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Counselor’s Corner Word of the Day Being a parent is theBuilders most Vocabulary demanding job in the world, yet
most of us train “on the job.” When things are going well, savor the moment. When things are not going well you may feel Student Breakfast: $1.05 Lunch: $2.20 stressed and overwhelmed. Student Reduced Breakfast: $0.30 Stonewall Tell Elementary has adopted the · Are you sleeping and Student Reduced Lunch: $0.40 Healthy Kids, Smart Kids wellness initiative. eating too much or too Adult Breakfast: $1.55 We believe that healthier eating habits and Important Dates little? Adult Lunch: $3.15 consistent exercise have a positive impact on to Remember · Do you take your our children’s learning and ultimately their test frustrations out on your Monday scores. When sending classroom snacks, Sept. 29 Father/Son Game Day kids? Boneless Chix Wings w/ Rice or Black please remember that this is a “Sugar-Free (more info to come) · Do you feel out of Zone” school. Do not send soft drinks, fruit Forest Chicken Wrap Oct. 6 Stonewall Tell Global control? drinks with processed sugar, candy, Tuesday Service Day 9am- 12:00pm cookies, ice cream, cupcakes, cakes, hot · Do you feel as if your Turkey & Gravy w/Rice or Black Bean Oct. 8 Fall Pictures fries or sugary snacks. Also note that children misbehave on Taco Salad purpose? birthday parties that include cakes, cookies, Oct. 9 All Pro Dad’s Day Wednesday 7:00am- 7:45am wings, ice cream and other treats are · Do you strike out Lasagna Roll Up or Mini Burgers or Spicy prohibited and will not be allowed in the physically or verbally Oct. 9 LSAC 5:30/ STEM NIGHT Chicken Wrap building. Healthier items such as fruit cups, when angry? 6:30pm Thursday fresh fruit, pretzels, baked chips, 100% juice, · Do you have chronically Oct. 15 Teacher Workday/No Sw. Sour Chicken w/Rice or Tex Mex fresh vegetables, 100% fruit snacks, granola upset stomach or muscle School bars, animal crackers and items with low salt Nachos aches, especially in your Oct. 20 Fall Carnival 11am-3pm and minimum sugar are allowed. back and neck? Friday Fajita Grilledof Fish/Biscuit or Many Cheese Pizza Is it the gift or the gift giver we appreciate more during this time year? go around hanging · Are you frustrated ** Due to nut allergies, please do not send because your children or Grilled Chicken Salad Fulton County offers any snacks with peanuts or peanut butter in don’ttrue listen? MyPaymentPlus. This is an and buying gifts inonline hopes of getting one in return but is this really the them. stockings decorating treesservice that offers you the Parents, students will no longer be able · Do you feel as if you pick convenience and information you to charge breakfast. Any student on one particular child? need year to manage your student’s meaning of the season? Last I began a journey of giving without the intent of receiving. Buying exceeding -$9.00 in charges will receive account. You can prepay on your · Do you feel as if you an alternate meal. meal account using a Parentssmall please gifts note that can’t talk forif your people who student’s crossed myatmind or done things that have helped me through the year andto your kids? credit/debit card www.mypaymentsplus.com. child has a fever of at least 100 Notice as of Monday, September 24, If you answered “Yes” to any of placing them in their offices or rooms for them to find on their own. Itthat seems of surprise 2012, households have not that the element these questions, you may need degrees (F) they must be “feverreapplied for the 2012-2013 School to reach out for help. Call your free” for 24 hours before returning Year, your child/ren will lose their school counselorit’s for resources gives at this time of year! Because you aren’t giving to receiveyou are giving because to school. This the policymost will be joy strictly benefits. If you would like your child to and information. receive free or reduced meals please fill enforced that we might To show someone that they are appreciated even when it isn’t always shown daily. So in so your heart. out a free lunch application located in combat/prevent the spread of any the school cafeteria or in the front Robin Elder office. For speedier processing, you flu-likewhat virus inifthe school. we all adopted this principle of giving to others selflessly? School Counselor may apply online at: www.fulton.schoolunchapp.com.
