Staff News 3/19/12

Autrey Mill Faculty News     

March 19, 2012

“Nothing worthwhile comes easily.  Half effort does not produce half results.  It produces no results.  Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last."

                                                                    Hamilton Holt

News/Timelines/Due Dates

·      Check out this powerful video about the use of technology in the classroom from a student perspective;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGvl5dg3l2M

·      Course verifications for rising seventh and eighth graders will go home on Monday, March 26^th and are due back by Friday, March 30^th

·      The 7^th & 8^th grade Bands will be attending LGPE on Wednesday, March 21.  An email was sent last week with student rosters and details of departure/return times.

·      Please email Lane Arnold in the media center any scantron needs for the rest of the year so they can go ahead and place an order.

·      PRIDE – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

This Friday, March 23^rd PRIDE will be an advisement lesson.  The topic for this week is the Preparing for the CRCT.  The lesson plans for this week have already been copied for each staff member and placed in your mailbox.  Step by step instructions are included on the lesson page (1-sided) and it pretty straightforward, however, there are a few things that you need to do before Friday.  Please see below.

If you have 6^th grade students in your PRIDE group:

·         You will need a Promethean board / Projector and a computer (If you do not have one please buddy up with another teacher.)

·         You will need the CRCT PowerPoint presentation which can be found on the curriculum server / PRIDE folder / CRCT_March 23, 2012 folder

1.       Go to start menu and run :  \\atryml-curr 

2.       Open the PRIDE folder

3.       Open the CRCT_March 23, 2012

4.       Presentation is called Preparation for Testing

          

                               If you have 7^th or 8^th grade students in your PRIDE group:

·         Teachers will need to make copies of the quiz (“Preparation for Testing!  It’s almost time for the CRCT…..)  for each student – page 2 of your lesson packet  (double-sided)

·         Just FYI – page 3 of your lesson packet is the answer key to the quiz

                               ALL teachers with a PRIDE group:

·         You should have a rubber-banded packet of Raise Your Grades: Taking Tests brochures and white Test Talk postcards.

·         Each student will get a brochure on Friday as a part of the lesson.

·         Test Talk postcards – These have been pre-written, pre-addressed, and pre-stamped.  Please write in the student’s name on the line at the top of the letter (Dear __________) and then sign your name at the bottom of the postcard.  These must be mailed by Friday 3/23/12.

A mighty roar!

·         On Monday, a 7^th grade student missed the bus.  This wasn’t just any student – she was a brand new student to AMMS and it was her first day here.  Kathleen went above and beyond to help her by communicating with her mother and staying here until 6:00 when someone could finally make it to pick her up.

·         Kudos to Kevin Cown and Malinda Hill for their outstanding work with our track team.  The team competed on Saturday at Westlake High School.

·         To Lizzie Haber and Shaby Bedi-Rehal for planning three days of fun, engaging, and educational activities for the 7^th graders who did not go on the Rock Eagle trip. Every student had a smile on his face no matter what the activity.  It was incredible to watch the students engaging in team building activities, precisely rubber-banding their shirts to be tie dyed, beating a math teacher at a math game and carefully constructing tessellations, to name a few.  In addition, thank you to Lyn Shiver, Amanda Graham (Marisa Wesker’s student teacher), Gemma DeVita and Laura Behne for helping make these three days meaningful to the students!

·         And to all the teachers and staff that went to the luxurious Rock Eagle Inn and Spa Resort last week and gave of their time, effort and lack of sleep, thank you!!

Where is Livingston? 

 Julie Ferris states, “I would like to pass on Livingston to Kathy Nagle.  Kathy does so much behind the scenes for so many people at AMMS and rarely gets the recognition that she deserves.  She is a tremendous help in planning the Rock Eagle field trip, and I know she helps out just as much for the Savannah trip as well.  She is a day ahead of me constantly, so when I ask her if she can do something, it's either already done or she's already started it.  I asked her if she could show me how to make passes for the National Spanish Exam using a mail merge (still don’t know what that is!), and she had the passes printed and cut before I could blink.  She is willing to help with anything you need, and it is really appreciated!

We agree!!

Happy Birthday

Mary Ann Mokhemar             3/19

Debra Anderson                      3/20

Daniel Quinn                           3/20

Rayna Helton                          3/20

Kailey Pullen                           3/22

Ashley Sutton                          3/24

Jerry Adrien                            3/25