Staff+Notes+8-18-11


 * Staff Notes - 8/19/11 **

THANK YOU for a great first few days. It was a very smooth start. The rooms were so attractive and welcoming for students on Open House night. The custodians and Kelly Bell did a **SUPER** job this summer. Please thank them when you see them in the hallways. We had a good building work session. Everyone was very positive and committed to achieving our building goals. Our Success Charts are doing well and students are excited about the tickets. Thanks to everyone for making this a terrific start to the school year.


 * Upcoming Dates:**
 * Saturday, August 20** Fan Fest
 * Tuesday, August 23** Collaborize Wkshp 3:30-5:00 Sec. Library
 * Thursday, August 25** VMEPC Meeting 3:30 Cafeteria
 * Friday, August 26** Football Game

1. Our first VMEPC meeting is August 25, at 3:30 in the cafeteria. Please make a special effort to attend this meeting. (They are planning to have one Fall and on Spring meeting that includes staff) Three teachers have turned in slips for VMEPC classroom reps. Please Continue to put in your weekly notes that we would like to have a classroom Representative for each room/grade level on the VMEPC council. 2. Please make sure that every student is checked out through the office. If an adult comes to the room to pick up a student, send them to the office for a blue slip. Please remember that we have students with various custody agreements and parental no-contact orders, so we need to make sure that we have a record of who signed out each student. 3. We should have more Quilt of Character cards in your boxes by the beginning of next week. 4. A **big** thank you to those teachers that are at their doors greeting students in the morning, at classroom doors when students return from lunch and walking students down the hallway at the end of the day. That makes such a difference for students and will be a priority for me to recognize staff members this year.


 * Reminders:**
 * 1) The Announcement Sign-up Sheet is on GoogleDocs (Lisa – your group is next week). I also put a copy in the office. If you sign up in the office, please also put it on the Google Doc.
 * 2) Please turn in a written copy of your schedule. Please put in your Tribes time and indicate any changes from the Master Schedule.

Thank you again for a great first week and I am always appreciative of the talented and dedicated staff that I have the opportunity to work with at Van Meter School.