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Calendar at a Glance
All Week - Book Fair
10/22 - Unity Day - Wear Orange!
10/23-31 Red Ribbon Week (Dress up days in newsletter)
10/23 Early Release 12:50
10/24 Early Release 12:50
10/25 United Way Bills & Change Drive - Part 2
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Dear Parents,
It was another fun night at Dogwood Pizza this week. Thanks to all the parents that came out and supported our school. Today, we began collecting coins for United Way. It was an amazing turnout! This was our first competition for the color stables and
ORANGE
is in the lead. Students will have one more opportunity to donate coins and bills next Friday! What stable will earn the most money and win points for their team?
Be on the lookout in the students' Friday folders, today, for interim progress reports. These grades represent the first nine weeks of school. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions.
Next week, we will honor Red Ribbon week to support a drug free environment. Each day, students will have an activity to do. Tuesday we will celebrate Unity Day by wearing orange.
Early release conferences begin next week. School will dismiss at 12:50 on Wednesday and Thursday. It is important that all parents have a conference with their child's teacher. If you were not able to select a time online, please email your child's teacher to set a date.
Have a wonderful weekend. Don't forget to read!
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GET READY TO JUMP!
R.D. Head is having our first Gravity Jump night on November 8th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Come have a ball with your friends! Gravity is located at 2135 Main St E, Snellville, GA 30078
Pizza will be available for purchase for an easy dinner!
Red Ribbon Week begins next Wednesday, October 23rd!
Our schedule is as follows:
23rd- Wear RED- To show you're too smart to start drugs!
24th- Hat Day- To remember to use your head, don't do drugs!
25th- Crazy Sock Day- To sock it to drugs!
28th-Bring a Stuffed Animal- To give Hugs not drugs!
29th- Sweatpants Day- To remember that living a drug free life is no sweat
30th- Twin Day- To show that friends don't let friends do drugs!
31st- Dress up/ Costume Day - To say BOO to drugs!!
Our Veteran's Day celebration is November 15, 2019, if you are a Veteran please join us to be honored. A continental breakfast will be served at 9:00am and our program will begin at 9:30am.
Help our school while you online shop!
If you're an Amazon shopper, on your androidphone, download the Amazon Shopping App, and in the settings menus select Amazon Smile and then Select R.D. Head Elementary School PTA.
On any browser you can go to smile.amazon.com and choose R.D. Head Elementary School PTA as the recipient. As long as you make purchases through smile.amazon.com our school will receive a portion of the proceeds of the sale, with no extra cost to you! If you have any questions, please reach out to a PTA board member.
Please send pictures from classroom activities and any other school events in their full (or largest) resolution size for our yearbook
to
rdheadyearbook@gmail.com
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Want to take a look at next year's Gwinnett County school calendar? Click on the link below.
Early Release Days & Parent-Teacher Conferences
Early Release Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, October 23rd and Thursday, October 24th. Students will be dismissed at 12:50 PM on those days. If your student is a walker/car rider/day-care rider, please make any necessary transportation arrangements for your child. Buses will drop students off at their stop at the earlier time.
Veteran's Day Program
Mark your calendars for RD Head's annual Veteran's Day Program to be held on November 15th. A reception will be held at 9 AM to honor our veterans and their families. The program will begin at 9:30 AM. There will be more information forthcoming in your student's Friday folder with details regarding how to honor your veteran with pictures in our slide show and to RSVP if you are planning on attending the reception. We look forward to seeing you on the 15th.
SPELLING BEE FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS:
The school spelling bee is coming! Here is the 2019 2020 list of words. Individual classroom teachers will be scheduling their bees during late October and early November. Those interested should download and study this list. Other resources are also available online. The top two students from each class will compete in the school wide spelling bee in December. The winner will go to the county spelling bee.
MUSIC
The music department of RD Head has a Twitter account! I have joined Twitter as MrsMrazMusic. If you want to follow me, I will be posting about the great things happening in music and chorus at our school and also posting articles about music education. If you do not want your student's face posted on Twitter, please email me at
kelly_mraz@gwinnett.k12.ga.us. I'm looking forward to sharing the amazing things your students are doing in music!
RUNNING CLUB
The second running club meets on Tuesday, October 22nd. Students stay after school and pickup is promptly at 4:20 PM from the car rider lanes. Please consider donating a case of water to the club. Waters can be left in the lobby at your convenience with Mr. G / Running Club written on it. Thanks. Students should come with sneakers, their own water bottle and clothing that is appropriate for running.
Your student will have received an email confirmation if they are part of the club. Thanks for your support!