Healthy Kids, Smart Kids
Monday - Precautious Tuesday – Increase Wednesday - Together Thursday - NO SCHOOL Friday - NO SCHOOL
Sharing the gift of love with all who are around us whether we are close to them or not is what this season is all about. Spending time with family, friends and many other loved ones is to be cherished by all not only during the Holiday Season; but each day of our lives because we never know if we may get another chance to just say “thank you”. Have a safe and Happy Holiday,
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Ms. Golden
IN THIS ISSUE:
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Page 6 What’s Happening? (4&5 , Specials) College Park, Georgia 30349 770 306-3500 (Fax 770 306-3504) Page 3 Words from our 7 Parent Reminders gia Department of Education Distinguished Title I Page School Superintendent TammyePage Coachman, Principal 8 ImportantAsst. Dates to Remember Page 4 Talented And Gifted CriticalA complete monthly menu can be found coachmantl@fultonschools.org Thinking for the month onthe SWT homepage and the menu is
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Presenting Stonewall Tell Elementary School
STES
10th Annual Oratorical Contest
Holiday Store 2012
Theme: “Producing Tomorrow’s Thought Leaders” When: January 15, 2013 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: Stonewall Tell Cafetorium Participants: K-5
When: December 10-19th
Criteria:
The speech must be an original piece The speech must be written on theme All interested participants must be sponsored by a teacher and submit an entry form by December 7, 2012 The speech should be 90 seconds or less and submitted by December 14, 2012 The speech must be memorized for students 3-5 by January 7, 2013 The speeches will be judged on originality (15%), appearance (10%), content (50%), and delivery (25%)
Time:7:30am -1:30pm Where: PTA Office Candy Will Not be sold at the
***PRIZES*** Overall Winner for Grades 3-5 will receive a Tablet and serve as a keynote speaker
store!
Overall Winner for Grades K-2 will receive a $50.00 Gift Card
All Gifts priced from $0.25- $15
Trophies will be given to all first, second and third place winners per grade level All participants will receive a certificate of participation For more information contact: Mrs. G. Brewer or Mrs. S. McNeill
From the Desk of Nurse Plott Are you Strong4Life? Strong4Life is here to make "healthy" easy. The Strong4Life Healthy Habits are meant for families to use as a tool or even a goal for becoming Strong4Life. But the Strong4Life Healthy Habits remind us that if we can't follow them every day that's ok. Habits form over time, and we'll get there together. The Strong4Life Healthy Habits Are:
Make 1/2 Your Plate Veggies And Fruits Be Active For 60 Minutes Drink More Water And Limit Sugary Drinks Limit Screen Time To One Hour
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Strategic Plan 2017 This is the school system’s roadmap for how Fulton County Schools aims to improve student achievement over the next five years. Three goals serve as the district’s measure for long-term student success, which is that students will graduate on time and be ready for college or the workforce.
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• Graduation Rate – 90% of Fulton students will graduate on time • College Readiness – 85% of Fulton’s seniors will be eligible for admission to a University System of Georgia college or university
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• Career Readiness – 100% of Fulton's graduates will be work-ready certified “These are big goals, but they are attainable,” said Superintendent Avossa. “Our strategic plan is focused on improving outcomes for all students, and the only way to do this is to set measurable goals and put supports in place to help our students and staff to reach them.”
Holiday!!!
To that end, as part of its “Building Our Future” strategic planning initiative, the school system will focus on five key areas – instruction, people, technology, effective schools and resources – to drive improvement. • Instruction – Students will be engaged in learning that enables them to reach their full potential for college and career readiness • People – Fulton County Schools will attract and retain the most talented and effective employees in K-12 education • Technology – Students, parents, teachers and administrators will have the tools and information they need to accelerate learning • Effective Schools – School leadership will be collaborative and will balance innovation with accountability • Resources – Student needs will be supported with efficient and effective allocation of staff, instructional materials and equipment.
The strategic plan will guide the system’s direction over the next five years and is the result of many conversations with the school board, teachers and school leaders as well as engagement with parents and the community. The plan is posted at www.fultonschools.org/StrategicPlan2017.
Robin Elder School Counselor
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Higher Order/Critical NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS OF THE SCREENING AND REFERRAL PROCESS FOR GIFTED SERVICES The Fulton County School System screens students for eligibility for gifted services twice a year. I. Automatic Screening- At the beginning of the school year, TAG teachers review previous year’s test scores. •
Standardized Tests (New Students)
Thinking Skills (December) How good are you at mazes? You will have to use logic with this maze. Your mission is to help Zipper escape the maze in the least amount of moves. Are you up to the
Students must have a minimum of an 85th percentile and a 90th percentile in two of the three areas: Total Reading, Total Math, and Complete Battery.
challenge?
