"It is a shameful
thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellence."
-Cicero
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Rock Eagle was a great success
and I hear one of our own was a rock star on the trail. According to Michelle (and others) “I
wanted to let you all know that I REALLY appreciated having Todd as the
designated leader of all the hikes this year. In the last 7 years, it was
probably my (and the kids’) least favorite activity at Rock Eagle, because it
was just a trip up, an underwhelming destination, and the trip back. It
was not very interesting. This year that changed all because of
Todd.
He took groups of 60 – 90 adults and kids up the trail, and
made frequent stops along the way to point out and explain very interesting
things about nature, ecology, history, etc., all unique to the area. He
got the kids’ attention and held it throughout his mini-presentations. In
7 years there, I can honestly say that it was the best hiking experience at
Rock Eagle. Hats off to Todd and to Julie and Erin for making this
change.”
Congrats to Rusty
Godwin who was elected as District 4 president of the SSWAG this past week in
Savannah!
Walk-a-thon – If you
are participating in the walk-a-thon tomorrow, you may wear jeans.
Welcome to our
four visiting teachers from Korea. They
are currently teachers in Korea but will be spending time with us for the rest
of the year.
Congrats to our
track team who competed this rainy past Saturday. The girls placed second in the county. Thanks to Malinda, Alyssa and David for all
your hard work.
Governance Council –
If you are interested in running for the governance council for next year,
please let me know. This is for a two
year term and is a great way to be involved in the decision making process of
the school. We meet once a month and
there is some committee work involved.
For further details, ask current members, Elizabeth Ferree, Fran
Meredith, Deborah Clark and Erin Hoerr.
Surveys – Please
remember to fill out your survey for me and your assistant principal.
Reminders from the
front office
·
Please remember to email the Front Office if you
are somewhere other than your classroom.
·
If a student has a pass signed by the Front
office for checkout, please allow the students to leave at the time specified
on their note.
PRIDE –This Friday, April 4th will be
silent reading during PRIDE. All students will remain in homeroom for
silent reading. 6th grade classes will claim their prize for
the footsteps competition during this time.
It looked like many groups were having fun with their team
building activities last week. If you had a group working with the
paper mosaics, please put all of the papers back in the baggie and return them
to the cardboard box in the copy room in the front office. If
your group was working with the hula-hoops, please return the hula-hoops
to the PE staff.
Next week we will not have PRIDE due to Spring Break!
Where is Livingston?
Erin Hoerr says “This
teacher is one of the hardest working teachers in the school. She is a
pillar of the 6th grade. Not only does she coordinate all of
the TAG paperwork and testing for the entire school, Dana Griffin fields
countless emails from parents who try to push their child into the gifted
program. The TAG work alone would be a lot for most people to handle, but
Dana is head of the yearbook, navigator team leader, mentor to new teachers,
and she is the back bone of the 6th grade social studies
department. If you are ever here working late, her light is one of the
few lights still on, since she usually does not leave school before 6pm.
When I started here in 6th grade, I deliberately watched how she led
our team meetings to learn how to be a better leader myself, since leadership
is just one of her natural skills. Dana is an inspiration and a mentor to
me. Thank you, Dana, for all of the work that you do for AMMS! ”
Happy Birthday
Amy Nikolaou April 1
Brad Hubred April 4
Jennifer McCann April 5
Maria Purwin April 5
Matt McNamara April 11
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