FROM THE MEDIA CENTER
We are so excited! Book Fair is here! Classes will begin shopping on Monday, 10/21. Check out the link below for all of the information you need!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YtOGT5VCcqWrQlpHOBOz2klSOWZBQbBv/view?usp=sharing
We accept checks and money orders (
made only to Scholastic - not the school) and credit cards/Visa gift cards (if a child brings one we call the parent to verify authorization and amount.)
Please do not send cash with your child!
Only students with checks/money orders or cards will come at the designated shopping time as all students have an opportunity to browse the fair at other times.
We are looking for parents to volunteer during class shopping times. (Click above link for schedule!) Even if it is only for an hour or just during your students shopping time we are looking for parents to help other students calculate their purchases. We need cashier help. 8 am - 9 am especially needed (if you are a car rider you are welcome to come at 7:55 and park in the gravel lot with and bring your child in early too!)
Stop buy 8-4 daily. Open during conferences until 4pm.
We will not pack up the fair until Monday, 10/28 at noon. If any parents are available to help it would be much appreciated!
We look forward to seeing you at the book fair!
MORE FROM THE MEDIA CENTER
Our AR challenge runs from 5/10/2019 through 5/10/2020 so that all students including 5th graders may celebrate their accomplishments each May. So far this year we have
55,976,313
words schoolwide!
We are excited to celebrate students and staff who are already in the Million Word Club this year! We added another 2nd grader this week! Congrats Caitlyn!
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# of words
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2,568,924
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2,079,270
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1,968,522
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1,805,778
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1,459,564
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1,160,097
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1,123,015
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1,082,241
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1,064,059
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| Brielle Phillips |
1,022,685
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| CJ Meacham |
1,013,783
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| Caitlyn Pinheiro |
1,007,546
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1,006,993
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Kindergarten has several students who have just started learning how to do AR.
We are so excited! We look forward to watching their progress.
Brandon Griffith
Tess Martin
Levi Parker
Kaylee Robison
Sakina Shaikh
Kayla Vo
Dean Cole
Jacqueline Marquez
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1st Grade top 2 classes
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# of words
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98,301
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| Stallworth |
95,055
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2,943,511
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1,916,725
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1,615,272
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1,353,921
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3,958,926
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3,238,412
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2,687,078
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1,501,640
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5,582,396
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4,627,084
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3,321,747
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1,179,519
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6,006,422
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4,868,864
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4,373,873
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w/ over 250,000 words
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2,079,210
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1,805,778
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541,349
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448,475
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| Ms. Snow |
390,278
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260,838
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Our kids teaching kids/kids helping kids program continues!
Thank you for your generous donations of canned goods and coats/clothing that will help children in need.
Parent Survey Opportunity
All Head Elementary parents are encouraged to participate in the GCPS Parent Perception Survey. The purpose of this survey is to gather feedback from parents/guardians about the quality of education that our school is providing. Your answers will remain confidential. This survey should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Please complete one survey per school where you have one or more students enrolled.
There are two ways to complete this survey:
1) Parent Portal - From October 21 to November 22, parents logging into the Parent Portal will be prompted to take the survey.
2) Parent/Teacher Conferences - Parents will have an opportunity to complete the online survey before or after their scheduled conference.
Thank you for taking the time to let us know how we are doing!
Midterm Progress Reports
Please make sure to check today's Friday Folder for your student's
midterm progress report.
Parents - Please sign the report card envelope in the appropriate location and return to your child's teacher. If you have any questions about the midterm progress report, please contact your child's teacher. You may also check the Parent Portal for additional details regarding your child's grades.
Not signed up for the Parent Portal yet? Please visit the Front Office to complete a registration form. You will be asked to show identification
BOX TOPS ARE GOING DIGITAL
- Be sure to register with the NEW Box Top app. Choose R.D. Head as your school (friends and family can do it too! Near or far!) and scan your receipts to digitally send your Box Tops in to us.
Each Box Top is worth 10ยข for our school.
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You may still find the old pink Box Tops on items. When you do, clip the Box Tops from the packages and send them to your child's teacher. The old box tops are still good until their expiration date!**
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AROUND THE COMMUNITY
WRESTLING
Brookwood High School Wrestling is hosting a free wrestling clinic for grades K-8 on Sunday, Oct. 20. It is a meet and greet with coaches and introduction to wrestling. Brookwood wrestlers who attended when they were young include state and region champions and college wrestlers. Come for the fun and inspiration!
Our website www.brookwoodwrestling.com to sign up for clinic
Details:
- Sunday Oct 20th @ the BHS wrestling room, (K-3rd 1-2pm) & (4th-8th 2:30-4pm)
Canned goods will be accepted at the Pep Rally in honor of Great Days of Service.
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