•
Link:
Acceleration Assessments (Grades K-3)
Students must score 80% or greater on system’s Acceleration Assessment for English/Language Arts or Mathematics. •
ames/zippergames/zipper-kennel-chaos/
Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (Grades 4-9)
Students must score in the top 20 percent on the reading or mathematics section when compared to all other students in the system. •
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/g
Grades (Grades 10-12) Students must have an overall cumulative average of 95 or
greater. II. Classroom Screening- Local schools select a two-week period from January 7 -February 28, 2013, to review all students in the school (Grades K-11). Stonewall Tell Elementary School will conduct the Classroom Screening period from January 7th-January 18th, 2013!!! • Classroom teachers and Special Area teachers use the Characteristics Instrument for Screening Students (CISS) to identify students with superior abilities in five or more of the following areas: motivation, interests, communications skills, problem-solving abilities, memory, inquiry, insight, reasoning, creativity, and humor. Students who meet either the automatic screening OR classroom screening criteria AND who have supporting data gathered from test history, products, and/or advanced content levels are referred for gifted placement testing. Once referred to testing: Parents receive the Parent Notification for Testing Consent Form. Student is tested for the gifted program. Parents receive test results by late April 2013 or early May 2013. If state eligibility is determined, students are placed in the TAG program with parental consent. For more complete information regarding Fulton County Schools Gifted Services, please visit http://portal.fultonschools.org/departments/Instruction/Curriculum/TAG/P ages/Profile.aspx. There you will find our Talented and Gifted Brochure and Q&A documents. You may also contact Mrs. Burton~ TAG Educator via email at burtonL2@fultonschools.org
Play this logic game with a friend to practice your critical thinking skills. Once you learn the secret to the game, you can either challenge others to try and beat you, or write guidelines on how to win the game. Learn how to play Cross Out! Link: http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/a pps/gametext.html
**Please allow your child to share with you how they liked the activities that dealt with critical thinking skills. What could your child change about the activities? How would your child share each activity besides word of mouth? Your child should write responses in a brief synopsis. Mrs. Burton
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What’s Happening?
Math- Spiral Review
Unit- Inventing Fun Phonics- /le/ words
ELA- Spiral Review
Reading- Sequencing
Social Studies- Spiral Review
Language Arts – Action Verbs
Science- Spiral Review Math – Time and Measurement Science- American History
Second Grade Tips!!! Please listen to your child read each night, and help them to master multiplication facts.
Third Grade is Rockin’-and-Rollin’ as we embark upon our 2nd Unit, “The American Dream & Rockin’-and-Rollin’!” with Reading Novel: And Then What Happened Paul Revere? This unit will last to December 19th. Within this unit all subjects will be
integrated. It will consist of the following skills: The Heroes that we will be integrating for reading and social studies are: Paul Revere, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Thurgood Marshall; American Government. Language Arts: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and figurative language Writing: Informative, Narrative, and Short Research Connections Science: rocks, minerals, fossils and soils; Math: multiplication, division, fact families, algebra, word problems, data and measuring; Health: Mental and Emotional Health.
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What’s Happening? MATH------------------------------Add and Subtract Fractions with like and
Language Arts: George Washington Socks Preposition Opinion (Persuasive)
unlike denominators READING--------------------------“Rosa Parks” (Figurative
Math: Fractions (Adding/Subtracting mixed numbers)
Language/Compare/Contrast LANGUAGE ARTS----------------Adjectives
Science: Force and Motion Force/Position/ Motion Social Studies: American Revolution End of War *Test*
SOCIAL STUDIES------------------World War 1 SCIENCE---------------------------How Cell Division Affects Growth HEALTH----------------------------Legal and Illegal Drugs
*Test* Quantum ArtSmart Happenings
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3 & 4th graders are investigating Nanotechnology as it relates to sick cells in the human body. Nanozymes and Nanotubes are current research topics for potentially targeting the bad cells at the th molecular level. They will be depicting these subjects via Printmaking. 5 graders creating X-RAY Art in traditional style of Australian Aborigines! st nd K, 1 and 2 graders are working on 3 dimensional sculptures with modeling clay and ceramic clay, utilizing the geometric forms of Spheres, Cylinders, Toruses, Ellipsoids, and Rectangular Prisms. Check out 3-D Robotic Sculptures on display in Art Room!
Physical Education Week of December 17-21
Grades K -2 – Wii Dance Grades 3 -5 – Performances of original dance routines, videotaping, and watching the routines together. Make sure you are being active for 20 minutes a day after school each day! www. mrssinonspewebsite.weebly.com/
Music Notes This week, all grades will be discussing composers – specifically Peter Tchaikovsky, and his masterwork “The Nutcracker.” Please ask your students to define the term composer, and then have them tell you about the life of Peter Tchaikovsky!
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Healthy Kids, Smart Kids Stonewall Tell Elementary has adopted the Healthy Kids, Smart Kids Wellness Initiative. We believe that healthier eating habits and consistent exercise have a positive impact on our children’s learning and ultimately their test scores. When sending in classroom snacks, please remember that this is a “Sugar-Free Zone” school. Do not send soft drinks, fruit drinks with processed sugar, candy, cookies, ice cream, cupcakes, cakes, hot fries or sugary snacks. Also note that birthday parties that include cakes, cookies, wings, ice cream and other treats are prohibited and will not be allowed in the building. Healthier items such as fruit cups, fresh fruit, pretzels, baked chips, 100% juice, fresh vegetables, 100% fruit snacks, granola bars, animal crackers and items with low salt and minimum sugar are allowed.
