It's "B" Week

Duty this Week

AM

Kindergarten: Summers

First Grade: Patterson

Cafeteria: Garrett

Carline: Faucher and Searcy

Zone 1: Johnson

Zone 2: Mann

Zone 3: Collins

PM

Radio: Prickett

End of Carline: Ellis

Monitor Carline students: Dickerson and Jones

Intersection of the back hall: Searcy

Hallway around Searcy/Kiefer: Fortenberry

Intersection of the front hall: Young

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Blue

Tues: White

Wed: Pink

Thurs: Blue

Fri: Green

Star Students

Mon: Vincent

Tues: Kibbey

Wed: Johnson

Thurs: Odom

Fri: Lipford

next Monday will be Marshall

 On the Calendar

Kickoff for the myOn Winter Reading Challenge

Numeracy Week

PTO Christmas Week at Cahaba

Tuesday: Collaboration with Dr. Berry -

Thursday: Deadline for MUSH grants - Staff Christmas Party

Friday: Decorating for the Tinsel Trail - Window for Math AIMSWeb opens- SHINE Field Trip - Prize Patrol

Sunday: 3rd Annual Merry Market and Tinsel Trail

Next Week

MyOn Reading Challenge

Math AIMSWeb testing

Mon: Trussville 360 Field Trip -

Tues: Kindergarten caroling Field Trip - SHINE Christmas Concert

Wednesday: 5th grade Spelling Bee - Special Treat from your Admins

Thurs: Cahaba hosts TCS Leadership Meeting- - Secret Pall Reveal

Fri: Friday Freeze - Prize Patrol - Kindergarten Field Trip

It's time to nominate for our November Team Member of the Month!  Please nominate any of our classified employees (cafeteria, custodial, office, nurse, assistant teachers)  Our last two honorees from this group were Mrs. Nancy and Mrs. Peggy.  I'd like to announce Thursday morning, so start sending those nominations in now!

Our Annual Sing-a-long/Cahaba Variety Show will be Friday, December 15!  We hope that EVERY TEAM will prepare a fun skit/song/dance for our students.  Please send your song title and a recording to Tina asap.

- Students may NOT take any open food or drink containers out of the cafeteria after breakfast or lunch.  Breakfast trays may not be taken by a student out of the cafeteria.

-Take a look this week at your "bathroom schedule". Make sure you have built in "whole class" bathroom breaks.  Allowing students to leave your class throughout the day creates lost instructional time and prime opportunities for discipline problems. Please avoid this as much as possible.

- Everyone should be in your classroom by 7:50 each morning.  To help with this, we'll make an announcement every morning around 7:48.

-Our annual myOn Challenge has proven to be a great way to keep students reading and busy during this holiday weeks. Please create some sort of motivational chart in your classroom to encourage students to participate.

-Don't forget to fill in the "Extra Recess Earned" google doc when your students earn extra recess.  It is located in the Teacher Resources Drive.

Thank you for supporting our Food Drive 

5,532 ITEMS!

 It's "A" Week!

Fall Food Drive

Mon: PaceSetters Announced/Pictures 

Tues: Marco's Spirit- Third Grade Program -World Diabetes Day - No EnRICh 

Thurs: Fire Drill - Staff Meeting: MTSS Training

Fri: Friday Freeze - Last Day for Food Drive - PaceSetter Breakfast - 

Prize Patrol

Sat: SHINE performs at Civic Center

Thanksgiving Break

When we come back.....

It's Christmas Week for the Staff !  Sponsored by our PTO 

The myOn Christmas Challenge kick off

Numeracy Week - ALSED

Duty this week

AM

Kindergarten: Shorter

First Grade: McDonald

Cafeteria: Faucher

Carline: Garrett and P. Franklin

Zone 1: Odom

Zone 2: Mosley

Zone 3: Mills

PM

Radio: Jackson

End of Carline: McIntosh

Monitor Carline: Johnson and Bamberg

Intersection of the Back Hall: P. Franklin

Hallway around Searcy/Kiefer/s room: Kiefer

Intersection on the Front Hall: Fulmer

Star Students

Mon: Windham

Tues:  Wessel

Wed: Mann

Thurs: Rish

Fri: Mosley

After Thanksgiving - Monday will be Vincent

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Pink

Tues: Yellow

Wed; White

Thurs: Green

Fri: Blue

Ornament Making

If your room mom is requesting that your students make ornaments for a tree for the Tinsel Trail, that should only be done this Thursday afternoon or Friday - Nov. 16-17

Keepsake ornaments that you typically make at Christmas can be scheduled between Dec. 6- Dec, 15. If possible, plan this on your No Specials Day.

Don't forget the Guest Approval Form!

