Autrey Mill Faculty News    

January 21, 2013

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

 

News/Timelines/Due Dates

Yearbooks –Beginning on January 21^st and continuing until February 1^st, teachers may purchase yearbooks at the discount rate of $25.  You may pay with cash or check.  Checks should be made payable to AMMS.  Please put your money in an envelope with your name and place it in Dana Griffin’s mailbox.  After February 1^st you will need to order on line for the full price of $40.  Thanks for supporting the yearbook!!!

Basketball – The girls team blew out the Holcomb Bridge girls and the boys lost in a last minute heartbreaker.

Important Health Plan Info -

For anyone who wants to be eligible to elect a wellness plan for 2014, the following steps are required of you and your spouse (if you cover your spouse under the medical plan).  Covered children do NOT have to complete these requirements, even if they are adults.

1.    Complete your vendor’s (Cigna or United HealthCare) online Health Assessment through www.mycigna.com or www.myuhc.com between January 1, 2013, and May 31, 2013 and print/save a copy of the Confirmation of Completion.

2.    Complete a health education module through the new SHBP Member Education Portal at www.AHealthierSHBP.com between January 1, 2013, and May 31, 2013 and print/save a copy of the Confirmation of Completion.

3.    Complete a biometric screening if one was not completed and submitted in 2012, (including body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose) at a physician’s office between July 1, 2012, and May 31, 2013, with the completed and signed physician screening form showing the test results faxed to the number shown on the form between November 1, 2012, and May 31, 2013.   You download the form by going to www.myfultonbenefits.com, clicking the GREEN button, and going to the bottom right-hand link.

Besides ensuring your eligibility to elect or continue in the Wellness plan for 2014, completing these requirements will grant you an additional $240 in HRA credits for you (and $240 for your spouse, if covered) for 2014.

Pride - PRIDE – Next Friday, January 25^th will be a silent reading day for PRIDE.

Noteworthy News:

The following students were selected to be a part of the GMEA District 5 Honor Band based on an audition process.  These students represent the best musicians within our district and will participate in a clinic and concert in early February at Roswell High School.  Please congratulate:

Soren Allen - Trombone

Brennen Blotner - Flute

Pablo Gomez – Alto Saxophone

Sydney Leffler – Bass Clarinet

Elizabeth Maksimik - Clarinet

Jessica Maksimik - Clarinet

Alex Phillips - Trumpet

Adam Puckett – Alto Saxophone

Akhil Vaidya – French Horn

Rebecca Xu – Flute

The AMMS music department is thrilled to congratulate the following AMMS students who have made it past two very challenging rounds of auditions to be selected for the 2013 All-State Band and Orchestra!  From an initial pool of over 10,000 musicians, these students worked incredibly hard and will be traveling to Savannah in March to perform with the very best middle school orchestra and band students in the entire state. 

Jennifer Ahn- Viola

Brennen Blotner – Flute

Angela Cheng- Violin

Pablo Gomez – Alto Saxophone

Maya Kang- Violin

Daniel Kim- Violin

Kevin Kim- Violin

Jane Lee- Cello

Andrew Lim- Violin

Phoebe Liu- Violin

Jessica Maksimik – Clarinet

Elizabeth Maksimik – Clarinet

Alex Phillips - Trumpet

Akhil Vaidya – French Horn
Rebecca Xu - Flute

 

 

 

Where is Livingston?

Maria Purwin says, “The tag around Livingston’s neck states that he is to go to a deserving person.  If this were a math problem, and “a deserving person” equaled x, and we were going to solve for x, then x would equal Shaby Bedi-Rehal!

Shaby Bedi-Rehal is one of those unique individuals who is admired by all who are fortunate enough to meet her.  She is intelligent, talented, loving and kind.  She always is available to lend a hand—be it to a colleague who needs coverage, or to a student who is having difficulty with a math concept.  She not only teaches math in the most inspired manner, but she oversees the distribution and collection of the thousands of textbooks in our school, and accomplishes these Herculean tasks with what appears to be effortless serenity.  Students give her the highest praise stating that she expects a lot from them but that she is fair, and that when they have gone on to higher levels of math, they felt confident and prepared!  Colleagues are drawn to her linear sensibility and her creativity.  I, one who has never figured out why numbers and letters should ever be together in a math problem, am in awe of her brainpower for she truly is a gifted ‘mathlete’!   For all of these reasons, and many more, I send along Livingston to Shaby, a most deserving colleague and friend.”

Happy Birthday

Debra Herrmann      January 22
Rob Tyo                     January 22
Diane Merdinger       January 23
Marion Edmonds      January 25
Nasim Kapadia          January 26
Kenny Ludlow           January 27