***Parents Please Read***
** Due to nut allergies, please do not send any snacks with peanuts or peanut butter in
them.
APEC at Stonewall Tell If you need afterschool care for your child, APEC is available on site.
7:00 pm pick up S.T.E.M. Curriculum Computer Lab Fitness Classes Certified Staff Snack & Supper Provided
If you are interested, please contact APEC at 404-759-5950. We
ALL Volunteers MUST complete a Volunteer Registration Form and the Parent Volunteer Training @ http://media2.fultonschools.org/DistrictCo ntent/Training/ChildAbuseandNeglect/play er.html. Please do not leave your vehicle unattended in the student drop-off zone. This zone is not for parking. Use the visitor parking spaces. Please dial 0 when calling the front desk. Please send a note or letter whenever you change the dismissal process for your student. No phone calls, please! Please consider using the school bus for student transport to and from the school. We are unable to call students to the front office for early dismissal after 2:00p.m. Safety and security is a concern. School starts promptly at 7:40a.m. Students are marked TARDY when they arrive after the morning bell. There is no GRACE PERIOD.
look forward to hearing from you.
Students dismissed before 11:10 a.m. are marked ABSENT for the whole day. Our Dismissal Process The school schedule is 07:40am-2:20p.m.
A QUICK ETIQUETTE REMINDER
Dismissal starts at 2:20p.m. We have 11 buses to load with
As parents you begin the training process of respecting others in the home; so as Educators of your children we are to continue the task in the
4 buses being loaded at one time.
schools.
Car riders are dismissed
Together we can make a difference in the lives of our children. We would
around 2:45p.m.
appreciate if you respect our processes as students enter in the morning.
During Morning Announcements ALL students, parents and teachers are asked not to talk, walk or conduct ANY business as a part of our trainings for our students. They are expected to participate in the moment of silence as well as the pledge to the flag. Thank you for you cooperation!
ALWAYS sign in your presence in the building at the front desk. There is not a telephone in any classroom. Please provide your child with an extra set of clothes in case of an accident.
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Stonewall Tell Elementary School Media Festival
Important Dates To Remember
is subject to change** Student Breakfast: $1.05
Lunch: $2.20
Student Reduced Breakfast: $0.30
Dec. 10-19 Winter Holiday Store for Students (PTA Office) 7:30am-1:30pm Dec. 11 All Pro Dad’s Mtng Dec. 11 LSAC Mtng 5:30pm
Student Reduced Lunch: $0.40 Adult Breakfast: $1.55 Adult Lunch: $3.15
Monday Chicken& Rice/Brown Rice Or Stuffed Crust Dippers/Sauce
Dec. 13 Girl Scout Mtng 3:30pm4:30pm Dec 14 ATLAS Mtng in Mr. Gilmore room 3:00-4:30pm (Shirt &Tie Required) Dec.14 STYLE Community Service Dec. 14 A.P. Randolph Talent Show 7:00pm Dec. 19 Last Day of Winter Semester
Tuesday
Dec. 20-Jan.4 Winter Holiday (NO SCHOOL)
Chili w/ Cheddar Biscuit Or Chicken Nugget Bites w/Rice
**Every Mon. and Wed. Extended Day (5th Grade) Math 3:00pm-5:00pm
Media Festival Contract and Timeline January 7 Project Category Exploration Requirements Reviewed Timeline distributed Contracts Issued January 14 Contacts returned to teachers Letters to parents sent January 22 Project Form Due January 28 Final Preparations January 31 Set-up projects for school media festival February 1 School festival; School Viewing February 8 Local School Media Winners Announced March 15 Elementary School Media Festival
Wednesday Stuffed Shells Or Hamburger Thursday No School Friday No School
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Have a Safe And Happy Holiday Season! Please Return to School Monday, January 7, 2013 ready to learn something new in the New Year!
Fulton County offers MyPaymentPlus. This is an online service that offers you the convenience and information you need to manage your student’s account. You can prepay on your student’s meal account using a credit/debit card at www.mypaymentsplus.com.
It is the policy of Fulton County School Systems not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability, in any employment practice, educational programs or any other program, activity or service. If you wish to make a complaint or request accommodation due to discrimination in any program, activity, or service, contact compliance coordinator, Mr. Ron Wade, 786 Cleveland Ave., SW Atlanta, Georgia 30315 or call (404) 763-4585 TTY 1-800-255-0315.