance Lessons for Grades 1-5 during the month of March. The students will utilize the classrooms, Computer Lab, and the Media Center.

Robin Elder -School Counselor

Counselor’s Corner

Strategic Plan 2017

This is the school system’s roadmap for how Fulton County

Schools aims to improve student achievement over the next

five years. Three goals serve as the district’s measure for

long-term student success, which is that students will graduate

on time and be ready for college or the workforce.

• Graduation Rate – 90% of Fulton students will

graduate on time

• College Readiness – 85% of Fulton’s seniors will be

eligible for admission to a University System of Georgia

college or university

• Career Readiness – 100% of Fulton's graduates will

be work-ready certified

“These are big goals, but they are attainable,” said

Superintendent Avossa. “Our strategic plan is focused on

improving outcomes for all students, and the only way to do

this is to set measurable goals and put supports in place to help

our students and staff to reach them.”

To that end, as part of its “Building Our Future” strategic

planning initiative, the school system will focus on five key

areas – instruction, people, technology, effective schools and

resources – to drive improvement.

• Instruction – Students will be engaged in learning

that enables them to reach their full potential for college and

career readiness

• People – Fulton County Schools will attract and

retain the most talented and effective employees in K-12

education

• Technology – Students, parents, teachers and

administrators will have the tools and information they need to

accelerate learning

• Effective Schools – School leadership will be

collaborative and will balance innovation with accountability

• Resources – Student needs will be supported with efficient

and effective allocation of staff, instructional materials and equipment.

The strategic plan will guide the system’s direction over the

next five years and is the result of many conversations with the

school board, teachers and school leaders as well as

engagement with parents and the community.

The plan is posted at www.fultonschools.org/StrategicPlan2017.

CONGRATULATIONS!! Congratulations to our Physical Education

Department! They are receiving $800 worth

of equipment for achieving the Gold Seal for

Wellness from the Governor's Office for the

Georgia SHAPE Program. This includes the

state mandated fitness testing of our

students in grades 1-5. Some of the

equipment includes: jerseys, items for field

day, new portable CD player for P.E., and

picnic tables.

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What’s Happening?

ELA: Antonyms

Math: Addition and Subtraction

Science: Living and Non-Living

Unit- High Opinion of Animals

Phonics- Review of long vowels

Reading- Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Language Arts – Commas in a Series

Math – Using Making a Ten with Problem Solving

Social Studies - Folktales

Reading: Hedgehog Bakes A Cake -Just for You Theme 2 Pg. 226

Math: Build Arrays (problem solving)

Language: Writing- Opinion (persuasive)

Science: MOTION: Lesson 2

Third Grade has a Happy Home with Georgia Habitats as we

embark upon our 3rd

Unit.

Reading Novel: Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Within this unit all subjects will be integrated. It will consist of

the following skills: The Heroes that we will be integrating for

reading and social studies are: Susan B. Anthony, Frederick

Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Franklin D.

Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mary McLeod Bethune and Cesar

Chavez; Landforms, Longitude and Latitude.

Language Arts: Dear Mr. Henshaw Prefixes &

Roots Informational/Explanatory Writing

Math: Measurement (distance/volume/mass)

Science: Ecosystems Physical & Behavioral

Adaptations

Social Studies: Personal Finance Saving and

Investing

Math---------------------Measurement

Reading----------------Extended text--"The Phantom Tollbooth."

Language Arts-------Punctuation and Usage Problems

Science----------------Physical and Chemical Changes

Social Studies-------The Cold War and The Spread of Communism

Health-------------------Foods for Good Nutrition



What’s Happening? Quantum ArtSmart Happenings

www.quantumartsmart.weebly.com

Full STeAm Ahead! In Japanese: 全力で (pr: Zenryoku de)

5th

are working on their Symbolic Art History painting unit incorporating Georgia O’Keeffe and Martin Johnson Heade focusing on

communication and symbolism. 4th

are completing their Origami Hakos (boxes) in their Japanese Unit. Next, they will be writing a Japanese

poem called a Haiku. 自然は美しいです = “nature is beautiful” in Japanese!

3rd

are immersing themselves in the Middle Ages, analyzing that time period in the 400-1400’s, and engineering a 3 Dimensional Medieval

castle along with connecting a famous architectural innovation to our present day Black History architect, Paul Revere Williams!

1st

graders are learning to interpret and create a focal point while exploring the Science/Anatomy of a special bird with solid bones, a Loon.

K are studying reptiles and creating patterns on a snake while weaving it in a pattern in the grass.

2nd

graders just completed their “Depth” landscape paintings! Check them out on display in the hall. They are now focusing solely on creating a

“cloudscape” incorporating “Nephelococcygia”!

Week of: March 18 - March 22

Basketball

• We will continue with our

“basketball” unit. This week students

will participate in skill related stations

- such as, passing, dribbling, shooting.

The stations will have various games to

help the students improve their

basketball skills.

