It's "A" Week!

Star Students

Mon: Wilkerson

Tues: Moore

Wed: Kibbey

Thurs: Rish

Fri: Johnson

Vincent will have next Monday, then we'll go back to 4th grade.

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Yellow

Tues: Pink

Wed: White

Thurs: Green

Fri: Yellow

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Shorter

First Grade: McDonald

Cafeteria: Harrington

Carline: Garrett and Fortenberry

Zone 1: Odom

Zone 2: Collins

Zone 3: Moore

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Carline: Wessel

Monitor Carline: Patterson and Vincent

Intersection of the front hall: Young

Front Lawn (buses only): Osburn

On the Calendar this Week....

EOY Math AIMSWeb - completed by Wednesday

EOY Reading AIMSWeb - The Window is Open

Monday: Kindergarten performs for us @ 1:45 and parents @ 6:30

Tuesday: Spirit Night at Marco's

Wednesday: Math AIMSWeb should be completed - Testing Team here for K-3 Reading AIMS

Fourth Grade Field Trip - Second Grade Lunch on the Lawn

Thursday: Testing Team here for K-3 Reading AIMS - Dr. Martin here for staff meeting

Friday: Testing Team here for K-3 Reading AIMS -Prize Patrol

and Next Week...

It's Teacher Appreciation Week!

Monday: Your STEM Team makes presentation to the accreditation committee. - SHINE Spring Concert @ 6:30

Tuesday: Pennington, Shorter, Summers Field Trip - 

Wednesday: FINAL cutoff for Awards Day (WOF, Millionaire, SM)@ 3:00 -Bamberg and Jones Field Trip - Clap Out for Fifth Grade 8:10 - Fifth grade to HTMS AM -

Thursday: Fire Drill - Final Interviews for STEM Accreditation

Friday: Fifth Grade Mystery Day - Last Friday Freeze 

Whistles!

Everyone should wear an EMERGENCY whistle on your lanyard.  If you didn't get one, please let Barbara know and she'll take care of you.  These whistles should not be used for anything but an emergency.  Use your whistle If you see an  adversarial person inside our building,  see someone with a weapon, hear gunfire, or hear someone else blowing a whistle. If you hear a whistle, go into "lock down" immediately.  I can address any questions in our staff meeting Thursday.

End of the Year Reminders

1. If a student leaves your room on the way to the nurse, the bathroom, or an errand for you, they must have a buddy.  If you have students come to your room at a certain time routinely, you must check on them if they don't show up. 

2. Morning Meetings are still expected.

3. Our Hot Spots for bad choices............  lunch, recess and PE! This would be a great topic for Morning Meetings.

4. Review SMART goals

 The GRACE Group is out of money!  If you forgot to donate earlier in the year, it's not too late!  If you would like to donate a little extra, we'll take that too.  You may write a check, give cash or Venmo Stephanie Young or Kylie Collins.

Lunchroom Staff Appreciation Reminder!

We are excited to celebrate our amazing lunchroom staff next week. Please work together as a grade level to create a poster to show our appreciation. You can give your finished poster to Kylie Collins or Stephanie Young. Grace Group will hang them up after school on Thursday, May 4^th and deliver a treat on Friday, May 5^th. 😊 Thank you for helping us show some love to these amazing ladies who give so much to our students and staff every day!

Seating for the Program Monday........

Third grade will sit in the chairs - filling in front to back

Fifth grade will sit in the chairs - filling in back to front

First Grade - closest to the stage on the ACTA side of the gym

Second Grade - closest to the stage on the Amphitheater side of the gym

Wessel and Mann - closest to the gym foyer on the ACTA side of the gym

Windham and Collins - closet to the gym foyer on the Amphitheater side of the gym

 

It's "B" Week!

On the Calendar this week.......

EOY Math AIMSWeb - the Window is Open

Wednesday: PaceSetter Breakfast

Thursday: Move Up Day! (more info coming soon)   

5:30 - Kindergarten Bash

Friday: American Fidelity in back Makerspace/

multipurpose room

and next week

EOY Math AIMSWeb - completed by Wednesday

EOY Reading AIMSWeb -The Window is Open

Monday:  American Fidelity in back Makerspace/multipurpose room - Kindergarten performs at 1:45

                      Kindergarten performs @ 6:30

Tuesday:  Spirit Night at Marcos -

Wednesday: Last Day for Math AIMSWeb - Testing Team here for K-3- Fourth grade Field Trip

                         Second Grade has lunch on the lawn

Thursday: Dr Martin visits after school

Star Students

Mon: Jones

Tues: Bamberg

Wed: Shorter

Thurs: Mills

Friday: D. Franklin

next Monday will be Wilkerson

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Green

Tues: Pink

Wed: Yellow

Thurs: White

Fri: Green

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Pennington

First Grade: Latham

Cafeteria: Garrett

Carline: Harrington and Fulmer

Zone 1: Dickerson

Zone 2: Vincent

Zone 3: Mills

PM

Radio: Prickett

End of Carline: Osburn

Monitor Carline Students: Harrison and Rish

Intersection of the Front Hall: Searcy

Front Lawn (buses only): Ellis

Team Member of the Month

Please nominate a Specialist or Exceptional Ed teacher to be our Team Member of the Month.  Our most recent honorees in the group were Tina Fortenberry and Amy Prickett.  I hope to Announce Friday!

