Autrey Mill Faculty News
February 4, 2013
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing
and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder
News/Timelines/Due Dates
Pep Talk – If you have time check out this pep-
talk! Thanks for sharing Ashley.
Caught Being Good – Don’t forget to utilize the “Caught
Being Good” slips. If you are out of forms, you can get the master on the
server, go to the team leader or pick up some blank forms in the mailroom next
to the “Caught Being Good” jars. We
particularly would like to see more from seventh and eighth gradeJ!
Fond Farewell -
Our wonderful custodian Jerry will be leaving us at the end of the week. He will begin a new role as Head Custodian at
Barnwell Elementary!! Please
congratulate him and know how much he will be missed. Jerry takes enormous pride in his work and it
shows! He will be missed but we wish him
the best!
Academic Bowl –
Our team came in second place at the Night at the Museum event Saturday
night. Way to go.
Pride - Sometime
this week, please share your feedback of last Friday’s team building
activities. These were new activities and we would like to know how they
worked for you or what can be changed to improve them for future use. We
would like to be able to use these activities on a larger scale with multiple
groups or maybe even entire grade levels at a time. Give us your feedback
– we want to hear from you. Next week (Friday, February 8th)
in PRIDE, we will have silent reading. Looking ahead, Friday, Feb. 15th
is a school holiday so there will be no PRIDE. We will resume the
following week with the student choice lessons – make sure you have returned
your surveys to your PRIDE liaison so you receive the correct lessons.
Thanks!
Where is Livingston?
Beth Van Riper says, “I am
passing Livingston on to Tim Anderson! Tim creates great ensembles,
bringing real world musical experience from outside the classroom as he
performs in a variety of groups outside of school. He is responsible for our
state recognized orchestra program and the many students who qualify for
all-state orchestra every year.
Tim happily helps throughout the school with any task, is a great person to bounce ideas off of or
assist with details, is responsible for the 6th grade rotation at
the beginning of the year for Connections;
he helps with sound needs for assemblies/events,
coordinates all-state auditions, has been
the director for the Fulton Co. Youth Orchestra,
organized the turkey trot this fall at AMMS,
and is our resident DJ/emcee for events at AMMS.
Tim runs marathons. He loves his motorcycle, cars, wife
Trish (not necessarily in that order). Tim can play virtually any instrument
and can often be found perched on top of the Connections
hall garbage can strumming one of the
original compositions that he has written for his band, Jackson County
Line. Tim has a great sense of humor and has been behind several
“unsolved” AMMS mysteries involving golf carts…
Commitment to
Excellence
As you know, we give out a county Commitment to Excellence
coin each month based on the leadership essentials. This month’s medal goes to Michelle
Hains. Michelle truly exemplifies the
traits of creating value for our customers and leading by example. Not only is Michelle an innovative teacher,
she is actively involved in the school community, especially anything to do
with the arts. She puts flyers on
lockers of students who will be participating in a sporting event. Most recently, former AMMS teacher Stephanie Haga
reached out for help for an eighth grade Science team in her learning community
struggling to get by. Within 24 hours,
Michelle had packed a Dropbox folder with invaluable information. Stephanie met with the teachers this week to
plan and they were so relieved and excited to have such wonderful materials to
use. Way to go Michelle.
Happy Birthday
Vicki Alvis February 7Andrea Vode February 8
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