January 16th-20th

American Veterans – Department of North Carolina

http://www.amvets.org/pdfs/programs_pdfs/americanism_set.pdf

There are also prizes for the State Americanism Contests

Flag Drawing – Kindergarten and first grade

Poster Contest – second, third and fourth grade

Send entry to: Tom E. Nichols, American Chairman

359 Lake Royale

Louisburg, NC 27549

Writing Planning Sessions via Wake Education Partnership Grant

See Heather Callaghan’s email for agenda – all notes needs to be sent to hcallaghan@wcpss.net

January 18th - 5th grade (8:30-12:00) and 1st grade (12:30-4:00)

January 19th - 4th grade (8:30-12:00) and 2nd grade (12:30-4:00)

January 20th - 3rd grade (8:30-12:00) and kindergarten (12:30-4:00)

Briarcliff Open House

Wednesday, 1/18, will work for using Briarcliff's facilities for the student assignment informational meeting for OCE’s Hispanic families living in Cary. We will be meeting from 6:00-7:00, including time on the computers for those needing to use them. We hope our OCE families will not need to use the computers and return to Olive Chapel, but we do want them to make an informed choice.

Marines Miles to Afghanistan

Join us as we kick-off “2d Battalion, 6th Marines Miles to Afghanistan”. As our Marines and Sailors deployed for 7 months, let's make a goal to see which company (all family members invited to participate) can accomplish 14,440 miles first. 14,440 miles is how many miles it takes round trip from Camp Lejeune, NC, to Afghanistan. - reporting progress is v26weapscompany@gmail.com. Also put my son's name Cpl Duke Matthew B. and your relationship with Matt. (state that you are a family friend:-). See Pam Duke’s email for specifics.

Things to think about .. . .

Helping underperforming students - http://www.edutopia.org/stw-school-turnaround-student-engagement-tips

Tips for providing a classroom environment that supports critical thinking - http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-critical-thinking-10-tips-for-teaching

All generalizations are bad. ~R.H. Grenier