I don't know about you, but the summer has been a blur. I hope that your summer was filled with laughter, trips with family and friends, time for relaxation, and even a few mornings of sleeping in. I hope it has also re-energized you for the upcoming school year.
It has been nice catching up with many of you during registration. Thanks to those who gave their time to help out. We had many compliments on how smooth our process was and it was definitely a team effort. We are looking forward to officially welcoming you all back for the 2016-2017 school year on Monday morning. Plan to be here at 8 a.m. and we will gather together in the Media Center for Breakfast at 8:30.
I am thrilled that we have 11 new faculty and staff members joining our team this year. Again those folks are:
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Holly
Tarver, Third Grade
·
Courtney
Cooper, Fourth Grade Science and Social Studies
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Kayla
Lawson, Resource
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Joey Long,
Physical Education
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Sarah
Livingson, Music
·
Katie
Walters, Art
·
Laurie
Mills, First Grade
·
Donna
Surrett, PCD Teacher
·
Kim Werts,
PCD Instructional Assistant
·
Sheryl
Rogers, PCD Instructional Assistant
·
Deanie Byars,
Cafeteria
We will take some time after breakfast
getting to know each other. Please prepare to bring with you 10-20
pictures that tell about "you". These can be pictures of
family, friends, children, pets, trips you have taken, fun things you did over
the summer, etc. You can bring photos or a device to show them. You
will share your pictures with your table mates and take some time introducing
yourself. Open House is scheduled for Thursday, August 11th from 5:00-7:00. The PTO will provide dinner that night for our faculty and families. Salad and Pizza will be provided for our staff in the workroom at 4:30.
I am attaching schedules below for the 2016-2017 school year. As you begin working on your classroom schedules, refer to the recommended minutes for each grade level and content area. Once you have your schedules completed, please send Mrs. Graham and I a copy. I'll send a reminder later next week.
Click on the pictures below:
The 2016-2017 Teacher Handbook is below. Again this year, you will receive a copy and don't need to print this yourself. You can save the link to your computer for later reference if you like.
All faculty
and staff members are invited to Breakfast, opening day fun on Monday, and Friday festivities. If you are a classified
employee who plans to attend lunch Friday, please email Ms. Cindy by Tuesday,
August 9th for a head count.
August 8th- 12th Professional Development and Planning Schedule
- August 5th: New Employee Orientation @ MCHS @ 8:30 a.m. (New Employees Only)
- August 8th: Teacher PD and Planning @ PGE (8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
- 8:30: Breakfast in the Media Center (Provided by the PGE PTO)
- 8:45: Getting to know you...
- 9:00: Policies and Procedures
- 12:00-1:00: Lunch on your own
- 1:00-4:00: Planning & Preparation
- Teacher Supply Checks are $275. See Ms. Cindy to receive your check.
- The PTO will be gifting each teacher a $50 gift-card to Armfields to help with classroom supplies. (Remember they have a box in the workroom to drop a thank you note for Breakfast and the gift-card)
- August 9th: Teacher PD and Planning @ PGE (8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
- 9:00: Dyslexia Training for K-3 Teachers in the Computer Lab
- Team Level Meetings with Administration in the Conference Room
- 9:30: 5th grade
- 10:15: 4th grade
- 11:00: K
- 11:45: 1st grade
- 1:00: 2nd grade
- 1:45: 3rd grade
- August 10th: Teacher Professional Development Day @ NMS (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
- Schedule will come by email from Dr. Carson Ware soon!
- Lunch provided by the district in the NMS Cafeteria
- August 11th: Teacher Planning & Preparation @ PGE (8:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.)
- Lunch on your own
- K-5 Science & Social Studies PD @ NES
- 8:00-11:00: K-2nd grade teachers
- 12:00-3:00: 3rd-5th grade teachers
- Open House at PGE (5:00-7:00)
- The PTO will provide dinner for our families. They will provide teachers salad and pizza at 4:30 in the workroom.
- August 12th: Teacher Planning & Preparation @ PGE
- Staff Fun in the Media Center @ 10:00 a.m. (More information to come by email)
- Faculty Lunch in the Media Center @ noon
Lindsey Folk
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