** Thanks for a great Family Fitness Night.

We appreciate your support**

Physical Education Music Notes

This week in music, students will be working on the following: 5th – Presentations of Black History Month Projects 4th – Introduction to Recorder Unit 3rd/2nd – Traditional American Line Dancing 1st/K – Review of Steady Beat and High and Low Sounds

We have posted new podcasts to the music website!

Please remember to visit www.stonewalltellmusic.weebly.com for more

information!

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http://www.thewssa.com/

http://www.jump.kintera.org/

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APEC at Stonewall Tell

If you need afterschool care for your child, APEC is available on site.

7:00 pm pick up

S.T.E.M. Curriculum

Computer Lab

Fitness Classes

Certified Staff

Snack & Supper Provided

If you are interested, please contact APEC at 404-759-5950. We look

forward to hearing from you.

Healthy Kids, Smart Kids

Stonewall Tell Elementary has adopted the Healthy Kids, Smart Kids

Wellness Initiative. We believe that healthier eating habits and consistent

exercise have a positive impact on our children’s learning and ultimately

their test scores. When sending in classroom snacks, please remember

that this is a “Sugar-Free Zone” school. Do not send soft drinks, fruit

drinks with processed sugar, candy, cookies, ice cream, cupcakes, cakes,

hot fries or sugary snacks. Also note that birthday parties that include

cakes, cookies, wings, ice cream and other treats are prohibited and will

not be allowed in the building. Healthier items such as fruit cups, fresh

fruit, pretzels, baked chips, 100% juice, fresh vegetables, 100% fruit snacks,

granola bars, animal crackers and items with low salt and minimum sugar

are allowed. ** Due to nut allergies, please do not send any snacks with peanuts or peanut butter in them.

ATTENTION PARENTS: EARLY MORNING DROP OFF ROUTINE

The morning times and dropping off your student is a very important

part of the day. But we need your help to make it run as expeditiously

as possible.

We have over 200 yards of sidewalk and you do not have to wait until

the children are directly in front of the door to drop off. By doing this

you are helping with the “Healthy kids, Smart kids” plan we are a part

of as well as helping the students to not be tardy to class. Please assist

us in making to morning drop off as efficient as possible.

Thanks in advance!

***Parents Please Read***

ALL Volunteers MUST complete a

Volunteer Registration Form and the

Parent Volunteer Training @

http://media2.fultonschools.org/DistrictCo

ntent/Training/ChildAbuseandNeglect/play

er.html.

Please do not leave your vehicle

unattended in the student drop-off zone.

This zone is not for parking. Use the

visitor parking spaces.

Please dial 0 when calling the front desk.

Please send a note or letter whenever

you change the dismissal process for

your student. No phone calls, please!

Please consider using the school bus for

student transport to and from the school.

We are unable to call students to the front

office for early dismissal after 2:00p.m.

Safety and security is a concern.

School starts promptly at 7:40a.m.

Students are marked TARDY when

they arrive after the morning bell.

There is no GRACE PERIOD.

Students dismissed before 11:10 a.m.

are marked ABSENT for the whole day.

Our Dismissal Process

The school schedule is

07:40am-2:20p.m.

Dismissal starts at 2:20p.m.

We have 11 buses to load with

4 buses being loaded at one time.

Car riders are dismissed around

2:45p.m.

ALWAYS sign in your presence in the

building at the front desk.

There is not a telephone in any

classroom.

Please provide your child with an extra

set of clothes in case of an accident.

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Monday

Macaroni and Cheese Or Mini

Chicken Tacos w/Rice

Tuesday

Sweet & Sour Chicken Or Mini

Burgers

Wednesday

Spaghetti Or Oriental Popcorn

Chicken

Thursday

Rotisserie Chicken Or Turkey

Burger

Friday

Shrimp Poppers Or Cheese Pizza

Fulton County offers MyPaymentPlus. This is an online service that offers

you the convenience and information you need to manage your student’s account. You can prepay on your student’s meal account using a

credit/debit card at www.mypaymentsplus.com.

STES

Parental

Involvement Policy is

Available at the

Front Desk for your

Review

Important Dates To

Remember

March 18 Spring Class Photos

March 18-29 3rd Grade Writing

Skills Assessment Window

March 22 STYLE Mtng

March 22 ATLAS Mtng

A complete monthly menu can be found

on the SWT

Homepage and the menu is subject to

change.

Student Breakfast: $1.05

Student Lunch: $2.20

Student Reduced Breakfast: $0.30

Student Reduced Lunch: $0.40

Adult Breakfast: $1.55

Adult Lunch: $3.15

Scan Here for the Digital Version:

FIRST Saturday of Every

Month, the High Museum

of Art is FREE to all Fulton

County residents!

Congratulations to

Blair Kearns and Maria Coles

who competed and came in

FIRST PLACE in the category

of Digital Video Production

in the Georgia Student

Technology Fair in Macon,

Georgia!

These bright STES Students

also placed 1st in the Fulton

County School’s Technology

Fair in January of this year…

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