Please get to work on completing Math AIMSWeb.  I'd like to have this finished by May 3. I know several grade levels have worked out a way to work together to get this accomplished.  Work your magic!

End of Year Discipline

I appreciate everything you all are doing to encourage our students to make good choices. To continue to promote our expectations, I'd like for you to consider having some sort of Class reward every Friday.  This can be a cheap popsicle, board games from 2:00-3:00, eat lunch outside, a kickball game etc...... The key is being consistent. Tell your parents and students the expectations for the week and stick to it!  Please don't Extend or Add-on time to your existing recess. Our kids cannot keep their emotions in check for more than 15-20.  When you keep students outside 20-35 minutes, I always see boys in the office. Please let me know how I can help.

Staff News!

Welcome Back Michelle Searcy!  We are so glad you are back home with us.  A huge thank you to Rachel Kiefer for holding the Special Education needs of our 3-5 kiddos in check.  We are glad you are staying around to cover for Harrison in a few weeks. During our last TCS Board meeting Cissie Harrington was approved as our new Registrar.  The thought of a front office without Nancy fills me with sadness. Having Cissie, someone who is already a part of the tribe, step into her position is a great comfort. Now, to find a PE assistant!

 It's "A" Week!

On Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Jones

First Grade: Harrison

Cafeteria: Harrington

Carline: Garrett and P. Franklin

Zone 1: Marshall

Zone 2: Rish

Zone 3: D. Franklin

PM

Radio: Jackson

End of Carline: Ellis

Monitor Carline students: Johnson and Latham

Intersection of the Front Hall: Fulmer

Front Lawn (buses only): Smith

On the Calendar this Week

Multicultural Celebration!

Monday: 1st and 2nd - Miss Annie ~ Meet and Greet for Dr. Martin

Wednesday: Review I-ELPs for all EL students

Thursday: Early Reading AIMS (selected students) - 2nd and 5th AM Field Trip

Friday: Shower for Harrison ~ Announce April PaceSetters - Prize Patrol

Next Week

AIMSWeb Math - All grades - Administered by the teachers

Wednesday: PaceSetter Breakfast

Thursday: Move Up Day - Kindergarten Bash PM

Friday: American Fidelity - Prize Patrol

Mon: Latham

Tues: Harrison

Wed: McDonald

Thurs: Pennington

Fri: Summers

Jones will have next Monday

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: White

Tues: Yellow

Wed: Pink

Thurs: Green

Fri: White

Mrs. Prickett revised the Multicultural Fair Schedule.

Event Schedule

These are the families that confirmed that they would se up a display

Parent	Child	Country/heritage
Miriam Gudoy	Sophia and Mia	Honduras
Will  Potter	Nora	Korea
Shelley de Clerk	Dylan and Jack	South Africa
Danielle LeMaster	Jeffrey and Robert	Canada
Jimena Ioselli	Nathan	Argentina
Traci Gyan	Elliot	Ghana
Loke Banks	James	Hawiian
Sophie Arthur (grandparents)	Matthew and Madeline	Eskimo
Kallie Frandsen	Noel	Germany
Abby Valas	Elin	India
Luida Adams	Max and Matilda	Ukraine
Yanlan Li	Ryan and Leon Zeng	China

As many of you know, Lisa Rish is working on her Educational Leadership degree.  As part of her coursework, she must complete a short internship in both an elementary and secondary setting.  This week she will begin her elementary placement which will be April 19 - April 25.  I'm excited to have the extra help!

 

    

It's "B" Week

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: White

Tues: Pink

Wed: Yellow

Thurs: Green

Fri:  Blue

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Bamberg

First Grade: Bridges

Cafeteria: Garrett

Carline: Harrington and  Kiefer

Zone 1 Lipford

Zone 2: Kibbey

Zone 3: Windham

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Car Line: Wessel

Monitor Carline students: Pennington and Odom

Intersection of the front Hall: Young

Front Lawn (buses only): Prickett

On the Calendar this week......

Autism Awareness Week

Monday: Annie Production for school at 1:45 - Annie at night 6:30

Tuesday: Math ACAP - Sprit Night at Freddy's - Annie at night 6:30

Wednesday:  Teacher treats in the workroom!

Thursday: Staff Meeting

Friday: Wear Blue for Autism Awareness - Last Day for typing contest - Friday Freeze - Prize Patrol

and next week......

Multicultural Celebration Week

Monday: Miss Annie K and 1st -

Thursday: Reading AIMS Benchmarking for T3 students - Team Planning

Friday: Announcing April PaceSetters - Prize Patrol

Monday: Lipford

Tuesday: Odom

Wednesday: Dickerson

Thursday: Patterson

Friday: Bridges

Latham will have next Monday

Don't forget your morning meetings!  They are just as important now as they were in August.

April 17 - 21, Our school will celebrate the diversity found here!.  We have around 10 parents (still adding) who will set up displays in the library for our first Multicultural Fair.  In addition, I'm asking that you please reach out to the parents of your minority students (heritage other than American) and invite them to share with your class.  Once they accept, please send me the Guest Form!  Thus far, this has been an amazing journey and I think this will be an impactful week that will grow and be a new Cahaba Tradition.

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