Comet Express 2.13.12 Monday Morning Music & Valentine’s Day http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_QZjJU-mtFU&feature=related Important Dates 2/13-ELA/SS Vertical Meeting, Soccer at RMS, 8 th Grade FanFare at the PDC-6:30 2/14-Volleyball at Home-Happy Valentine’s Day! 2/15-Principals’ Meeting at PDC, Science Vertical Meeting at SAMS, Soccer at Home 2/16-Explore Parent Meetings at 12:30 and 6:30, SMARTS afterschool, Volleyball at SERMS, District BT 2 meeting 2/17-Peer Observations should be completed 2/20-Annual Leave Day 2/21-Kerri Lamb PD Day, Science Fair at Salem College, Track practice begins, Leadership Team Meeting, VB at Home, Soccer at Home, District Spelling Bee 2/22-A Mark III representative will be in the media center to speak about financial plans and opportunities. 3:45-4:00, VB at SWRMS, Soccer at Home, All- County Band Enrichment at AHS 2/23-All-County Band Clinic at AHS, Mark III representative on campus for individual appointments, ELA Standard Based Grading meeting for parents at 6:00, meeting I-dent-a-kid photos (Faye will send additional information.) 2/24-All-County Band Clinic at AHS, Mark III individual appointments, Soccer at Home 2/26-7 th Grade AVID students visit Wake Forest for Virginia Tech game Celebrations and Hot Tamales and Quotes of the Week “I love what Amanda Hicks has done with displaying digital student work. She has placed QR codes outside her room so that anyone who has a QR scanner on their smart phone can be taken to the website where the digital work is housed. What a great idea!” Kerri Hot Tamales to Megan Paden, Scott Benhardt, and Lee Williams for being nominated by students for being Teacher of the Week! Hot Tamales to the Leadership Team for a great presentation to Dr. Frost! Learning Links and Stuff to think about Why teachers should read and write with their students http://tinyurl.com/6nnnhvh Preparing students to learn without us (Great article by Will Richardson.) http://tinyurl.com/7hladsc Keeping Us on the Same Page PTO Minutes-The minutes from our last PTO meeting are posted on the NAMS website. New Custodian-Please take the time to welcome our new custodian, Ron Davis. Bus Driver Appreciation Week-This is Bus