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Calendar at a Glance
8/13 Curriculum Night 6:30-8:00 PM Grades K-2
8/15 Curriculum Night 6:30-8:00 PM Grades 3-5
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Dear Parents,
It is so good to have your students back at school. We have had an amazing first week. Students have been ready, responsible and respectful throughout the day. They quickly learned a new bus dismissal procedure and rocked it!
Our Accelerated Reader competition is in full swing. So many students stopped by the school during the summer to take a test. Congratulations to our top reader
Biniam Deneke. Parents, you can also compete in our AR program. This year, we will be having competitions for parents that are reading and taking AR tests at school. If you are interested in participating, please go on to My Payments Plus to sign up. The cost will be $6.00.
Parents, if your child is a car rider in the morning, we are asking that you try to be in the line by 8:30. The morning time in the classroom is so important. Students have time to organize their materials for the day and to complete their morning assignments. All of our buses are here and most students are in the classrooms by 8:30. In addition, the breakfast line closes at 8:40. The car rider line closes at 8:45. All parents coming after that time will need to park in the gravel lot and walk their child in. The bus lanes must be left open for the middle school bus to arrive at 8:50.
Please join us next week for curriculum night. K-2 will be on Tuesday and 3-5 will be on Thursday. These nights are very important, as we will review expectations for each classroom. I look forward to seeing all of our parents here. We will not have childcare available on either night.
While you are here for curriculum night, take some time to check out our new playground. The county replaced our playground this year, as the old playground was out of compliance and new replacement parts were not available.
I am excited to announce that we have a start date for our electronic sign that was purchased by PTA using Boosterthon funds. The county will begin construction of the sign at the beginning of September. It should take about six weeks to complete.
Due to changes made at the state level, we are no longer able to send out group texts from the school. All communication will now go through email only. Please take a few minutes to go onto the parent portal to check your email address. Parents are able to make changes in the portal to correct this.
I am blessed to work at a school with such amazing teachers, parents and students. Thanks for all you do each day to support learning.
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Welcome Back to School! We are so excited for this school year filled with great
events and programs sponsored by the PTA. Our goal is to reach 100% PTA membership. The class in each grade with the highest PTA membership participation will receive a Popsicle Party! When the school reaches 100% PTA membership, the students will get to throw water balloons at our administrators!
We will track and update this info on the RD Head PTA Facebook page. So, like and follow us on Facebook to get the latest PTA news!
At the last General Meeting, a parent requested that the meeting minutes be
posted in the newsletter for easy access. Click the link below for the General Meeting Minutes for 5/16/19. The meeting minutes, along with other PTA news are also posted on the bulletin board in the front lobby of the school. Thank you for being awesome parents at RD Head!
Our first General Meeting this year will be held on Curriculum
Night 8/13/19 and
8/15/19! We will introduce our officers for the 2019-2020 school year and vote on the budget. Hope to see you there!
Thank you!
A special thanks to Sylvia Latimer and Mailee Ingemanson of our Hospitality Committee for organizing a delicious Staff and Teacher Luncheon to welcome them back to school!
Back to School Dance!
Let's get wild at the Back to School Dance! Wear your animal print and come explore with us at the safari! The dance will be held in the cafeteria
on Friday August 23rd from 6:30-8:00pm. Snacks, fun wear, and spirit wear will be available. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $2.50 (CASH ONLY please). We can't wait to explore with all of our friends!
We need some awesome volunteers to help out at the dance! Please sign up below if you are available to help!
General PTA Meeting 8/13 and 8/15
All current PTA members will be voting on the Budget at the General PTA Meeting! Click on the link below to review the budget.
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From the Cafeteria:
Attention Parents a reminder from the cafeteria:
Parents please be mindful of the balance in your child's account, these accounts are meant to work as a prepay system, therefore keeping charges to a minimum.
Those students with free or reduced meal status from last year must renew their application every year. Current benefits will run out on Monday September 16th. Please do not wait until the last minute to get your application in, the application must be processed by September 16th and that process can take up to 10 business days. Paper applications are available in the front office or the cafeteria. Online applications are a much quicker method and can be accessed at
http://gwinnett.schoollunchapp.com. If you have already done either of these processes, thank you, and you can check the status of your application at
http://gwinnett.schoollunchstatus.com. If you allow your benefits to run out your child's status automatically goes to full pay and you will be responsible for any charges occurred doing the time of no benefits.
