Staff News

1/14/13-1/18/13

I hope you all had a wonderful first week of the new year.  I need to pass on a HUGE congratulations to all of you.  We received the High Performing Title I School Recognition award again this year.  It is so easy to get so bogged down in working hard that we don’t take enough time to celebrate the progress.  This is a great indicator of the wonderful work you each do every day.  Thank you so much for all you do for our kids.

If you would please take a look at the calendar regularly. I had to make a few changes.  Our lock down drill had to be rescheduled for next month to accommodate the police department who will be participating with us.  I also changed the Internet Safety training to avoid conflicts with DIBELS testing.

**If you are renewing your license this year, you must take the suicide prevention training.  Go to the professional development link on the district employees part of the district web site and be sure to sign up to attend the training.   Feb. 11^th is the first training.  Here is the link: http://prodev.ironk12.org/ . 

Thank you for all of your support on increased safety procedures.  I have also appreciated the suggestions on what we could do to improve.

I am still working on our school app.  It is now available for Android, but I ran into an issue to get it listed in the Apple Store that I am still working with.  We will soon be joining the extensive world of the technology cloud in the sky.  Along with technology, thank you so much to all of you who have regularly updated your web pages and would like to encourage everyone to keep up the good web page work.

PTA Funding Note:  The PTA has provided funds to each grade level.  I would encourage you to use it as a grade level rather than individually.  The intent of the funding from the PTA was to provide enough funding to purchase something nice for the entire grade that was agreed upon.  If the funds are split, it dilutes the funding.

Thought:  Weakness of attitude becomes a weakness of character.  Albert Einstein

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

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