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Calendar at a Glance
12/12 5th grade Field Trip
12/12 Dogwood Pizza PM
12/14 Robotics Comp
12/17 PTA Meeting/ Holiday Show 6:30PM
12/18 K/1 Parties
12/19 2/3 Parties
12/20 4/5 Parties
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Dear Parents,
I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving break and had time to spend with family and friends. We are looking forward to a fun night for the Parents' Night Out this evening.
Congratulations to Ms. Griffith for winning a Walton EMC grant for $13,000 to support reading and robotics. We are so thankful to Walton EMC for their continued support of our school.
We are just beginning our midyear district assessments. First and second grade students will take language arts and math. Third through fifth grade students will take language arts, math, science and social studies. These assessments are based on learning that took place throughout this first part of the year. Please encourage your students to do their very best on these assessments.
We are still looking for business partners to help support our school. If you have a business, or work for a business that is interested in helping, please fill out the form in the link below. We are creating a business partner wall in the hallway to showcase all the businesses that support our school.
Have a great weekend.
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Please send pictures from Gravity Night and any other school events in their full (or largest) resolution size for our yearbook to
rdheadyearbook@gmail.com
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Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders:
Recorder money is due Wednesday, December 11. Students will receive their recorders in early January. Please let Mrs. Mraz know if you have any questions..
Staff Email Addresses Have Changed
Please note that our staff email addresses have changed.
While our former email addresses will still work, please know that the new format is:
first.last@gcpsk12.org
All underscores from previous email addresses are now dots.
If your child's teacher has a middle initial currently in their email address, it will now be: first.middleinitial.last@gcpsk12.org
Ex: mary_a_smith@gwinnett.k12.ga.us is now mary.a.smith@gcpsk12.org
This time of year often brings new devices for students. If your student receives a new device for the holidays, please make sure to complete a Personally Owned Device Form. This form, as well as additional information, can be found on our website:
https://www.gcpsk12.org/heades/byod
(Currently, students in 3rd-5th grade may participate in BYOD.)
Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders: The
Talent Show is coming! Our annual Talent Show will be Friday, February 21. Auditions will be Thursday, January 16. Be on the lookout for an audition permission slip coming home in Friday Folders. Permission slips and music are due Friday, January 10. If your student's act is singing and we do not have a karaoke (no words) version of your song by January 10, you will not be allowed to audition. See the form for more details. If you have questions, email Stephanie.Richter@gcpsk12.org or kelly.mraz@gcpsk12.org
International Night is back!
We are looking for families to share elements of their culture for International Night on Thursday, January 23 from 6:30-8:00. We will have food and activities available from 6:30-7:00, then performances will start at 7:00 p.m.
We are looking for people to represent their culture or country who will:
Perform songs or dances
Dress in traditional clothing
Cook and serve food from their culture
Read a book or tell a story
Share crafts or artwork
If you are interested in participating, please return the form that went home in the Dec 6th Friday Folder.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - KIDS HEART CHALLENGE
RD Head is once again pleased and proud to be collecting donations for the American Heart Association. Students continually receive lesson related information on ways to promote heart health. All donations are welcome and the more your student is able to collect and donate, the more potential thank you prizes they will receive. Please see Mr. G's eClass website announcement for details on how to join our team. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
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 76,681,549 words schoolwide! We are starting a stable challenge to earn more points. Please encourage your child to continue reading and taking AR quizzes.
We are excited to celebrate students and staff who are already in the Million Word Club this year! We have 18! Who will be next?
Name # of words
Biniam Deneke 4,087,064
Ms. Branch 2,461,907
Zaara Likhon 1,968,522
Ms. Rodriguez 1,959,131
Jaze Underhill 1,822,875
Nobel Yemane 1,696,653
Jimmy Zhang 1,674,671
Owen Foley 1,440,357
Gavin Zhang 1,436,325
Caitlyn Pinheiro 1,251,574
Kasey Stallworth 1,246,069
Keegan Shaw 1,200,510
CJ Meacham 1,199,556
Brielle Phllips 1,189,957
Morgan Baratto 1,142,963
Brewer Baker 1,129,045
Sofia Chacon 1,108,731
Samanyu Chaudhary 1,021,955
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
1st Grade top 2 classes # of words
Stallworth 214,211
Ball 178,651
2nd Grade
Bryant 4,822,740
Lee 2,514,910
Kang 2,065,454
Fenchak 2,034,058
3rd Grade
Nocks 5,607,405
Auten 4,473,940
Mitchell 4,034,526
Galindo 1,693,443
4th Grade
McMillan 8,163,982
Compton 5,264,950
Rodriguez 5,007,108
Richter 1,545,725
5th Grade
Stortz 8,754,189
Neighbors 6,270,473
Lomax 5,622,853
Staff w/ over 200,000 words
Ms. Branch 2,461,907
Ms. Rodriguez 1,959,131
Ms. Snow 705,293
Ms. Griffith 655,860
Ms. L. Johnson 633,354
Ms. Galindo 260,838
Ms. Harlan 233,136
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!**
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