A few thoughts about Extra Recess as a Reward

- never tagged on to typical recess - occurs at a different time of the day

-should not occur more than once a week

-fill out the google form for the date, time and how it was earned  

-No more than 2 classes on the little playground and 3 on the big playground

-if you go to the track, Officer Antonio must be told in advance

Extra Recess Log

Occasionally we have parents call the office asking us to recommend tutors.  If you would like to tutor, please send your name, what you will tutor and contact information to Cissie,  All tutoring should take place off campus.

Holiday Reminders

Please make sure to communicate with your parents how important attendance is this week and the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We will be teaching and students will be learning. Winter assessments happen as soon as we come back to school in January.

Ornament Making - the expectations are mentioned above

Holiday Movies - We don't show any movies or cartoons during instructional time and our entire day (with exception of recess and lunch) is instructional time. These expectations apply through Dec. 14.

Holiday Crafts - Please tie holiday crafts to a standard, unless it's during your No-Specials time 

 

It's "B" Week!

Star Students

Monday: Moore

Tuesday: Mills

Wednesday: Franklin

Thursday: Collins

next Monday will be Windham

On the Calendar...

Food Drive Starts Monday!

Wed: Miss Annie visits K and 1st 

Thur: 9:30 Annual Veterans Day Drive through Parade - Team and Grade Level Planning (2:00)

and Next Week

Food Drive Ends Friday

Mon: Announce November Pacesetters - Pacesetter Pictures @ 2:00

Tues: Marco's Spirit Night - No EnRICh today - 1:45 -Schoolwide Assembly -

World Diabetes Day

Thurs: Fire Drill - Staff Meeting

Fri: Friday Freeze - Pacesetter Breakfast

Sat: Come see SHINE at Totally Christmas 10AM

Duty

AM

Kindergarten: Pennington

First Grade: Harrison

Cafeteria: Garrett

Carline: Faucher and Fulmer

Zone 1: Dickerson

Zone 2: Rish

Zone 3: Windham

PM

Radio: Smith

End of Carline: Wessel

Monitor Carline students: Lipford and Summers

Intersection on the back hall: Searcy

Hallway around Searcy/Kiefer: Fortenberry

Intersection of the front hall: Young

Walker Pass Colors

Mon: Green

Tues: Blue

Wed: Pink

Thurs: Yellow

Important Reminders Mentioned in Thursday's Staff Meeting

- Please Nominate one of our many deserving teachers to be our Teacher of the Year.  You may send nominations anonymously or email me.  The committee will meet Thursday afternoon.

- Recess should last 15 minutes.  If your students earn an extra recess as a reward, take them out at a different time.  Don't tag on the extra time.

- Group punishment is not permitted.  Group rewards that students must earn are encouraged!

- Be very aware of choking hazards and allowing students to have suckers during dismissal. 

- If you have morning duty, you should clock in by 7:15.  On every other day, clock in time is 7:45.

- Students should be in class at 7:50. 

Mrs. Watts is here and ready to learn with you. Over the next few weeks she'll be joining your classrooms to learn more about you and our students.  She's not coming by to critique you! Just keep doing your thing. 

Tardy Students

The number of students arriving late is increasing. We are trying a new process in the office that will record every tardy, while also getting our students to class ASAP.  If students come in your room by 8:05ish, and they don't have a "yellow slip", please don't send them back to get one. We are taking names and making sure the tardy is recorded in PS, but we are not going to make the students even later by making them wait on a slip of paper. If they come in after 8:05, we will give them a "yellow slip".  Any deviations from this plan will be announced during morning announcements. 

Directions for Thursday Morning

Everyone should wear Red, White, and/or Blue.  This is the best day to wear all of your patriotic gear.

Students will line the "horse shoe" in front of the school.  Please keep them spread out so they are no more than 2 or 3 deep.  Bamberg, Shorter and Jones will stand with their backs to the track/parking lot. (I'll have a cone to designate where you should start) Pennington and Summers will stand beside them around the curve and in front of the office windows

First grade will stand beside Kindergarten.  Second grade should be able to fit between First grade and the concrete walk. 

Third grade, will be to the right side of the center walk. Fourth grade will fit to the right of Third grade.  Fifth grade will be in front of the gym and at the front of the parade route.  We'll have a cone there to set the starting spot.  SHINE will be in the center on the front steps.

The Center concrete sidewalk will be clear and split second and third grade.

Everyone should be in place no later than 9:15

Please distribute flags AFTER you get outside and take them up BEFORE you go back in.

NO Parents or guest are allowed on the Cahaba side of the street unless they have a visitors tag.  Students cannot cross the street to mingle with the crowd.

When exiting and entering the building, DO NOT use the historic front doors. The gate by the gym will be open.

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