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10/11/19

Calendar at a Glance

10/14 - Student Holiday/ Teacher Work Day
10/15 Dogwood Pizza Night
10/18 Coin & Bill Drive for United Way
10/18 Progress Reports come home 

MRS. JOHNSON'S NOTES
Dear Parents,

First grade students completed their first semester district assessments in language arts and math. These assessments are important, because they show teachers how much information students were able to retain throughout the semester. Second and third grade will be testing this coming week.

Culver's night on Tuesday was so much fun! We had a great turnout and earned $300 for our school. We appreciate all the support from our families.

Be on the lookout for interim progress reports to come home in the Friday folders on October 18.

Join us Tuesday night for Dogwood Pizza night. This is a great time to catch up with other Head families, and you do not have to cook dinner. 

What Color Stable will win the coin collection drive on Friday? This is our first competition for the stables.

I hope that everyone is enjoying their fall break. Students return to school on Tuesday, October 15. Please encourage your children to read over the break.
PTA NEWS AND EVENTS
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 .
 
Our last General Meeting was held on Curriculum night on 8/13 and 8/15. The meeting minutes, along will other PTA news are posted on the bulletin board in the front lobby of the school.  You can also review them at the link below.  
 

AROUND SCHOOL
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.

R.D. Head Elementary will be utilizing an online scheduling system for this session of conferences. The online sign up window will open on Friday, October 4th at 4:00 PM and close on Thursday, October 17th at 4:00 PM. A step-by-step direction sheet will be sent home in the Friday Folder on Friday, October 4th. Information will also be posted to the R.D. Head website. 

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.



RUNNING CLUB
The first running club meets on Tuesday, October 15th. 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
SAVE THE DATES!  Classes will begin shopping on Monday, 10/21.  Check out the link below for information!

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!) 
Email maria_branch@gwinnett.k12.ga.us or stop in to set up times. 

Stop buy 8-4 daily. Open during conferences until 4pm.

We look forward to seeing you at the book fair!

MORE FROM THE MEDIA CENTER
 
We love when students bring books from home to take AR quizzes! For our younger students, it would be helpful if you could look up the quiz number and put it in on a note for them. Older students can look them up by title.

The link to look up books on AR bookfinder is

https://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
OR just google AR Bookfinder!

This will help us in the morning since we often have 60+ students in here before school and it is sometimes difficult to help look up quiz numbers for our younger students.

Thanks for supporting your students reading efforts! They are amazing! 


New Website for Head Elementary - COMING SOON!
We are pleased to announce that we will be launching a new school website this November. Our new website will be easier to navigate and will keep you better informed about the news & events in our school. It has also been optimized to improve access from your smartphone or tablet, meaning you can get the information you need on the go. We're confident you will find the new website easier to use and find the information important to you. More details coming soon!


Digital Citizenship Week (Oct 14 - Oct 18)
Next week is Digital Citizenship Week!

What is Digital Citizenship?
Here is a short video that is helpful for both parents & students: https://vimeo.com/284732139

To summarize:
We are responsible for how we gather online information, communicate online, and use information we find online.
We are responsible for being safe and secure online.

Parents - Please visit our website for helpful resources and videos: https://www.heades.org/digital-citizenship

 
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.  ** 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!** 
Check out this video  https://youtu.be/Hh94b2BvFK4 for more details!

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!