Faculty News, March 11

 

Autrey Mill Faculty News    

March 11, 2013

“The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.”

-Mack R. Douglas

 

News/Timelines/Due Dates

Recommendations – Reminder- ALL recommendation forms need to be processed through the counseling office.  This includes recommendation requests for cheerleading and other sport/club activities.  Have the students drop the required forms off with Unnur or their grade level counselor. 

Welcome – Welcome to Warner Williams.  He is our new custodian.  Please make him feel welcome.

PRIDE – PRIDE will not meet this Friday, March 15^th due to the teacher workday.  We will meet again next Friday, March 22^nd with Silent Reading.

Tech Fair Winners - Autrey Mill Middle School Computer Tech Club did very well at the Georgia Technology Fair on Saturday, March 9th at Macon State College.

Victoria Chen and Monica Tang, placed First in Internet Applications

William Sullivan placed Third in Non-Multimedia

Music Notes:  Just a reminder that the 7^th & 8^th grade Bands will be attending LGPE on March 21^st.  The 7^th grade Band will leave at 8:45AM and return around 2:30PM.  The 8^th grade Band will leave around 9:30AM and return around 5:00PM.  Rosters with student names will be sent soon.

Tag Teacher Grant - See below for a chance to get a grant from the Fulton County Supporters of the Gifted

Tag Testing - There will be a group of 6^th and 8^th graders TAG testing on Tuesday at 9:00 in Shaby’s room.  Homeroom teachers have received testing passes in their boxes and grade levels have been sent a list of students involved.

There will also be some small group make-up testing.  You probably won’t get much notice that this is taking place.  Sorry about that, but it will have to be worked into Dana’s planning schedule.

Where is Livingston?

Lisa Gasser says:  I was so humbled to have had Livingston passed on to me this past week.  There are so many deserving of Livingston.  It is in that spirit of recognizing those who are deserving that I am passing Livingston on to Danielle Sherfey.  She is dedicated and passionate about the success of her students, as well as her colleagues.  She is one of the hardest-working people I have ever known, is always professional, and has limitless ideas, which she always generously shares so that others can be successful, too.  She will be terribly missed during her absence while having Aria, but know her, she will still try to involve herself with the progress of her students, which is why she will be missed and is so deserving of Livingston.

Happy Birthday

Betsy Skalet               March 12
Dan Kearney              March 12
Cedric Dunans           March 13

 

TAG TEACHER GRANT PROGRAM

Fulton County Supporters of the Gifted, in an effort to support the  Fulton County School’s TAG teachers, makes available grants of up to $300 each for special projects for the classroom.  The intent of subsidizing these projects is to enhance the education of gifted children in Fulton County. 

Applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2013 and mailed to:                                         FCSG:  teacher mini-grants
                                P.O. Box 768321
                                Roswell, GA 30076

Applications will be judged by a committee of FCSG Board members and checks will be distributed in August.  Grant recipients may be requested to provide a summary of their project outcome at a meeting of FCSG, as well as in a FCSG newsletter.

 

Please provide the following information in your application:

Applicant Name(s):
School Name:
School Phone:
Title of Project or Software:

Amount Requested:
Number of Students who will be served:
Grade Level(s) served:

*Purpose of Project or Software: (include situation, need or condition which prompted the application for these funds)

*Goals of the Project: (include a clear statement of the overall aim for the project or software)

*Evaluation of Effectiveness of Project or Software: (include methodology to evaluate effectiveness of meeting goals)

• FCSG Grants awarded only to TAG teachers in Fulton County to be used in the 2013-14 school year. 
• Grants awarded only to current members of FCSG.
• If applying for software or any technology materials, you must include a note from local school Technology Specialist stating he/she is willing and able to load/support this software or technology material.
• For any videos requested, you must include a note from your local school Media Specialist approving the use of the video.
• All materials requested must support the current TAG-office approved curriculum.