If you every have questions about your student's account you may call Doris Brewer, Cafeteria Manager at 770-736-4512. Thank You
THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER.
Media Center:
Who came in this summer? We are so happy to celebrate the students & faculty who came over the summer to take AR quizzes for summer reading! Our contest began May 1st and to qualify you had to come in over the summer to take quizzes. We had 7,305,207 words read JUST during the summer (last year we only had 1 million in comparison.) The Summer Reading champion was Biniam Deneke. Congratulations are in order!
Biniam Deneke 1,094,140
Mrs. Branch 1,089,216
Keegan Shaw 819,996
Zaara Likhon 798,979
Samanyu Chaudhary 481,525
Gavin Zhang 476,063
Ji Zhang 439,647
Casera Guyton 419,131
Caitlyn Pinheiro 397,361
Owen Foley 373,867
Hannah Junaid 362,241
James Watson 316,880
Mrs. L. Johnson 269,562
Reashme Rai 225,202
Melat Zelalem 148,269
Mrs. Griffith 132,200
Lauren Weigle 129,648
Amran Solomon 107,283
Anna Thatch 84,968
Vincent Tuck 74,863
Abigail Solomon 72,985
Benjamin Hansen 45,742
Mrs. Norwood 41,905
Evonne Guyton 40,993
Alivia Rivera 39,295
Javier Hines 37,796
Lola Greer 29,384
Owen Remund 19,623
Ms. Worsham 19,369
Gustavo Rico 17,560
Will Hummer 16,284
Penelope Palmer 11,420
Annamaria Sujoto 10,024
Noah Teshale 9,920
Miles Murph 9,614
Pranvi Sehdev 7,738
Brennan Shaw 6,550
Bailey Frandsen 4,397
Luke Remund 4,113
Leyla Petric 1,946
Henry Palmer 1,629
Dharma Patel 1,447
Preston Strother 270
Million Word Club 2020! The new Million Word Challenge has begun! After only ONE WEEK of school, guess who is in the lead? None other than Ms. Carrie Rodriquez, 4th grade teacher with 263,263 words! Our student leader is a third grader.. Brielle Phillips with 257,154. During the first week of school students have read 2,669,458 words. Join the fun! Read a book on your level, take an AR quiz, and let the program keep track of the total. K and 1st grade students will begin Accelerated Reader when they reach a Level F.
Here are the current leaders with over 15,000 words this week alone! This changes daily!
Mrs. Rodriguez
Brielle Phillips
Fatema Momin
Benjamin Wright
Zaara Likhon
Owen Foley
Alina Monger
Reashme Rai
Mrs. J. Johnson
Alisha Monger
Morgan Baratto
James Watson
Jan Sniady
Afra Washima
Eliza Sorensen
Sofia Chacon
Caleb Meacham
Ms. Worsham
Lauren Weigle
Ryder Burns
Andrew Glover
Hannah Ibrahim
Jocelyn George
Caleb Hailu
Brewer Baker
Lucy Grant
Ava Kind
Sundus Mohamed
Dylan Barton
Biniam Deneke
Allie Smith
Madelyn Kang
Karim Shaikh
Javier Hines
Sydney Acord
Gavin Zhang
Casera Guyton
Gladys Winter
John Hunt
Hayden Strother
Abigail Solomon
BOX TOPS CHALLENGE
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You can find pink Box Tops on hundreds of items. Each Box Top is worth 10ยข for our school. Clip the Box Tops from the packages and send them to your child's teacher.
Keep those box tops coming!
See the
attached list
of participating products.
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AROUND THE COMMUNITY
Brookwood's Fall 2019 Baseball & Softball Registration is Now Open
Registration is now open for Brookwood's Baseball and Softball Fall 2019 Season. Registration closes August 7th. Please go to
http://www.baabonline.com
for more information and to register.
Free Puppet Show at Lilburn Farmer's Market on August 14 from 4-8 PM. Please click here for more information.
Click
here to learn how to become a member of 4H Club!
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