Faculty News, January 28

Autrey Mill Faculty News    

January 28, 2013

“The real contest is always between what you’ve done and what you’re capable of doing.  You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.”
― Geoffrey Gaberino

News/Timelines/Due Dates

Pride - This Friday, February 1^st will be an advisement class for PRIDE.  We will be revisiting the team building theme but with a new twist.  Groups will partner up using their PRIDE buddy.  The PRIDE buddy list is attached.  (Please check the list and identify your buddy.  If you are not on the list please email Sarah Buck immediately.) The team building challenges will allow students use their creative problem solving skills work cooperatively with each other.  These are new exercises so please give your feedback to your PRIDE liaison at your team meetings next week.   At the end of the session, remind students to bring a silent reading book next week.

Also, if you did not finish up the survey at the last PRIDE meeting identifying the topics for lessons that you would like to do with your group in the upcoming weeks, please finish those and get them turned in ASAP so those lessons will be available to you. 

Thanks and HAVE FUN!!

No-name calling Week –You will hear announcements this week about no name calling week.  This is a great message to send to students (and adultsJ).  Please reinforce this positive message.

Noteworthy News:

The AMMS Chorus is proud to announce the following students who made it to All State

Brooke Zhang

Bella Valenza
Andrew Liang
Sabrina Elson
Erin Abely

 Tech Fair - The following students placed in the Fulton County Tech Fair on Saturday at Riverwood Charter HS.  There were over 500 participants throughout the county.

Monica Tang and Victoria Chen  1st place  Internet Applications  5-6

William Sullivan 1st Place  Non-Multimedia Applications 5-6 Alex Hayes 

2nd Pl Project Programming  5-6 Brandon Robinson  3rd Pl Multimedia

Applications 6th Kavinth Amirthanathar  2nd pl Internet Applications 

7-8 Brennen Blotner  3rd Pl Digital Video Editing  7-8 Yashi Sanghvi 

2nd pl Multimedia Applications 8^th

William, Monica and Victoria will go on to compete in the State competition in March.

Thanks to Sharon McGee and Diane Davis for their hard work with these students.

 

 

Where is Livingston?

Shaby Bedi-Rehal says, “I am passing Livingston onto no one other than Beth Vanriper!  We all work hard in the building but Beth runs the school (sorry Jimmy!). Behind closed doors you can find her doing endless tasks from working on the school newsletter to taking messages when teachers are running late. She is willing to always help with any task with very clear and precise directions. If I have a question, I know I can ask Beth and she will definitely have the answer but more importantly the RIGHT answer.

Beth has helped me ordered books, supplies, check up on my duty days, get supplies together for meetings, help with healthcare questions and recently even run an errand for me! She has a vast amount of expertise in the daily operations of a school.

As the sign on Livingston says Beth, “Proudly display him in your room this week!”

Thank You Beth!”

Happy Birthday

Lisa Gasser                January 29

Barbara Paulson       January 29