Staff+Notes+4-16-10


 * Staff Notes **
 * April 16, 2010 **
 * Building Leadership Team ** will meet on Monday, April 19, at 7:30 in the Elementary Conference Room. Discussion will be on the 2010-11 calendar, exploratory classes (specials) and grade level sections.

I would like for each grade level to contribute a “highlights” summary of exciting and unique events that happened in your classroom/grade level this year. Don’t hesitate to brag – I am always trying to make sure that parents know all the great things that are happening in our school. I will try to send you a template this week that you can fill out. If you have any other information for our May Elementary Newsletter, please send it to me ASAP.
 * Elementary Newsletter **

I have approximately $17,000 left in the elementary budget for ordering supplies for next year. Some of that will need to be reserved for the art room, but we should have enough to order basic supplies and classroom items. Please submit a list of supplies for Soni. If you have catalog items, please put them on a Purchase Order and give them to me as soon as possible.
 * Budget Information **

Please keep printing and copying to an absolute minimum. Staff should also supervise students who are copying. We’ve seen some very large printing runs coming through the copier.
 * Printing and Copying **

The 15 Minute Program for secondary students will be on April 28. There will be death notice “announcements”, a wrecked car on the football field and a funeral at the end of the day. You may wish to talk to elementary students, so they know that these “deaths” are not real and that this is to help older students understand the importance of being responsible drivers.
 * 15 Minute Program **

It was amazing to see twenty-one teams here for an intense day of reading competition. Thank you to Janelle Thompson, Sean Hyer, JoEllen Wesselmann and Lorie Prouty for helping to prepare questions and moderating the individual contests. Special thanks to Lynne Caltrider for all her work in keeping this great event going every year.
 * Battle of the Books**

Monday, April 19, 2:30 – 4:30, School Board Meeting Thursday, April 22, 2:15 – 3:00, Matinee presentation of Robin Hood in the Activity Center. Classroom should be seated by 2:15. (K,1 – 2:00, 2,3 – 2:05, 4,5,6 – 2:10)
 * Upcoming Dates **

Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley
 * Thought for the Week **